History & Tradition
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia has been advancing music in America since this year?
What is 1898?
This Broadway composer and lyricist wrote West Side Story.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
What is Phi Mu Alpha’s official motto in English?
What is "Sing and make music in your hearts"?
How many lines are on a standard music staff?
What is Five lines?
The Phi Mu Alpha song often sung at gatherings that begins with “Brothers, sing on…”
What is “Brothers, Sing On”?
Who is considered the founder of Phi Mu Alpha?
Who is Ossian Everett Mills?
This jazz trumpeter, a Sinfonian, is nicknamed “The First Lady of Jazz’s” favorite collaborator
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Name one of the fraternity’s cardinal principles
What is Harmony, Fraternity, or Music?
In what key is a clarinet traditionally written?
What is B-flat?
In marching band, what percussion instrument keeps the “pulse” of the ensemble?
What is the Bass Drum?
What conservatory of music was the fraternity founded at?
What is the New England Conservatory?
Sinfonian and singer who played Curly in the original Oklahoma!
Who is Alfred Drake?
What is the official publication of Phi Mu Alpha called?
What is The Sinfonian?
What Italian word means “to play very softly”?
What is Pianissimo?
The Greek letters ΦΜΑ stand for Phi Mu Alpha — but what is the full name of the fraternity?
What is Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America?
What is the official flower of Phi Mu Alpha?
What is a chrysanthemum?
This Sinfonian saxophonist was nicknamed “Bird” and helped create bebop.
Who is Charlie Parker?
The fraternity is divided into geographic regions called what?
What is Provinces?
Who composed the New World Symphony?
Who is Antonín Dvořák
True or False: The fraternity’s membership is restricted only to music majors.
False (membership is open to men with a love of music, not just majors)
The Object begins with the words “The Object of this fraternity shall be…” — what comes next?
What is for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit?
Name at least three U.S. presidents who have been named honorary Sinfonians.
Who are Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, or Harry S. Truman?
The “Red and Black” are fraternity colors, but what flower is associated with the fraternity?
What is a Red Carnation?
This German composer went deaf but still composed nine symphonies.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
What is the name of Phi Mu Alpha’s national philanthropy initiative that promotes music in America?
What is the Ossian Everett Mills Music Mission?