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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.
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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.
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Purpose
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to create and foster fellowship through music;
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to give music students an opportunity to meet with one
another and, by personal contact and exchange of ideas, to broaden the
individual outlook;
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to strengthen a devotion and loyalty to Alma Mater;
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to develop character and leadership;
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to encourage the highest possible scholastic attainment,
excellence of individual performance; and appreciation of good music
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to give material aid to worthy students;
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to manifest interest in young musicians.
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Objectives
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to promote American music and musicians;
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to further the work of composers;
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to stimulate appreciation of good music at the community
level;
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to advance high ethical standards of professional
conduct in the musical world;
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to encourage understanding of the cultures of all
nations;
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to do any and all things conducive to the service,
betterment, and ultimate welfare of musicians;
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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. The next Triennial conference will meet at Ilinois
Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 2006.
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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.
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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.
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