Chicago Federation of Musicians

Joining the Chicago Federation of Musicians is an easy process. Requirements for new members are:

Fill out and submit an application along with all applicable fees to the Secretary-Treasurer of the CFM. (See the Membership Application below)
Pay a one time initiation fee of $265.00
Pay your yearly (or prorated) Membership Dues. (See the Membership Dues PDF below)
Attend a CFM Orientation meeting. This is a one-time meeting, mandated by the American Federation of Musicians. We try to be flexible offering options for meeting times. But attendance is important.

Call our Secretary-Treasurer's office at 312-782-0063 or fill out the Contact Form to send us an email if:

You are interested in a student membership.
You are a transferring member or a returning member.

Helpful links for the membership process:

Our Membership Dues document.
Our Membership Application.
A brief Bio Questionnaire which will help us to publish a short bio about you in our newspaper, the Intermezzo.

Membership Dues Membership Application Bio Questionaire

Unfair Wages Protest

The Chicago Federation of Musicians protests unfair wages paid by touring groups outside of the Chicago Theatre

CFM Officers and Board of Directors

The leadership of your Musician's Union.

The musicians of the Chicago Federation of Musicians play classical music, jazz, rock, latin, reggae and more. Within our membership, you can find musicians who will play any style of music and perform that music to the highest professional standards. We work in the region’s professional orchestras and theater pits accompanying Broadway productions. We work in clubs, at corporate and private events, at conventions...anywhere live music is needed.