Mu Phi Epsilon
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Mu Phi Epsilon | |
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ΜΦΕ | |
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Founded | November 13, 1903 Metropolitan College of Music inCincinnati, Ohio |
Type | Professional |
Affiliation |
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Former Affiliation | PPA |
Status | Active |
Emphasis | Music |
Scope | International |
Motto | Seeketh not its own |
Colors | PurpleandWhite |
Symbol | Triangle |
Flower | Violet |
Publication | The Triangle |
Chapters | 227 collegiate chapters, 113 alumni chapters |
Headquarters | 1611 County Rd. B West Suite 320 St. Paul,Minnesota55113 United States |
Website | www |
Mu Phi Epsilon(ΜΦΕ) is a co-ed internationalprofessional music fraternity.It has over 75,000 members in 227 collegiate chapters and 113alumnichapters in the US and abroad.
History
[edit]Mu Phi Epsilon was founded on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan College of Music inCincinnati, Ohioby Dr. Winthrop Sterling, a professor at the school and a member ofPhi Mu Alpha Sinfoniafraternity, and Elizabeth Mathias Fuqua, his 19-year-old assistant, as a way of recognizing the musicianship and scholarship of those eligible. The first chapter, named theAlpha chapter,included eight women.
In 1906, Mu Phi Epsilon absorbedPhi Mu Epsilon,a two-chapter music sorority started byJames Hamilton Howe,founder of the first music sorority,Alpha Chi Omega.[1]This resulted in the establishment of theDeltaandEtachapters.[1]
Originally chartered as a national music sorority, it changed its status in 1936 to become an honor society, and again in 1944 to function as a professional music sorority. Its status once again changed in 1962 to that of an international music sorority, following the installation of theAlpha Tau chapterat thePhilippine Women's UniversityinManila.Federal regulations (specificallyTitle IX) in the early 1970s opened all such societies tocoeducationalmembership. In 1977, its official status changed for the final time to a co-ed professional music fraternity.[2]
Mu Phi Epsilon has chapters worldwide. The fraternity supports achievement in music through the awarding of grants and scholarships, as well as music competitions, concerts, and summer music programs. Much of this work has been supported by the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, an organization that has been in existence since 1963, as well as by fundraising and donations.
Mu Phi Epsilon maintains communication with its members through The Triangle, the official quarterly journal of the fraternity. Materials appropriate for publication include articles on the New York phase of music education; scholarly articles reflecting research in the various fields of music; articles on pedagogy, performance, biography, or music therapy; and feature articles centering on the outstanding accomplishments of members.
Notable Mu Phi Epsilon members include performers such asMarjorie Finlay,Leone Buyse,Stephanie Chase,Joyce DiDonato,Alma Gluck,Marilyn Horne,Alice Nielsen,Ernestine Schumann-Heink,andShirley Verrett;composers such as Hansi Alt,Amy Beach,Cécile Chaminade,Emma Lou Diemer,Nancy Plummer Faxon,Jessie Gaynor,Carrie Jacobs-Bond,Virginia Kendrick, Blythe Owen,Zenobia Powell Perry,Deon Nielsen Price,Williametta Spencer,Mary Jeanne van Appledorn,Viola Van Katwijk,June WeybrightJean E. Williams,Ruth Shaw Wylie,andChen Yi;and other notable musicians including TV personalityDiane Bish,music educators Hazel Gertrude Kinschella and Rosalie Speciale, and music librarianRuth Watanabe.Mu Phi Epsilon also recognizes its stellar members through the ACME honorific (Artists, Composers, Musicologists, and Educators), awarded to members who are distinguished in their field.[3]
Purpose
[edit]In its own words, the fraternity aims for the advancement of music throughout the world and promotes scholarship, musicianship, and friendship, along with encouraging each member's loyalty to theirAlma Mater.Beyond that, members of Mu Phi are to provide support for music in the community in whatever way possible. The International Bylaws of Mu Phi Epsilon state that its aim is "the advancement of music in the community, nation, and world through the promotion of musicianship, scholarship, therapy, and music education, with an emphasis on service through music."
It is a part of theNational Interfraternity Music Council,which includes six other fraternities:Delta Omicron,Kappa Kappa Psi,Phi Beta,Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,Sigma Alpha Iota,andTau Beta Sigma.It also carries affiliations with New York other national and international organizations that provide support for music,[4]including:
- The American Classical Music Hall of Fame
- The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
- The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
- The National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
- The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
- The National Association of Composers, U.S.A. (NACUSA)
- The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
- The National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC)
- The North American Interfraternity Foundation (NIF)
- The National Music Council (NIC)
- The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA)
- The Society for American Music
- The SupportMusic Coalition
Activities
[edit]Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity offers a Musicological Research Contest, an Original Composition Contest, the Marian Bowker Davidson Accompanying Award, the Katherine Doepke Creative Programming Award, and various awards for its members and chapters. The Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, established to honor the Fraternity's founders and other deceased members, funds the philanthropic, scholarship, and educational activities of Mu Phi Epsilon. Some of the New York scholarships and grants are:
- Awards and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate musical performance
- Music Education awards
- Scholarships for study at recognized summer programs
- Doctoral grants
- Foreign study grants
- Scholarships for voice, instruments, music therapy, jazz, music business, and others
- An international performance competition with the winner sponsored in a two-year concert tour
Summer tuition scholarships are offered to members of Mu Phi Epsilon attending music programs at Aspen, Banff Music Centre,Brevard Music Center,Chautauqua Institution,Encore School for Strings,Inspiration Point Fine Arts ColoNew York,Music Academy of the West,Round Top, andTanglewood Music Center.Philanthropic gifts are made to community music schools through the Music Outreach Project.
To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Mu Phi Epsilon, the Fraternity and the Foundation cooperated in building and endowing a cottage/studio for a composer-in-residence at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. The first Composer-In-Residence selected was Emma Lou Diemer, Mu Delta. She accepted but later found it necessary to decline the appointment, so Elie Siegmeister was named as the composer to occupy the Chair of Composition at Brevard Music Center. Notable composers to follow include W. Francis McBeth, Elliot DelBorgo, Walter Hartley, Fisher Tull, Don Freund, and New York others.
Membership
[edit]Membership is limited to music majors and minors, music faculty not already initiated as members in another professional music fraternity, and musicians of achievement who have never joined a professional music fraternity and who desire membership through a Special Election of active chapter members. Members are drawn from a diverse range of musical fields, including education, performance, therapy, and technology. Members of Mu Phi Epsilon are not permitted to be involved in the music fraternitiesDelta Omicron,Phi Beta,Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,orSigma Alpha Iota,but may join the band fraternityKappa Kappa Psior band sororityTau Beta Sigma.[5]They are also free to join a social Greek house.
Those seeking membership must first ensure that they meet the academic requirements for members of Mu Phi Epsilon. Candidates will then go through a process that involves several activities. This process is intended to get candidates better acquainted with the members, as well as to give them the knowledge about the fraternity that all members should know. Activities may include, but are not limited to, service projects, fundraising, music-making, and other forms of outreach. This process can vary slightly from chapter to chapter based on local tradition, but the essentials of it remain the same. Once through this process, candidates gain full membership in Mu Phi Epsilon as long as they remain in good standing academically and professionally.
Administration
[edit]The administration of Mu Phi Epsilon is made up of three main bodies: The executive board, the Foundation, and the district directors. The executive board is made up of eight people, including the President (currently Rosemary Ames), five vice presidents, the executive secretary-treasurer, and the editor of The Triangle. The Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation was established for the benefit of philanthropic projects suitable to commemorate the aims and purposes of the Fraternity. Finally, the district directors are appointed to oversee the Fraternity chapters in geographical divisions of the United States. They meet personally with the collegiates and alumni, answer questions, give support, and help them work through problems. Currently, the collegiate and alumni chapters are divided into twelve Provinces and thirty-five districts within those provinces.
Chapters
[edit]Since 1903, 227 chapters of Mu Phi Epsilon have been installed on college campuses, and 113 alumni chapters have been established in cities near those colleges. After graduation or leaving school, the collegiate members are encouraged to affiliate with a nearby alumni chapter or with the International fraternity as an affiliated member.
Collegiate chapters take their names from the originalAlpha chapter,progressing through the Greek Alpha bet and then using the prefixes Mu, Phi, and Epsilon. This was then followed by using the other prefixes of the Greek Alpha bet in Alpha betical order, beginning with Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and so on. As of 2016, the prefix Eta is used for new chapters. International chapters have beenAlpha Tau(Philippine Women's University, 1962),Beta Xi(University of the Philippines, 1967,) andDelta Iota(University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1990).
Collegiate chapters
[edit]Following is a list of the Mu Phi Epsilon collegiate chapters. Active chapters are indicated inbold.Inactive chapters and institutions are initalics.[6]
Alumni chapters
[edit]Following is a list of Mu Phi Epsilon alumni chapters. Active chapters are indicated inbold.Inactive chapters are initalics.
Chapter Name | Date of Installation | City | State | Status | References |
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Ann Arbor | September 22, 1913 | Ann Arbor | Michigan | Active | |
Cincinnati | April 14, 1914 | Cincinnati | Ohio | Inactive | |
St. Louis Area | April 18, 1914 | St. Louis | Missouri | Active | |
Toledo | 1915 | Toledo | Ohio | Active | |
Detroit | May 2, 1916 | Detroit | Michigan | Active | |
Chicago | November 13, 1917 | Chicago | Illinois | Inactive | |
Los Angeles | March 20, 1919 | Los Angeles | California | Active | |
Portland | September 1919 | Portland | Oregon | Active | |
Boston | January 7, 1920 | Boston | Massachusetts | Active | |
Des Moines | August 1922 | Des Moines | Iowa | Inactive | |
New York City | October 1922 | New York City | New York | Active | |
Indianapolis | October 13, 1922 | Indianapolis | Indiana | Active | |
Lincoln | February 1923 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Active | |
Greater Minneapolis-Day | March 1923 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Consolidated | [a] |
Cleveland | November 13, 1923 – 2014 | Cleveland | Ohio | Inactive | |
Seattle | October 1924 | Seattle | Washington | Inactive | |
Philadelphia | 1926 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Inactive | |
Kansas City-Day | November 26, 1926 | Kansas City | Missouri | Consolidated | [b] |
Appleton | November 5, 1927 | Appleton | Wisconsin | Inactive | |
Pittsburgh | October 3, 1929 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Inactive | |
San Francisco | November 17, 1929 | San Francisco | California | Active | |
Dallas | February 26, 1931 | Dallas | Texas | Active | |
Alliance | June 22, 1933 | Alliance | Ohio | Active | |
Denver | June 16, 1936 | Denver | Colorado | Active | |
Lansing-East Lansing | May 26, 1939 | LansingandEast Lansing | Michigan | Inactive | |
Meadville | June 24, 1939 | Meadville | Pennsylvania | Inactive | |
Beverly Hills | December 8, 1946 | Beverly Hills | California | Inactive | |
Wichita | December 29, 1946 | Wichita | Kansas | Active | |
Greater Chicago Area | June 2, 1948 | Chicago | Illinois | Inactive | |
Central Oklahoma | June 5, 1948 | Oklahoma | Active | ||
Stockton | 1949 | Stockton | California | Inactive | |
Spokane | November 8, 1949 | Spokane | Washington | Inactive | |
Tacoma | June 30, 1950 | Tacoma | Washington | Inactive | |
Columbus | October 15, 1950 | Columbus | Ohio | Inactive | |
San José | February 18, 1951 | San Jose | California | Active | |
Sacramento | January 27, 1952 | Sacramento | California | Active | |
Cedar Rapids | February 12, 1952 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | Inactive | |
Tulsa | February 19, 1952 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Inactive | |
Fort Worth | February 29, 1952 | Fort Worth | Texas | Inactive | |
Miami | March 29, 1952 | Miami | Florida | Inactive | |
Eugene | May 2, 1952 | Eugene | Oregon | Inactive | |
San Diego | May 18, 1952 | San Diego | California | Active | |
Salt Lake City | June 10, 1952 | Salt Lake City | Utah | Inactive | |
Maumee Valley | June 20, 1952 | Ohio | Consolidated | [c] | |
Columbia | October 17, 1952 | Columbia | Missouri | Inactive | |
Pasadena | October 17, 1952 | Pasadena | California | Inactive | |
Rochester | November 8, 1952 | Rochester | New York | Active | |
Evansville | December 16, 1952 | Evansville | Indiana | Inactive | |
Beach Cities South | May 26, 1953 | California | Inactive | ||
Greater Minneapolis-Evening | September 20, 1955 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Consolidated | [a] |
Palo Alto | September 26, 1955 | Palo Alto | California | Active | |
Connecticut Valley | October 15, 1955 | Connecticut | Inactive | ||
Urbana-Champaign | October 20, 1955 | UrbanaandChampaign | Illinois | Active | |
Salem | April 9, 1956 | Salem | Oregon | Inactive | |
Fresno | June 2, 1956 | Fresno | California | Active | |
Central Chicago | October 20, 1956 | Chicago | Illinois | Inactive | |
Baltimore | December 1, 1956 | Baltimore | Maryland | Inactive | |
San Fernando Valley | November 7, 1956 | San Fernando | California | Consolidated | [d] |
Milwaukee | 1958 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Inactive | |
Fargo | January 22, 1958 | Fargo | North Dakota | Inactive | |
Dayton | March 2, 1958 | Dayton | Ohio | Inactive | |
Cleveland Heights | March 5, 1958 | Cleveland Heights | Ohio | Consolidated | [e] |
Kansas City-Evening | November 9, 1958 | Kansas City | Missouri | Consolidated | [b] |
Atlanta | May 24, 1959 | Atlanta | Georgia | Active | |
Jackson | May 25, 1959 | Jackson | Mississippi | Inactive | |
Albuquerque | May 31, 1959 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | Inactive | |
Berkeley | November 1, 1959 | Berkeley | California | Inactive | |
Gainesville | November 13, 1959 | Gainesville | Georgia | Inactive | |
Austin | December 14, 1959 | Austin | Texas | Active | |
Bloomington | January 14, 1962 | Bloomington | Indiana | Inactive | |
Sioux City | February 26, 1962 | Sioux City | Iowa | Inactive | |
Fullerton | September 27, 1963 | Fullerton | California | Active | |
Riverside | April 8, 1964 | Riverside | California | Inactive | |
Wichita Falls | October 3, 1964 | Wichita Falls | Texas | Inactive | |
Palos Verdes/South Bay | October 18, 1964 | California | Active | ||
Lewisburg | January 14, 1965 | Lewisburg | Pennsylvania | Inactive | |
New Orleans | April 4, 1965 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Inactive | |
St. Petersburg | April 21, 1965 | St. Petersburg | Florida | Inactive | |
Hattiesburg | October 23, 1965 | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | Inactive | |
Pullman | March 1, 1966 | Pullman | Washington | Inactive | |
Denton | April 16, 1966 | Denton | Texas | Active | |
Springfield | May 24, 1966 | Springfield | Missouri | Inactive | |
Houston | January 15, 1967 | Houston | Texas | Inactive | |
Lawrence | April 15, 1967 | Lawrence | Kansas | Active | |
Amarillo | September 24, 1967 | Amarillo | Texas | Inactive | |
Emporia | October 14, 1967 | Emporia | Kansas | Inactive | |
Greensboro | November 5, 1967 | Greensboro | North Carolina | Inactive | |
Chicago Southwest | October 13, 1968 | Chicago | Illinois | Consolidated | [f] |
Muncie | May 18, 1969 | Muncie | Indiana | Inactive | |
Lubbock | October 10, 1970 | Lubbock | Texas | Inactive | |
Phoenix Area | October 24, 1970 | Phoenix | Arizona | Inactive | |
Tuscaloosa | April 25, 1971 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Inactive | |
Jacksonville | September 10, 1973 | Jacksonville | Florida | Inactive | |
Santa Barbara | March 21, 1974 | Santa Barbara | California | Inactive | |
Enid | May 12, 1974 | Enid | Oklahoma | Inactive | |
Claremont | January 17, 1976 | Claremont | California | Inactive | |
Terre Haute | May 6, 1979 | Terre Haute | Indiana | Inactive | |
Edinburg Area | April 26, 1980 | Edinburg | Texas | Inactive | |
Laguna Beach | March 29, 1981 | Laguna Beach | California | Inactive | |
Dickinson | May 3, 1981 | Dickinson | North Dakota | Inactive | |
Princeton | February 9, 1986 | Princeton | New Jersey | Inactive | |
Ithaca | June 2, 1991 | Ithaca | New York | Active | |
San Joaquin Valley | April 19, 1997 | California | Inactive | ||
San Antonio | May 18, 2000 | San Antonio | Texas | Active | |
Minneapolis/St. Paul | 2001 | MinneapolisandSaint Paul | Minnesota | Active | |
Kansas City | 2004 | Kansas City | Missouri | Active | |
Colorado Springs | September 23, 2012 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | Active | |
Baton Rouge | August 28, 2013 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | Active | |
Roanoke Valley | December 9, 2017 | Roanoke | Virginia | Active | |
Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | District of Columbia | Active |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abMartin, Mrs Ida Shaw (1919).The Sorority Handbook(6th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press / George Banta Publishing Company. p. 93 – via Google Books.
- ^"History - Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity".muphiepsilon.org.Retrieved2020-01-28.
- ^"Mu Phi Epsilon".Mu Phi Epsilon.Retrieved2020-01-28.
- ^"Affiliations".Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity.Retrieved2020-01-28.
- ^The Membership Trainer of Mu Phi Epsilon, Sixth Edition
- ^abcdeAnson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879].Baird's Manual of American Fraternities(20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-27–29.ISBN978-0963715906.