CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

F. LUDWIG DIEHN COMPOSERS ROOM – OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VA

Elizabeth M. Hogue

Instruction and Music Collections Librarian

Music Library Association Annual Conference

February 28, 2015

F. Ludwig Diehn Composers Room

• Ludwig Diehn, composer and benefactor – wealth from Potash Industry • Modern composer influenced bytraditional classicism• Opened in 1997• Houses Reading Room, Listening Room, and Seminar Room• Grant supported archives focuseson contemporary music• Archives consist of five collections:

• Contemporary Music Research Collection• New Music Performance Collection• Contemporary Composers Collection• ODU Department of Music Student Performance Recordings• Historical Recordings Collection

• http://guides.lib.odu.edu/musiccollections

PROMOTION OF ARCHIVES

The Beginning

• Music Archives created in 1998

• Funding from the Norfolk Foundation

• Diehn Events Team created to help launch archives in 1998

• First event: Vernon Purdue Davis concert using professional musicians on Feb. 7, 1999

• Virginia O’Herron, Team Leader

• Elizabeth Hogue, Team Leader in 2002

TYPES OF EVENTS AND EXHIBITS

EVENTS/EXHIBITS • Hampton Univ Composers Event (1999) -

collaboration

• Adolphus Hailstork (2000)

• Southeastern Composers Symposium/Competition /Concert (2000)

• Allan Blank (2001) – collaboration with VCU

• Society of Composers Region III Conference Event (2001)

• Philip Glass (2003) – VA Arts

• Chen Yi (2004) – VA Arts

• John Duffy (2005-present) – beg. of Institute

• Tea Time Concerts (2004-present)

DCR Events Team Charge – FY 2014What is it that we do?

• Plan and implement events

Student Performance Concert in collaboration with Music Department faculty Virginia Arts Festival Annual Duffy Composers Institute reception in collaboration with Virginia Arts Festival Movie Nights (launched Oct. 2009 with Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho for exhibit Scoring for Suspense:

Music for the Movies)

• Design and create exhibits focusing on Diehn Composers Room Collections • Special Projects

Local Performance Recordings New Music Performance Collection

• Maintain Diehn event mailing and invitation lists

• Develop publicity for DCR events and collections

Newsletter (launched in 2007)

ELEMENTS TO PLANNING A DCR EVENT

• Date is set• Timeline developed with title/theme • Budget Management • Publicity – write the PR announcement, create flyer• Catering• Review mailing/invitation lists• Mail invitations/ collect RSVP’s• Contact piano tuner, photographer, moving and

hauling, housekeeping, parking, public safety• Contact collaborators and keep in contact• Verify all of the above has gone out and proof along

the way• Prepare welcome remarks• Ease any anxiety, resolve any issues• Day of event: reserved signs, set guest book, room

setup, wastebaskets, resolve catering issues, set ambient music, do a headcount of guests, check leftovers of catering items

• Day after event: copies of program kept for archives and PR Assistant, confirm budget

PHOTOS

THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?

CONTACT:

Elizabeth M. HogueInstruction and Music Collections LibrarianOld Dominion University LibrariesNorfolk, VA 23529757-683-4131ehogue@odu.edu