About
Kappa Kappa Psi
Since 1919, Kappa Kappa Psi has served college and university band programs across the country.
Founded in 1919 at the Oklahoma A & M College (now known as Oklahoma State University) as a way to develop good will, fellowship and understanding among college bands and their members, and to recognize the value of dedicated leadership. For over 100 years, 300 chapters and thousands of brothers have continued this standard of excellence across the country.
Kappa Kappa Psi is a co-educational fraternal organization that advances college and university bands for the benefit of its members and society through dedicated service and support to bands, encouragement of musical growth, lifelong educational experiences, leadership opportunities, and recognition. Kappa Kappa Psi empowers and influences the vibrant and diverse college band movement through purposeful programming, unified messaging, and excellence in service and operations.
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Creed
We, the brothers of Kappa Kappa Psi, believe that service to the college or university band program fosters responsibility, loyalty, and leadership; that a spirit of brotherhood is enhanced by the participation in a band program; that music is a universal language and truly the greatest of the arts; and that through fraternal participation, each member will strive for the highest.
Bohumil Makovsky’s defining qualities
Honor, Integrity, Respect, Loyalty
No person is so important to any organization as its constant companion, inspiration, and source of support. Such a man was Bohumil Makovsky, Director of Bands and Head of the Music Department at Oklahoma State University from 1915 until 1945. Affectionately referred to by all who knew him as “Boh,” Makovsky provided the strength and encouragement needed by William Scroggs and those nine other bandsmen which saw them successfully through the establishment of a national fraternal society.
Founded by bandsmen for the band member, Kappa Kappa Psi was (and is) a tribute to the dynamic personality of one man. For around this personality there grew a core of student leaders committed to assist him in a program of developing the best college band with the highest performance standards possible. “Boh” was that man, and each incoming member of this Fraternity should be familiar with the man who was officially recognized by the Grand Chapter in Convention assembled as “The Guiding Spirit of Kappa Kappa Psi.”
The Four Pillars of Kappa Kappa Psi
Musicianship
Leadership
Service
Brotherhood
The Purposes
1) To Promote the existence and welfare of the college and university bands and to cultivate at large a wholesome respect for their activities and achievements
2) To honor outstanding band members through privilege of membership extended as a reward for technical achievement and appreciation for the best in music.
3) To stimulate campus leadership and promulgate and uncompromising respect through the medium of the college band for gracious conduct, good taste and unswerving loyalty.
4) To foster a close relationship between college bands and promote a high average of attainment by the performance of good music and selection of worthwhile projects.
5) To provide a pleasant and helpful social experience for all engaged in college band work and to cooperate with other musical organizations in any manner consistent with the purposes of the institution at which chapters are located.