National History

Nationally, 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.

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 for the sake of art itself, but as a means of enriching the lives of others. Through a multitude of chapter, provincial, 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.

The previous excerpt was taken from Sinfonia.org, the National Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia website. For further information about Phi Mu Alpha Sinfornia, please visit Sinfonia.org

Province 22 History

At its height, Province 22 of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia consisted of 10 Chapters in Southern California. Today, four of these chapters remain active: Delta Pi at the University of Redlands; Omicron Pi at California State University, Fullerton; Epsilon Omicron at San Diego State University; and the recently re-established Kappa Omicron at California State University, Long Beach.

For more information about Province 22, please visit the province website at: TheGoldenLyre.org

Kappa Omicron History

The Kappa Omicron chapter has gone through many changes over the past decade. On March 12 the chapter was chartered at California State University, Long Beach. Kappa Omicron was a major power house is Southern California throughout the early 80's. The chapter was disbanded due to unfortunate circumstances in 1993.

In the Fall of 2005, the Kappa Omicron chapter was reinstated into Phi Mu Alpha as a colony. Throughout the semester they ran as the Kappa Omicron colony entering Phase I. In the spring semester of 2006, the colony started Phase II in the rechartering process. With the help of the music department and 24 other students, the Kappa Omicron colony hoped to be rechartered by May 6, 2006.

On May 6, 2006 Kappa Omicron was re-chartered at Cal State Long Beach. The former colony, now a chapter, initiated 23 brothers who are working hard to keep the momentum that they started during the colonization phase.