Performing Arts

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Inc. Records

drice — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:13:58 -0500

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) grew out of an attempt by a group of ten young women in 1914 to provide Detroit with culture. A permanent home, Orchestra Hall, was built in 1919 by C. Howard Crane. The DSO performs regular subscription and special concerts, as well as provides a number of special events and programs outside of Orchestra Hall. The records of the DSO relate its administration, marketing, and public relations, as well as the orchestra's community outreach, cultural activities, and influence of its music directors.

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: Albert Steger Collection

aergas — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:29:51 -0400

This collection consists of programs from various concerts of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1929 to 1931. Albert P. Steger (1915-2011) was a professional musician associated with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1951 to 1982.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Bernard Katz Papers

aergas — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:17:38 -0500

This collection contains materials from the personal files of keyboard musician and composer Bernard Katz (1925-2004), as donated by his sister-in-law Fern Katz. Katz was always in demand as an accompanist, teacher and arranger, and he worked with many well-known performers and musical groups throughout a 60-year career. The collection includes some published sheet music and a large number of music manuscripts of compositions and arrangements by Katz. It contains the music manuscripts for Katz's major composition, the 63-song cycle of A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad." There are also documents, photographs, memorabilia, and several boxes of AV materials, which have been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Carl B. Chamberlain Print Collection

aergas — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:38:32 -0500

This collection comprises five folders of photographic prints dated from 1911 to 1944, as well as undated prints, mostly of musical artists from that period. Many images have written dedications to Carl B. Chamberlain. Chamberlain (dates unknown) was manager of the Duo Art ("reproducing" piano) Department in the Detroit store of Grinnell Brothers, a prominent music store and piano manufacturer.

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: 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: Press Clippings

aergas — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:20:00 -0400

This collection of files generated by the DSO Public Affairs Office includes original newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as photocopies, of press coverage of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's performances, events, recordings, musicians, and guest artists. It includes articles about DSO tours, the DSO's role in the city and state, funding and staffing issues, education and affirmative action, and the renovation of Orchestra Hall. Most materials are arranged chronologically, from as early as the 1950s to the 2000s, with the bulk from the 1970s to 1990s. There is also a portion arranged by subject.

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: Scores by Contemporary Composers

aergas — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:10:13 -0500

This collection consists of orchestral scores for a variety of pieces by contemporary composers. The scores were sent to DSO Maestro Neeme Jarvi in 1999-2000 by the composers, requesting that he consider having the DSO perform them. None of them appear to have been performed by the DSO at that time or since.

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.

(4931) IWW Meetings, Entertainment, Jerry Dymny "Smokey George,"1990s

eclemens — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:26:32 -0400

Musician Jerry Dymny, aka “Smokey George,” performs during an unidentified IWW meeting.

Podcast: The First Noel (Night): How the Public Found Its Detroit Adventure in Noel Night, The City's Festive Cultural Open House

teller — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:46:54 -0500

Outreach archivist Meghan Courtney traces the evolution of Detroit Adventure, a coalition of cultural organizations founded in 1958 to promote cultural conversations and experiences in metropolitan Detroit. In 1973 the organization debuted Noel Night, a free holiday open house in Detroit's cultural center. read more »

Call Sheet

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:23:37 -0400

Processed. Vols. 15-22.

Screen Actor

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:21:31 -0400

Processed. Vols. 12-32, 38-51.

Screen Actor Hollywood

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:28:35 -0400

Processed. Previous titles: Screen Actor News Hollywood; Hollywood Close Up. Vols. 1-11, 13-14.

Screen Actor News

kchinery — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:26:06 -0400

Processed. Previous title: Screen Actor Newsletter. Vols. 1-5, 7-11, 13-17.