Tau Beta Sigma

Tau Beta Sigma
ΤΒΣ
The Coat of Arms of Tau Beta Sigma
FoundedMarch 26, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-26)[1]
Texas Tech University
TypeRecognition,[2] Service[3]
Affiliation
  • PFA
  • National Interfraternity Music Council
StatusActive
EmphasisCollegiate band
ScopeNational
Motto"Tau Beta Sigma for Greater Bands"
Colors  White and   Blue
FlowerThe "American Beauty" Red Rose, long-stemmed
PublicationThe PODIUM (1947–Present)
The Baton (1947)
Chapters121 active, 239 chartered
Colonies2
Members3,800 collegiate
47,000+ lifetime
Headquarters401 E. 9th Ave.
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074
United States
Websitewww.tbsigma.org

Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, (ΤΒΣ, colloquially referred to as TBSigma or TBS) is a co-educational service sorority.

The sorority, headquartered at the historic Stillwater Santa Fe Depot in Stillwater, Oklahoma, numbers over 3,800 active members in 160 active chapters, and over 40,000 alumni. Since 1946, Tau Beta Sigma has been recognized by Kappa Kappa Psi as "an equal affiliated organization with a parallel purpose, function, and role in the college and university band setting", and the two organizations hold joint conventions.[4] The two organizations contribute to a national publication called, The Podium. Tau Beta Sigma also administers an alumni association open to members and friends of both organizations.[5]

  1. ^ "Tau Beta Sigma History". Tau Beta Sigma. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  2. ^ "Guide to Membership" (PDF). www.tbsigma.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Tau Beta Sigma - National Honorary Band Service Sorority". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  4. ^ "ΚΚΨ & ΤΒΣ National Headquarters". www.kkytbs.org. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
  5. ^ "Tau Beta Sigma Alumni Association". Tau Beta Sigma Alumni Association. Retrieved 2017-09-25.