Mu Phi Epsilon
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| Motto | Music, Friendship, Harmony |
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| Colors | Purple |
| Founded | November 13, 1903 at Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Type | International |
| Headquarters | 4705 N. Sonora Avenue Suite 114 Fresno, CA, 93722-3947, United States |
| Chapters | 128 collegiate chapters, 74 Alumni chapters |
| Homepage | muphiepsilon.org |
Mu Phi Epsilon (ΜΦΕ) is a co-ed international professional music fraternity and honor society. It boasts over 75,000 members in 128 collegiate chapters and 74 alumni chapters.
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[edit] History
Mu Phi Epsilon was founded November 13, 1903 at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio by a professor at the school, Dr. Winthrop Sterling, and a student, Elizabeth Matthias Fuqua.
Originally chartered as a national music sorority, it changed status in 1936 to become an honor society, and again in 1944 to function as a professional music sorority. US federal regulations in the early-1970s opened all such societies to coeducational membership, and in 1977 its official status changed for the final time to operate as a co-ed professional music fraternity.
Today, Mu Phi Epsilon has chapters both nationally and internationally. 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 orignization that has been in existence since 1963, as well as fundraising and donations.
[edit] Aims and Purposes
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 their Alma Mater.
It is a part of the National Interfraternity Music Council, which includes six other professional music fraternities: Delta Omicron, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Beta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Tau Beta Sigma. It also carries affiliations with many other national organizations that provide support for music.
[edit] Membership
Members must be music majors or minors at their colleges and in good academic standing. Non music majors can be accepted through a special balloting of active members. Those in Mu Phi Epsilon can not be involved in any other national music fraternities or sororities.
