PCBA members are college and university band directors in the state of Pennsylvania. They collaborate throughout the year and come together annually at that year’s host school (hosting duties rotate) with their students who have been selected to participate in the band. After three days of intense rehearsal under the direction of a renowned guest conductor, the weekend culminates in the annual banquet and festival concert.

From 1948 to the present, our history of hosting schools, their directors, and the guest conductors of the ICB read like a Who’s Who of the greats in Band Conducting.

Year - Host School
Host Director
Guest Conductor

1948 - Lock Haven State College W. Valgene Routch         
Erik Leidzen

1949 - Indiana State College C. David McHaughton          
Morton Gould

1950 - Carnegie Institute of Technology William A. Schaefer Mark H Hindsley

1951 - Lehigh University William H. Schempf      William D. Revelli

1952 - Penn State University James W. Dunlop         William D. Revelli

1953 - Franklin & Marshall College    
John H. Peifer, Jr.      Leonard B. Smith

Directors nominate their best students to be considered for participation in the annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band through the Director Tally Sheet. An institutional fee of $150 is assessed to each participating school via an invoice which is processed at the time of application. Once students are selected, the host school will send each director an invoice listing their students who were chosen. For each student selected, the participating school pays $75.00 per student. (Some schools choose to require the students themselves to pay the fee to ensure participation.)

Once students are recommended by their director, the director provides them with a link to the student General Application. All students must complete the General Application and a musical resume form. Percussion applicants will complete the General Application as well as a Percussion Application. Once completed, directors will be notified and will complete the director certification.