Community Concerts, Inc.
Organization
administrative history
Citation:
Tehama Community Concerts, website viewed May 20th, 2011 http://www.tehamacommunityconcerts.org/Main/History (The Community Concerts Associations began as a way to expand musical culture from the big cities into smaller communities that lacked the resources to attract quality entertainment; Trawick Artists Management bankrupt by 2003).New York Times, website viewed May 20th, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/10/arts/discord-over-concerts-heartland-presenter-high-culture-small-towns-angers-fans.html?pagewanted=all (At Community Concerts' height, about 1,200 nonprofit associations existed; many local associations are independent after trouble with Trawick).
The Canadian Encyclopedia, website viewed May 20th, 2011 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000769 (Community Concerts first began in 1922 as the Organized Audience Movement, headed by Dema Harshbarger and Ward French; Columbia Concerts Corporation (later to become Columbia Artists Management, Inc.) adopted Community Concerts in 1928; Community Concerts, Inc., was then established as a subsidiary of Columbia Artists Management to assist local communities to form their own Community Concert Associations).
New York Times, website viewed May 20th, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/03/arts/columbia-artists-sells-its-concert-business.html (Community Concerts Inc. became own subdivision in 1996; Columbia Artists Management sold CC to Trawick Artists Management in 1999).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Community Concert Association programs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7842
Scope and Contents
The collection is a series of fifty-three bound volumes covering performances financed by the Community Concert Association between 1942 and 1989. Each program contains the evening's musical itinerary, notes on each piece, and a biography of the performer or performers. Music of all genres and styles is represented, from standard concert repertoire to ballets, operas, jazz, and folk, played by both American and international musicians.
Dates:
1942-1989