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Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music records
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Alternative Form of Material
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Arrangement
  • Processing Information
  • Additional Collection Guide

  • Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
    Title: Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music records
    Creator: Cabrillo Music Festival
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.064
    Physical Description: 82.75 Linear Feet 57 records cartons, 6 flat boxes, 4 oversize folders
    Physical Description: 166.53 GB 8,508 digital files
    Date (inclusive): 1962-2019
    Abstract: The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (previously Cabrillo Music Festival), is an annual music festival in Santa Cruz, California that features symphonic works by contemporary composers. This collection contains administrative records of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music organization, as well as audio recordings of most Festival performances from 1964-2019.
    Physical Location: Collection stored, in part, off-site at NRLF: Advance notice is required for access. Boxes 29-62 are stored offsite.
    Language of Material: English .

    Conditions Governing Access

    Collection open for research. Audiovisual media is unavailable until reformatted. Digital files are available in the UCSC Special Collections and Archives reading room. Some files may require reformatting before they can be accessed. Technical limitations may hinder the Library's ability to provide access to some digital files. Access to digital files on original carriers is prohibited; users must request to view access copies. Contact Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access to audiovisual media and digital files.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

    Preferred Citation

    Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music records. MS 64. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, 1997, 2019.

    Alternative Form of Material

    Audio recordings of Festival performances from 1964-1990 are available online via UC Santa Cruz University Library Digital Media Collections.   Audio recordings from 1991-2003 have been digitized and are available upon request.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (previously Cabrillo Music Festival), is an annual music festival in Santa Cruz, California that features symphonic works by contemporary composers. The origins of the Festival begin with a 1961 concert series held at the Sticky Wicket coffeehouse in Aptos, California. Lou Harrison, Robert Hughes, Alyce Vestal, Bud Kretschmer, Ted Toews, and Sticky Wicket owners Vic and Sidney Jowers were among the early figures who shaped the Festival. In 1963, the series was moved to the Cabrillo College Theater and officially became the Cabrillo Music Festival. In the late 1970s, the Festival broke affiliation with Cabrillo College and was held at various locations throughout Santa Cruz county during the 1980s. It has been held primarily at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium since 1991, with frequent performances at Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, California. Musical directors of the Festival include Gerhard Samuel (1963-1968), Richard Williams (1969), Carlos Chávez (1970-1973), Dennis Russell Davies (1974-1990), John Adams (1991), Marin Alsop (1992-2016), and Cristian Macelaru (2017- ).

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains administrative records of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music organization, as well as audio recordings of most Festival performances from 1967-2019. Administrative records reflect the planning, execution, and funding of the yearly festival season and other events, as well as the functioning of the Festival Board, Executive Committee, and Festival staff. The collection also includes photographs and video recordings of the Festival events and participants, season posters, and scores commissioned by the Festival. Collection materials consist of a mix of paper, photographic, audiovisual, and digital formats. Digital file formats include .aif, .cr2, .db, .doc, .dox, .jpg, .m4v, .mkv, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .pdf, .tiff, .wav, and .xlsx.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged into the following nine series:
    Series 1: Season Files
    Series 2: Special Events and Programs
    Subseries 2.1: Paper Files
    Subseries 2.2: Digital Files
    Series 3: Granting Foundations
    Series 4: Board Minutes and Financials
    Subseries 4.1: Paper Minutes and Financial Reports
    Subseries 4.2: Digital Financial Reports and Organizational Documents
    Series 5: Photographs
    Subseries 5.1: Prints, Slides, Negatives
    Subseries 5.2: Digital Photographs
    Series 6: Scores
    Subseries 6.1 Commissioned Scores
    Subseries 6.2 Collected Scores
    Series 7: Posters
    Series 8: Audio
    Subseries 8.1: Audio Tapes
    Subseries 8.2: Digital Audio Files
    Series 9: Video
    Subseries 9.1: Video Tapes
    Subseries 9.2: Digital Video Files

    Processing Information

    This collection was processed by Kate Dundon in 2019-2020 with assistance from student assistants Klytie Xu and Michael Conlee. Original order of paper files was retained where possible. Many folders and folder labels are original to the creator. Special Collections staff transferred the digital portion of the collection from the Festival office server and 98 CDs and 13 DVDs (carrier media). The carrier media were not retained in the physical collection. Special Collections staff interfiled content from the Festival's server and carrier media into one file directory. Digital file names are original to the creator. Some digital audiovisual files were selectively reformatted for easier access. Dates of digital audio and video files were altered due to technology used to transfer files and do not reflect their original creation date. Selected audio tapes of Festival performances from 1977-2003 were digitized in 2017 and 2019 with grant funding support from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

    Additional Collection Guide

    To search a database of information on artists featured and musical works performed at the Festival from 1963-2019, see the Festival's Live Program History Database. 
    For an inventory of the digital files in this collection, see MS64 Digital Files Directory  

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Music festivals -- California -- Santa Cruz County
    Cabrillo Music Festival