History
|| Purpose || Objectives ||
Organization || Membership
New
Chapters || Scholarships, Grants, and Awards
Delta Omicron Creed
This truth comes to us more and
more, the longer we live, that in what field, or in what uniform, or with
what aims we do our duty, matters very little; or even what our duty is,
great or small, splendid or obscure, only to find our duty certainly and
somewhere, somehow do it faithfully, makes us good, strong, happy and
useful, and tunes our lives into some feeble echo of the life of God.
--Phillips Brooks
Mission Statement
The Mission of Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship.
|
History
Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is
a professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate
chapters established throughout the United States and abroad. The
fraternity was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
by three undergraduate students. The Founders were Hazel Wilson,
Lorena Creamer, and Mable Dunn. Delta Omicron is the only organization
of its kind founded by students for students. From 1909 to the
present, twenty-six Delta Omicron national presidents have guided the
fraternity to achieve and fulfill its purposes and objectives.
back to top |
Purpose
-
to create and foster fellowship through music;
-
to give music students an opportunity to meet
with one another and, by personal contact and exchange of ideas, to
broaden the individual outlook;
-
to strengthen a devotion and loyalty to Alma
Mater;
-
to develop character and leadership;
-
to encourage the highest possible scholastic
attainment, excellence of individual performance; and appreciation of
good music
-
to give material aid to worthy students;
-
to manifest interest in young musicians.
back to top
|
|
Objectives
-
to promote American music and musicians;
-
to further the work of composers;
-
to stimulate appreciation of good music at the
community level;
-
to advance high ethical standards of
professional conduct in the musical world;
-
to encourage understanding of the cultures of
all nations;
-
to do any and all things conducive to the
service, betterment, and ultimate welfare of musicians;
back to top
|
Organization
Supreme legislative powers are vested in the
International Conference which meets triennially and is composed of
elected and appointed officers, music representatives, and delegates
from each collegiate and alumni chapter. The Delta Omicron Board of
Directors, elected at the International Conference, conducts interim
business. An executive office is maintained in Jefferson City,
Tennessee.
back to top |
|
Membership
Membership is on the basis of talent,
scholarship and character and is open to music students enrolled in
those schools where Delta Omicron Chapters are located, to music
faculty members in those schools and to professional musicians.
Contact Julie Wright, Executive Secretary for additional membership
information.
back to top |
New Chapters
New chapters are established only in accredited
schools. A petition, signed by the Chair of the Music Department, may
be presented to the Board of Directors by interested students wishing
to form a chapter of Delta Omicron on their campus.
For further information on starting a new chapter or club, go to the following:
Starting A New Collegiate Chapter
Starting A New Alumni Chapter or Club
back to top |
|
Scholarships, Grants, and Awards
The Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity
and Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. provide support for scholarships,
grants-in-aid, and awards to Delta Omicron chapters and members in
good standing. Funding for the national projects is possible through
endowments and gifts. For further information go
here.
back to top
|
|