Towson University. Music Department
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
College of Fine Arts and Communication records
Record Group
Identifier: 002-006-003
Abstract
This College oversees the Art Department, Asian Art Gallery, Dance Department, Electronic Media and Film Department, Mass Communication Department, Music Department, and Theatre Department. It was established in 1982 when the college system was created at Towson State University, now Towson University. This collection is composed of meeting and correspondence files, as well as material related to productions of the College.
Dates:
1972-2009
Ideations of Potential: Shodekeh's Innovation Lab of Embodied Scholarship & Hip-hop Imagination
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0031
Abstract
Ideations of Potential: Shodekeh's Innovation Lab of Embodied Scholarship & Hip Hop Imagination, is the first Hip Hop-based collection to enter the archives of not only the Towson University Special Collections division of the Albert S. Cook Library, but also the first throughout the University of Maryland school system, the state of Maryland and the very first living archive of a...
Dates:
2021
Hank Levy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0030
Abstract
Hank Levy (1927-2001) was a prominent jazz composer, saxophonist, and director of Towson University's jazz studies program from 1968 to 1989. This collection consists of musical charts used for performances as well as the annual Jazz Ensemble albums recorded on compact disc and vinyl.
Dates:
Undated
Department of Music records
Record Group
Identifier: 002-006-003-006
Abstract
Music was one of the first classes taught to students at the Maryland State Normal School, predecessor of Towson University, when it opened its doors in 1866. The focus of the program was primarily on offering education for classroom instruction. Later, music appreciation as well as instruction in the form of vocal and instrumental lessons were added. By 1961, the State Teachers College at Towson offered a Bachelor in Liberal Arts with a Music concentration and two years later, after the...
Dates:
1866-2003