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Berklee College of Music Brass Department collection by Tom Plsek, 1973-2003

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-060
 

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.

Dates
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.

Dates
Creation: 1973-1986

Sackbut '74 [and '73, '76], 1973-1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1973-1976

Sackbut '75, 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1975

Sackbut '76, 1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: 1976

Sackbut '77, 1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Dates
Creation: 1977

Sackbut '78, 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1978

Sackbut '79, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: 1979

Sackbut '80, 1980

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Dates
Creation: 1980

Sackbut '81, 1981

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates
Creation: 1981

Sackbut '82, 1982

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Dates
Creation: 1982

Sackbut '83, 1982-1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Dates
Creation: 1982-1983

Sackbut '84, 1983-1984

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates
Creation: 1983-1984

[Sackbut '85], 1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates
Creation: 1985

[Sackbut '86 and Jiggs Whigham Visit], 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Dates
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.

Dates
Creation: 1995-1999
Related Names
Berklee College of Music. Brass department
Plsek, Thomas

Windsday 95, 1995

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Dates
Creation: 1995

Windsday 96, 1995-1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Dates
Creation: 1995-1996

Windsday '96, 1995-1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Dates
Creation: 1995-1996

Windsday '97, 1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Dates
Creation: 1997
 

Windsday '98, 1996-1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Dates
Creation: 1996-1998

Windsday '99, 1999

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Dates
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).

Dates
Creation: 1986-1999
Dates
Creation: 1986

ITW '87, 1987-1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1987-1988

ITW '88, 1986-1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1986-1988

ITW '90, 1990

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Dates
Creation: 1990

ITW '91, 1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Dates
Creation: 1991

1993 ITW Cleveland St. univ, 1993

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1993
Dates
Creation: 1998

N.E. Brass Convention, Feb 8/9, 1992, 1992

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Dates
Creation: 1992

NE. Brass Conv. Info, 1993-1994

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Dates
Creation: 1993-1994

N.Y. Brass '86, 1986

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Dates
Creation: 1986

N.Y. Brass '87, 1987

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Dates
Creation: 1987

N.Y. Brass Conference '89, 1988-1999

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1988-1999

N.Y. Brass '90 [and '92], 1990, 1992

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1990, 1992

NY Brass Conf. 93, 1992-1993

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Dates
Creation: 1992-1993

New York Brass Conference '96, 1996

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Dates
Creation: 1996

[Brass Conference '98], 1998

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Dates
Creation: 1998

NY Brass Conference '99, 1999

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates
Creation: 1999