Past Meetings

 Presentations:

• Rigler-Deutsch Index: Shared collection of uncatalogued recorded sound / Julius Tanner, NYPL (slides)
• Digitizing Archival Materials: Challenges and Opportunities /  Diane Biunno, Metadata Archivist, Institute of Jazz Studies 
• The Latest Updates from RILM: Spring 2024 / Elizabeth Martin-Ruiz, RILM (slides)
• Making Sense of the Sweet Basil Collections at the City College of New York / Michael Crowley, Music Library, CCNY and Sean O’Heir, Electronic Resources Librarian, CCNY
• Tour of the Institute for Jazz Studies / led by Elizabeth Surles and Diannie Biunno, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University

Presentations:

• The Orchestra Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Connor Bowman, NYPLPA
  The presenter gave an overview of the orchestra library at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and discussed the workflow for reorganization of the collection.
• Going Virtual: Implementing an Institutional Digital Repository at the Manhattan School
  of Music / Jeremiah Kamtman, MSM
  The presenter discussed the process of selecting and setting up CONTENTdm as a digital repository for MSM’s student theses.
• Show and Tell: Louis Armstrong Archive / Ricky Ricardi, LAHM
  The presenter discussed the highlights of Louis Armstrong’s career, showcasing selections from the archives, and ended with a tour of the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

Presentations:

• Jay Gorney and the Beginnings of Education for Musical Theatre Writers / Bret McCandless, Rutgers Univesity
  Presenter discussed his research on the early history of musical theater education, focusing on the teaching career of film and stage writer Jay Gorney, first at the New
  School and later at the American Theater Wing.
• Moving in Midtown: The Challenges of Moving a Library Collection in Manhattan / Sara White, Catherine Hammer, AMDA
  

  The AMDA library, where this meeting was located, had recently moved from several blocks away. The presenters described the process and challenges of moving the collection with limited time and resources.

Presentations:

• George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian Audio Description Project / Matthew Snyder, Archivist/Specialist II, NYPL
  After providing a biography of Avakian and Ajemian, the presenter played a whole assortment of newly digitized, never released audio clips from the collection.
• Updates on the Hatch-Billops Digitization Project / Michael Crowley, Music Librarian, City College of New York
  Presenter discussed a recent Grammy-funded digital preservation and curation project, digitizing 242 tapes containing 329 hours of audio of oral histories and music of prominent black artists across all disciplines.
• Special Presentation: Selection of Archival Materials / Gabryel Smith, Director, Archives and Exhibitions, New York Philharmonic
  Display and discussion of archival materials from the time of Gustav Mahler’s tenure as Music Director of the Philharmonic, including scores with his markings and his letters to orchestra members.

Presentations:

• Tour of the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures / led by Rebecca Littman, NYPL

Presentations:

• The Choral Octavo Reference File / Joshua Henry, Westminter Choir College
  After giving some background and history of the collection and the cabinets that house it, the presenter discusses issues relating to shelving, filing, and labeling the collection. He concludes by outlining the institution’s future plans for processing the collection to make it accessible.
• Tour of the BookOps Facility / led by Steven Pisani, Assistant Director of Cataloging, BookOps
  

Presentations:

• Choi Seung Hee: Korea’s Modern Performer / Hannah Sohn (slides)
• Argento Chamber Ensemble, show & tell / Kimmy Szeto
• Staying on Your Toes: Collaborations Between Libraries in a Community / Rebecca Littman, Sara White, Michelle Lee

Presentations:

• Female Brass Players Don’t Exist / Kate Warren
  

Announcements:

• Matthew Snyder announces the publication of Archival Description of Notated Music, which he worked on. He described the history of this project, including its inception, MLA’s involvement, and the appendix published by SAA as the first ever subject-specific DACS supplement.
• Leonard Lehrman discusses his recent work on documenting civil rights songs; recommends newly published biographies of interest; and announces his upcoming virtual Beethoven concerts.

A recording of the zoom meeting can be found here

Presentations:

• “Victory Jive,” an early song by Leonard Bernstein /  Leonard Lehrman

Presentations:

• Sweet Basil / Michael Crowley
• Leo Kraft / Abby Sumner
• Art Tour / with Silvia Rocciolo

Presentations:

• The IJS and its Jazz Archives Fellowship Program /  Elizabeth Surles, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University-Newark
• Presentation and tour of the Archive of Contemporary Music / B. George, Director, ARChive of Contemporary Music

Presentations:

• Audio Archive in a Box Project / Danielle Cordovez, NYPL
• Tour of the Library for Performing Arts / led by Bob Kosovsky, NYPL

Presentations:

• The Linked Jazz Project / Cristina Pattuelli, Pratt Institute School of Information
• A Snapshot of the Activities of a Research Music Library / Elizabeth Davis, Columbia University
• Tour of the CCNY Music Library/ led by Michael Crowley, CCNY

View program information on the Meeting Website

Presentations:

• Digitizing 175 years of the Leon Levy New York Philharmonic Archives / Kevin Schlottmann, Digital Archives Manager, New York Philharmonic  (slides)

Presentations:

• Faceted Vocabularies for Music: Dispatches from the Front Lines / Casey Mullin, music cataloger, NYPL-BookOps
• The Move of the New School’s Performing Arts Library / Greg Sigman, Assistant Director of the Performing Arts Library, The New School
• The George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian Papers / Matthew Snyder, archivist, NYPL
• The Prokofiev Archive / Natalia Ermolaev and Jenny Lee, Columbia University, RBML

Activities:

• Tour of the Talbott Library
• Observe rehearsal of Westminster Symphonic Choir
• Tour of the ReCAP (Research Collections and Preservation Consortium, Inc) facility

Presentations:

• The Alice M. Ditson Fund: A Force for American music / Elizabeth Davis, Head, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
• Archives of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center / Nick Patterson, Access/Circ Supervisor, Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
• Presentation of Materials from the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library / Jennifer Lee, Performing Arts Curator, Columbia University