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Professional Organizations and Associations

The American Music Therapy Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance public awareness of the benefits of music therapy and increase access to quality music therapy services in a rapidly changing world.

The American Musical Instrument Society promotes better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods.

The American Musicological Society exists to expand understanding of music and sound through research, teaching, learning, and advocacy.

A professional organization of educators dedicated to the creative music and movement approach developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman.

The largest professional organization for bowed string music teachers in the United States.

An organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States.

One of three major international associations for ethnomusicology. Its mission is “to promote the research, study, and performance of music in all historical periods and cultural contexts.”

An organization devoted to the promotion, development and engagement of music theory as a scholarly and pedagogical discipline.