Province Information

Location

Province 14 encompasses the state of Louisiana, and includes 9 active collegiate chapters.

Fraternity Information

What is Phi Mu Alpha?

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a national music fraternity for men, and membership is open to all men who have a sincere love of music and brotherhood. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia was founded on October 6, 1898 at the New England Conservatory of Music when a group of 13 young men, under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills, met "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 another group of men into the group at the Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia. Since that time, Sinfonia has grown into the largest music fraternity in the world with more than 140,000 brothers with chapters on over 200 college and university campuses across the nation. By teaching men who are united as brothers to live their lives according to the Fraternity's ideals, Sinfonia builds better, stronger, and broader individuals who are able to live in sympathy and in harmony with their Fraternity brothers and their fellow man.

What is its Purpose?

The Object of this Fraternity shall be for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit; the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students; the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater.

What are the benefits of membership?

Sinfonia is a brotherhood of men bound together for mutual helpfulness. Its purpose is not only to bring men together as friends, but also to provide a network of brothers with whom men can commune - a support network that helps the individual to meet the challenges that face him in his daily life and in the professional world.

Sinfonians share a love of music that unites them as brothers with a common interest. The Fraternity teaches men to develop themselves and their art not only for the sake of art itself, but also as a means of enriching the lives of others. Through a multitude of chapter, state, and national events, Sinfonia offers unlimited opportunities for performance, community music outreach, and other activities designed to develop a true appreciation for the power of music to uplift the soul.

Fraternity History

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 met "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." Mills, bursar of the Conservatory, sought to create an Order in which men with a shared love of music could develop the virtues of manhood in themselves and in their fellows.

Sinfonia became a national fraternity on October 6, 1900, with the admission of a group of men at the Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia. Since that time Sinfonia has grown into the largest music fraternity in the world, with more than 150,000 initiates, and chapters on over 200 college and university campuses across the nation.

For over a century, Sinfonians in nearly every field of study and professional endeavor have transformed the face of music in America. Today, the Brotherhood represents a diverse group of individuals spanning the nation, who continue the proud tradition of advancing the Fraternity's Object.

Sinfonia is a Brotherhood of men bound together for mutual helpfulness. Its purpose is not only to bring men together as friends, but also to provide a network of brothers with whom men can commune and renew their zeal - a support network that helps the individual to meet the challenges that face him in his daily life. By teaching men who are united as brothers to live their lives according to the noble virtues set forth in the Fraternity's Initiation Ritual, Sinfonia builds better, stronger, broader individuals who are able to live in sympathy and in harmony with their Fraternity brothers and their fellow man. The Initiation Ritual of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, which will mark the transition into full membership, is one of the most meaningful and beautiful of the Greek tradition. The dedication to the advancement of universal Truths and brotherly association exemplified in the Ritual are the foundation of individual fraternal friendship, chapter unity, and national solidarity in the promotion of Sinfonia's dual mission: the making of men and the uplift of mankind.

A common phrase heard among brothers in the Fraternity is "Once a Sinfonian, Always a Sinfonian." The spirit of this phrase has fostered alumni loyalty for more than one hundred years. As an alumni member, the opportunities to remain active with the Fraternity are limitless. Alumni associations, scattered throughout the country, provide more formalized ways for alumni Sinfonians to gather together and further the ideals and Object of the Fraternity.