Collection ID: C283
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Summary

Creator:
Beyond the Pale Productions
Abstract:
The not-for-profit group Beyond the Pale Productions was founded in 1998 to promote avant-garde and improvisational jazz in the Bloomington, Indiana area. This collection includes includes press releases, newspaper clippings and flyers announcing upcoming concerts as well as background information on individual artists.
Extent:
.2 cubic feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Item], Beyond the Pale Productions records, Collection C283, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Beyond the Pale Productions was founded in 1998 by Shane Graham, Jason Bivins and Jessica Baldanzi. The goal of the not-for-profit group was to promote avant-garde and improvisational jazz in the Bloomington area. Performers hosted included the Vandermark 5, Peter Brötzmann, Matt Darriau's Paradox Trio, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, Joan Jeanrenaud, Miya Masaoka, and Larry Ochs. Beyond the Pale also staged an avant-garde puppet theater show by musicians and puppeteers Blair Thomas and Michael Zerang on the Indiana University campus and in 2001, it hosted a series of seven short films by early French cinematographer Georges Méliès, featuring a live performance of an original score by Phillip Johnston's Transparent Quartet. The group disbanded some time in 2003.

Scope and Content:

The records of Beyond the Pale Productions are organized into one series, Subject files. The series includes press releases, newspaper clippings and flyers announcing upcoming concerts as well as background information on individual artists. Three music CDs of performances hosted by Beyond the Pale, by such artists as Larry Ochs, Josh Abrams, and Rob Mazurek, are also included in the collection.

Acquisition information:
Accession number 2004/107.
Custodial history:

Transferred to the Archives by Jessica Baldanzi, October 2004.

Processing information:

Processed by Michael L. Taylor.

Completed in 2005.

Arrangement:

Collection is organized into a single series of Subject files.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Beyond the Pale Productions records, Collection C283, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Herman B Wells Library E460
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-1127
archives@indiana.edu