The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors is a forum for communication within the profession of applied music on the college campus.  The Association is composed of university, college, and conservatory teachers and is dedicated to:

1) Encouraging and developing more effective teaching of wind and percussion instruments on the college level.

2) Providing the efficient interchange of information, ideas, and materials among the members.

3) Encouraging the publication, recording, composition, and distribution of good music for wind and percussion instruments.

4) Fostering the development and manufacture of the best in wind and percussion instruments.

5) Coordinating the activities of the membership with other groups having common interests.

6) Encouraging the performance of solo and chamber music in which wind or percussion instruments have significant roles.

ANNUAL MEETINGS alternate between the NACWPI National Conferences held on various college/university campuses throughout the United States and those convened in conjunction with the national conventions of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). Performances by NACWPI members, the presentation of scholarly papers, and performances of NACWPI commissioned compositions are featured at these conventions/symposiums. 

THE NACWPI COMPOSITION PROJECT  is devoted to the commissioning and publishing of works for wind and percussion instruments.  The Association has been responsible for the publication of thirteen compositions through this project.  Copies are made available to the membership at cost.

The NACWPI Research Center, located in Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland's Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, is a depository for materials related to the teaching and performance of wind and percussion instruments.  This collection contains print materials in three categories:

• 1) Historical records of the Association.

• 2) Published wind and percussion music.

• 3) Manuscript wind and percussion music.

The holdings of the Library are reserved for use by members of NACWPI at a minimal charge to cover the handling of materials.