The American Big Band Preservation Society (ABBPS) is dedicated to preserving and promoting the heritage of classic big band music, and to encouraging and educating new generations of big band listeners, players, composers, and arrangers.

ACF New England (ACFNE) is the regional affiliate of a national composer service organization that has several chapters around the country, serving hundreds of diverse conmposers in the chamber, orchestral and opera genres, as well as experimental artists.