Jane Otteson King papers 1961
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University of Michigan. Band
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The Michigan Band was begun in the fall of 1896 as the result of a grassroots student effort. An entirely student-run organization, the band received no support from the university. They first performed at the Law School's annual observance of Washington's Birthday in February 1897, and based on this performance, were granted permission to rehearse in University buildings. By the fall of 1898, the band was playing at all football games and mass meetings. However, beset w...
University of Michigan. Symphony Band.
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The University of Michigan Symphony Band undertook a historic concert tour in 1961, at the height of the cold war, through the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Near East. This was a United States State Department cultural exchange tour that lasted 15 weeks and which remains the longest State Department sponsored tour in history. The Band was directed by renowned conductor William D. Revelli, and traveled accompanied by Frederick Moncrieff, business manager for the to...
King, Jane Otteson
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Jane Otteson King is a 1964 University of Michigan alumnus from Dowagiac, Michigan. She was a clarinet player with the Symphony Band during the band's 1961 tour of the Soviet Union, Near East, and Eastern Europe. William D. Revelli and George Cavender directed the band during the 15 week cultural tour which was sponsored by the United States State Department. In the summer of 2011 she was also part of a group of alumni that accompanied the current University of Michigan ...
