North American New Music Festival Archive, 1983-1995.

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North American New Music Festival Archive, 1983-1995.

Archive consists primarily of materials related to the planning and production of individual Festivals from 1983 to 1993. It does not contain scores or recordings. Degree of completeness and level of formality is variable. Series II, consisting mainly of printed programs and newspaper reviews, is a particularly rich source of information on the content and reception of the Festivals.

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Mikhashoff, Yvar

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Yvar-Emilian Mikhashoff was born Ronald McKay in Troy near Albany, New York in 1941. He began piano studies with Betty Weir and Stanley Hummel in Albany. At the Eastman School of Music in 1959, he first took a major in composition and cello, then changed to piano studies with Armand Basile. In the 1961 academic year, he studied piano at the Juilliard School in New York City. He also had a career as a ballroom dancer from 1962-1965. In 1964 Mikhashoff entered the University of Houston for studies...

Williams, Jane

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Metz, Donald John, 1952-

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North American New Music Festival (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Festival founded in 1983 by Yvar Mikhashoff and Jan Williams, faculty members of the University at Buffalo Music Department and well-known advocates for contemporary and avant-garde art music. Annual festivals usually comprised several concerts and related events at multiple Buffalo-area locations over a period of several days. Festivals were held in March or April in the years between 1983 and 1992, in October of 1992, in February of 1995, and in April of 1996. From the description ...

State university of New York at Buffalo

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