Pi Chapter's BeginningsOur chapter at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa was chartered on May 29, 1920. Pi Chapter is in the Xi B Province in Region III. All 37 of our current members are highly active in and outside of the music department here at Drake. Not all of us are music majors, but we all share a passion for music. Some of us play instruments ranging through all the different sections, and some of us sing (although we all sing for our members' birthdays, and it's quite an event!). Together we have a lot of fun, grow in our love for music, and just try to get through these college years with a little help from our sisters!
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Pi Chapter activities
- Fundraising events such as Run For Pie, Practice-a-Thon, and Mr. Music, which help raise money for local music programs and organizations such as SAI Philanthropies & the Des Moines Music Coalition
- Hosting events for the music students at Drake in collaboration with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the music fraternity for men on campus
- Monthly sisterhoods
- Hosting a Free Day of Music for children in the Des Moines area
- Participating in school events such as Street Painting during the Drake Relays
- Getting involved in projects with the Des Moines Alumnae Chapter of SAI
Awards:
- For the 2007-08 school year, Pi chapter was awarded the prestigious Katherine Becker National Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award
- We were awarded the Impact Project Grant from SAI Philanthropies to help aid our day of music that reaches outside of campus and brings music into the surrounding community for three years in a row. We have been very fortunate the last few years to continue the program on our own. This past year our theme was “Songs of the Savannah: A Musical Safari", a day of music revolving around a safari/jungle theme. We had a singing station, a dancing station, a craft station, and also provided the children (grades 1-5) lunch. At the end of the day the parents were invited to come and watch the children perform the songs and dance they learned during the day in one giant performance