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Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon (ΜΦΕ) is a co-ed international professional music fraternity. It was established as a music sorority in 1903 at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. has over 75,000 members in 227 collegiate chapters and 113 alumni chapters in the US and abroad.
Mu Phi Epsilon was founded on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio by Dr. Winthrop Sterling, a professor at the school and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, and Elizabeth Mathias Fuqua, his nineteen-year-old assistant, as a way of recognizing the musicianship and scholarship of those eligible. The first chapter, named the Alpha chapter, included eight women.
In 1906, Mu Phi Epsilon absorbed Phi Mu Epsilon, a two-chapter music sorority started by James Hamilton Howe, founder of the first music sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. This resulted in the establishment of the Delta and Eta chapters. By 1907, the sorority had 450 initiates from ten chapters and seven alumnae clubs.
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 the Alpha Tau chapter at the Philippine Women's University in Manila. Federal regulations (specifically Title IX) in the early 1970s opened all such societies to coeducational membership. In 1977, its official status changed for the final time to a co-ed professional music fraternity.
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.
Mu Phi Epsilon's motto is "Seeketh not its own". Its badge is a jeweled triangle with the Greek letters in its angles; on top of the base triangle is a black enamel triangle that is decorated with a gold lyre.
The sorority's colors are royal purple and white. Its symbol is the triangle and the lyre. Its flower is the violet. Its jewel is the amethyst. Its publication is The Triangle.
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Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon (ΜΦΕ) is a co-ed international professional music fraternity. It was established as a music sorority in 1903 at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. has over 75,000 members in 227 collegiate chapters and 113 alumni chapters in the US and abroad.
Mu Phi Epsilon was founded on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio by Dr. Winthrop Sterling, a professor at the school and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, and Elizabeth Mathias Fuqua, his nineteen-year-old assistant, as a way of recognizing the musicianship and scholarship of those eligible. The first chapter, named the Alpha chapter, included eight women.
In 1906, Mu Phi Epsilon absorbed Phi Mu Epsilon, a two-chapter music sorority started by James Hamilton Howe, founder of the first music sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. This resulted in the establishment of the Delta and Eta chapters. By 1907, the sorority had 450 initiates from ten chapters and seven alumnae clubs.
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 the Alpha Tau chapter at the Philippine Women's University in Manila. Federal regulations (specifically Title IX) in the early 1970s opened all such societies to coeducational membership. In 1977, its official status changed for the final time to a co-ed professional music fraternity.
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.
Mu Phi Epsilon's motto is "Seeketh not its own". Its badge is a jeweled triangle with the Greek letters in its angles; on top of the base triangle is a black enamel triangle that is decorated with a gold lyre.
The sorority's colors are royal purple and white. Its symbol is the triangle and the lyre. Its flower is the violet. Its jewel is the amethyst. Its publication is The Triangle.