Symphony orchestras

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Guest Conductor Records

srafferty — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:03:33 -0500

Each season, a variety of guest conductors work and collaborate with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to expand the experiences of both the orchestra and audience. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other material of guest conductors at the DSO, with the bulk of the material focused on the period dating from the 1980s through early 2000s.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Marketing Department Records

srafferty — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:47:48 -0500

The Marketing Department Records are comprised of a variety of different publication materials such as brochures, fliers, inserts, pocket calendars and postcards. A large portion of the collection consists of brochures that detail the different season’s concerts. There are also a large number of inserts from different programs that detail such things as program changes, profiles of performers, and upcoming events. Also found in this collection are newsletters, souvenir books, subscriber guides, and other related publications.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Orchestra Hall Expansion Records

srafferty — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:05:59 -0500

Orchestra Hall, home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, underwent an expansion effort in 2001 to help realize the Orchestra's expanding vision. The 130,000 square foot expansion, named the Max M. Fisher Music Center (now the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center), was completed in 2003 and added an education wing, administrative offices, musician dressing rooms, catering kitchen, new venues, new box office area, and atrium lobby. This collection reflects the financial records of this expansion project.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records

srafferty — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:02:22 -0400

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Press Releases are made up of press releases pertaining to the organization's operation and performances between the years 1977-1999.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Program Records

srafferty — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:17:57 -0500

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) first performed in 1887 and disbanded in 1910. A second iteration of the DSO then grew out of the efforts of ten women who raised money for a concert season beginning on February 26, 1914. These records consist of program from the variety of Detroit Symphony Orchestra performances over the years, including the first concert in 1914. The DSO not only performs regular subscription concerts and special concerts each year, but also a series of Young People's Concerts, school concerts, Michigan and national tour concerts, free concerts, mid-season festivals, as well as the summer Meadow Brook Music Festival.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Special Event Records

srafferty — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:11:32 -0400

This collection contains information, including programs, for events and concerts that are individual, one-only concerts, and tours (local/Michigan, national and international). Concert series (such as Classical, Jazz, Pops), recurring events (such as Classical Roots and Concert of Colors), Summer concerts (including Music Festivals), and material relating to non-DSO concerts are in the Programs Collection.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Administrative Office Papers

aergas — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:16:33 -0500

This is a collection of materials from the administrative and executive offices of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1995. Series 1 contains files generated during the tenure of Deborah Borda, DSO Executive Director, and Oleg Lobanov, DSO President, as well as from Michael A. Smith, DSO Vice President and General Manager. The collection includes administrative documents, correspondence, clippings and meeting minutes. Series 2 contains documents and reports from the 1988 Ad Hoc Task Force Committee that dealt with restructuring, development and fiscal issues. Series 3 contains documents regarding composer grants and assistant conductors.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Composers Records

aergas — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:17:19 -0400

This collection, part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Records, is made up of files with information about individual composers whose music was played by the DSO, mostly in the 1990s and early 2000s. The information was used for program notes and promotional materials. Folders include documents such as biographical information, clippings, photographs and negatives.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Gabrilowitsch Music Excerpts-Scores

aergas — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:55:49 -0500

This collection contains 16 folders of handwritten music manuscripts for various orchestral pieces by composers such as Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Dvorak, Wagner and others. Though the manuscripts themselves are undated, many of the original folders are stamped with a date of February, March or April 1918. Because this collection is titled "Gabrilowitsch Music," it is possible that this music belonged to DSO conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: General Photos Collection II

aergas — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:34:17 -0500

This collection contains visual images--photographs, slides, negatives and computer disks--of a variety of Detroit Symphony Orchestra events from the late 1970s to 2004, including concerts at Meadow Brook and Greenfield Village, tours to Japan and Europe, and various celebrations. They include conductors, musicians and concertgoers.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Karl Krueger Papers

aergas — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:44:42 -0400

Karl Krueger was an American musician and conductor who served as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the 1940s. He had a notable career with various orchestras and was a guest artist in the U.S., Europe and South America throughout his career from the 1920s through the 1960s. This collection consists primarily of clippings and DSO programs from Krueger's tenure with the DSO in the 1940s, including 2 large scrapbooks of clippings. There are also manuscripts of several articles and part of a book written by Krueger.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Laré Wardrop Papers

aergas — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:19:42 -0400

These papers, part of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Records, are materials collected by musician and photographer Laré Wardrop (1909-1979). Wardrop joined the DSO as an oboist in 1938. He retired in 1965, having also served as English hornist. These papers include DSO articles and concert programs, from the late 1940s to the 1970s, and many of Wardrop's photographs of symphony musicians, conductors and events over the years. There are programs and itineraries from DSO tours, as well as several of Wardrop's music scores for oboe. Two boxes containing Wardrop's slides and negatives have been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Murray Paterson Papers

aergas — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:58:56 -0500

This collection contains one folder and one scrapbook of materials, mostly clippings, collected by Murray G. Paterson (1882-1945), Detroit Symphony Orchestra Manager from 1931 through 1942, and his family. The folder contains documents pertaining to Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch Samossoud, including clippings re her death in 1962. The scrapbook contains news clippings from the period 1934 to 1936, including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 12-week residence at the Ford Motor Company Century of Progress Exhibit at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Music Directors and Conductors Records

aergas — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:23:46 -0400

The records of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) relate its administration, marketing, and public relations, as well as the orchestra's community outreach, cultural activities and influence of its music directors. This collection includes administrative documents, correspondence and images of the DSO's music directors, from the earliest years including William Yuncke and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, through the decades of the 1920s to the early part of the 21st century, including Aldo Ceccato, Antal Dorati, Sixten Ehrling, Gunther Herbig, Neeme Jarvi, Paul Paray and Leonard Slatkin. Also included are materials from individuals who served as associate, assistant and resident conductors beginning in 1960, including Leslie B. Dunner, Paul Freeman, Valter Poole and Thomas Wilkins. Three boxes of AV materials are in the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Musicians and Staff

aergas — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:57:03 -0400

These Detroit Symphony Orchestra materials include files on DSO musicians and staff primarily from the 1980s to 2013, with some earlier documents from circa 1900 to the 1970s. Materials include press releases, clippings, resumés, articles and correspondence. The folders are arranged alphabetically by last name and divided into separate groups--musicians (Box 1) and staff (Box 2).

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Neeme Järvi Papers

aergas — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:26:44 -0400

This collection contains materials related to Neeme Järvi, the DSO music director/conductor from 1990 to 2005. It includes certificates of several awards he received, as well as photographs, slides and negatives of Järvi, including headshots, events and other images. One box of slides and negatives has been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Operations Records

aergas — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:21:34 -0500

This collection contains materials from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra administrative offices, including documents, correspondence and reports relating to renovations of Orchestra Hall, the Artistic Advisory Committee and the Orchestra Committee from the 1980s and 1990s.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Public Relations Department Records

aergas — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:15:27 -0400

This collection comprises materials from various incarnations of the DSO Public Relations Department over the years, primarily from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Materials relate to DSO performances and tours, radio broadcasts, labor relations, affirmative action, education and outreach, special programs and events, and information on staff and musicians. There are internal departmental materials including meeting minutes, budgets and funding, marketing plans, press releases and press kits for various concerts, tours and events. Also included are DSO publications such as programs, newsletters and special publications. One box of audio-visual materials--negatives, slides, CDs--has been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Tiffany Stozicki Papers

aergas — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:17:46 -0400

This collection comprises material gathered by Tiffany Dziurman Stozicki during her employment as archivist at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It includes documents and correspondence, as well as clippings and concert programs, relating to the creation of the DSO archive, to DSO history and to DSO activities predominantly during Stozicki's tenure from 1998 to 2003.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: William H. Murphy Papers

aergas — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:35:33 -0500

This collection contains documents, clippings, photographs and a scrapbook from William H. Murphy (1855-1929). Murphy was a successful businessman engaged in the lumber industry, insurance and other business ventures. He and his wife, Laura (Hayward) Murphy, were early donors to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and he served as the president of the Detroit Symphony Society from 1920 until his death in 1929. In 1924, they donated a Cassavant Brothers pipe organ to the DSO. Called the “Murphy Organ,” it was dedicated and played for the first time on March 17, 1924. Many of the documents in this collection relate to the organ donation and to memorials for William and Laura Murphy.