| Status | Qualifications | | College or University | Fully accredited, nonprofit, with music degree program | | K-12 Schools | Fully accredited, nonprofit | | Student | College and University - full time student in a degree program, or K-12 | | Music Educator | Currently teaching at a college, university, or K-12 | | Private Music Teacher, Home School | Current member of MTNA, MENC, or a MENC allied association (see list below) | | Church, Synagogue, Music Minister, or Music Representative | Non-profit with a separate house of worship or currently employed by a church or other religious institution in their music department |
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Qualified Organizations: America Sings!, American Choral Directors Assn., American Composer Forum, American Guild of English Handbell ringers, American Guild of Organists, American String Teachers Assn., Barbershop Harmony Society, Chamber Music America, College Band Directors Assn., Early Music America, International Assn. of Jazz Educators, Kappa Kappa PSI, National Assn. of College Wind & Percussion Instructors, National Assn. of Pastoral Musicians, National Band Assn., National Black Music Caucus, National School Orchestra Assn., Percussive Arts Society, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha IOTA, Tau Beta Sigma In Canada: Canadian Band Assn., Canadian Music Educators Assn. or their respective Provincial organizations. |