A non-profit  organization, founded in 1974 to promote communications among trumpet  players around the world and to improve the artistic level of performance,  teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet.

The IWBC was founded by Susan Slaughter in 1990 in response to results from a survey issued to over fourteen hundred women brass players. The IWBC exists to provide opportunities that will educate, support, develop, and inspire all women brass players who wish to pursue professional careers in music. Membership is open to all women and men who would like to support this effort.

Named one of the top 10 nonprofits in the country by Independent Sector, Washington, D.C., Interlochen Center for the Arts is home to the Interlochen Arts Camp, which provides intensive training each summer to talented youngsters from around the world, and Interlochen Arts Academy, which has produced more Presidential Scholars in the Arts than any other high school in the United States. The Center has grown to include Interlochen Public Radio, a national leader in listener support, and the Interlochen Arts Festival, which presents more than 750 concerts and exhibits annually by students, faculty, and the nation's preeminent artists.

The Department of Music at Messiah College has four overarching goals:

1. to develop students into outstanding musicians;
2. to equip the music graduate to enter successfully into a specialized career in music;
3. to contribute to the aesthetic life of the community and the worship experience of the church;
4. to set the graduate on a life course which continues to integrate one's Christian faith with the practice and teaching of music.

Founded at George Mason University in 1992, The National Trumpet Competition (NTC) is already the largest competitive event for young trumpet players in the world. Students aged 11 to 28, residing in the United States or Canada, are invited to GMU's Department of Music in Fairfax, Virginia, to compete in one of several educational divisions: middle school, senior high, college/classical, masters division, trumpet ensemble division, and youth trumpet ensemble division.

Founded in 1984, The Harrisburg Singers has become one of Central Pennsylvania's finest choral ensembles. The Harrisburg Singers artfully and beautifully combine the voices and talents of 40 members. Under the direction of Susan Solomon Beckley, they have found a unique harmony and unity that reflect a genuine celebration of music. The group takes special pride in its ability to perform works from many different traditions sensitively and with the highest level of musicianship.