The American School Band Directors Association Education Foundation was established in 1988 to promote instrumental music through educational programs directed toward instrumental music students and teachers as well as the public through scholarships, commissioning projects, research projects, publication and recording projects and other such projects as might be deemed appropriate and consistent with the Bylaws of the Foundation. The Foundation is governed and administered by an eight-member Board of Directors that meets regularly to review Applications For Project Funding and to administer the affairs of the Foundation.

Past projects have included commissioning of an original work for concert band by James Curnow and issuing, in CD format, the historic Silver Anniversary recording of the famed Pontiac High School Band under the direction of ASBDA founder Dale C. Harris. This CD recording, complete with comments by guest conductors Edwin Franko Goldman, William D. Revelli, Dr. Earl Moore, and composer Phil Lang, also included a booklet containing historic photographs and a brief history of the Pontiac High School Band from 1927 to 1952. This 2- CD set is $15 plus $1.50 postage ($16.50) and may be ordered from Ross A. Leeper, Chairman of the ASBDA Education Foundation, at the address below.

Download Foundation Application or, to learn more about applying for a Foundation grant or obtain an Application For Project Funding, contact:

Elaine Ostrander, Chairman
ASBDA Education Foundation
1213 North E.
Indianola, IA 50125

Contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible and may be made to:

ASBDA Education Foundation, Inc.
Jeff Cutter, Treasurer
32774 McConnell Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48103