IAML (UK & Irl) Personal members – application or renewal

Personal membership benefits:

  • access to the members-only area of the website
  • the Branch journal Brio
  • reduced price attendance at the Annual Study Weekend and training courses run by the Branch

Additional international membership benefits:

  • access to the international journal Fontes Artis Musicae – electronic, or as a print copy
  • reduced price attendance at the annual international congress
  • opportunities to participate in IAML at international level

Students registered at a recognised credit–bearing Higher or Further Education institution in the UK or Ireland are eligible for one year’s free membership of IAML (UK & Irl). Subsequent years of student membership are charged at the concessionary rate. Proof of student status is required.

For UK taxpayers the entire subscription is eligible for tax relief.

Any person wishing to stand for membership of the Executive Committee of the Branch must be a paid–up personal member by 1st February of the year in which the AGM will be held.

Any person wishing to stand as an officer of one of IAML’s international Sections or Committees must be a paid-up international personal member or an employee of an international institutional member.

The IAML (UK & Irl) membership directory is made available only to members of the Branch. Please note that non–members might have access to copies that are held by institutional members.

Members’ contact details (where permitted) can be accessed on this website only by signed-in Branch members. International members’ details are stored also in the international membership database and can be accessed there only by signed-in international members. Consent options are presented in the form below.

From time to time the IAML (UK & Ireland) Branch sells single-use-only contact details to carefully-selected music-related publishers and organizations. International IAML has similar arrangements that apply to international members’ details. Consent options are presented in the form below.

IAML (UK & Irl) is registered under the terms of The Data Protection Act, 2018.


The preferred method for payment of membership fees is through online bank payment (BACS). Banks now check the account name for payment against the account number and sort code entered to ensure that incorrect payments can be avoided. BACS details will be provided by the Membership Secretary to new members and will be available in membership renewal reminders.

It is possible also to pay by cheque, which should be made payable to IAML (UK & Ireland) and posted to: Kate Eaton, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT. Please write your membership number – included in your membership reminder email – on the reverse of the cheque.

Please contact the Treasurer if other payment options are required.

Personal membership subscription rates for 2025

Membership type£
National personal5667
International personal8096
National personal concessions (student / unemployed / retired)1923
International personal concessions (student / unemployed / retired)4251