Related Organizations
Music Organizations
Musical Arts Guild
Founded in 1972, the Musical Arts Guild, the School's 400-member support group, continues to develop a strong relationship between the school and the Greensboro community. In addition to funding both a scholarship endowment and an annual project, the guild sponsors a number of musical/social events each year and, in particular, encourages attendance at UNCG concerts.
Music Organizations for Students
Students are guided by the School of Music faculty toward the various professional organizations within their specific area in the field of music. UNCG also has chapters of every music fraternity and sorority found in most Schools of Music throughout the United States. These organizations provide numerous services for the School of Music and a wonderful network of support and sense of community for their members.
Liberace Trio
The Liberace Trio is a chamber ensemble comprised of the finest graduate music students in the UNCG School of Music. The instrumentation is violin, cello and piano. The Trio performs two recitals on campus per year, at least one performance in The School of Music's outreach series (nursing homes, hospitals, schools, etc.), one performance for incoming students at an audition day, development and other University events (some at the invitation of the Chancellor), and at least one chamber music competition. The Trio is generously supported by The Liberace Foundation.
Mu Phi Epsilon
UNCG's performance-oriented Alpha-Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, an international music and honor fraternity, recognizes and honors outstanding music majors who achieve high standards of scholarship and musicianship. Among its many service activities, the chapter presents off-campus performances in hospitals and nursing homes, ushers for concerts, hosts post-concert receptions, and sponsors both a mid-year, School-wide Music Quiz Bowl and a Spring Scherzo social. Members are eligible for a number of scholarships and grants awarded at both chapter and international levels.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
UNCG's Iota Epsilon Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the oldest and largest professional music fraternity in the United States, is dedicated to the advancement of music and to brotherhood in musical or related activities. In encouraging loyalty to the alma mater, the chapter ushers at concerts, sponsors member recitals, undertakes special service projects and funds an annual scholarship in the school.
Collegiate Music Educators National Conference (CMENC)
Membership in UNCG's CMENC chapter recently swelled to the second largest in the entire nation. Designated a "Chapter of Excellence" by the North Carolina Music Educators Association, the organization has provided strong student leadership at both state and local levels and offers valuable co-curricular and social opportunities for both music education and music students in the university.
The Graduate Music Student Association
The Graduate Music Student Association helps unify the diverse body of graduate students in the School of Music and provides opportunities for professional development. By attending and participating in lectures, programs and discussions, members gain valuable information about music careers.
The American Choral Directors Association
This student organization is dedicated to professional and academic development for future and current choral directors. Through speakers, information sessions, discussions, clinics and conferences, we offer choral directors a supplement to their course work here at the university. Meetings are the first Monday of every month at 5:00 pm.
American String Teachers Association
Pi Kappa Lambda (national professional honor society in music)
Sigma Alpha Iota (international music fraternity for women)
The Kappa Gamma chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota started in October of 1999, after four interested UNCG music majors met to discuss the possibility of starting a chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. The members are women music students and alumnae.
