BRIAN STRATTON INITIATED AS NATIONAL HONORARY

July 27, 2010

Dear Brothers,

I’m deeply pleased to announce the initiation of Brother Brian McKinley Stratton, Delta Omega (Southeastern Louisiana) ’79, into the National Honorary Alpha Alpha Chapter at the Leadership Institute, July 24, 2010. Brother Stratton has distinguished himself as a musician of international reputation and has brought honor to Phi Mu Alpha by displaying an outstanding commitment and dedication to his profession, demonstrating himself as a successful role model and helping others realize their potential, and representing Sinfonia’s ideal of the "manly musician and musicianly man." Brother Stratton joins a long list of distinguished Sinfonians to be honored by the Fraternity’s as a National Honorary member (see below).

Brother Stratton has given three decades of service to Sinfonia. He was elected to the first class of Collegiate Province Representatives in 1982 and served as a delegate to the transformational Assembly in 1985. He has served as Governor of Province 14 since 1995, and was the Fraternity’s first African-American National Executive Committee member, as National Vice President for the triennium 1997-2000.

Brother Stratton has enjoyed a successful career as a concert artist and music educator. At age 24 he conducted the World’s Fair Barbershop Chorus for international audiences. In 1988, he was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. He has performed opera, concert recitals, Broadway reviews, and oratorio both in the United States and abroad. Brother Stratton has appeared at the White House on four occasions, performing American folk music, Broadway tunes, Christmas music, and Spirituals for Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and William Jefferson Clinton.

For nearly 22 years, Mr. Stratton was a member and featured soloist with the acclaimed Moses Hogan Chorale and Singers. His concert performances and over a dozen recordings have received wide acclaim worldwide. He is also featured on the CD "Voices" on the Windham Hill label, and with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on their CD "An American Heritage of Spirituals." Since 2003 he has worked to promote the Spiritual arrangements of Mr. Hogan and other renowned composers and arrangers in workshops, seminars, and choral clinics around the world. Brother Stratton has served as a choral clinician and conductor for choirs in Oregon, Michigan, Georgia, Louisiana, Alaska, Texas, Indiana, and New York. In 2004, he was one of only two clinician from the United States at the World Projects-International Australian Music Festival held in Sydney and Bathurst, Australia. He has also conducted vocal workshops in France, Estonia, and Russia.

No one who was present at the Leadership Institute will soon forget Brother Stratton’s inspirational message following the conferring of National Honorary membership. We thank him for many years of dedicating his spirit, talent and treasure to Sinfonia and to music, and heartily congratulate him as our newest National Honorary Sinfonian!

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From the Desk of:
John Alan Mongiovi, National President
president@sinfonia.org
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Sinfonians also initiated as National Honorary members
Wilfred C. Bain - Gamma Theta, 1940; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Alvah Beecher - Alpha Lambda, 1925; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1952
Warren Benson - Epsilon Honorary, 1946; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
David Bispham - Epsilon Honorary, 1905; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1910
George Bragg, Jr. - Gamma Theta, 1946; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Thomas S. Canning - Gamma Xi Honorary, 1946; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Stanley Chapple - Sigma Honorary, 1949; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Norval L. Church - Phi Honorary, 1923; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1952
Van Cliburn - Alpha Chi Honorary, 1958; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1962
Gilbert Raynolds Combs - Beta; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1941
Frederick S. Converse - Lambda Honorary, 1911; Alpha Alpha, 1913
Armand Coullet - Theta Kappa Honorary, 1964; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Hollis Ellsworth Dann - Delta Honorary, 1905; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1941
Thomas E. Dewey - Epsilon Honorary, 1920; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1946
Willis F. Ducrest - Delta Epsilon Honorary, 1947; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Raymond Francis Dvorak - Alpha Xi, 1925; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Thomas E. Eagan - Beta Eta Honorary, 1927; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1958
George Eastman - Alpha Nu Honorary, 1927; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1941
Alvin R. Edgar - Alpha Beta, 1931; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Edwin R. Erickson - Delta, 1922; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1954
Julio Esteban - Kappa, 1959; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Alfred J. Fletcher - Zeta Psi Honorary, 1961; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Rudolph Ganz - Zeta Honorary, 1923; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1936
Don Gillis - Gamma Theta, 1941; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1958
Richard Franko Goldman - Beta Omicron, 1940; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Rouben Gregorian - Lambda Pi Honorary, 1964; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Ferde Grofe - Beta Epsilon Honorary, 1938; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1958
Howard Hanson - Iota, 1916; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1930
Robert Hargreaves - Beta Iota Honorary, 1934; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Roy Harris - Alpha Chi Honorary, 1941; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1956
Sidney Harth - Zeta Kappa Honorary, 1958; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Frank Hill - Alpha Nu, 1925; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1954
Lara G. Hoggard - Beta Gamma Honorary, 1939; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Wiley L. Housewright - Beta Gamma Honorary, 1937; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Burleigh E. Jacobs - Epsilon, 1914; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1952
Will James - Iota Rho, 1966; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Thor Johnson - Alpha Rho, 1932; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1948
Archie N. Jones - Alpha Mu, 1929; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1960
Howard Jones - Delta Eta Honorary, 1966; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Harry D. Kaiser - Beta; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1954
Carroll D. Kearns - Rho, 1921; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1958
Gail Kubik - Alpha Nu, 1934; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1958
Leo Kucinski - Gamma Xi Honorary, 1941; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Allen C. Lannom - Delta Omicron Honorary, 1953; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Thomas A. Larremore - Xi, 1924; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1954
James Levine - Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1979
Norman Lockwood - Nu Rho Honorary, 1967; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
Albert C. Lukken - Alpha Chi, 1927; Alpha Alpha National Honorary
William B. McBride - Omega, 1928; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1964
George F. McKay - Sigma, 1921; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
LaVahn K. Maesch - Gamma Zeta Honorary, 1939; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Earl V. Moore - Epsilon, 1914; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1948
Cecil W. Munk - Alpha Theta, 1934; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Rollin Malbone Pease - Iota, 1917; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1948
William F. Pfeiffer - Rho Honorary, 1932; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1960
Vernon D. Raines, Jr. - Epsilon Iota Honorary; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Emory R. Remington - Alpha Nu, 1932; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
William F. Santelmann - Eta Psi Honorary, 1960; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1962
Charles A. Sink - Epsilon, 1905; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Leopold Stokowski - 1914; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1917
Brian McKinley Stratton - 1979, Delta Omega; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 2010-07-27
Howard S. Swan - Eta Kappa Honorary, 1939; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
David VanVactor - Iota Honorary, 1939; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1969
W. Gibson Walters - Rho Honorary, 1931; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966
Alex H. Zimmerman - Beta Gamma Honorary, 1945; Alpha Alpha National Honorary, 1966