Welcome to the Missouri Women Band Directors Association website!

We are a professional organization for women working in the field of wind conducting and teaching. We want to support women in our field as they first enter their profession, as well as after many years of teaching. We also strive to support current research in the field of the wind band and teaching.
​We would love to have you join us!

JOIN US!!!

Become a member of MWBDA!
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Support women in band by becoming a ​sponsor!

Would you like to attend the Missouri Bandmasters Association conference in June? If you are a member of MWBDA, you can apply for a scholarship that will pay for your MBA membership fee, conference registration, and accommodations.
Click here for the scholarship application.
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If you are an existing member, make sure to keep our organization updated with your current address, email, phone, etc. Also, if you are changing schools or positions for the 2022 - 2023 school year, please keep us posted. For new memberships or renewal memberships, the instructions may be found on the Membership page.

Upcoming Business Meeting

​Date: Thursday, January 26th
Time: 4-4:45 pm
Place: Cedar Cove Room at the MMEA annual conference at Margaritaville, Lake of the Ozarks, MO

Upcoming Sponsored Clinic
​2023 MWBDA member presentations:
Denise Cadigan
Thursday, Jan 26
9:15 AM Paradise A
Wildwood Middle School Concert Band
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Ariele Lee
Friday, Jan 27
12:15 PM Windward 70-73
Make it STEAM: How to Get Your Program More Attention in a STEM World- Advancing Music Ed

Lindsay Riley
Friday, Jan 27
12:40-1:05pm Cedar Cove
Jazz Rhythm Section for the Non-Rhythm Section Player

Housing for our members at the MMEA and MBA conferences

Limited space available. First come, first served. Contact Jo Ellen Shroyer for more details about reserving your spot.
(660) 888-2853 jemshroyer@gmail.com

Letter from the President
Click here to read a letter from our President
Elke Overton, November 2022

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

PRESTO - $500

Saxquest, Inc. of St Louis, MO

VIVACE - $200

Donovan Bankhead of Springfield Music, Inc.
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ALLEGRO - $100

Andrew Glover of C.L. Barnhouse
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ANDANTE - $50

​Julie Capps

​Cottey College
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Adagio - $25

​Pam Smith Kelly of Claude T. Smith Publications

​Jackie Lordo

Jocelyn Garner
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Ron & Jo Ellen Shroyer

​Rebecca Ray
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. -Plato