{"id":43,"date":"2025-10-05T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-01-22T23:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:20:30","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/index.php\/membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a member of the Wellington String Academy, you can apply to participate in the wonderful events run by WSA, and you will be the first to be sent information about them.  Note that some events have limited enrolment due to space or concert length constraints.  Membership is kept at an intentionally affordable $20 per year, and the first membership cycle will run up until March 31 2027.  It costs the same for a family as an individual.  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