Delta Omicron
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| Founded | September 6, 1909 Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Type | Professional |
| Scope | International |
| Motto |
Continenter nitentes consequimur. "Continually striving, we attain." |
| Member badge | Lyre of Gold |
| Colors | Old Rose and Pearl Grey |
| Flower | Lily of the Valley |
| Chapters | 183 total (129 collegiate (36 active), 46 alumni including clubs (15 active), 8 international (7 collegiate, 1 alumni, all inactive)) |
| Headquarters |
910 Church Street Jefferson City, Tennessee USA |
| Homepage | www.delta-omicron.org |
Continenter nitentes consequimur.
Delta Omicron (ΔΟ) is a co-ed international professional music honors fraternity whose mission is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship.
Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity was founded on September 6, 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by three undergraduate students: Hazel Wilson, Lorena Creamer, and Mabel Dunn. Additional charter members included Mae Chenoweth, Grace Hudson, and Adah H. Appell. The Articles of Incorporation were signed by the charter members on December 8, 1909 and filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Ohio. The charter was granted on December 13, 1909. In 1923, this date was established as "Founders Day" since not all collegiate institutions at which chapters were installed had opened for the fall semester by September 6.
Originally called "Delta Omicron Sorority," the organization changed its name to "Delta Omicron Fraternity" in 1947 since "fraternity" was the preferred name in Panhellenic circles. The fraternity has collegiate chapters established throughout the United States. Several chapters were established abroad, but are currently inactive. Delta Omicron is the only organization of its kind, since it was founded by students for students and is also the only professional music fraternity founded by underclassmen. Originally an all-female organization, Delta Omicron first initiated men in 1979 after changing the bylaws to admit men in 1977.
The Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. was founded on June 17, 1958. and is chartered in Ohio as a nonprofit organization. The Foundation was granted tax-exempt status on March 27, 1964. The Foundation administers the philanthropies of Delta Omicron as a separate corporation. It supports and promotes music and musicians through educational grants and scholarships for music study, the commission of composers, awards for musical accomplishments, subsidies for publications and programs promoting music, and national and international music endeavors. It also supplements Delta Omicron's endowment fund, which was established in 1927.
Membership is determined on the basis of talent, scholarship, and character and is open to collegiate music students enrolled in schools where Delta Omicron chapters are located, to music faculty members in those schools, and to professional musicians. Over 28,000 members have been initiated. The first honorary memberships were offered to women musicians of "national reputation" in 1916.
Collegiate chapters are chartered in accredited institutions of higher learning and derive their names from the Greek alphabet in the regular sequence according to the date of installation. A member affiliated with a collegiate chapter (either undergraduate or graduate) must be a music major, music minor, or the equivalent of a music minor (as determined by individual chapters).
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