School Registration
By registering your school your students may participate in the following KMEA events.

1. KMEA Sanctioned Contests and State Marching Band Championships – including Regional, Semi-Finals and Finals Competition
2. KMEA Solo & Ensemble and Large Group Festivals
3. KMEA All-State Groups: All-State Bands, Kentucky Children's Chorus, Kentucky Junior High Chorus, All-State High School Choruses, All-State Orchestras

Registering Your School

School registration is the first step to participation in any of the KMEA events and should take priority. Failure to have the school registration complete could keep your students from participating in the events.
Please note that the change in school registration fees.
KMEA School Registration Fee One Organization (band, chorus, orchestra) Two or More Organizations (band, chorus, orchestra)
High School $125.00 $250.00
Middle School $65.00 $130.00
Elementary $30.00
Please complete the School Registration Form/Invoice for the proper level (high school, middle school, elementary) and send the proper Registration Fee to KMEA.
The forms are designed so you can type directly into them, print them, then mail them with payment to KMEA.
After receipt of your school registration, KMEA will send you an email notification of receipt. All the necessary forms and publications that you will need for participation in KMEA events will be in the KMEA Information Center, accessed by logging in to the KMEA Web Directory and then clicking on the KMEA Information Center. All-state audition PDFs will also be located in the Information Center but your school registration must be complete before you will be granted access to the audition materials.

To access the information on the web, you will need to click on the Web Based Member Directory link located on the KMEA homepage.

Completion of School Registration AND current KMEA-MENC Membership is crucial for participation in KMEA Events. SMBC applications and all-state auditions will not be certified until these two items are complete.

KMEA-MENC Membership
If you are a current member and have completed and sent your School Registration Form you are ready to go. If you are NOT a current member, or your membership will expire in either August or September, you should
  • complete the membership form
  • make your check payable to MENC
  • send the membership form and check to KMEA to assure that your membership is recorded in the KMEA database

    Please note that your membership must be current before SMBC applications will be accepted and your students will permitted to audition for All-State.Renewals sent directly to MENC may take up to two months to process and might interfere with your participation in KMEA events.

KMEA Sanctioned Contest and State Marching Band Championship Participation