Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is the world’s oldest and largest secret national fraternal society in music. Sinfonia was born on October 6, 1898, at the New England Conservatory in Boston, when a group of thirteen young men under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills "to consider the social life of the young men students of that institution [and] to devise ways and means by which it might be improved." Sinfonia became a national fraternity on October 6, 1900, with the admission of a group of men at the Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia. For over a century, Sinfonians in nearly every field of study and professional endeavor have transformed music in America. The opportunity of becoming a Sinfonian is offered to as many men as possible who, through a love for music, can assist in the fulfillment of the Fraternity’s Object and ideals either by adopting music as a profession, or by working to advance the cause of music in America.
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The Unstoppable Zeta Rho Chapter The Zeta Rho Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha was founded on May 23, 1953 by 17 musicianly men on the Fisk University campus. Those 17 men would be consider as the Alpha class of the Zeta Rho Chapter. With Harvey Vanburen, Jr. as the chapter first President, Zeta Rho brought in to this day 116 members. Zeta Rho received members such as John Wesley Work III, a Musicologist, Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers®, First Prize for Federation of American Composers, 1947 Faculty Advisor and Chair of Fisk University Music Department. Dr. Charles S. Johnson, First African-American President of Fisk University and Founder of Fisk University Race Relation Institute. Oral L. Moses, Internationally acclaimed Bass-Baritone Recording Artist. Dr. Darryl K. Jones, first Ph.D. in Optics Technology from University of Alabama. Zeta Rho was rechartered on December 8, 2005 with the help from The Fisk Sinfonics (2002-2005). As Zeta Rho continue to grow more and more men join and grow into musically men and help to advance music in America.
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