Give Back. Play Forward.

Membership is free. Leadership is earned. Elections are fair.

Join the Movement

The VMA’s Junior Program offers members the opportunity to serve as elected student leaders, helping guide outreach, fundraising, and service initiatives rooted in our pillars of Serve, Fundraise, and Lead.

Student Government

Danny Pylee

PRESIDENT
Massachusetts
Medway High School
David Tagge

VICE-PRESIDENT
Massachusetts
Boston
Felix Wang

STATE SENATOR
Massachusetts
Sharon High School
Ronnie Wang

STATE SENATOR
California
Los Angeles
Ishaan Kancharla

STATE SENATOR
North Carolina
Raleigh
Arjun Bhayani

STATE SENATOR
Massachusetts
Milton Academy
Ruslan Ivanov

DEPUTY STATE SENATOR
Massachusetts
Cushing Academy

Run for Student Government

Educational & Community Highlights

VMA California Instagram: @vma_ca
High School Chapter
Los Angeles, CA
High School
- Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford
Elementary School
- Albert S. Woodward Memorial School, Southborough
- Florida Ruffin Ridley, Brookline
Middle School
- The Park School, Brookline
- Fay School, Southborough
- Wellesley
- Medfield
High School
- Boston Latin School, Boston
- Milton Academy
- Cushing Academy
- Buckingham Brown & Nichols School, Cambridge
- Newton North High School, Newton
- Newton South High School, Newton
- Medway High School, Medway
- Concord Academy, Concord
- Fessenden School, Newton
- Rivers School, Weston
- Sharon High School, Sharon
- Mount Greylock Regional School, Williamstown
Educational Partnerships
- EKS Music School, Quincy
- New England Music Academy, Newton
- Attacca Music School, Belmont
- M. Steinert & Sons, Newton
- Language of Music Piano Studio, Framingham
- Yidan Piano Studio, Lexington
- Aleksandra Lvin Piano Studio, Newton
Massachusetts Venues
- Maplewood, Weston
- Bridges at EPOCH, Sudbury
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
- Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
- Rosie’s Place, Boston
- McLean Hospital, Belmont
- One Wingate Way, Needham
- Thayer Public Library, Braintree
Higher Ed Chapters
- College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
High School
- Nashua High School, Nashua
Higher Ed
- Cornell University
- Ithaca College
Middle School
- Carnage Middle School, Raleigh

Put Your State on the Map 🗺️

A New Approach to Youth Leadership in Classical Music

The VMA Leadership Initiative is a first-of-its-kind pathway where young musicians grow as compassionate leaders through real outreach, year-round workshops, and community fundraising. Junior Program students may embark on the Leadership Initiative journey at any time and advance at their own pace. Explore our “Leadership” web pages for high school and elementary-middle school divisions.

Through service-based awards and a parallel student government track, participants earn recognition not only for their musicianship, but for the impact they create. Families and friends may support a student’s Sweet Sounds of Service campaign to help meet the small fundraising thresholds required to run for leadership roles, but every officer is elected by peers through a formal, transparent process.

How to Get Started

Become a Junior Member — free and open to all K–12 students.
Start a Fundraiser — launch your Give Lively page when ready.
Do Outreach — share music with your community through concerts and service projects.
Run for Office — when eligible, declare candidacy and appear on the ballot at the club, state, or national levels.

There is no obligation to pursue the Leadership Initiative. We simply open the door to public service — and when they choose to rise, the opportunities are waiting.