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Admission to the Academy of St Cecilia
The Academy is a broad-based world-wide organisation with members drawn from many diverse
disciplines, similar to the Royal Society of Arts, sharing a common interest in early music.
Membership is therefore open to all, not only musicians, who share this involvement and enthusiasm
for this period. Membership is normally conferred at Fellowship level ( FASC) with entitlement to
wear the distinctive academic dress promoting the corporate identity of the Academy.
Admission as Associate (AASC)
The Associate level of the Academy is open to those with an interest in early music.
The minimum age for membership is normally fifteen years of age. Candidates wishing to
apply as Associates must be proposed by a Fellow of the Academy and should complete an application form accompanied by a covering letter.
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Admission as a Fellow (FASC)
Prospective members should, on application indicate the following:
- Your involvement in early music either as a performer, promoter, academic, teacher, student,
concert organiser, choir member, orchestral player, or simply as an enthusiast.
- Your willingness to promote, and to specify in what area you could contribute to the advancement
of the Academy of St Cecilia.
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Admission as an Honorary Fellow (Hon FASC)
Admission as an Honorary Fellow is usually made by invitation of the Chapter to honour
achievement and excellence. Fellows of the Academy may nominate a person, in their region
or country, using the criteria set out below as a reference, for submission to the Chapter.
Anyone who fulfils these criteria may themselves apply directly to the Chapter for
consideration, with the additional submission of two referees. Applicants may include heads, officers and staff of musical organisations, universities, examining bodies,
or ensembles, who have made a significant contribution to early music; through scholarship and academic excellence; musicians with a national or
international reputation as performers of early music or who have made a significant contribution through
the promotion of early music at national or international level.
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Admission as a Corporate Member
The corporate level of membership is open to institutions such as choirs, schools and
ensembles to affiliate themselves to the Academy of Saint Cecilia. The full benefits of
membership of the Academy are available to all individual members at this level. All
applications at this level will receive careful attention and individual requirements
can be discussed with an officer of the Academy. The fee for corporate membership is
normally fifty pounds per year but can be adjusted according to the size of the institution.
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Click here for the guidance notes
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the application form: Supporting information
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