Student Organizations

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the oldest and largest national professional music fraternity for men, is represented at SIU by the Epsilon Kappa Chapter. The fraternity was founded in 1898 and its purpose is to encourage and actively support the highest standards of creativity, performance, education and research in America, to develop and encourage loyalty to the Alma Mater, to foster the mutual welfare and brotherhood of students of music, to develop the truest fraternal spirit among its members and to instill in all people an awareness of music's important role in the enrichment of the human spirit. Any male student who has an active interest in music is eligible for membership.

Sigma Alpha Iota

Sigma Alpha Iota is open to any woman who participates in a School of Music ensemble. This independent organization was formed in March 1994 by a group of women in the School of Music at SIU. Sigma Alpha Iota received their charter in May 1998. The objective of this organization is to serve SIU, the community and the School of Music, to promote the growth of composition, scholarship and music education and to unite women in the bonds of sisterhood through music.