University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)

Abstract

Leon Major (b. 1933) is a Canadian-born theater and opera director, who has directed and taught internationally. Major was the first Artistic Director of The Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he worked from 1987 to 2013. The materials in this collection, which includes production files, book materials, and programs, date from 1860 through 2016.

Abstract

The Madrigal Singers were organized at the University of Maryland in 1958 by Professor Rose Marie Grentzer to perform vocal and instrumental music dating from the pre-Renaissance period to twentieth-century America. The group's records include photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, music, reels, and administrative records documenting the operation and performances of the Madrigal Singers.

Abstract This artificial sheet music collection was originally created by the Marylandia and Historical Manuscripts unit of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) at the University of Maryland (UMD) as a means to further document the history of the state of Maryland. The collection was subsequently transferred to Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA). The collection consists of over 1,500 pieces of sheet music that have some connection to the state of Maryland, such as subject,...