What is Tri-M?

PERFORM, LEAD, SERVE.

The Tri-M Music Honor Society® is a program of NAfME (National Association for Music Education) which focuses on creating future leaders in music education and music advocacy. Tri-M® is the only national honor society for student musicians in grades 6-12. There are more than 1,800 chapters across all 50 states, involving more than 75,000 students. A Tri-M Music Honor Society chapter opens up a world of opportunities for students who have already shown themselves to be academically capable and musically gifted. Through performance and community service, they will develop confidence, creativity, critical thinking, compassion, and a host of other leadership skills sure to serve them well in school and beyond.

Membership Criteria

In order to be considered for our Tri-M chapter, students must demonstrate the following:

• Music Participation
• Academic Achievement
• Leadership
• Service
• Character

We are a high school chapter, open to our highest achieving music students in grades 9-12.

Chapter #7704

 Career Academy of South Bend is proudly identified as chapter #7704 of the Tri-M Music Honor Society. 
This chapter’s purpose shall be to inspire music participation, to generate enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, and to promote leadership among the music students of this school. 

Our Tri-M Members performing at the South Bend International Airport- December, 2019!

Current Members!

Tristen Anderson
Spencer Hardin
Alyssa Holley
Sam Hudak
Ariana Huggins
Ethan Jakab
Tobin Naragon
Abby Pavich
Tristen Peugh
​Giovani Rosales
Seviryn Shrack
Eric Silva
Gabby Terrell

Click here to purchase NAfMe or Tri-M merchandise!

Service

This was our first Tri-M Meeting, getting our Group Photo.

We are committed to serving our school and community.  

​Ways in which we serve are:
* Mentoring younger students
* Providing music tutoring free of charge
* Performing in the community
* Participating in activities that promote music in our school
* Usher, prepare sets, costumes, programs, and collect tickets
​   at community concerts, theater shows, or festivals
* And more!

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"Music is to the mind what air is to the body."
-Plato

history

Our story is just beginning.
A new "chapter" in history
has begun!

On March 14, 2017, Career Academy Chapter #7704
​was established!

contact an adviser

Chapter Adviser
Mrs. Alice Koehler
Director of Instrumental Music
[email protected]​

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have lots of dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solution without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”
​ – Steve Jobs

Here are several of our members at Solo and Ensemble. Always a fun and rewarding day!

how can you help? 

Fundraising and service

Members of Career Academy Tri-M Society as well as all music students participate in several fundraisers throughout the year. If you have any ideas on how you can help or would like to volunteer your time, we would appreciate it!

donate

 We would gladly accept donations of any kind in support of our instrumental and vocal music programs!  Please contact Ms. Brown with questions about how you can help!

music advocacy

Spread the word on the importance of music education and get involved!
Check out NAMM's website for more information and resources. 

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