Past Conferences

WASBE is a World of Musical Culture

WASBE is dedicated to enhancing the quality of the wind band throughout the world and exposing its members to new worlds of repertoire, musical culture, people and places.

Listed below are past presidents & list of past international conferences led by them. Click on the year to learn more about the conference.

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1981

Manchester,
UK

Founding

Year

1989

Kerkrade,The Netherlands

President:

Jan Molenaar*

1997

Schladming,
Austria

President:

Wolfgang Suppan*

2005

Singapore,
Singapore

President:

Dennis Johnson

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2015

San Jose,
California, USA

President:

Bert Aalders

2024

Gwangju-Gyeonggi
Korea

President:

Colleen Richardson

1983

Skien,
Norway

President:

Trevor Ford

1991

Manchester,
UK

President:

Vondis Miller*

1999

San Luis Obispo,
USA

President:

Felix Hauswirth

2007

Killarney,
Ireland

President:

Bert Aalders

2017

Utrecht,
The Netherlands

President:

William Johnson

1985

Kortrijk,
Belgium

President:

Francis Pieters

1993

Valencia,
Spain

President:

Leif Jansson

2001

Lucerne,
Switzerland

President:

Felix Hauswirth

2009

Cincinnati,
USA

President:

Glenn Price

2019

Buñol
Spain

President:

Dario Sotelo

1987

Boston,
USA

President:

John Paynter*

1995

Hamamatsu,
Japan

President:

William Johnson

2003

Jönköping,
Sweden

President:

Timothy Reynish

2011

Chiayi City,
Taiwan ROC

President:

Leon Bly

2022

Prague,
Czech Republic

President:

James Ripley

* Deceased