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Myron Snuffin
Secretary/Treasurer
Copyright (c) 2007
Indiana Bandmasters Association , Inc.
History
At the Indiana Music Educators Association (IMEA) Convention in 1953, Nilo Hovey, Don Marketto, Ben Niles, and Jim White met to organize an association to promote bands in the State of Indiana. In the fall of 1954 these men along with Carroll Copeland, Hal Meurer and other fine band directors officially founded the Indiana Bandmasters Association.
IBA would initially engage in sponsoring a Marching Band Clinic, an All-State Band, and act in an advisory capacity for IMEA on band activities. The first Marching Band Clinic was organized in the fall of 1956 and continued each year through the summer of 1979.
IBA would sponsor its first All-State Band in 1961 with John Paynter as the guest conductor. The event went to two ensembles, the All-State Band and the All-State Honor Band, in 1980. The first Junior High All-Region Bands were organized in the fall of 1980 at three sites. As interest grew the number of sites was increased to the current twelve. In 1994 the event was renamed the All-Region Honor Band Festival.
The first IBA commission was premiered at the 1988 All-State Honor Band concert with the composer, Robert Jager conducting. The Association premiered the first junior high commission by John O’Reilly at the All-Region Festivals later that fall.
The winter of 1995 saw the first collaboration of the Indiana chapter of the College Band Director’s National Association (CBDNA) and IBA to sponsor the Indiana All-Collegiate Honor Band. The group is formed biannually.
In 1999 IBA established a site on the World Wide Web (www). In 2000 the Association established All-District Honor Bands for students in grades 9 through 12.