FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc.

Musical fraternity, founded 1898 by Ossian Everett Mills and students at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston.

Official Website:
http://www.sinfonia.org/

Founding Date:
6-Oct-1898

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warren Barker	Composer	16-Apr-1923	3-Aug-2006	Composer for 77 Sunset Strip
Count Basie	Pianist	21-Aug-1904	26-Apr-1984	Big band pianist
John Cage	Composer	5-Sep-1912	12-Aug-1992	Experimental composer
Van Cliburn	Pianist	12-Jul-1934	27-Feb-2013	Piano prodigy
Bo Diddley	Guitarist	30-Dec-1928	2-Jun-2008	Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
George Eastman	Inventor	12-Jul-1854	14-Mar-1932	Inventor of the Kodak camera
John Howard Griffin	Author	16-Jul-1920	9-Sep-1980	Black Like Me
Andy Griffith	Actor	1-Jun-1926	3-Jul-2012	Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show
Burl Ives	Singer	14-Jun-1909	14-Apr-1995	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
John M. Lilley	Educator	24-Mar-1939		President, Baylor University
John V. Lombardi	Educator	1942		President, Louisiana State University
Chuck Mangione	Musician	29-Nov-1940		Flugelhorn player on King of the Hill
Branford Marsalis	Jazz Musician	26-Aug-1960		Saxophonist
Luciano Pavarotti	Singer	12-Oct-1935	6-Sep-2007	Operatic tenor
Alfred Reed	Composer	25-Jan-1921	17-Sep-2005	Russian Christmas Music
Fred Rogers	TV Personality	20-Mar-1928	27-Feb-2003	Mister Rogers
Doc Severinsen	Conductor	7-Jul-1927		Johnny Carson's musical sidekick
John Philip Sousa	Composer	6-Nov-1854	6-Mar-1932	Stars and Stripes Forever
Graham B. Spanier	Educator	18-Jul-1948		President, Penn State University, 1995-2011
William Steinberg	Conductor	1-Aug-1899	16-May-1978	Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76
Leopold Stokowski	Conductor	18-Apr-1882	13-Sep-1977	American Symphony Orchestra
Efrem Zimbalist	Violinist	9-Apr-1889	22-Feb-1985	Russian-American violinist

Copyright ©2025