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Kent State University
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Preserving Institutional History; Kent/Blossom Music Festival
The Kent/Blossom Music Festival (https://www.kent.edu/blossom) is an advanced institute for professional music training operated by Kent State University in conjunction with The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center in Northeast Ohio. It offers public performances by distinguished artist faculty and talented musicians from around the world. The program began in 1968, and has acted as a launchpad for many professional musicians, including current members of dozens of well renowned orchestras and noted chamber groups. This proposal focuses on audio recordings of festival performances, addressing specifically the undigitized portion of the remaining reel to reel audio with Sticky Shed Syndrome and unformatted DAT tapes. The project will preserve an important piece of history and also address a serious, known preservation issue within the reel to reel audio recordings. Further, ideas will be outlined in this proposal to increase access and discoverability of the festival recordings. -
Preserving History, Kent Blossom Music Festival, 1981-1983
The Kent/Blossom Music Festival is an advanced training institute for professional music training operated by Kent State University in conjunction with The Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center in Northeast Ohio, presenting public performances by distinguished artist faculty and talented young musicians. The program began in 1968, and has acted as a launchpad for many professional musicians, including current members of The Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic along with the Emerson, Miami, Borromeo, Ariana, Grancino, Euclid and Miro Quartets and many other well-known international performers. The project included in this proposal will focus on ninety seven reels from the Kent Blossom Music Festival recordings, addressing specifically a portion of the audio reels with Sticky Shed syndrome from the collection.