Your orchestra must:
- have a collective bargaining agreement between orchestra management and an AFM Local, and
- vote by secret ballot to join ROPA, and to adopt and abide by the ROPA Bylaws.
Annual dues for Full Members are $680 plus $100 contribution to the Emergency Relief Fund. Annual Dues for Associate Members are $200. Please refer to the bylaws for information about the requirements for Associate Membership.
Download and distribute a brochure
To help rally support, please download the ROPA Brochure, make copies (double-sided) and distribute it to your orchestra. You can download the brochure from the right panel, under Documents.
Contact the VP
Please ROPA Vice-President Nancy Nelson to apply for membership.
Membership Dues and Conference Expenses
- Full Member orchestras pay annual dues of $680 (plus $100 to the Emergency Relief Fund)
- Associate Member orchestras pay annual dues of $200.
- Associate membership does not include access to the Emergency Relief Fund or voting privileges.
- Associate members receive all bulletins, are listed in the AFM Wage Scale Chart, and receive a limited number of ROPA’S publication, The Leading Tone.