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.

The 2023-2024 Richland County High School Chapter 8170 Tri-M Music Honor Society members are:

ROW 1: Conner Akers, James Benton, Callista Ridgely, Riley Harrolle (vice president), Addison Ridgely, Carly Houchin, Molly Fehrenbacher, River Logan, and Cally Smith

ROW 2: Mr. Weitkamp (sponsor), Ethan Zuber (historian), Jereme Higginbotham, Sean Joyce (treasurer), Isaac Zwilling, James Wyatt Baker, Aidan Gomez (secretary), Emma Wells (president), and Mr. Jones (sponsor)

ABSENT: Lilla Balding

Two students from Richland County High School shall participate in the 2024 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State All-State Ensembles. ILMEA will host the event on January 25-27, 2023 in Peoria.

These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing nearly 11,000 schools throughout Illinois. Of the thousands of students that auditioned, only a fraction of students were selected to participate in the event. The two RCHS students selected to participate are Emma Wells (senior/senior band), & Aidan Gomez (senior/jazz band).