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VCS Membership is open to EVERYONE
all cellists, teachers, amateurs, students, and
cello enthusiasts of every kind. And you do not have to be based in the New York area - the VCS is a global
network, with members all over the world.
Your very low annual dues are a great value
ENJOY THE MANY BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP, INCLUDING:
- Exclusive online access to the fascinating VCS Newsletter (see below for further description)
- Discounted admission to all VCS Events (please go to Events page for more information)
- The fact that your dues and contributions are TAX DEDUCTIBLE (to the extent allowed by law)
- Participation in one of the oldest, friendliest and most prominent of all cello communities
- Directly supporting the ongoing work of this worthy organization, which depends entirely on dues to finance all of its activities
- Solidarity with the important cultural role of the cello in history, and advocacy for its successful future growth
PLEASE NOTE: The VCS Newsletter is NOT the same thing as our e-mail updates and event announcements. The Newsletter is different it is an in-depth journal, covering developments in the cello world, historical perspectives, repertoire discoveries, scholarly articles, and informative cello items of that type.
The Newsletter is NOT sent by e-mail but is available online at this site, to current members by password log-in.
We are in the process of archiving all of the past VCS Newsletters online, going back to the 1960s and viewing this is also a privilege of membership.
Click on this link to a sample Newsletter so you can see the richness of content that you are missing if you are not a member!
The following are the annual dues categories and fee structure:
| Resident (Tri-State Area - NY, NJ, CT) | $40 |
| Non-Resident | $35 |
| Supporting | $60 |
| Student (with copy of ID) | $20 |
| Single event admission Non-member regular admission Non-member student admission, with ID | $15 $8 |
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
We greatly prefer to have your membership dues paid online, by clicking on one of the links below. This method sets up a recurring annual payment for you, automatically, using our registration form followed by secure PayPal. On the registration form, you will choose your own password for access to the Members' Area, where the Newsletters are located. (If you ever want to get out of the recurring payment arrangement, it is very easy to cancel it; but using it simplifies the process substantially for all of us.)
Please note: the VCS is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization, so all dues and contributions are tax deductible, to the extent allowed by law.
(If paying online and/or having a recurring annual payment is a problem for you, you can mail a check instead, payable to Violoncello Society, Inc., to Violoncello Society, P.O. Box 231588, New York, NY 10023. In that case, please also e-mail us at info@violoncellosociety.org to arrange online access to the Members' Area. However, we strongly encourage you to pay online if at all possible.)
For the moment, we are not issuing membership cards, but we will have a list of members, with the person at the door for our events, and for other related purposes. As for student ID for joining as a student member - the best way to get it to us is to scan it and e-mail it to info@violoncellosociety.org. Or, you could mail us a copy at the address in the previous paragraph. Either way, we will connect it with your membership payment.
If you have questions, you can e-mail the VCS at info@violoncellosociety.org. But please remember that we are in transition, and are still functioning without a secretary - so we request your ongoing patience regarding hearing back from us.
To take the next step, please follow the procedures below. We look forward to welcoming you as a new or renewing VCS member.