Founded on the campus of Oklahoma State University on November 27, 1919, Kappa Kappa
Psi is a guiding light with which band students can grow, learn, and develop themselves
and their band programs. Kappa Kappa Psi is an organization of opportunity and quality,
brimming with historic, well-developed leadership and membership programming that
students use to become great leaders, better band members and better adapted young
adults prepared for what lies ahead of them.
Kappa Kappa Psi operates primarily as a student service and leadership recognition
society whose chief aim is to assist the Director of Bands in developing the leadership
and enthusiasm that is required of his/her band. Our goals are to provide the band
not only with organized and concentrated service activities, but to give our membership
valid and wholesome experiences in organization, leadership and social contacts. The
honorary nature of membership is based on our premise that “it is an honor to be selected
to serve” this band, its department of music, its sponsoring institution, and the
cause of band music in the nation’s colleges and universities.
The educational value to the student of participation in a smaller group’s activities
cannot be overemphasized. Experience in planning, organizing and carrying through
projects to benefit the larger band organization are necessary if a well-rounded and
responsible student leader is to be trained. The fraternal group, as embodied by our
active chapters, provides this needed training group for the student by establishing
both worthy goals and worthwhile guideposts for a meaningful college experience.
Membership in Kappa Kappa Psi thus becomes an educational and service activity as
well as social one. And it is this kind of activity that enriches the band student’s
life and sharpens an appreciation for both the best in Music and what it takes to
achieve it. It is to this end that our National Fraternity is dedicated, and we cordially
invite your participation in this effort.
