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Brigham Young University. Performing Arts Management

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1994-

Administrative History

Performing Arts Management (1994-) functions as the scheduling agent for performing groups on Brigham Young University campus.

Performing Arts Management was formed in 1994 to organize domestic and foreign tours for music and dance performing groups on campus. Currently groups include Ballroom Dance Company, BYU Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Dancers' Company, Filk Music Ensemble, International Folk Dance Ensemble, Jazz Legacy, Jazz Voices, Living Legends, Men's Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Synthesis, Theatre Ballet, Vocal Point, Wind Symphony, and Young Ambassadors. Directors for Performing Arts Management have included Edward L. Blaser (1994- ).

Representing the finest in the performing arts from Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University’s touring ensembles annually present concerts worldwide. They also perform for conventions, workshops, festivals, competitions, and other community outreach activities. Presenters include arts councils, civic clubs, schools, charitable and service organizations and private groups. Performing Arts Management is the managing agency for BYU’s performing companies and functions in professional as well as educational circles. The touring program typically reaches 140 cities in 20 countries annually. With more than 400 performances each year, these professional-level ensembles delight and uplift hundreds of thousands worldwide and appear before millions on foreign and domestic television.

Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW May 22, 2012: Performing Arts Management (1994-, scheduling agent, organize domestic and foreign tours, Ballroom Dance Company, BYU Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band, Dancers' Company, Filk Music Ensemble, International Folk Dance Ensemble, Jazz Legacy, Jazz Voices, Living Legends, Men's Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Synthesis, Theatre Ballet, Vocal Point, Wind Symphony, and Young Ambassadors, director Edward L. Blaser (1994- ))

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts production records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 688
Scope and Contents

Contains the music scores, script, correspondence, production files, and press for Saturday's Warrior and Dance on a Country Grave.

Dates: approximately 1971-1974

Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts records on Dance on a Country Grave, approximately 1971-1972

 Series
Identifier: UA 688 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the music score, different versions of the script, correspondence, production files, and photographs.

Dates: approximately 1971-1972

Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts records on Saturday's Warrior, approximately 1974

 Series
Identifier: UA 688 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the music score, different versions of the script, correspondence, production files and newspaper clippings.

Dates: approximately 1974

Performing Arts Management group regional tour records, 1993-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, schedules, itineraries, financial records, agreements, contracts, and other materials concerning all Performing Arts Management groups. The groups include Dancers' Company, Theatre Ballet, Synthesis, Folk Dance Ensemble, Folk Music Ensemble, Young Ambassadors, Panoramic Steel, Vocal Point, Jazz Legacy, Living Legends/Lamanite Generation, Men's Chorus, Young Company, Ballroom Dance Company, University Singers, Concert Choir, and Philharmonic Orchestra, 1993-2005.

Dates: 1993-2005

Performing Arts Management performing group show forms, 1996-1997

 Series — Carton 26: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197227660666]
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains performing group show forms for the 1996-1997 school year.

Dates: 1996-1997

Performing Arts Management questionnaires, 1980-1998

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains performance site questionnaires from 1980 to 1998. The questionnaires were completed by individuals involved with the performances, 1980-1998.

Dates: 1980-1998

Performing Arts Management records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136
Scope and Contents

Contains materials concerning Performing Arts Management performing groups from 1960 to 2005. The materials include correspondence, photographs, slides, itineraries, financial records, contracts, programs, and reports. The materials pertain to the administration of performing groups that compete domestically, regionally, and internationally, 1960-2005.

Dates: 1960-2005

Performing Arts Management records on Lamanite Generation, 1972-1977, 1993-1995

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 2 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, schedules, itineraries, financial records, contracts, and other materials concerning tours in North America, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Europe, 1972-1995.

Dates: 1972-1977; 1993-1995

Performing Arts Management records on Living Legends, 1991-1994, 1997-1999, 2001-2004

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Includes slides, correspondence, schedules, itineraries, financial records, contracts, and other materials concerning tours in Scandinavia, North America, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Central America, and Africa, 1997-2004.

Dates: 1991-1994; 1997-1999; 2001-2004

Performing Arts Management records on Panoramic Steel, 1991-1996

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1136 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, schedules, itineraries, financial records, contracts, and other materials concerning tours in North America, 1991-1996.

Dates: 1991-1996