What is Kappa Kappa Psi?

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 contracts.  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.

Chapter responsibilities include numerous concentrated service projects as well as providing
the intangible items of morale, spirit, enthusiasm, atmosphere, and attitude within the
band.  As noted in the preamble of our Constitution and as charged in much of our Ritual,
the cultivation and maintenance of an agreeable and enthusiastic attitude is mandatory for
all our members, and this serves to foster the wholesome and cooperative spirit that each
Director of Bands wants for their band.
 
Membership in Kappa Kappa Psi thus becomes an educational and service activity as well
as a 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.