Sinfonia was born on October 6, 1898 at the New England Conservatory in Boston, when a group of thirteen young men under the guidance of Ossian Everett Mills met “to consider the social life of the young men students of that institution” and “to devise ways and means by which it might be improved.” Mills, bursar of the Conservatory, sought to create an Order in which men with a shared love of music could develop the virtues of manhood in themselves and in their fellows.

Sinfonia became a national fraternity on October 6, 1900, with the admission of a group of men at the Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia (www.sinfonia.org). The Delta Chapter located at Ithaca College was founded January 28, 1901.

The Delta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha is a national music fraternity that is officially recognized by Ithaca College as a greek organization. Its members are are part of the Ithaca College Inter-fraternity Council (IFC). The Delta chapter is the fourth charted chapter by the Sinfonia National Headquarters. It is the oldest chapter still active out of over 200 chapters at educational institutions throughout America.

If you are a student at Ithaca College and interested in joining the Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha please contact us at sinfonia@ithaca.edu.