Delta Omicron
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| Motto | "Continually Striving, We Attain" |
|---|---|
| Colors | Old Rose and Pearl Gray |
| Flower | Lily of the Valley |
| Founded | September 6, 1909 at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Fraternity type | International |
| Scope | National |
| Headquarters | 910 Church Street Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States |
| Chapters | 1155 college chapters, 39 alumnae chapters and clubs, 8 international chapter |
| Homepage | www.delta-omicron.org |
Delta Omicron was founded to create and foster fellowship, to develop character and to arouse and encourage the appreciation of good music and performance among musicians during their student days so that the highest degree of musicianship might be attained individually.
Membership is on the basis of talent, scholarship and character and is open to music students enrolled in those schools where Delta Omicron Chapters are located, to music faculty members in those schools and to professional musicians.
[edit] History
Delta Omicron, International Music Fraternity, is a professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate chapters established throughout the United States and abroad. The fraternity was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by three undergraduate students. The Founders were Hazel Wilson, Lorena Creamer, and Mable Dunn. Delta Omicron is the only organization of its kind founded by students for students. From 1909 to the present, twenty-six Delta Omicron national presidents have guided the fraternity to achieve and fulfill its purposes and objectives.
The Mission of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship.
[edit] Purpose
- To create and foster fellowship through music;
- To give music students an opportunity to meet with one another and, by personal contact and exchange of ideas, to broaden the individual outlook;
- To strengthen a devotion and loyalty to Alma Mater;
- To develop character and leadership;
- To encourage the highest possible scholastic attainment, excellence of individual performance; and appreciation of good music
- To give material aid to worthy students;
- To manifest interest in young musicians.
[edit] Objective
- To promote American music and musicians;
- To further the work of composers;
- To stimulate appreciation of good music at the community level;
- To advance high ethical standards of professional conduct in the musical world;
- To encourage understanding of the cultures of all nations;
- To do any and all things conducive to the service, betterment, and ultimate welfare of musicians.
