[78-L] ARSC Preservation Grant Award 2011

[Bill Klinger]

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---- 2011 ARSC PRESERVATION GRANT AWARD ----

The ARSC Preservation Grants Committee is pleased to announce the recipient
of the Grant for Preservation of Classical Music Historical Recordings. The
program for this grant was founded in 2004 by Al Schlachtmeyer and the ARSC
Board of Directors, to encourage and support the preservation of
historically significant sound recordings of Western Art Music by
individuals and organizations.

--- The Minnesota Orchestra ---

The Minnesota Orchestra received a grant to assist in funding the first
phase of preserving its broadcast archive. The orchestra will digitize
selections from its early concerts, given in the 1970s and 1980s. Carried on
reel-to-reel tapes or DAT, these recordings are at particular risk. The
project is being done in conjunction with Minnesota Public Radio, which made
most of the original recordings.

Recordings include first performances of works by composers such as John
Corigliano, Norman Dello Joio, Paul Hindemith, and Alan Hovhaness.
Conductors like Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Edo de Waart, and Leonard Slatkin
are represented in the collection. Soloists include André Watts and
Jean-Pierre Rampal.


For more information about the Grants for Preservation of Classical Music
Historical Recordings, visit
http://www.arsc-audio.org/preservationgrants.html
The deadline for receipt of applications for the next grant cycle is
December 15, 2011.



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of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
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