NAfME Collegiate + Tri-M®

A Nationwide “Spotlight on Service”

OPPORTUNITY: In May 2022, Susan Smith, Chair of the Collegiate Advisory Council with the National Association for Music Education, reached out to Fran Kick about creating a first-ever joint Tri-M® Music Honor Society + NAfME Collegiate member event. The idea was to bring high school and college students together with their advisors to highlight how participating in NAfME programs builds better leaders and impacts the world.

Working with Susan, the theme of “Spotlight on Service” was identified for this joint Tri-M® Music Honor Society and NAfME Collegiate event. Fran prerecorded an interview with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, National Tri-M Chair sharing three main goals:

Build impact with service beyond just your Collegiate or Tri-M Chapter
Grow your membership with more collaboration across your campus
Create intentional interaction with Collegiate members and area Tri-M members

RESULT: September 15, 2022 high school and college students joined online for the first-ever joint Tri-M® Back-to-School NAfME Collegiate Kickoff Week event! Fran Kick edited the prerecorded interview with Tim Lautzenheiser so it could be streamed as the opening segment followed by live Q&A interaction with advisors and students from across the country. The event sparked so much excitement, engagement, and impact with all the NAfME Collegiate and Tri-M® chapters that it has become an annual event.

IN ADDITION: Fran Kick created a series of short promotional social media videos with Susan Smith and Cameron Jenkins such as this one:

“What an amazing lineup of talent we had on display; I enjoyed every minute of it and I know our participants did as well. Thank you all for your commitment and contributions to service and the future of the profession!”

Christopher Woodside, Executive Director

National Association for Music Education

“I had my Tri-M leadership watch with me last night and we definitely got a few good service ideas and conversations out of the presentation. You also motivated me to reach out to the college closest to us to see if they were interested in doing a "music student for a day" program. What a great idea!”

Jacob Buchen, Instrumental Music Director

Walden Grove High School, Arizona

“I really enjoyed the event last night, and I was thrilled one of my students made the choice to attend as well! She and I will be discussing what I learned and what she learned and sharing with our chapter. Now I am interested in partnering with a collegiate chapter either in Ohio or relatively close to Cincinnati. In the advisor break out, the Happy Birthday Project was shared. I love this idea and hope to make something similar happen at Princeton with a local nursing home or other appropriate group/place. I musically “grew up” with you and Dr. Tim and have heard you both speak/present several times over the years. To be honest, having you and Dr. Tim as the presenters was my draw to attend the event and encourage my students to attend as well. Thanks so much for what you do to encourage and inspire leadership, service and music education!”

Kristen Brown, Music Department Head and Tri-M Advisor

Princeton High School, Ohio

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The Tri-M® Music Honor Society involves more than 84,000 students in grades 6-12. There are more than 2,100 chapters across 50 states and 15 countries. Each year, student members contribute more than 750,000 service hours to their school and local communities and raise nearly $1 million for causes they care about.

Collegiate chapters of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), host professional development and music advocacy events providing a variety of leadership development opportunities for college music majors.

“THANK YOU for all you are doing to support the collegiates and the work of NAfME. I want you to know how much your contributions to this work matter!!”

Scott Sheehan, NAfME President (2022-2024)

NAfME Collegiate + Tri-M®

A Nationwide “Spotlight on Service”

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