2012 Annual Report of The College Music Society

Membership

The College Music Society

As of 31 December 2012

Members by Category

Regular 5,749 73.4%
Retired 234 3.0%
Student 1,531 19.6%
Life 315 4.0%
Total 7,829 100.0%
MemCategory 

Members by Region

Great Lakes 1,686 22.1%
Great Plains 477 6.2%
Mid-Atlantic 750 9.9%
Northeast 1,613 21.2%
Pacific Northwest 272 3.6%
Pacific Southwest 740 9.7%
Rocky Mountain 314 4.2%
South Central 786 10.3%
Southern 977 12.8%
Total 7,615 100.0%
MemRegion 

Members by Discipline

Composition 480 6.7%
Ethnomusicology 450 6.3%
Music Education 839 11.7%
Music in General Studies 605 8.4%
Music Theory 1,119 15.6%
Musicology 663 9.3%
Performance 3,009 42.0%
Total 7,165 100.0%
MemDiscipline 

Members by Location

Members in the U.S. 7,480 95.5%
Members Outside the U.S. 349 4.5%
Total 7,829 100.0%
MemLocation 

Members with Academic Rank

Professor 974 24.0%
Associate Professor 1,031 25.4%
Assistant Professor 1,023 25.2%
Lecturer 219 5.4%
Instructor 251 6.4%
Adjunct 171 4.2%
Other Designations 377 9.3%
Total 4.056 100.0%
MemRank 

Members by Gender

Male 4,436 56.7%
Female 3,001 38.3%
Withheld 392 5.0%
Total 7,829 100.0%
MemGender 

 

 

 

The Mission of CMS

The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education.

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