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Iota Kappa History
The
Iota Kappa chapter of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia was founded at Lebanon Valley
College on May 16, 1960. The first
members initiated into the chapter were
26 students and three faculty members
(Robert Smith, chair of the Music
Department; Reynaldo Rovers, professor
of voice; and Dr. James M. Thurmond,
professor of music education and brass).
The initiation ceremony took place at
the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg.
Three of the brothers, Clark Carmean,
Frank Stachow and Thomas Lanese, were
already members of the fraternity at the
time of its founding. The first
president of the Iota Kappa Chapter was
David Poff who graduated in 1961.
The Iota Kappa chapter of Phi Mu Alpha
is also known for starting the Jazz band
which still exists on Lebanon Valley
College campus.
Today the chapter consists of 18 active
brothers and two faculty advisors. The
chapter is very active in campus
activities including their Reynaldo
Rovers American Music Recital which is
done in memory of the chapters’ first
faculty advisor.
A Brief
Introduction to Phi Mu Alpha
The Founding
Phi
Mu Alpha is a national social music
fraternity. It was founded at the New
England Conservatory in Boston,
Massachusets in 1898 when a group of
thirteen men under 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.”
A National Fraternity
Sinfonia became a national fraternity on
October 6,1900 with the establishment of
a chapter at the Broad Street
Conservatory in Philadelphia.
Today there are chapters on over 200
college and university campuses and more
than 150,000 initiates throughout the
nation.
The Object
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. |
