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Pi Kappa Lambda
Pi Kappa Lambda () is an international honor society for music. It was established at Northwestern University in 1918. It has chartered more than 270 chapters. History Pi Kappa Lambda was established on May 17, 1918, at Northwestern University. Its founders were faculty members Carl Milton Beecher, Louis Norton Dodge, and Walter Allen Stults. The society is dedicated to the promotion of music education in institutions of higher learning. It also recognizes and encourages musicianship and academic achievement in the field of music. Pi Kappa Lambda was chartered in Illinois in 1918. Stults was its first president, serving from 1918 to 1925. The society held its first national convention at Northwestern University on April 10, 1925. The society is governed by a Board of Regents It joined the Association of College Honor Societies in 1940. In 2012, the society had 207 active chapters, 1,350 active members, and 70,000 total initiates. By 2024, it has chartered over 270 in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in Illinois. Chartered by the Illinois General Assembly in 1851, Northwestern was initially affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church but later became non-sectarian. By 1900, the university was the third-largest Higher education in the United States, university in the United States, after University of Michigan, Michigan and Harvard University, Harvard. Northwestern became a founding member of the Big Ten Conference in 1896 and joined the Association of American Universities in 1917. Northwestern is composed of eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools in the fields of Kellogg School of Management, management, Pritzker School of Law, law, Medill School of Journalism, journalism, McCormick School of Engineering, enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". "Composer" is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who work in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms ' songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodi DiPiazza
Jodi DiPiazza (born October 3, 2001) is an American musician, composer, vocalist, and autism advocate. She was diagnosed with autism some time before her second birthday. A musical prodigy, she has absolute pitch. She learned to play the piano at age three, being able to hear a song and reproduce it. She also plays other instruments (such as guitar, clarinet and drums) and performs in a number of genres. She is a graduate of Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, where she is studied music and was inducted into the prestigious music honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda. Performing career In 2012, DiPiazza appeared at Comedy Central's ''Night of Too Many Stars'', an annual fundraiser for autism programs, at New York City's Beacon Theatre. This event included DiPiazza's duet performance of "Firework" with Katy Perry. In October 2012, DiPiazza was a guest on ''Good Morning America'', where she performed " Tomorrow" from '' Annie''. In April 2013, DiPiazza performed on Fox News Health w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
