Mu Phi Epsilon
About Us
Mu Phi Epsilon is an International Professional Music Fraternity whose purposes are the recognition of scholarship and musicianship and the promotion of friendship. Its aims are the advancement of music throughout the world, the promotion of musicianship and scholarship, loyalty to the Alma Mater, and the development of a true bond of friendship. The Fraternity is composed of Collegiate Chapters, Alumni Chapters and Allied Members.
Mu Phi Epsilon was founded at the Metropolitan College of Music
in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 13, 1903, by Professor Winthrop S. Sterling,
Dean of the college, and Elizabeth Mathias Fuqua, a member of the faculty.
Professor Sterling had in mind an organization for women comparable in aim to
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity for men. First he considered associate
membership in Phi Mu Alpha, but decided to establish an organization for women
only, to advance the cause of music in America and at the same time develop
fine young women bound together in friendship through their common interest in
the art of music.