Finding Aid for the William Hall Chorale Collection, 1956-2002 2010.19.r

Finding aid prepared by Randolph Boyd
Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA, 92866
(714) 532 - 7711
rboyd@chapman.edu
08/16/2010


Title: William Hall Chorale Collection
Identifier/Call Number: 2010.19.r
Contributing Institution: Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Leatherby Libraries
One University Drive
Orange, CA, 92866
(714) 532 - 7711
rboyd@chapman.edu
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 12.338 Linear feet (2 document boxes, 12 flat boxes, 2 cartons, 21 scrapbooks)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1986-2002
Date (inclusive): 1956-2002
Abstract: This collection consists of digital and analog recordings of performances by the William Hall Master Chorale of Orange County, 1956-2002. Along with the recordings there are also a number of scrapbooks documenting the performances.
Location note: Leatherby Libraries
creator: Hall, William, DMA

Biographical/Historical note

William Hall, D.M.A., is the Dean of the College of Performing Arts, a professor of music for the past 45 years at Chapman University and the first distinguished professor to hold the Bertea Family Endowed Chair in Music. Hall has taught at major conservatories of music around the world, and has numerous compositions and arrangements on the market including his own choral series with National Music Publishers. His professional organization, the William Hall Chorale was under contract to Columbia Artists Management for over thirty years and sang throughout the U.S. and abroad. William Hall has appeared as guest conductor in the Far East and throughout the United States and Europe, including performances with the San Francisco Symphony, the Vienna Symphony, the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, the London B.B.C. Symphony, the Musicians of London, the Sinfonia of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of Beijing. The William Hall Chorale discography includes numerous recordings on the Klavier label including the critically acclaimed, double compact disc release of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms; Sergei Rachmaninoff's a capella masterpiece Vespers; a collection of favorite holiday classics entitled Ceremony of Carols; and a collection of Romantic Lieder by Brahms and Schumann coupled with the Liebeslieder Waltzes. The Chorale can also be heard on recordings of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Mass in C, Durufle's Quatre Motets and Requiem Mass, and recently released recordings of Bach's Mass in B-minor, Verdi's Requiem Mass, and Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts.

Scope and Contents note

This collection tracks the career of the Master Chorale of Orange County group from 1956 to 2002. It contains a variety of material such as A/V material, vinyl recordings and, the highlight of the collection, 21 scrapbooks documenting the many programs put on by this group.

Arrangement note

This collection is arranged by material type into series and chronologically within each series.

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use note

Digital recordings can not be made available to the public, only Chapman community may have access.

Preferred Citation note

[identify item], William Hall Chorale Collection, 1956-2002 (2010.19.r), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Donated by William Hall, DMA

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hall, William, DMA
Chapman University. Conservatory of Music.
Chapman University. School of Music.
William Hall Master Chorale of Orange County

Books 1-21

Series 1  Scrapbooks, production 1956-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 4.0 Linear feet (21 scrapbooks)

Scope and Contents note

21 scrapbooks covering productions from 1956 to 2002.
Moving Images 1-4

Series 2  Audio-visual, misc. productions 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.668 Linear feet (4 boxes)
Audio 5-11

Series 3  Compact Disks, misc. productions audio 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2.919 Linear feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Contents note

Compact disks generated by a digitizing project, also stored on two hard drives in Series 6.
Text 12

Series 4  Clippings, misc. productions 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.417 Linear feet (1 box)
Text 13

Series 5  Programs, misc. productions 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.417 Linear feet (1 box)
Computer disks / tapes 14

Series 6  Computer hard drives 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.417 Linear feet (1 box)

Scope and Contents note

Two computer hard drives that contain the digitized audio files that are also stored on the compact disks contained in Series 3.
Audio 15-16

Series 7  Phonograph recordings 1986-2002

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2.5 Linear feet ( 2 cartons)