1976-1977
File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 27
The All-Star Series is organized into 2 series: Correspondence and Events. Correspondence features letters about the All-Star Series courses. Series 2 includes pamphlets and programs from the All-Star Course events. Each folder is in chronological order and contains materials related to the fall and spring series of the academic year. This collection includes lists of performers and speakers, event programs and invitations, promotional materials, and clippings, between 1936 to 1980.
List of all performers, speakers, and guests for the All-Star Series:
1937-38: Jooss European Ballet; Vienna Boys’ Choir, Lawrence Tibbett, Maurice G. Hindus; Pherbia Thomas; and Helen Jepson
1938-1939: Bidu Sayao of the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; Grand Opera Quartet of Metropolitan Opera (Rosa Tentoni, Anna Kansas, Frederick Jagel, and Julius Huehn); Mordkin Ballet; Jascha Heifetz; and U.S. Senator Robert N. LaFollette, Jr. (Wisconsin)
1939-1940: The General Platoff Don Cossack Choir and Dancers; Hans Kindler of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Grace Moore; Alexander Woollcott; Jussi Bjoerling; Mozart Boys’ Choir; and Dorris Humphrey and Charles Weidman
1940-1941: Richard Crooks; H.R. Knickerbocker; Philadelphia Opera Company; Alexander Kipnis; Roslyn Tureck; Dorothy Crawford; and Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1941-42: Helen Traubel; The Carolina Playmakers; John T. Whitaker; Albert Spalding; Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1942-43: Metropolitan Opera Company performing “La Boheme”; Luboshutz and Nemenoff; Eve Curie; Gladys Swarthout; Helen Howe: One Woman Theatre; and Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1944-45: Don Cossacks; Marina Svetlana (Premiere Danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Association); Dorothy Maynor; Anne O’Hare McCormick; and Mario Berini
1945-46: Rose Bampton; Zino Francescatti; Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow, and William Bale (dance trio); Saldezo Concert Ensemble; and Henry C. Wolfe
1946-1947: Eugene List and Carroll Glen; The Columbus Boychoir: Foxhole Ballet; Christopher Lynch; and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
1947-1948: Miklos Gafni; Sir Frederick Puckle and Robert Aura Smith; Karin B. Branzel; Marguerite McClelland; Martha Larrimore; and John Crain, Jess Walters, and John Gurney performing "A Night in Old Vienna"; and the National Symphony Orchestra
1948-49: Rise Stevens; The Columbus Boychoir; Margaret Webster's Shakespeare Company performing “Macbeth”; Igor Gorin; Mata and Hari; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1949-1950: James Melton; U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith; Robert Shaw Chorale; George Mead; Philharmonic Piano Quartet; and Eleanor Steber
1950-51: Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company; Little Singers of Paris; Igor Gorin and Frances Yeend; Irene Hawthrone: premiere danseuse; Patrice Munsel (soloratura Soprano): Metropolitan Opera Association; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1951-52: Ana Marie's Spanish Ballet; Cornelia Otis Skinner; Imgard Seefried, leading soprano of the Vienna Opera Company; Guiseppe Valdengo; Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey; and National Symphony Orchestra
1963-64: Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble; Lorin Hollander; Roger Wagner Chorale; and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
1967-1968: Henryk Szeryng; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/Company of American Dance; and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
1968-1969: Oscar Ghiglia; Washington National Symphony with Howard Mitchell, Music Director; Gregg Smith Singers; National Ballet of Canada; and John Williams
1969-1970: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; APA Repertory Theatre: Moliere's "The Misanthrope"; Goldvsky Grand Opera Theatre: "La Traviata"; and Marlow Twins (dual pianists)
1970-71: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Vienna Boys’ Choir; and Gary Graffman
1971-72: Spanish RTV Symphony Orchestra of Madrid; Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet Folkloria of Mexico; Gregg Smith Singers
1972-73: Bach Aria Group; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra; Canadian Opera Company; and Fula Dance Company
1973-74: Bayanihan Philippine Danco Company; Virtuosi di Roma; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; and Pro Música Antiqua
1974-75: Cliff Heuter Dance Company; Phyllis Curtain; Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; and Lorin Hollander
1975-76: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Boys’ Choir; Andrew Watts; and Japan Folkloric Dance Ensemble
1976-77: The New Shakespeare Company; Roberta Peters; Van Cliburn; and Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
1977-78: Ukrainian Dance Company; Carlos Montoya; Roger Wagner Chorale; and Eugene Fodor
1978-79: Korean National Symphony; Vienna Choir Boys ; Vincent Prince; Scotland on Parade
1979-80:Youri Egorov; Mummenschanz; Tamburitzans; and Mr. Jack Daniels's Original Silver Concert Band
1980: Paula Lockheart; Juggernaut String Band and Mill Creek Cloggers; Lou Stevens; Silly Wizard (band); and Bill Staines
List of all performers, speakers, and guests for the All-Star Series:
1937-38: Jooss European Ballet; Vienna Boys’ Choir, Lawrence Tibbett, Maurice G. Hindus; Pherbia Thomas; and Helen Jepson
1938-1939: Bidu Sayao of the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; Grand Opera Quartet of Metropolitan Opera (Rosa Tentoni, Anna Kansas, Frederick Jagel, and Julius Huehn); Mordkin Ballet; Jascha Heifetz; and U.S. Senator Robert N. LaFollette, Jr. (Wisconsin)
1939-1940: The General Platoff Don Cossack Choir and Dancers; Hans Kindler of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Grace Moore; Alexander Woollcott; Jussi Bjoerling; Mozart Boys’ Choir; and Dorris Humphrey and Charles Weidman
1940-1941: Richard Crooks; H.R. Knickerbocker; Philadelphia Opera Company; Alexander Kipnis; Roslyn Tureck; Dorothy Crawford; and Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1941-42: Helen Traubel; The Carolina Playmakers; John T. Whitaker; Albert Spalding; Miriam Winslow and Foster Fitz-Simons; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1942-43: Metropolitan Opera Company performing “La Boheme”; Luboshutz and Nemenoff; Eve Curie; Gladys Swarthout; Helen Howe: One Woman Theatre; and Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
1944-45: Don Cossacks; Marina Svetlana (Premiere Danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Association); Dorothy Maynor; Anne O’Hare McCormick; and Mario Berini
1945-46: Rose Bampton; Zino Francescatti; Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow, and William Bale (dance trio); Saldezo Concert Ensemble; and Henry C. Wolfe
1946-1947: Eugene List and Carroll Glen; The Columbus Boychoir: Foxhole Ballet; Christopher Lynch; and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
1947-1948: Miklos Gafni; Sir Frederick Puckle and Robert Aura Smith; Karin B. Branzel; Marguerite McClelland; Martha Larrimore; and John Crain, Jess Walters, and John Gurney performing "A Night in Old Vienna"; and the National Symphony Orchestra
1948-49: Rise Stevens; The Columbus Boychoir; Margaret Webster's Shakespeare Company performing “Macbeth”; Igor Gorin; Mata and Hari; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1949-1950: James Melton; U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith; Robert Shaw Chorale; George Mead; Philharmonic Piano Quartet; and Eleanor Steber
1950-51: Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company; Little Singers of Paris; Igor Gorin and Frances Yeend; Irene Hawthrone: premiere danseuse; Patrice Munsel (soloratura Soprano): Metropolitan Opera Association; and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1951-52: Ana Marie's Spanish Ballet; Cornelia Otis Skinner; Imgard Seefried, leading soprano of the Vienna Opera Company; Guiseppe Valdengo; Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey; and National Symphony Orchestra
1963-64: Koutev Bulgarian National Ensemble; Lorin Hollander; Roger Wagner Chorale; and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
1967-1968: Henryk Szeryng; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/Company of American Dance; and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
1968-1969: Oscar Ghiglia; Washington National Symphony with Howard Mitchell, Music Director; Gregg Smith Singers; National Ballet of Canada; and John Williams
1969-1970: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; APA Repertory Theatre: Moliere's "The Misanthrope"; Goldvsky Grand Opera Theatre: "La Traviata"; and Marlow Twins (dual pianists)
1970-71: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Vienna Boys’ Choir; and Gary Graffman
1971-72: Spanish RTV Symphony Orchestra of Madrid; Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet Folkloria of Mexico; Gregg Smith Singers
1972-73: Bach Aria Group; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra; Canadian Opera Company; and Fula Dance Company
1973-74: Bayanihan Philippine Danco Company; Virtuosi di Roma; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; and Pro Música Antiqua
1974-75: Cliff Heuter Dance Company; Phyllis Curtain; Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; and Lorin Hollander
1975-76: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Boys’ Choir; Andrew Watts; and Japan Folkloric Dance Ensemble
1976-77: The New Shakespeare Company; Roberta Peters; Van Cliburn; and Minnesota Symphony Orchestra
1977-78: Ukrainian Dance Company; Carlos Montoya; Roger Wagner Chorale; and Eugene Fodor
1978-79: Korean National Symphony; Vienna Choir Boys ; Vincent Prince; Scotland on Parade
1979-80:Youri Egorov; Mummenschanz; Tamburitzans; and Mr. Jack Daniels's Original Silver Concert Band
1980: Paula Lockheart; Juggernaut String Band and Mill Creek Cloggers; Lou Stevens; Silly Wizard (band); and Bill Staines
Dates
- 1937 - 1980
Language of Materials
eng
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Boxes (1 document box)
From the Collection: 0.42 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the West Chester University Archives Repository
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