Music

The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 to advance scholarship in the various fields of music through research, learning, and teaching.

The British Columbia Music Educators' Association is a Provincial Specialist Association of the B.C. Teachers' Federation. Members are music educators in British Columbia, Canada as well as others with an interest in music education.

The British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE) aims to advance the study, practice, documentation, preservation and dissemination of traditional music and dance, including folk, popular, classical, urban, and other genres, of all countries.

Main focus is the exploration and development of opportunities to showcase and promote Canadian artists and music through the JUNO Awards, Canadian Music Hall of Fame and MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity.

The Canadian Band Association is a national organization representing and supporting school, university, military and community bands, band directors, students, parents, administrators, the music industry, composers, arrangers and all those interested in bands and band music across Canada.

Canada's national electroacoustic / computer music / sonic arts organization.

Professional organization serving to negotiate fair agreements for Canadian members, protect ownership of recorded music, secure benefits such as health care and pension for membership, and actively lobby legislators on copyright reform and other matters of interest to professional musicians living and working in Canada.

A group of artists, music scholars, and members of various cultural organizations working to exchange views and ideas about contemporary issues affecting music in Canada.

The CMEBC is an organization made up of parents, educators, students, arts organizations, and professionals from varying walks of life that support school music programs.

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) is an international organization established to promote inquiry, scholarship and analysis in the area of popular music. Founded in 1981, IASPM has grown into an international network. On national and international levels, the organization’s activities include conferences, publications and research projects designed to advance an understanding of popular music and the processes involved in its production and consumption.

A non-profit society dedicated to providing information, education, funding, advocacy, awareness and networking opportunities to nurture, develop and promote the spirit, growth, and sustainability of the BC Music community.

Founded in 1955, the Society for Ethnomusicology is a global, interdisciplinary network of individuals and institutions engaged in the study of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts.

The Society for Music Theory promotes the development of and engagement with music theory as a scholarly and pedagogical discipline.

The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music is dedicated to the study and performance of seventeenth-century music and related arts. The Society currently includes more than 250 members and over two hundred additional international subscribers to its electronic newslist.