Author: Debbie Asbill

Urgent update for parents, boosters and fans attending the Bands of America Super Regional Championship in San Antonio, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Music for All was recently informed (late last week) that the City of San Antonio municipal...

The Music for All website, www.musicforall.org, will be offline for several hours starting shortly after 3 p.m. ET, Friday, October 3, for maintenance. We are making improvements to the site that we expect will correct...

We are aware and sorry to know that some of you are having issues loading musicforall.org or streaming the Live Webcast. There seem to be issues that are localized to specific areas of the country; while most are loading the...

[Editor’s note: This post of ticketing policy details is more current than any previous post on the day of the Muncie Regional.] Bands of America is grateful that “Mother Nature” allowed completion of the entirety of the...

Due to weather concerns and for the safety of all participants, this evening’s Finals at the BOA Regional at Austin, Texas has been cancelled. Tickets for Bands of America events are non-refundable. There are no refunds on site....

Austin BOA Prelims will resume after weather delay with Vista Ridge H.S. at 3:30 p.m. CT. [Updated Saturday, September 28, 3:48 p.m. Central Time.] Revised prelims schedule: 3:45 p.m. – McCallum H.S.4:00 p.m....

Due to inclement weather, Prelims of the BOA Regional at Monroeville, Pennsylvania today – Saturday, September 21 – will be held in the Gateway High School gymnasium. These will be standstill exhibition performances. Prelims...

Are you planning to apply for the 2014 Music for All National Festival? Music for All is receiving applications and audition recordings now for the 2014 Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, March 6-8 in...

The Pizitz Middle School Band, Vestavia Hills, Alabama has been awarded the Sudler Cup by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Both the Pizitz Middle School Symphonic Band, under the direction of Kim Bain, and Concert Band, under...

Subscribe to watch Grand National Finals performances now at Music for All Video online. For the first time, Grand National Finals performances are being made available this year immediately after the event.Every performance...

SupportMusic invites you to RSVP and SAVE THE DATE for the November 8 Coalition Webinar / Teleconference”LIVE” from Music For All’s Bands of America Grand National Championships, Indianapolis,...

If you cannot be in the stadiums for the Super Regionals this fall, you can still enjoy the performances online via our Live Webcasts, available both by Music for All Video Premium subscription and as pay-per-view...

The Finals of the Bands of America Regional Championship at Denton, TX have been canceled due to weather. You can see prelims awards results here. Full prelims results will be posted at a later time.Thank you to all of the...

For those attending the Bands of America Regional Championship in Denton, Texas, Saturday, September 29 at the University of North Texas, Apogee Stadium:Spectators should allow plenty of extra time to arrive and get to stadium....

Music for All has learned that I-264, the major westbound artery for Louisville, will be closed for repaving this weekend. Below is the official notice from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. We encourage you to take a look at...

Music for All is moving to a new platform for it’s online video streaming beginning this fall, including for the 2012 Bands of America Championships. The new Music for All Video will be launched in early September and...

[embedded content] Have you seen the video highlights of the String Division students at the Music for All Summer Symposium performing last night on stage with Time for Three? What an experience! Take a look at it and all of the...

Are you coming to the Music for All Summer Symposium final performances tomorrow, Saturday, June 30 in Muncie, IN? The student division final performance schedule and order are online. You will also find a link to download the...

Please join Music for All in supporting CopyCat Music Licensing as they vie for a small business grant in Chase’s Mission: Small Business program. Each business needs at least 250 votes to be considered for a $250,000 grant....

Congratulations to Josh Torres, named Center Grove High School’s Teacher of the Year. I’ve personally enjoyed watching Josh’s successes and growth as a music educator, percussionist and, recently, as a father....

Today, Music for All published a series of interesting, often moving video stories from the 2012 Music for All National Festival and honor ensembles. During the event, we interviewed members of the honor ensembles and the...

How cool is this!? Greg Bell recently sent this to the Music for All office, for our historical archives. It’s the poster promoting the first National Concert Band Festival (precursor to the Music for All National Festival), in...

The 2012 Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, is under way as honor ensemble students started arriving in Indianapolis today. Honor ensemble rehearsals begin tomorrow, Wednesday, March 14, and the invited...

The first Live Webcast of the Bands of America 2011 Championship season is this weekend. The BOA Super Regional Championship at St. Louis, presented by Yamaha, will be Webcast live, Friday and Saturday, October 14-15 from Edward...

I’ve been emotional this morning thinking about the passing of Steve Jobs. Part of it is a bit of fear – the reminder that life is short. No matter how visionary, successful, smart, creative, hard-working, kind or wealthy we...