Goals and Objectives

WASBE and its many members strive to:

• promote symphonic bands and wind ensembles as serious and distinctive mediums of musical expression and cultural heritage.
• assist in all ways possible the development of band activities throughout the world.
• encourage the international exchange of conductors, teachers, students, and composers.
• help others recognize the importance of the symphonic wind band and the wind ensemble for international and national communication and understanding.
• encourage the composition of band literature of excellence that reflects national heritages and transcends international boundaries.