President of the RussSME (Chair of the Board):

Valeri Brainin, Full Member (Academician) of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Director of the Department of Research, Development, and Training, Laboratory for New Technologies for Music Education, Moscow Pedagogical State University. Art Director of Brainin Music School in Hanover (Germany).

Vice-President:

Edward Abdullin, Ph.D., Full Member (Academician) of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Professor, Head of the Methodology and Methods of Music Teaching Chair, Moscow Pedagogical State University. 

Secretary General:

Elena Nikolaeva, Ph.D., Full Member (Academician) of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Professor at Moscow Pedagogical State University.

Treasurer:

Olga Usacheva, Senior lecturer at Moscow Pedagogical State University.

Members of the Board: 

Pavel Anisimov, Ph.D., Corresponding Member of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Professor, Dean of the Music Faculty, Vladimir State Pedagogical University. 

Alexander Berezin, Director of Khanty-Mansiysk Arts Boarding College. Honored Worker of the Culture of Russian Federation. 

Pavel Bugakov, Ph.D., Corresponding Member of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Professor, Rector of Lipetsk State Pedagogical University, Head of the Music Teaching Chair.

Boris Dimentman, Honored Worker of the Culture of Russian Federation. Executive Secretary of the last Board of the Soviet Section of the ISME. Member of Editorial Board of the “Music Review” magazine. Member of the Composers Union of Russian Federation. 

Ella Machrova, Ph.D., Professor, Dean of Arts Faculty, Russian State Pedagogical University (Saint Petersburg).

Ludmila Rapatskaya, Ph.D., Full Member (Academician) of the International Academy of the Social and Pedagogical Science, Honored Worker of the higher institutes of education of Russian Federation.  Professor, Dean of Culture and Music Art Faculty, and Head of the Music Instruments Chair, Moscow State Open Pedagogical University. Member of the Composers Union of Russian Federation.

Yury Stepnyak, Ph.D., Associate professor, Dean of Music Faculty, Moscow Pedagogical State University.

Gennady Tsypin, Ph. D. Full Member (Academician) of the International Academy of the Social and Pedagogical Science, Honored Worker of the higher institutes of education of Russian Federation. Professor at Moscow Pedagogical State University. Member of the Composers Union of Russian Federation.

Advisory council

Chair:

Michael Roitershtein, Ph.D., Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation. Professor at Moscow Pedagogical State University. Member of the Composers Union of Russia.

Members of the Advisory Council:

Moris Bonfeld (Honorary Member).

Peter Merkuriev, Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation. Assistant to the editor-in-chief of “Music Review” magazine (represents Mass Media).

Bella Rachina, Honored School Teacher of Russian Federation,  Corresponding Member of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Senior lecturer of Russian State Pedagogical University (Saint Petersburg) (represents Music at School).

Kira Tarasova, Ph.D., Full Member (Academician) of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Professor, Head of the Aesthetic Development Child Laboratory, Centre “Early Childhood” of Moscow Education Department  (represents Early Childhood Music Education).

Boris Tevlin, Peoples Artist of Russian Federation, State Prize Winner of Russian Federation. Professor, Head of the Choral Conducting Chair, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (represents Professional Music Education).

Alla Toropova, Ph.D., Corresponding Member of the International Teacher's Training Academy of Sciences. Associate professor, Senior scientific worker of the Science Research Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Education    (represents Music Art Therapeutics).