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{{Short description|American high school and middle school music honor society}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox fraternity
| name = Tri-M
| crest = Tri-M Music Honor Society logo.svg
| image_size = 180px
| founded = {{start date and age|1936}}<ref name = "Tri-M history">{{Cite web|title=Tri-M History – KMEA|url=https://ksmea.org/tri-m/tri-m-history/|access-date=2021-03-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
| birthplace = [[Park Ridge, Illinois]]
| affiliation = [[National Association for Music Education]]
| type = Honor
| status = Active
| scope = International
| emphasis = Music, high school
| motto = 
| slogan = 
| mission = 
| free_label = Former names
| free = Maine Music Masters (1936-1952)<br />Modern Music Masters (1952-1983)<ref name = "Tri-M history"/>
| chapters = 6,200
| member badge = [[Image:TriM Pin.JPG|thumb|60px|left|Junior badge]]
| address = P.O. Box 70704
| city = [[Philadelphia]]
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| postal code = 19176-0704
| country = United States
| website = {{URL|https://www.musichonors.com/}}
}}

'''Tri-M Music Honor Society''', formerly known as '''Modern Music Masters''', is an American [[high school]] and [[middle school]] music [[honor society]]. A program of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), it is designed to recognize students for their academic and musical achievements and to provide leadership and service opportunities to young musicians.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tri-M Music Honor Society|url=http://www.nafme.org/resources/view/tri-m-music-honor-society|access-date=2 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926090226/http://www.nafme.org/resources/view/tri-m-music-honor-society|archive-date=26 September 2011}}</ref> There are approximately 6,200 participating chapters in several countries, each of which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Tri-M was founded in 1936 by Alexander Harley and his wife, Frances.<ref name="Tri-M history" /> At the time, Alexander Harley was the band director and Music Department Chairman at [[Maine Township High School East]] in [[Park Ridge, Illinois|Park Ridge]], [[Illinois]].<ref name="luc">{{Cite web|last=Women and Leadership Archives|title=Appreciating Music: Frances M. Harley & Tri-M Music Honor Society {{!}} Women and Leadership Archives|date=10 October 2017 |url=http://libblogs.luc.edu/wla/2017/10/10/appreciating-music-frances-m-harley-tri-m-music-honor-society/|access-date=2021-03-03|language=en-US}}</ref> It has been a program of [[MENC: The National Association for Music Education]] since 1983. In 2011, the name MENC was changed to NAfME or the National Association for Music Education.