Today we have a guest post from Ann Robinett about the National Federation of Music Clubs.
As a long-time teacher of piano and voice, I have enjoyed my associate with the National Federation of Music Clubs for over 30 years. The organization has more than 200,000 members throughout the United States. Membership is open to senior, student, and junior members who form community and state clubs.
Federated in 1898, NFMC was created to promote music education as well as the creative and performing arts. One of its primary goals is to promote all aspects of American music.
NFMC is chartered by the Congress of the United States and is the only music organization affiliate with the United Nations.
Awards are available on local, state, and national levels. Each year NFMC provides over three-quarters of a million dollars for awards for performers and composers of all ages. Performance opportunities are offered through the Festival program, with 117,000 juniors AND adults being adjudicated each year.
Participants can earn points toward festival cups by playing piano, strings, organ, winds, brass, and voice. Festival cups are also earned in composition, theory, sight-reading, ensembles, and dance.
Collegiate awards are available in voice, piano, and many instruments.
Every two years auditions are held for young musicians who are ready to pursue concert careers. The national winner of each division wins a $10,000 award as well as a two-year contract for personal appearances throughout the country.
NFMC offers a wide variety of performance and awards for musicians of all ages and levels of study from the young beginner to the virtuoso. Innumerable programs offer assistance to teachers for their own progress and the progress of their students.
For a more complete overview of the National Federation of Music Clubs, please go to the website at www.nfmc-music.org
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