Payment Links and Forms
In the fall of 2025, our chapter voted via an online survey to increase dues payments and to eliminate the "Retired-Inactive" membership status so as to align with Phi Beta Mu International. At our January 2026 meeting, we voted to increase Active Membership to $50 while leaving our Retired Membership at $26. $15 of every Active Membership and $6 of every Retired Active membership dues collected go to Phi Beta Mu International, the remainder stays local for our chapter to put to work as we see fit.
To Pay By Check: Dues and Luncheon
To pay your 2027 dues and luncheon fee via check, simply download and print the linked form below and return it to the address indicated on the form. You must still RSVP to the luncheon by using the online RSVP form below.
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Annual Dues and Luncheon PDF (Download, Print, Return to Address)
Luncheon RSVP (Complete a quick Google Form to RSVP)
To Pay Online: Dues and Luncheon
To pay your 2027 dues and luncheon fee online, simply click the appropriate payment link below. All electronic payments will now include a $2.00 transaction fee passed on to the member at the time of check-out ($50 + $2 for Active, $26 + $2 for Retired Active). There is also a recurring payment option, which would charge your card on file on November 15th of each year (one-time and recurring payment forms are on the same page - scroll down for the recurring option). Please also note, we have provided a luncheon invoice for those of you who would like to ask your district or Booster association to pay for your lunch. The form can be submitted and paid by check, or online using the provided separate luncheon link. You must still RSVP to the luncheon by using the online RSVP form below.
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Active and Retired Active Member Dues and Luncheon Electronic Payment Links (One Time and Recurring Options)
Annual Luncheon Invoice (Download document, complete, and submit to your district/boosters for payment)
Annual Luncheon Stand-Alone Electronic Payment Link (For District/Boosters or Members who decided to attend after dues were paid)
Luncheon RSVP (Complete a quick Google Form to RSVP)
2027 Commissioning Project (Middle School): Carol Brittin Chambers
The following forms will be used to join and make a payment towards a commissioning project with the Phi Beta Mu Xi Chapter and composer Carol Brittin Chambers. The commission will be based on the Illinois state song and premiered at the All-Illinois Junior High Honor Band when she conducts in 2027 (delivered December 1, 2026). The work will be a grade 3 - 3.5 and will be 3:00-5:00 in length. She has agreed to a $4,000 commission - $2,000 would be covered by Phi Beta Mu Xi Chapter (Illinois) and the remaining $2,000 will be reached via a consortium of twenty middle and high school directors affiliated with Phi Beta Mu Xi each paying $100. Consortium members must be active in membership status in order to join. Any additional consortium members over the required 20 are welcome to join and the additional monies collected will go to the composer.
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Phi Beta Mu Commissioning Project 2027 Information Form
2027 Commissioning Project (High School/Collegiate): James M. David
The following forms will be used to join and make a payment towards a commissioning project with the Phi Beta Mu Xi Chapter and composer Dr. James M. David. Dr. David is a leading American composer for winds and percussion who serves as professor of music theory and composition at Colorado State University. His symphonic works have been performed and recorded by many prominent ensembles and at more than eighty national and international conferences. Most recently, David was recognized as the winner of the 2025 CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, the 2022 William D. Revelli Composition Contest, named a three-time finalist for the Sousa-ABA Ostwald Award, winner of the ACC James Croft Grant, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, and won national contests sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Composers (USA). David has agreed to write us a 5:00-7:00 piece in the Grade 4/5 ability range to be delivered in the summer of 2027 for a total honorarium of $6,000. Phi Beta Mu Xi will contribute $1,500 towards the fee and are offering consortium memberships to 20 schools at a $225 buy-in. Consortium members must be active members of Phi Beta Mu Xi in good standing. Any additional consortium members over the required 20 are welcome to join and the additional monies collected will go to the composer. The piece will be premiered in the fall of 2027 with all consortium members gaining access for programming shortly thereafter.
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As part of our new commissioning project initiative, we aim to engage in a new commission each year with rotation between a middle school piece (Grade 3) and a high school/collegiate piece (Grade 4/5). We are still looking for an ensemble to lead the James M. David premiere - if interested, please contact Mark Iwinski at phibetamuxivicepresident@gmail.com. The inspiration for the new composition has not yet been determined, however we have plans to meet with the composer at the Midwest Clinic this December to brainstorm its direction.
Phi Beta Mu Commissioning Project 2027 Information Form - High School/Collegiate