Tau Beta Σigma

Tau Beta Sigma is a music-related sorority that is open to all students enrolled in at least (1) music course per year who aim to grow music appreciation around the nation. It is especially dedicated to growing leadership qualities within its members and improving the greater band through planned service projects. The sisters of TBS also do events with their brother fraternity, Kappa Kappa Psi, as well as other music fraternities on campus like Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. These four groups make up UNC’s Greek Music Council and their events are usually open to any students at the university who want to have fun and show their support for students in music.

At UNC specifically, over half of the sisters in TBS Iota Lambda are Colorguard members. The reason? They want to provide service to others in a way that doesn’t only involve music, but also other values the sorority holds dear.

The TBS national mission statement is as follows:

“We provide exceptional service to collegiate bands and promote equality and diversity, including empowering women in the band profession. We cultivate leadership, educational achievement, music appreciation, and community development.”

Members of Tau Beta Sigma must also follow a set of 5 Qualities and 8 Essential Factors:

The “Five Qualities” to be observed by Tau Beta Sigma members at all times:
1. Knowledge and development of your physical powers in the quest for good health and bodily perfection
2. Recognition and development of your intellectual potential
3. Appreciation for and the maintenance of the highest moral standards
4. Achievement of and the personification within you of lofty spiritual ideals
5. Cultivation and maintenance of your emotional poise under all conditions

The “Eight Essential Factors” which promote friendship and respect among Sorority members:
1. Physical and mental qualities of an attractive nature
2. Demonstrated loyalty and dependability to those persons and institutions deserving of it
3. A truthfulness and honesty which instills a sense of trust in others
4. A cheerfulness at all times and under all circumstances, even in the face of great trial
5. A mutual interest in the Art of Music in its performance and in the aesthetic qualities it can project to others
6. Generosity of mind, heart, and hand
7. Tolerance, tempered with kindness and a consideration for the needs of others
8. Fortitude and courage to see an ideal, to seize upon it, and follow it wherever it may lead you in Tau Beta Sigma

The members of Tau Beta Sigma Iota Lambda at UNC-Chapel Hill have an enormously positive impact on the well-being of all band members. They have also participated in programs outside of the university, like Crescendo and Coda, that strive to entertain both young and old folks through music. Overall, the sisters work extremely hard to support those in need, shaping a bright future for music as a whole.

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