The Sinfonia Educational Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity.
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Mission
The mission of the Sinfonia Educational Foundation is to enrich the lives of collegiate Sinfonians and to advance music in America by supporting scholarship, education, and the development of leadership and noble ideals among future generations of musicians and supporters of music in America.[1]
This mission is fulfilled through:
Scholarships
($5,000, $2,500)
($1,000)
($1,000)
($500)
Grants
Programs
History
The SEF saw its beginnings in 1954 as the Sinfonia Foundation. Over its first 50 years, the SEF changed its direction several times. In many cases, the SEF's mission was much more oriented to promoting music in America, American artists, and American music professionals. In the 21st century, the SEF's mission has become much more oriented towards developing the leadership skills of collegiate members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity. In 2003, the foundation changed its name from The Sinfonia Foundation to The Sinfonia Educational Foundation in order to more closely align the foundation's name with its mission.
In 2006, the Board of Trustees hired the SEF's first ever Director of Development in an effort to increase the foundation's endowment and expand the foundation's programs. That Director of Development, Matthew Garber, left the Foundation in January 2009. At that time the Foundation announced it wouldn't seek a replacement.