Fraternity History
The school and city where SAI was founded
What is University School of Music, Ann Arbor, MI?
The governing body of SAI
What is the National Convention?
The name of SAI's philanthropic organization
What is Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.?
SAI's colors, symbol, and flower
What are red and white, Pan Pipes, and a red rose?
Sigma Phi chapter's region and province
What are Region IV and Omega A?
The date on which SAI was founded
What is June 12, 1903?
The group that conducts Fraternity business between conventions
What is the National Executive Board?
Summarize the two purposes of SAI Philanthropies, Inc.
What are: 1) promote all aspects of music creation, performance, and scholarship; and 2) encourage service for and through music on the campus, in the community, in the nation, and throughout the world?
SAI's motto (Latin and translation)
What is Vita Brevis, Ars Longa ("Life is short, but Art is long")?
Sigma Phi's regional and province officers
Who are Marci Kraus (regional) and Shana Sampia (province)?
Incorporation Day (when SAI was recognized as a nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of Michigan)
What is December 15, 1904?
The voting delegates at the National Convention
What is: one delegate from each chapter and all members of the National Officers Conference who are in attendance?
Name three annual scholarships and/or grants available to individual members of SAI.
What are: Career Performance Grant, Conducting Scholarship for Graduate Students, Doctoral Grant, International Study Grant for Graduate Students, Kennedy Center Internship in Washington D.C., Music Business/Technology Scholarships, Music Education Scholarship for Graduate Students, Music Therapy Scholarships, Musicians with Special Needs Scholarship, Professional Development/Education Grants, Summer Music Scholarships, Undergraduate Scholarships?
Four types of membership and brief descriptions of each
What are: Collegiate (a woman* student at an institution where a chapter of this Fraternity is chartered, is currently enrolled in or has completed one or more music courses); Alumnae (initiated at the collegiate level, no longer in school); Patroness (women* who support the arts in the community); and Distinguished (Member Laureate, Honorary Member, National Arts Associate, and Friend of the Arts)?
The date on which the Sigma Phi chapter was chartered
What is November 6, 1926?
The first President of SAI Alpha Chapter
Who is Minnie Davis Sherrill?
Name of the National President
Who is Jessica Chichester?
Name three awards that can be given to a collegiate chapter of SAI.
What are: Province Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award, Regional Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award, Katherine Becker Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award, and Collegiate Chapter Service Project Award?
Recite (or sing!) the words of the SAI Chorale.
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.
Names and schools of all the chapters in our province
What are Beta Chi (McNeese), Iota Omicron (ULL), Kappa Kappa (Southern University), and Sigma Phi (LSU)?
The names of SAI's seven founders
Who are: Elizabeth Campbell, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Frances Caspari, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts, Mary Storrs Andersen?
The nine offices of the NEB
What are: National President; National VP Alumnae Chapters; National VP Collegiate Chapters; National VP Extension; National VP Finance; National VP Fraternity Development; National VP Ritual and Fraternity Education; Chairman, Board of Directors, SAI Philanthropies, Inc.; Executive Director?
List and briefly describe 4 outreach programs of SAI Philanthropies, Inc.
What are: Composers Bureau (resource of information about contemporary American Composers); Inter-American Music Awards (IAMA, triennial composition competition open to composers residing in North, Central and South America); The MacDowell Colony (Pan's Cottage, a secluded New Hampshire artists' retreat); Music Therapy (help others in healing, rehabilitation and enrichment through music); People-to-People Project (provides material assistance and encouragement to developing countries); Services for Musicians with Special Needs (serves visually impaired musicians by providing information about available resources); and Bold Notes Project (creates large print music scores for those visually impaired)?
Briefly describe the seven purposes of SAI.
What are: To FORM chapters of women college students and alumnae who have a sincere interest in music; To FURTHER the development of music in America and throughout the world; To UPHOLD the highest standards of music; To GIVE inspiration and encouragement to members; 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; To ORGANIZE the cultural life of Sigma Alpha Iota members as a contributing factor to their educational growth.
How SAI chapters are named (i.e. how Sigma Phi was named)
What is: first 24 chapters are named per the letters of the Greek alphabet, and chapters 25-48 are prefixed with the letter Sigma and followed by the Greek letters in order (making Sigma Phi chapter #45)?