CODA Update

Christy Latham

NCBA Representative Director of Bands, Santa Cruz High School Mission Hill Middle School

NCBA Update

Northern California Band Association

The mission of Northern California Band Association is to provide quality adjudication that supports education. NCBA was established in 1990 by music directors to provide an organization that could judge diverse marching band competitions that were previously run by independent organizations.

NCBA provides a slate of judges for competitions, that are routinely trained to improve and sustain their skills, competitions in Northern/Central California and Northern Nevada with the goal to provide consistency in adjudication at each competition. These competitions include field competitions, parade reviews, concert band, jazz band, winter guard, percussion, and solo drum major competitions.

Every January NCBA hosts a High School and Junior High school honor band. 2022 will be the second year of our honor Jazz Band. These are hosted and performed at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton in the Atherton Auditorium. 2022 Honor Band Conductors are: High School Honor Band - Matthew Morse, CSU Sacramento, Junior High School Honor Band - Cathy Ettle, Lincoln HS, Stockton, Jazz Band Director - Patrick Langham, University of the Pacific

We offer several ratings festivals for concert and jazz bands. Three festivals are planned for the 2021-22 school year. Each festival offers a full day of concert and jazz festivals. The locations are: Pittsburgh HS, Pittsburgh, CA, Inderkum HS, Sacramento, Ca, Del Mar HS, Campbell, CA

NCBA offers Winter Percussion and Guard competitions. 15 Winter events in Guard, Percussion and Solo Drum Majors. The organization has adopted a WGI model and has a multi year plan to transition to this system. All Winter judges have completed the training programs.