Music--Instruction and study--Wisconsin--Eau Claire
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sounds of Eau Claire Oral History Project, 2017-2019
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 361
Summary
The project, a collaboration between the Special Collections and Archives Department of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's McIntyre Library, the Chippewa Valley Museum, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's History Department, and Blugold Radio, LLC., aimed to document and better understand the late 19th and early 20th century music scene in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the broader Chippewa Valley region. Includes oral history transcripts, project files, materials donated/captured in...
Dates:
2017-2019
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of Music and Theatre Arts Records, 1928-2023
Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 582
Summary
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of Music and Theatre Arts Records, ranging from 1928-2023. Clara Mae Ward became Eau Claire State Normal School’s music teacher during the 1923-1924 school year. She initiated the school’s first orchestra and helped revitalize vocal music groups. Robert Gantner was hired during the 1940s and there was much growth in the music department. The Department of Communication and Theatre Arts was formed in 1983, and was preceded by the Department of...
Dates:
1928-2023