Kappa Gamma Psi
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Kappa Gamma Psi (ΚΓΨ) is a performing arts fraternity in the United States, originally founded in 1913. Its last surviving Collegiate chapter (Iota) went inactive in 2008, but the National Organization continues and is in the process of founding Alumni chapters. Its membership was originally restricted to males, but became coeducational in the 1970s.
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[edit] Founding
Kappa Gamma Psi was founded on December 11, 1913 by twelve faculty members at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
[edit] Chapters
The fraternity originally had chapters at 13 universities throughout the United States (the New England Conservatory, the University of Michigan, Ithaca College, the Boston Conservatory, the University of Utah, Pennsylvania State University, Boston University, the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, the Chicago Musical College, the Cincinnati School of Music, and DePaul University). Iota Chapter, at Ithaca College in upstate New York (founded in 1929), the last active chapter, went inactive in 2008.[citation needed] Members of several former chapters remain in contact and gather periodically.
[edit] Composition contest and commissioned works
Kappa Gamma Psi formerly sponsored a competition for new compositions.[1] The widely performed band composition The Leaves Are Falling, by the American composer Warren Benson, was commissioned by Kappa Gamma Psi in 1963.[2] Deux Preludes, a work for flute, clarinet, and bassoon by the Czech-born composer Karel Husa, was commissioned by the Iota chapter in 1966.[3] Elie Siegmeister's Sextet for Brass and Percussion was commissioned in 1966.[4] In 1974, the Iota chapter commissioned Alfred Reed's Double Wind Quintet.[5]
[edit] Notable members
- Halim El-Dabh, composer (b. 1921)[6]
- Bert Remsen, actor (1925–1999)[7]
[edit] Notable honorary members
[edit] References
- ^ sybrandon
- ^ http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:lUmECrdK7eUJ:www.music.umn.edu/events/ProgramPDF/10-9%2520WindEnsemble.pdf+%22warren+benson%22+%22leaves+are+falling%22+kappa&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
- ^ Quintet of the Americas CD's
- ^ Portail d'informations Ce site est en vente!
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=lWrDoDY-xaEC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=%22kappa+gamma+psi%22&source=web&ots=zqiXfVTCkA&sig=7dmMM2pJJoLDcc8jiZKNjavPIZU
- ^ New England Conservatory Neume Yearbook, 1952, p. 36.
- ^ Bert Remsen - Biography
[edit] External links
- Kappa Gamma Psi official site
- Ithaca College chapter of Kappa Gamma Psi
- Kappa Gamma Psi page from Ithaca College student organizations site
