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What is our province name and who is our Province Officer?
Province Chi A, PO Mary Frances Bushong
What is our region name and who is our Regional Officer?
Region 8, RO Mary Jennings
How many active collegiate and alumnae chapters are there?
227 collegiate, 115 alumnae
When and where was SAI founded?
June 12, 1903 at the University School of Music in Ann Arbor, Michigan
What is our chapter name and date of founding?
Eta Rho, May 6, 1990
What is the International Chapter of SAI and who can affiliate with it?
The International Chapter is for Fraternity members who wish to keep in close touch with the Fraternity, but who reside 50 miles or more from an active chartered chapter.
What are the alumnae chapters in our province?
Northern Delaware and Philadelphia, PA
Join the SAI Alumnae Association
Join an Alumnae Chapter or the International Chapter
Serve in an appointed or elected leadership position
The governing body of SAI is the National Convention, which is composed of one delegate from each collegiate chapter, each alumnae chapter, and the members of the National Officers Conference who are in attendance. Between convention, the National Executive Board conducts fraternity business.
Individual awards: Rose of Honor, Sword of Honor, Rose of Dedication, Ruby Sword of Honor, Rose of Dedication, etc.
Chapter awards: Province Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award, Regional Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award, etc.
To promote all aspects of music creation, performance, and scholarship.
To encourage service for and through music on the campus, in the community, in the nation, and throughout the world.
Conducting Scholarship for Graduate Students
Doctoral Grant
International Study Grant for Graduate Students
Jazz Performance Scholarships
Graduate Performance Awards
Undergraduate Performance Awards
What are the collegiate chapters in our province, and what are their Greek names?
Delta Alpha - Lebanon Valley College
Delta Mu - Temple University
Epsilon Epsilon - West Chester University
Eta Rho - University of Delaware
Mu Sigma - Lincoln University
Mu Zeta - Kutztown University
- To wear the badge as an introduction to all SAI collegiate, alumnae, & distinguished members.
- To impact music around the world utilizing SAI resources.
- To seek the highest goals of personal development and achievement with the support and encouragement of the Fraternity & its members.
- To promote American music, contribute to SAI's philanthropic projects, and participate in the Fraternity's scholarship & grant programs.
- To work with fraternity leaders to promote SAI's mission and high standards of musicianship & scholarship.
- To benefit from leadership opportunities within the national organization.
- To attend province days, National Conventions, & other fraternity events to cultivate friendships with other SAI members who share our love of music.
- To represent the fraternity positively at all times**.
- To cultivate broad friendships and be democratic in all campus contacts.
- To be ethical at all times**.
- To respect the authority of the chapter, province, and national officers.
- To refrain from the discussion of internal fraternity affairs with non-members, unless they are chapter advisors.
- To practice the high ideals of SAI at all times**.
- Composer's Bureau: comprehensive online database of information about contemporary American composers
- Inter-American Music Awards: triennial composition competition in support of contemporary music from the Americas
- Music Education Outreach Grants: grants awarded to assist music programs in American public schools
- The MacDowell Colony - Pan's Cottage: SAI sponsored housing at artist's retreat in New Hampshire
- Music Therapy: musical projects involving therapeutic service to veterans, hospitals, nursing homes, schools...
- Chapter Procedures Manual
- Report and award forms
- SAI National Objectives
- SAI Mission and Vision Statements
- SAI Philanthropies, Inc.
- Contact Information
- Composer's Bureau
Who are the 7 founders of SAI?
Elizabeth Campbell, Georgia Potts, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Frances Caspari, Minnie Davis Sherrill, and Mary Storrs Anderson
What is the purpose of SAI?
To form chapters of women college students and alumnae who have a sincere interest in music.
To uphold the highest standards of music.
To further the development of music in America and throughout the world.
To give inspiration and encouragement to its members.
To organize the cultural life of Sigma Alpha Iota members as a contributing factor to their educational growth.
To support the ideals and goals of the member's Alma Mater.
To adhere to the highest standards of citizenship in school, community and fraternity life.
Daughters of a great and singing nation,
Let your voices rise in dedication,
Music tells unspoken noble creeds;
Music beautifies the simplest deeds;
Sing we now to Sigma Alpha Iota.
Sing the greatness of the soul and spirit,
Sing the joy of peace and friendship's merit,
Music is a kind and truthful speech;
In a language out of mere word's reach,
Sing we now to Sigma Alpha Iota.
President: Leslie Odom Miller
National Vice President Alumnae Chapters: Susan Bermann
National Vice President Collegiate Chapters: Jessica Chichester
National Vice President Extension: Beth A. Lopez
National Vice President Finance: Jennifer Zerangue Mistretta
National Vice President Fraternity Development: Christine Hall
National Vice President Ritual & Fraternity Education: Tracey Wygal Withrow
Chairman, Board of Directors, SAI Philanthropies, Inc.: Heidi Frankson
Executive Director: Ruth Sieber Johnson
Collegiate Member: A regularly matriculated woman student at an institution where a chapter of this Fraternity is chartered, who is currently enrolled in or has completed one or more courses in music.
Alumnae Member: Women who were initiated at the collegiate level who are no longer in school.
Patroness Member: For women who support the arts in the community, and have been invited by a collegiate or alumnae chapter to join SAI.
Distinguished Member:
- Member Laureate: initiated member of the fraternity who has achieved international distinction in the music profession
- Honorary: woman who has achieved international distinction in the music profession who is not initiated member of SAI
- National Arts Associate: man or woman who is nationally recognized for distinguished contribution to the arts
- Friend of the Arts: man or woman who is supportive of and actively involved in the arts at a local or regional level