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Chorus America - Your Voice

We offer a wide array of benefits for individuals such as a quarterly magazine packed with information you can use daily, a growing online resource library, professional development programs and workshops, and more. Whether you are a conductor or arts administrator, board member or composer, singer or volunteer, Chorus America has what you need to succeed.

Choose from three options:

Basic Membership, $75
Includes all benefits of Individual Membership listed below.

Contributing Membership, $175
Includes all benefits of Individual Membership and acknowledgment in annual donor listings. Your additional tax-deductible contribution of $100 helps to support Chorus America's vital work as an advocate and innovator for the choral field.

Student Membership, $30
Includes all benefits of Individual Membership, for a discounted student rate available to full-time students with I.D.

Join today!

Individual Member Benefits

  • Subscription to The Voice of Chorus America
    Chorus America’s award-winning quarterly magazine with in-depth interviews and profiles, chorus news and activities, opinion and commentary, board leadership strategies, successful marketing and fundraising techniques, and advice on artistic issues.

  • Subscription to eVoice
    Chorus America’s monthly electronic newsletter with timely news, links to important sources of professional information, training program updates, and tools you can put to immediate use.

  • Chorus America staff at your service
    Individualized and friendly assistance from the Chorus America staff to help answer your questions and track down information you need in a timely fashion.

  • Networking and personal contacts
    Access to leaders in the choral field and representatives of peer organizations at Chorus America events; personalized advice in one-on-one Buttonhole Consultations at the Annual Conference.

  • Members-Only Section
    Access to job listings, concert calendar, survey data, resource center documents, advocacy tools, the first-ever survey about choral conductors, archived periodicals and features from the Voice, how-to articles on fundraising, marketing, commissioning, leadership, and more.


    • NEW! Navigating a Music Director Transition
      Chorus America’s groundbreaking online seminar addressing the challenges of leadership changes in choruses. This two-hour seminar is broken up into four 30-minute sessions for easy viewing and is available free on the Members Only Section.
     
    • NEW! Membership Directory
      Browse complete information on our chorus, business, and individual members. A wonderful networking tool!


  • Annual Conference registration discount
    A four-day Annual Conference featuring in-depth professional development seminars, workshops, concerts, expert consultations, peer-group constituency group meetings, and countless networking opportunities with hundreds of choral colleagues from throughout North America. Members can register at a substantial discount. This year, Chorus America will present our Annual Conference as part of the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, Colorado, from June 10-14, 2008.

  • Skillbuilding through professional development programs

    Conducting Masterclasses
    : Designed to give emerging conductors podium time working with experienced master teachers on skill development beyond university/conservatory training. Masterclasses also address the non-musical responsibilities of being a conductor.

    Chorus Management Institute: An intensive three-day workshop for chorus executives and board members covering fundraising, board development, marketing, leadership transitions, and strategic planning. Offered periodically in various locations throughout the country.

  • Subscriptions to scholarly journals
    Optional subscriptions to the American Choral Review and Research Memorandum Series, scholarly journals for artistic leaders addressing recent research and repertoire issues.

  • Publication discounts
    Member discounts on useful publications such as Leading the Successful Chorus and our latest book, Conductors Count.

  • Choral Survey Report
    Members-only access to the annual Choral Survey Report, an industry-wide survey of choral activities that provides statistics about the field and answers frequently asked questions about organizational structure, finances, repertoire, education programs, boards of directors, and personnel.

  • Conductor Survey Report
    Members-only access to Choral Conductors Today: A Profile, the first-ever study to capture information on the backgrounds, experiences, and activities of choral conductors.

  • Health insurance
    Access to group health and dental insurance (depending on state of residence). See www.teigit.com.


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