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MEMBERSHIP

Your Membership supports band in Manitoba, and allows the Manitoba Band Association to:

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  • Ensure that quality band music opportunities are accessible to all

  • Ensure that communities and individual lives are enriched by band music

  • Ensure that band inspires creativity that celebrates our diverse population

 

 

Your Individual Membership (regular members, private teachers, students, and seniors) allows you to:

 

  • Support the work and goals of the Manitoba Band Association

  • Connect to a strong and vibrant band community, and to become further involved in band activities in Manitoba and Canada

  • Access to outstanding resources

  • Access to the MBA member directory

  • Contribute to the MBA through committee membership

  • Be included in the MBA Private Teacher Directory if requested

  • Observe at MBA board meetings

  • A single vote at the MBA’s AGM

  • Receive the MBA E-news and contribute content (events, announcements, relevant information, PD, etc.)

  • Enjoy discounts on professional development workshops & webinars

  • Participate in MBA Festivals (Concert Band, Jazz Band, Level One) at discounted rates

  • Receive a Manitoba Music Educators’ Association (MMEA) membership

  • Become a Canadian Music Educators Association (CMEA) member at the time of membership purchase (additional fees apply)

  • Be affiliated with the Canadian Band Association, and receive the benefits of that affiliation

 

 

Your Community Band Membership:

 

  • Supports the work and goals of the Manitoba Band Association

  • Connects to a strong and vibrant band community

  • Provides an enhanced listing in the MBA Community Band Directory so you can more easily connect with and recruit new band members

  • Enables promotion of your ensemble's programs and events to the Manitoba band community through the MBA E-News

  • Provides a subscription for two (2) designated members to receive the MBA E-news and contribute content (events, announcements, relevant information, PD, etc.)

  • Enables free participation in the MBA Community Band Festival

  • Enables discounted participation in the MBA's other Family of Festivals events (Concert Band, Jazz Band, Level One)

  • Enables access to outstanding resources

  • Enables access to the MBA member directory

  • Includes a detailed listing in the MBA Band Directory that allows for two (2) contact names, rehearsal dates, times, location, band biography, director name, logo, and website link

  • Provides opportunities to become further involved in band activities in Manitoba 

  • Provides the opportunity to observe at MBA board meetings

  • Allows one (1) designated member to vote at the AGM

  • Enables two (2) designated band members to enjoy discounts on professional development workshops & webinars

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Your Organizational or Corporate Membership:

 

  • Connects your business to a strong and vibrant band community

  • Provides access the MBA member directory

  • Enables your business/organization to become further involved in band activities in Manitoba and Canada

  • Enables promotion of your ensemble's programs and events to the Manitoba band community through the MBA E-News

  • Includes memberships for any community bands run by your organization

  • Allows one (1) designated representative to vote at the AGM

  • Provides a subscription for two (2) designated employees to receive the MBA E-news and contribute content (events, announcements, relevant information, PD, etc.)

  • Enables two (2) designated employees to enjoy discounts on professional development workshops & webinars

  • Provides added value to MBA members through promotional opportunities

  • Priority consideration for sponsorship opportunities

  • Includes 5% discount on advertising at MBA events

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MBA Membership Rates:

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  • Individual - General and Private Teacher - $60

  • Individual - Senior (62+) - $35

  • Individual - Student (18+) - $20

  • Community Band - $60

  • Corporate / Organizational - $95

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The MBA Membership period extends from August 1st to July 31st. Applicants who join between June 1st and July 31st will have their membership brought forward into the coming year.

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