History
Membership
Your Chapter
Province & National
Potpourri
100
Who was both the founder and first honorary member of Sinfonia?
Ossian Everett Mills
100
What is the total amount of your financial obligation to the national Fraternity before you can be initiated?
$140 - basic initiation package
100
What two days are celebrated by the chapter, and on what dates?
Founder's Day - October 6 Chapter Dar - March 25
100
What is your province number?
27
100
When was our chapter originally chartered?
November, 21st 1965
200
Who was the second President of Alpha Chapter and sixth Supreme President of Sinfonia?
Percy Jewett Burrell
200
What are the four classes of membership?
Probationary, Collegiate, Alumni, Honorary
200
Who is our big brother chapter? Who is our little brother chapter?
Xi Epsilon, Shepherd University Rho Omicron, George Mason University
200
Give the name and location of your Collegiate Province Representative.
Andrew Sharrock, Fairfax, VA
200
What is the origin of the name "Sinfonia?"
George Chadwick, second honorary member, suggested the name "Sinfonia" from a student organization to which he had belonged in Leipzig, Germany.
300
When and where was Sinfonia founded?
October 6, 1898, at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
300
What will be the total amount of your annual financial obligation to the national Fraternity and chapter as a collegiate member?
National Fraternity: $160 Chapter: $72
300
What are the names and abbreviations of each of this chapter’s committees?
Executive Committee Alumni Relations Committee (ARC) External Relations Committee (ERC) Fraternal Activities Committee (FAC) Fraternal Education Committee (FEC) Fund Raising Committee (FRC) Music Activities Committee (MAC)
300
List the names and locations of the active alumni associations in your province.
D.C. Area Alumni Association (DCAAA) - Washington, D.C. Baltimore Area Alumni Association (BAAA) - Baltimore, MD
300
What is the object of the Fraternity?
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.
400
When and how did the Sinfonia Club become a national fraternity?
On October 6, 1900, with the admission of a group of men at Philadelphia's Broad Street Conservatory as Sinfonia's Beta Chapter.
400
Upon initiation into the Fraternity, each member shall receive what five items?
Official membership pin, Songbook, Wallet card, National Constitution and Bylaws, Membership Shingle
400
List your chapter's officers.
President - Samuel Zimmerman Vice President – Thomas Nash Tetterton Secretary – Kevin Eric Grant, Jr. Treasurer – Blake Holcombe FEO – Nors Hexum Historian – Nathan Kania Warden – Tyler Altstatt ARO - Joseph Gravins Faculty Advisor – Dr. Byron Jones Music Director – Andrew Goldstein Technologist – Daniel Halpren
400
Give the names and locations of the members of the National Executive Committee.
National President - Mark Lichtenberg; Evansville, IN National Vice President - Dean Shatley; Asheville, NC Committeeman-at-Large - Joe Ritchie; Chesapeake, VA Committeeman-at-Large - Matt Koperniak; Atlanta, GA National Collegiate Representative - Benjamin Hutchison; Terra Haute, IN Chairman, PG Council - John Israel; St. Charles, MO Chairman, CPR Council - E. Grant Haver; Alexandria, VA
400
What is the mission of the Sinfonia Educational Foundation?
To enrich the lives of collegiate Sinfonians, and to advance music in America.
500
Give the names and locations of the first four chapters.
Alpha Chapter - New England Conservatory of Music; Boston, Massachusetts Beta Chapter - Broad Street Conservatory; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gamma Chapter - American Institute of Applied Art; New York, New York Delta Chapter - Ithaca Conservatory; Ithaca, New York
500
What are the responsibilities of membership?
To attend all meetings of the chapter, to pay all financial obligations, to maintain academic performance standards; to become acquainted with the governing documents and history of the Fraternity; and to support the efforts and objectives of the local chapter and the Fraternity.
500
Who were the members of the original re-chartering class?
David Quiñones Benjamin Guy Stephen Reaggs Brian Butler Derrick Thompson Steven Gibson Justin Eller Phillip Hernandez Anthony Wright Thomas Smith
500
List the names and locations of the active chapters in your province.
Zeta Iota Chapter - Howard University; Washington, D.C. Pi Eta Chapter - Morgan State University; Baltimore, MD Xi Epsilon Chapter - Shepherd University; Shepherdstown, WV Xi Mu Chapter - University of Delaware; Newark, DE Nu Psi Chapter - Shenandoah University; Winchester, VA Rho Omicron Chapter - George Mason University; Fairfax, VA Sigma Kappa Chapter - Delaware State University; Dover, DE Eta Psi Chapter - University of Maryland, College Park; College Park, MD Maryland Beta Colony - Towson University; Towson, MD
500
List the Greek alphabet.
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega