Membership
Join or Renew your NYSSMA® Membership
NAfME and NYSSMA® are a combined membership.
When you join one, you belong to both.
Only 1/3 of the dues you pay to NAfME/NYSSMA is allocated to NYSSMA and supports all of the activities listed below.
The remaining 2/3 portion of the dues is for NAfME activities and programs.
NYSSMA®/NAfME Membership Provides:
NYSSMA Membership Benefits
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Winter Conference
- Summer Conference
- Regional Workshops
- Adjudicator Orientation
PUBLICATIONS
- School Music News
- NYSSMA Manual
- Using NYSSMA Evaluation Sheets in Performance-Based Assessment Practices in Music Education
- 3 NYSSMA History Books
- DVD of Exemplary Lessons (standards based)
- Classroom Music Assessment Guide
- Teaching/Learning Resource Guide
OPPORTUNITY TO
- Get an Award
- Vote in NYSSMA & NAfME Elections
- Hold an Office
- Perform in Albany for MIOSM
NYSSMA® SUPPORTED MUSIC ACTIVITIES
- Area All-State Festivals
- Solo and Ensemble Festivals
- Winter Conference All-State Performing Group
- Major Organization Festivals
- Winter Conference Electronic Music Composition
- Eligibility for Eastern Division NAfME
- Showcase
- Performing Groups
- Winter Conference Composition Showcase
- Tri-M Music Honor Society
- Winter Conference Piano Showcase
- NAfME Collegiate
BENEFITS TO SCHOOLS
- Presidential Citation Award
- Free Job Listings
- Festival/All-State Plaques
- Opportunity to Purchase Medals
MUSIC EDUCATION
- Adjudication Festival
- Diversity
- Advocacy/Government Relations
- Finance
- Awards and Recognition
- Music Composition/Improvisation
- Classroom Music
- Public Relations
- Constitution
- Technology in Music Education
ACTIVITIES OF OTHER STATE CHAIRS
- All-State Performing Groups
- Middle/Junior High School
- Band, Chorus, Orchestra
- Music in Our Schools Month
- Instrumental Jazz,Vocal Jazz
- Music for Special Learners
- Assignor of Adjudicators
- Musical Theater
- Brass
- NAfME Collegiate
- Certification
- Parliamentarian
- Director of Adjudicators
- Percussion
- Early Childhood
- Piano
- Elementary Summer Conference
- Research
- Elementary Winter Conference
- Retired Persons
- High School Music
- Strings
- Higher Education
- Summer/Winter Resident Coordinators
- Manual
- Voice
- Marching Band
- Winter Conference Exhibitors
- Marketing
- Winter Conference Stage Manager
- Membership
- Woodwinds
Maintain direct contact with/send representatives to other professional groups:
- New York State Council of Education Associations
- New York State School Boards Association
- New York State Alliance for Arts Education
- New York State PTA
- Council of Music Education Associations
- State Education Department
Assist with National & Eastern Division activities and professional development
Your MEMBERSHIP: supports NYSSMA® leadership activities
(Only 1/3 of the dues you pay to NAfME/NYSSMA is allocated to NYSSMA and supports all of the activities detailed above. The remaining 2/3 portion of your dues is for NAfME activities and programs.)