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:

• Encouraging and developing more effective teaching of wind and percussion instruments on the college level.
• Providing the efficient interchange of information, ideas, and materials among the members.
• Encouraging the publication, recording, composition, and distribution of good music for wind and percussion instruments.
• Fostering the development and manufacture of the best in wind and percussion instruments.
• Coordinating the activities of the membership with other groups having common interests.
• Encouraging the performance of solo and chamber music in which wind or percussion instruments have significant roles.