| Sigma Alpha Iota, International Music Fraternity, is a Greek music fraternity for women. It is an organization whose purposes are to foster interest in music and promote conact among persons sharing an interest in music. It is a specialized fraternity which confines its memberships to persons interested in the single academic disipline -music- in accredited colleges and universities. In the beginning Sigma Alpha Iota was called a sorortiy. In 1926 the word "fraternity" replaced "sorority." "Fraternity," which comes from the abstract feminine Latin noun fraternitas, refers to both men and women. It has been used by all of the music fraternities for many years. |
