Administrators find that the services and rich data resources of The College Music Society support their work and save valuable time for their administrative team. Through CMS's easy-to-use Web interface, Chairs, Deans, and Directors, as well as their administrative and support staff members, have access to a wide variety of valuable resources.
Your membership in The College Music Society is an important component of the life of your institution. CMS helps you develop a broad network of both human and information resources. The Society provides services that you will not find anywhere else, supporting your professional work daily, weekly, and long-term.
CMS gathers, considers, and disseminates ideas on the philosophy and practice of music. CMS creates forums in which individuals working in the various areas of music can interact and communicate. Recognizing the richness of musical diversity and the challenge of balancing the traditions of the past with the possibilities of the future, members are united by a dedication to the science of learning and the art of teaching and are engaged in a dialogue that will shape the field of music in the years ahead.
The Society’s programs make the critical difference to music in higher education. CMS is a means of effective change and growth, not just in your professional life but also for the entire field of music. Your membership enhances networking possibilities for everyone in the music profession and increases your communications opportunities with others. Your participation makes this critical difference possible.
Please join CMS, and encourage your adminstrative team to do so, as well. Take full advantage of CMS members benefits.
Join Online: Click here for the online membership application
Join via Mail: Click here for a printable membership brochure. (PDF)
SUPPORT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
Committee on Academic Leadership and Administration (ALA) – Focusing on developmental and career issues of administrative work in music.
Resources on Leadership, Administration, and Management – Access to the following:
- Sounding Board: Consult with an ALA Committee Member about an Issue or Concern
- Articles by Administrators on Leadership, Administration, and ManagemenT
- Musical Chairs: A Management Handbook for Music Executives in Higher Education
- Lists of Readings, Workshops, Resources, Organizations, and Publications on Academe and Academic Leadership
INSTITUTIONAL DATA RESOURCES
Institutions in the U.S. and Canada – Access to the database of over 1,800 institutions. Names, addresses, contact information, and Web sites are fully indexed and searchable.
Institutions outside North America – Access to the database of institutions in countries outside the U.S. and Canada. Institutional names, addresses, and contact information are included.
Music Faculty in the U.S. and Canada – Access to the database of nearly 40,000 faculty, fully indexed by rank, degrees, and teaching specialties.
Graduate Degrees Offered in the U.S. and Canada – Access the index of graduate degrees offered for student mentoring and other administrative tasks.
Directory of Music Faculties in College and Universities, U.S. and Canada – The Directory may be purchased at the discounted price for CMS members.
COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS
Advertise Your Employment Opportunities – Reach the single most highly trained and educated pool of potential music employees through the Music Vacancy List. The MVL is issued weekly to over 9,000 musicians.
Electronic Communications: Professional Notices Via Electronic Mail – CMS provides the means of sending professional announcements to the individual electronic mail addresses of musicians in higher education. Send announcements to faculty and administrators from any of 169 teaching and interest lists. Your announcement is also included in CMS's monthly electronic newsletter and in eCODA, the Society's app.
Traditional Print-and-Mail Communications – Direct mail remains an effective means of communicating with music faculty and institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Reach specific, targeted audiences for product promotions, employment recruitment, workshop announcements, and other matters of vital importance to musicians in higher education. Choose from any of 169 lists of faculty in their teaching and research areas and from administrators by specialty.
Conference Exhibiting – Exhibit at CMS National Conferences and advertise through program books at international, national, regional conferences.
Conference Attendance – Reduced rates on conference registrations for you and members of your administrative team.
MUSIC SERVICE AND BUSINESS-INDUSTRY RESOURCES
International Music Organizations – Access to the database of over 300 international music service organizations. Names, addresses, communications information, and Web sites are fully indexed and searchable.
Music Business Industry – Access to the database of international music business and industry corporations. Names, addresses, communications information, and Web sites are fully indexed and searchable.
Committee on Music Business-Industry – Identifies and addresses goals in common between the music business and music in higher education communities, and fosters liaison between them.