Alpha Rho Chapter Raises Nearly $5K for Chapter Fund

The brothers of the Alpha Rho Chapter at the University of North Carolina have raised nearly $5,000 for the Alpha Rho Chapter Fund. This achievement was the work of many brothers within the chapter, but was raised at just a single event.

“We threw a massively successful Battle of the Bands at a local bar in Chapel Hill called ‘He’s Not Here,’” says EJ Harrison, Alpha Rho 2011. “We got Sweetwater Brewing Company and Sam Ash music stores to sponsor the event. Sweetwater donated $500 of the $4,712 total. And Sam Ash kindly provided our chapter with $325 worth of gift cards, which we used to help bring in the best bands in the area. A $250 gift card and a concert booking at ‘He’s Not Here’ was offered to the first place band, a $50 gift card to the second place band, and a $25 gift card to the third place band.” Outside of these donations, the majority of the money came from the cover charge for the event.

Alpha Rho will be using this money to help further our Object, particularly in music. “We plan on funding a scholarship that will be offered through the UNC Music Department,” says Harrison, “as well as commissioning a faculty composer to write a piece of music, to be played at our American Music Recital in 2014. The scholarship will be titled the Phi Mu Alpha Advancing Music in America Scholarship, and will pay for a Freshman music major’s first year of lessons, which costs $800 for two semesters.” Harrison said the chapter plans on holding similar events each semester, and that they hope to expand on the scholarships the chapter offers.

We’d like to congratulate the Alpha Rho Chapter on their dedication to our ideals, and their success in their fundraising efforts. We hope more chapters are able to similarly utilize the SEF’s Chapter Fund Program, and that strong chapters like Alpha Rho are able to continue to advance Music in America and help young musicians through their efforts.

Complete information on the Chapter Fund program is available on the SEF website.