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School of Music fonds
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1.5 m of textual records
6 photographs
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In 1946, Harry Adaskin was appointed UBC's first music instructor and assumed the Chair of Music. The Department remained relatively small for the next decade. In the early 1950s, two committees, established to consider the future development of the music program, recommended that the Department be expanded and elevated to the status of a School within the Faculty of Arts and Science; this recommendation was supported by the Community Arts Council and the public at large. The Department did expand its program, first offering a Bachelor of Music degree in 1959, a Master of Music in 1966, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1973. However, it was not established as a full-fledged School until 1986. Today, the School of Music offers specialized instruction in music performance, composition, and scholarship. It also offers introductory courses in music history, theory, and appreciation to students outside the School and presents live performances and lectures by students, faculty, and outside guests. Since its founding, the Department/School of Music has been headed by Harry Adaskin (1946-58), G. Welton Marquis (1958-72), Donald M. McCorkle (1972-76), Robert B. Morris (1976-78), Wallace Berry (1978-85), William E. Benjamin (1985-91), Robert Silverman (1991-96), Jesse Read (1996-2007), Richard Kurth (2007-2018), Alexander Fisher (Acting Director, 2018-19) and Patrick Carrabré (2019-present).
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Fonds consists of correspondence (internal and external), minutes, reports, course curricula, student-related records, published materials, and personnel records, dating from when the School was still organized as a department, and earlier. It is arranged in the following series: Early History (1946-60), School Affairs (1959-85), University Departments (1958-84), Scholars, Musicians, and Others (1959-84), Organizations (1959-84), Universities and Colleges (1969-82), and Publications (1970-2007).
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Photographs have been digitized and are available through UBC Library Open Collections series 83.1
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These are institutional records and subject to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Researcher access to these records is subject to review. To organize access please contact us at UBC Archives.
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- Adaskin, Harry (Subject)
- University of British Columbia. Dept. of Music (Subject)