New Horizons Band members meet the following requirements and receive the following benefits:
  • Membership is offered to musicians at all ranges of experience: complete newcomers, those who played years ago, and those who have been playing all along.
  • Beginners are offered group instruction in a small instructional band setting before joining the established bands.
  • Emphasis is placed on making good music in a non-stressful, social and fun experience.
  • Members have an opportunity to attend weekend or week-long band camps throughout the year and throughout the country. In the past, camps have been held in Hawaii and Australia as well!
Hooked on Bands, Inc. is the booster organization for the New Horizons Band of Madison, WI. Hooked on Bands, Inc. performs the following services:
  • sponsors this website
  • sends out news about the band
  • sponsors an annual Band Weekend in Door County, Wisconsin
  • operates the band music library
  • maintains a membership directory
  • holds a membership in the national New Horizons organization
  • plans social events throughout the year
  • welcomes new members
  • honors birthdays
  • maintains contact with ill or hospitalized members
  • supports the band in a variety of other ways
Membership in Hooked on Bands, Inc. is open to anyone interested in supporting the New Horizons Bands of Madison. You do NOT have to be a member of any new Horizon Band to join. Click here for a printable membership form.

Dues are $8.00 per year or $30 for a lifetime membership. Membership runs from January 1 to December 31 each year.

Please make your membership payment to "Hooked on Bands, Inc." and send it to:

HOB
c/o Emily Link
Membership Chair
2510 Berkley Drive
Madison, WI 53719