About Us
Sigma Alpha Iota, an International Music Fraternity, is a Greek music fraternity for women. It was founded on June 12, 1903 at the University School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan. SAI is an organization whose purposes are to foster interest in music and to promote social contact among persons sharing an interst in music. It is a specialized Fraternity which confines its membership to persons interested in the single academic discipline - music - in accredited colleges and universities.
The founders were seven upperclass and graduate students - Elizabeth Cambell, Frances Caspari, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts and Mary Storrs Andersen.
SAI has now grown to 97,868 initiated members, 195 active college chapters, and 116 alumnae throughout the United States as of August, 2002.
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Flower: Red Rose 
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Colors: Crimson and White
Publications: Tempo! newsletter and Pan Pipes quarterly journal
Philanthropy: Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc
Open Motto: "Vita Brevis, Ars Longa" - Life is Short, but Art is Long
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