Tri-M Music Honor Society

The Tri-M Music Honor Society is the international music honor society for middle/junior high and high school students. It is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements, reward them for their accomplishments and service activities, and to inspire other students to excel at music and leadership. Through more than 4,500 chartered chapters, Tri-M has helped thousands of young people provide years of service through music in schools throughout the world.

So, what does it take to be a Tri-M member? The Fine Arts Department picks students who show outstanding scholarship, leadership, service, and character, to honor them for their accomplishments.

Here’s an explanation of the criteria, which your advisor can choose to raise with notice to the chapter members:

Music Participation—you have to be (or have been) in a school music ensemble or class for at least one semester of the current school year.

Grades/Scholarship—you have to have maintained a B average grade (or equivalent) in music, as well as at least a C average grade in your other classes, during the last semester.

Leadership—your advisor can consider any school or community activity that you’ve been actively involved in.

Service—your advisor can consider any school or community service activity you’ve been a part of, as long as whatever you did, you did for someone else and didn’t get money or receive any other kind of payment for it.

Character—your advisor is looking for members who demonstrate respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Examples are being responsible, following school policies and procedures, being respectful of others and their property, being honest, being punctual, and being patient. Talk to your advisor to find out what the guidelines are for your chapter regarding character—these guidelines should be included in the chapter bylaws.