University of Nevada, Reno. Department of Music

Abstract The College of Arts and Science includes the departments of Anthropology, Art, Biology, Center for Applied Research, Chemistry, Criminal Justice, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Geography, History, Journalism, Mathematics, Military Science, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Psychological Service Center, Recreation, Physical Education and Dance, Social and Health Resources, Sociology, and Speech and Theatre. Records cover the period when Rebecca Stafford...

Abstract

Katharine DeBoer joined the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1995 as Director of Vocal Studies in the Department of Music. The collection consists of her email invitation, the recital program, and the master and public use audio discs for Dr. DeBoer's farewell recital of July 26, 2015, following her retirement from the University's Department of Music.

Abstract

The Department of Music was a unit of the College of Arts and Science from 1953 until June 2004, when University reorganization efforts led to the establishment of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science. Collection contains two newsletters, University Opera Theater production announcements, Music Department handbooks, and correspondence regarding the University Marching Band.

Abstract

Violinist Harold "Rusty" Goddard was born in 1924 and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in music from the University of Colorado. The collection includes campus music performance programs, campus publications, correspondence, Lake Tahoe Music Camp material, issues of "Nevada Notes," and newspaper clippings.

Abstract In 1957, the University of Nevada Music Department held the first Lake Tahoe Music Camp Summer School program for 8th-12th grade students and music directors from Nevada, California, and other states. Starting in 1958, it was held at the 4-H campgrounds on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada. Lake Tahoe Music Camp was founded in 1957 as a Summer School program for 8th-12th grade students and music directors from Nevada, California, and other states. Collection contains one...

Abstract The University of Nevada Reno Jazz Festival is the oldest educational festival in the western United States. It was founded in 1962 by Dr. John Carrico, Sr., director of bands at the University. The annual festival offers instructional clinics, performances by international musicians, and competitions for middle school, high school and college performers. The Reno Jazz Festival Records consist of marketing flyers, newspaper articles, programs, sound recordings, tee shirts, timeline...

Abstract The University of Nevada, Reno, College of Liberal Arts, School of the Arts was established in July 2004 after the College of Liberal Arts was created from the reorganization of the College of Arts and Science. From 2004-June 2010, the Department of Music and Dance existed as one entity. In July 2010, the two departments split and formed the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Music. The School of the Arts Records include programming calendars, promotional material about...

Abstract Dr. Catherine Parsons Smith began as a part-time lecturer in fall 1969. By 1972, when the University's first Affirmative Action statement was announced, Smith was teaching under a complicated multiple contract arrangement that equaled almost full time, but without equal compensation. The records in the collection cover the period of Catherine Parsons Smith's suit and include drafts, appeals, complaints, deposition, and settlement agreement. Included is Smith's research and personal...

Abstract

Original vinyl records from former University of Nevada, Reno Libraries vinyl collection, which were digitized through a Digital Initiatives project beginning in 2016. Collection contains 15 vinyl albums created by the University of Nevada, Reno during various music clinics and events.