EPSILON BETA CHAPTER
NATIONAL MUSIC HONOR SOCIETY
The primary objective of PI KAPPA LAMBDA is the recognition and encouragement of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship. The Society is convinced that, by recognizing and honoring persons who have enhanced their talents by serious, diligent, and intelligent study, others will be stimulated to do the same. Moreover, the Society feels that it serves the interest of the student capable of meeting its criteria by granting a charter to institutions that provide the atmosphere conducive to musical achievement and academic virtue.
PI KAPPA LAMBDA was organized in 1918 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a charter granted by the State of Illinois.The first chapter, Alpha, elected as its first member Peter Christian Lutkin, Dean of the School of Music. His initials in their Greek equivalent – Pi Kappa Lambda – provided the name of the Society. There are more than 200 active chapters. In 1940 the Society of PI KAPPA LAMBDA was admitted to the Association of College Honor Societies as the representative in the field of music. The Epsilon Beta Chapter at Shorter University was established on April 25, 1981.
Student Inductees
2018
- Becky Fowler
- Sydney Hillman
- Abbey Poole
- Asa Stallings
2017
- Erin Dallmann
2016
- Ashley Phillips, BM ’16
- Julian Duncan, BM ’16
- Taylor Camp, BFA ’16
2015
- Gina Hicks, Alumni
- Hannah Mitchell, BM ‘15
- Ashley Poole, BM ‘15
- Kaitlin Kennedy, BFA ‘15
2014
- Garrett Baker, BM ’14
- Diane Turner, BM ‘14
2013
- Mrs. Beth Taylor
- Grace Wirabudi, BM ’14
- Wendy Harrell, BFA ’13
- Mrs. Julie Bearden-Carver
2012
- Laura Leigh Beall, BM ’13
- Sarah Weaver, BM ’12
- Kristina Kennedy, BFA ’13
- Emily Alderman, BM ’13
- Susan Diesch, BM ’14
- Mariel Villarreal, BFA ’12
- Kate Johnson, BFA ’14
- Sarah Justus, BM ’14
- Annelise Kitching, BFA ’14
2011
- Jennifer Diane Holcombe, BFA ’11
- Chris Vizurraga, BFA ’12
- Susanna Grace Polley, BM ’13
- Chelsea Catherine Cross, BM ’12
2010
- Elizabeth McCoy Telford, BFA ’11
- Elizabeth Melinae MacDonell, BFA ’11
2009
- Audrey Lane Crocker, BFA ‘10
- Laura Lee Gill, BFA ‘10
- Hope Kristin Moore, BM ‘10
- Emily Christine Tweedy, BM ‘11
- Thomas Hobson Williams, BM ‘10
- Kathrine Zaloumes, BFA ‘09
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Presidents of Pi Kappa Lambda
FACULTY MEMBERSHIP
| Amy Neal, MM | Gamma Tau Chapter, Baylor University |
| Aaron Rice, DMA | Beta Zeta, East Carolina State University |
| Yuman Lee, MM | Eta, University of Southern California |
| John McCluskey, PhD | Iota Epsilon, Lee University |
| Jerico Vasquez, DMA | Zeta Tau, University of Houston |
| Duane Warfield, PhD | Alpha Phi, University of Iowa |
| Tara Warfield, DMA | Theta Phi, Coe College |
EMERITUS FACULTY MEMBERSHIP
| Patricia DeWitt, PhD | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |
| Peter DeWitt, DMA | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |
| John Ramsaur, MM, DHL | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |
| Helen Ramsaur, MM | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |
| William Knight, MM | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |
| Phoebe Pomeroy, MM | Professor Emeritus of Music | Epsilon Beta, Shorter University |