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By registering your program or school your students may participate in the following
KMEA events:
- KMEA Sanctioned Contests and Kentucky Marching Band Championships –
including Regional, Semi-Finals, and Finals Competition - KMEA Solo & Ensemble and Large Group Festivals
- 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 Program or 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.
2024-2025 Fees
A “program” at the middle or high school level is a band program, a choir program, or an orchestra program.
Type of School
High School
Middle School
Elementary
One Program
$150
$90
$50
Two or More Programs
$300
$180
Please complete the School Registration Form, selecting the proper level (high school, middle school, elementary), and send the proper Registration Fee to KMEA. The forms are designed to generate and email you a PDF that can be presented to your bookkeeper. Please send the form with payment to KMEA.
Note: KMEA accepts check, card, or the image of a signed purchase order as payment.
Click here to check your Program Registration Status
All the necessary forms and publications that you will need for participation in KMEA events will be available in the Members section. All-State audition forms are located in the appropriate Division but your school registration must be complete before you will be granted access to the audition materials.
Completion of School Registration and current KMEA-NAfME Membership is a prerequisite for students that attend that school to participate in KMEA Events. KMBC applications and all-state auditions will not be certified until these two items are complete.
Renew KMEA-NAfME 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 if your membership will expire in either August or September, you should complete the membership process by clicking on the membership link below:
Please note that your membership must be current before KMBC applications will be accepted, or for your students to be permitted to audition for All-State.
Homeschool Program Registration
Students that attend a homeschool are eligible to audition for High School All-State Band and/or All-State Orchestra. A homeschool, in the eyes of KMEA (much like the Kentucky Department of Education), is a school. Students who attend that school may not be thought of as attending the school in whose district they live, or any other school. Every student must be thought of as attending the school where they receive their academics. Therefore, the home school’s band or orchestra program must be registered with KMEA by a KMEA member who teaches there. There is a form and fee for this outlined below.
- The homeschool must complete the Homeschool Program Registration Form linked below.
- The homeschool must pay a $15 homeschool registration fee.
- The student’s parent or legal guardian must serve as the administrator for registration purposes, but does not need to hold membership in KMEA.
- The parent’s name, address, and contact information will be used for future communications regarding auditions.