The 2024 IBA Fall Business Meeting...

...will be held at Iowa State University in Ames during the All-State Festival. The meeting will be on Saturday, November 23 in room 004 of the Scheman Building. The Board of Directors will meet at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Business Meeting, which is open to all members, at 3:00 p.m. District Presidents, Committee Chairs, and Presidential Appointments are asked to submit their reports to IBA Secretary Brandon Weeks by Wednesday, November 20.

Major Landers Scholarship Application

Now is the time to think about students for the Major Landers Scholarship! If you have a senior planning on majoring in music education at an Iowa college or university, encourage them to apply. The application for the district audition is due on December 2 and can be found at the following link:

https://sites.google.com/bandmasters.org/major-landers/scholarship-application-form

Apply to be a part of the 98th IBA Conference!

2025 IBA Conference applications are open. Fill out the appropriate application using the links below. You can also find all these links PLUS MORE by logging into the IBA Website: https://bandmasters.org/ and clicking on Conference Information.

Conference Clinic Application: Due Nov. 15

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8Y3EXSi3QkGilObrjgr-2BH56XYrGxdpPShGEa9yTTOgo9g/viewform

Honor Band Application: Due Dec. 13

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeC12Ryi5nO0VsnIdzloYptaGbnaMYIAqiD2-janrMAgux3DA/viewform

Young Conductor's Workshop Application: Due Jan. 10

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScp3soEON-iWhgJU0tjyhdmi67QiO-ncMZdxZF970fp7vN08A/viewform

Lobby Concert Application:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXPLXFznVs1N4L-XIKtadDVuNaKnrmnBRckvm3qpt0ZXHUjQ/viewform



IBARD Volunteer List

IBA's Retired Directors are an excellent resource for our Active Members and their band programs! Do you need suggestions on literature? Advice on a specific instrument? A clinician or adjudicator? Or maybe just somebody to chat with? Consider reaching out to an IBARD member that has expressed an interest in volunteering! To see the list of IBARD Volunteers, click on the link below:

IBARD Volunteer List

If you're an IBARD member not on the list and would like to be added, please contact IBARD chair, Terry Hanzlik, PhD: ibard@bandmasters.org

IMEA Conference

The IMEA Conference is quickly approaching. Please plan to attend this conference on November 21-23, bringing together music educators from all ages and stages around Iowa.

The IMEA website lists the schedule, conductors, clinicians, hotel reservation information, and all other pertinent information: iamea.org

The registration form is found here: https://iowamea.formstack.com/forms/imea2024

General conference questions? Ask imea.conference.chair@gmail.com



Be Sure to Complete your Membership Payment!

A quick reminder, to be a member, a person must register AND PAY their dues. We have run into several situations where someone registers online and then does not finish up with payment. Members who are not current with their payment will not be on the mailing list to receive their Fall Bandmaster Magazine.

Log in and renew your membership now!

There are no paper membership cards this year. We encourage digital payments; either credit, debit, or ACH. You can print your invoice and submit to your business office or forward the payment email invoice. Please help us in this transition away from paper membership cards and paper checks.



Important Message from IBA Treasurer, Tiffany Nelson

I sincerely appreciate all of you who have paid your membership dues in a timely manner. It has been a very challenging Fall for me, but I am 100% caught up with everything. Thank you for being patient.

That being said. It is our goal, as an IBA organization, to go paperless. In trying to achieve that goal, we have asked all school districts to PLEASE pay dues via our website using credit cards. I understand there are a few schools who are not able to utilize the Credit Card system as per their business offices and personnel. However, this year, I received even more checks than I did two years ago. If you are able, PLEASE pay your memberships via the website using your school credit card. When you send a check it is VITAL that you send the paperwork from the website with your check...or even a note telling me who the check is for. 

If you have questions as to why some of you have "sent the checks, and paid your dues" but are still in the not paid list, that is because I did not receive the appropriate paperwork with your check and I have no idea who your school district is paying for. It takes me hours to enter into spreadsheets the checks I am receiving. It takes me twice that amount of time to attempt to find the name that goes with each school.  

If you are the following schools, I have your money and it is deposited, but I have NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE. Please email me and let me know who is associated with these checks. 

Thank you so much...

If you are on this list, please send an email, ASAP, stating who the check is paying for, first name and last. Until I have all of that information, your dues are not paid:-)

Denver CSD

Southeast Valley CSD

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

Griswold

Durant CSD

Pella Christian

Algona CSD

Union CSD

Waco CSD

Independence CSD

Adel-Desoto-Minburn CSD

Dike New Hartford CSD

Glidden Ralston CSD

Iowa Valley CSD

Thank you for help in this matter

Tiffany Nelson



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Upcoming Dates

• November 15 - Conference Clinic Application
• November 21-23 - IMEA Conference
• November 23 - Fall IBA Business Meeting
• December 2 - Major Landers Scholarship Application Deadline
• December 13 - Conference Performance Intent Deadline



Iowa Bandmasters Association

98th Annual Conference

May 15-17, 2025