The Spanish Union of Music and Dance Schools – UEMYD is a federation of regional music school associations that are financially and organisationally autonomous and independent. Eight of the currently nine existing regional associations are members, which means the federation includes about 70% of the total population in Spain. The board currently consists of thirteen members who are representatives of the music schools, including the president and the vice-president. The office of UEMYD is organised without permanent staff and consist of twelve volunteers.
The UEMYD’s tasks include advocacy for music school education, communication and coordination with its mem-bers, further training for music school teachers and music school directors, and organisation of national youth compe-titions. The regional associations’ tasks are communication and coordination with its members, coordination of partners on a regional level, further training for music school teachers and music school directors, organisation of regional youth orchestras, and advocacy for music school education on a regional level.
