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---- 2009 ARSC PRESERVATION GRANT AWARD ---- The ARSC Preservation Grants Committee is pleased to announce the recipient of the Grant for Preservation of Classical Music Historical Recordings. The program for these grants was founded in 2004 by Al Schlachtmeyer and the ARSC Board of Directors, to encourage and support the preservation of historically significant sound recordings of Western Art Music by individuals and organizations. --- The Detroit Symphony Orchestra --- The orchestra was awarded $10,000 for its Detroit Symphony Orchestra Archives Audio Preservation Project. This project assists in preserving and re-housing the historical recordings of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, the project helps make these recordings accessible to scholars and members of the public. The preservation project will begin with audiotape recordings of broadcasts made in the 1950s, which are in danger of deterioration because of age and former storage conditions. The collection includes many performances involving African-American composers and performers, and documents the work of Music Directors Paul Paray, Sixten Ehrling, and Antal Dorati. With in-kind contributions from the Symphony and its Annual Fund, Save America's Treasures, and the National Historic Publications and Records Commission, the project forms part of the strategic plan of the orchestra's new Music Director, Leonard Slatkin. For more information about the Grants for Preservation of Classical Music Historical Recordings, visit http://www.arsc-audio.org/preservationgrants.html. The deadline for receipt of applications for the next grant cycle is December 15, 2009. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals -- everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
