Berklee College of Music Brass Department collection by Tom Plsek, 1973-2003
This collection comprises records relating to the activities of the Brass department of Berklee College of Music, compiled by Tom Plsek, professor of trombone (1972-2013) and Brass department chair (1989-2013). Materials include programs, flyers, and announcements for events such as clinics, recitals, and concerts by students and visiting artists, as well as annual events which the department organized or in which it participated, such as the trombone-centered Sackbut Week, Windsday, and the International Trombone Workshop and New York Brass Conference. The collection also includes some departmental newsletters, notes and event-related correspondence by Plsek and other faculty, newspaper reviews or features of departmental performances, and photographs. Of note, many of these records were compiled by Plsek during his tenure as chair of the trombone department before it was integrated in 1989 into the new Brass department.
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- Creation: 1973-2003
- Extent
- 2 Cubic Feet
- Related Names
- Berklee College of Music. Brass department
- Plsek, Thomas
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
This series consists of records relating to the annual Sackbut Week organized by the trombone department from 1973-1986. It includes programs, flyers, event-planning correspondence, clippings of newspaper reviews, and for several years the mayoral decree recognizing the event, as well as some few photographs.
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- Creation: 1973-1986
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- Creation: 1973-1976
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- Creation: 1975
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- Creation: 1976
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- Creation: 1977
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- Creation: 1978
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- Creation: 1979
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- Creation: 1980
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- Creation: 1981
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- Creation: 1982
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- Creation: 1982-1983
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- Creation: 1983-1984
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- Creation: 1985
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- Creation: 1986
This series consists of records relating to the annual Windsday event organized by the Brass department; this collection contains only records from 1995-1999, though Windsday was held at least through 2002. Materials include programs, announcements, event-planning correspondence, and registration forms.
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- Creation: 1995-1999
- Related Names
- Berklee College of Music. Brass department
- Plsek, Thomas
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- Creation: 1995
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- Creation: 1995-1996
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- Creation: 1995-1996
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- Creation: 1997
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- Creation: 1996-1998
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- Creation: 1999
This series coprises programs, event-planning correspondence, presentation notes, and industry advertisements relating to annual conferences in which members of the Brass department were involved as attendees and/or organizers between 1986 and 1999. Records primarily pertain to the New York Brass Conference and Interntational Trombone Workshop (ITW), but also include the New England Brass Convention and International Trombone Festival (ITF).
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- Creation: 1986-1999
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- Creation: 1986
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- Creation: 1987-1988
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- Creation: 1986-1988
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- Creation: 1990
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- Creation: 1991
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- Creation: 1993
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- Creation: 1998
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- Creation: 1992
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- Creation: 1993-1994
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- Creation: 1986
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- Creation: 1987
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- Creation: 1988-1999
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- Creation: 1990, 1992
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- Creation: 1992-1993
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- Creation: 1996
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- Creation: 1998
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- Creation: 1999