Collection ID: SC 123
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Summary

Creator:
African American Arts Institute (Indiana University, Bloomington), Indiana University, Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC), and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Abstract:
Extensions of the Tradition is an annual event featuring a concert of music by black composers with related exhibits and programs, co-sponsored by Indiana University's African American Arts Institute, the AAAMC, and the Jacobs School of Music. The event is documented through program booklets, flyers, photographs, and video and audio recordings.
Extent:
1 document case (0.21 linear feet), 3 Videocassettes (VHS), 5 Videocassettes (Hi-8), 4 Videocassettes (MiniDV), 1 video disc (DVD-R), 1 Audiocassette, and 39 Photographs
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

Extensions of the Tradition concert series, SC 123, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

The Extensions of the Tradition recital series was inaugerated in 1988 at the University of Michigan with the purpose of presenting works by African-American composers to the general public. The series was brought to Indiana University in 1993 and continues as a partnership between the African American Arts Institute (event organizer), Archives of African American Music and Culture, and Jacobs School of Music. There is currently no record on file of the first IU concert in 1994. The concert in 1995 included thee opening of the Undine Smith Moore Collection with a recital and exhibit. The Undine Smith Moore Collection has since been renamed Black Composer Archives, which encompasses a number of composer specific collections.

Scope and Content:

The collection materials are contained in one series that span the over two decades of Extensions of the Tradition events. Not every year's concert is represented with materials in the collection - the gaps being 2002-2004, 2008-2010, and 2012-2013. Programs are present for most of the represented concerts. Many of these programs are supplemented with program notes and administrative materials. An exhibit was also commonly displayed at the time of the Extensions concerts, with the exhibit content reflecting that year's artists and compositions focus. Several of these exhibitions are documented in this collection through photogrpahs and exhibit notes. Video and/or audio recordings are present for eight of the concerts. Additional media recordings for Extensions concerts are held at the Jacobs School of Music (see related materials note for more details). These materials are available for streaming online upon request.

Acquisition information:
In 1999, the master video files from previous concerts, along with some flyers and programs, were deposited at the AAAMC by AAAI Director, Dr. Charles Sykes. Materials for subsequent concerts were collected each year and added to the collection.
Processing information:

Processed by AAAMC staff. Completed in 2023.

Arrangement:

Arranged in 1 series:

Series 1: Concert materials and recordings
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.

For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.

Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).

PREFERRED CITATION:

Extensions of the Tradition concert series, SC 123, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-8547
aaamc@indiana.edu