Sigma Alpha Iota

Winter 2021 32 32 P A N P I P E S OPPORTUNITIES SAI PITTSBURGH ALUMNAE MARGARET BLACKBURN 2021 BIENNIAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION A $1,000 grand prize will be awarded to the female student composer who submits the winning musical composition in the 2021 Biennial Blackburn Memorial Composition Competition. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college, university or graduate music program for the 2020-21 academic year. Compositions should be for a small ensemble of no less than two instruments, which may include voice, and no more than twelve instruments including voice. Works for instruments and electronic sounds, digital media, CD, interactive compositions or works for electronic sounds alone can be included. No published scores will be accepted. An entry fee of $25 (U.S.) is required. Membership in Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) is not required. To enter, please use the application form available at: sai-pittsburgh-alumni.weebly.com/blackburn- competition-application.html You should pay the application fee electronically at the SAI website: sai-pittsburgh-alumni.weebly.com Only one submission per person is allowed. Questions regarding specifics of the competition may be directed to saipittsburghalumnae@gmail.com. Please include "Blackburn" in the subject. Deadline: April 16, 2021 Contact: saipittsburghalumnae@gmail.com KEYNOTES: THE JEROME MIRZA VIRTUAL JAZZ RESIDENCY Now in its 8th year, The Jerome Mirza Jazz Residency at Knox College will move from an in-person residency model to a virtual series featuring seven of the world's leading jazz artists aimed at serving both Knox College students and the broader communities of students and audience members. Each KeyNote presentation will be broadcast at 3pm CST on the Knox College YouTube channel followed by a live question and answer session with the artist. The KeyNotes series is designed to feature a diverse group of innovative jazz artists and educators, each of whom has designed an original virtual masterclass examining the big questions, emerging issues, and critical aesthetic ideas in jazz and creative music. Website: www.youtube.com/user/KnoxCollege INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BRASS CONFERENCE IWBC exists to educate, develop, support, and inspire all women brass musicians. For over 20 years, IWBC has successfully worked towards its mission by: • Hosting seven international conferences • Supporting outstanding musicians through the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition • Commissioning new pieces for brass • Publishing NoteWorthy, the biannual newsletter Website: myiwbc.org FORM FOR RETURNING SAI BADGE AND SAI RITUAL BOOK TO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Instructions to my Executor/Family for Disposition of my Sigma Alpha Iota Badge and Member Ritual book(s) and my wishes for the SAI Memorial Ceremony (Place this with your will or other important papers.) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Upon my death, my Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity badge, along with all guards and honors attached, and my personal copy of the SAI Ritual should be returned to: SIGMA ALPHA IOTA NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 1 TUNNEL ROAD ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28805 Phone: 828-251-0606 E-mail: nh@sai-national.org The badge will be placed in the Memorial Collection or held in trust for any descendants of mine who may request to wear it upon their initiation into Sigma Alpha Iota. I would be honored to have the local SAI chapter present the SAI Memorial Ceremony at the remembrance my family prepares. The regulation badge is a circle of pearls surrounding the seven Pipes of Pan with the Greek letters ΣΑΙ. The Patroness badge has the Pipes of Pan surrounded by laurel leaves modeled in yellow gold bearing raised Greek letters ΣΑΙ. I would like SAI Philanthropies to be designated in lieu of flowers. I have notified National Headquarters with a Letter of Intent regarding a bequest to SAI. My badge and ritual book are currently located: (e.g. dresser, safe deposit box, etc.) _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ (Print name) _____________________ (Signature) (Date) ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************* THE FOLLOWING IS FOR THE FILES AT SIGMA ALPHA IOTA NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE RETURN OF THE BADGE: Current Name ______________________________ Initiated Name __________________________ Initiating Chapter____________________________Year of Initiation ________________________ Name and contact information of person returning the badge: _________________________________________________________________________________ Please select: Member Deceased; Date of death (if known): ___________________________________________ I am returning my badge to Headquarters for safe keeping since I no longer have occasion to wear it. 2020 Each initiated member of the Fraternity has the privilege of wearing the appropriate badge or insignia as long as that person is a member. When the badge of a deceased member is returned to National Headquarters, it is placed in the Memorial Collection and held in trust for a descendant. No badges should be passed down to other chapter members. The badge disposition form, available in the OP Document Library or by contacting National Headquarters, can be filled out and put with your legal papers (will, etc) so that your family will know what to do with your badge. — Chapter Procedures Manual The regulation badge is a circle of The regulation badge is a circle of pearls surrounding the seven Pipes pearls surrounding the seven Pipes of Pan with the Greek letters of Pan with the Greek letters ΣΑΙ ΣΑΙ. The Patroness badge has the Pipes of Pan The Patroness badge has the Pipes of Pan surrounded by laurel leaves modeled in yellow surrounded by laurel leaves modeled in yellow gold bearing raised Greek letters gold bearing raised Greek letters ΣΑΙ ΣΑΙ. B A D G E D I SP O SI T I O N B A D G E D I SP O SI T I O N

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