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Finding aid created by: Nicole Morello
Date: 2018
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| 2020 | 0.25 linear foot added (MAM) |
Summary |
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| Creator: | Tagg, Barbara. |
| Title: | Barbara Tagg Collection on the Syracuse Children's Chorus |
| Dates: | 1981-2018 |
| Size: | 12 boxes (5.5 linear feet) |
| Abstract: | Materials related to Barbara Tagg's work as director and founder of the Syracuse Children's Chorus |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries
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The Syracuse Children’s Chorus was founded in 1981 by Barbara Tagg, who served as director until 2010. Tagg founded the chorus out of a desire to provide children an opportunity to challenge themselves musically, hone their skills and sing with other children looking for a meaningful choral experience. The Syracuse Children's Chorus was one of the first of its kind in the United States and at the forefront of the American children's choir movement. The chorus started out with 53 choristers, ages 8 to 17, in its first year and eventually grew to include close to 200 choristers divided into several smaller choirs. In addition to several self-produced concerts per season, the chorus has performed with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and traveled as far as Wales and China to perform. Throughout its life span the Syracuse Children's Chorus has commissioned and premiered music from composers around the globe.
The Barbara Tagg Collection on the Syracuse Children's Chorus spans from 1981 to 2018 and documents the history of the organization. The collection is divided into three series:
The Associated materials series encompasses various items related to the Syracuse Children's Chorus, including a book written by Tagg about running a children's chorus, her doctoral dissertation and recordings of the chorus.
The Handbooks series consists of a handbook for each choral season from 1981 to 2010 and includes handbooks for specific tours from 1998 to 2006.
The Scrapbooks series is the most extensive, spans from 1981 to 2010 and documents the various performances and tours of the chorus throughout Tagg's time as director through newspaper clippings, concert programs, travel brochures and photographs. Tagg had originally collected these materials in a series of binders, which were disassembled for preservation reasons.
Access Restrictions:
Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.
Access to media requires advance notice to produce a use copy.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The University Archives holds clipping files on Barbara Tagg and the Syracuse Children's Choir.
Names
Tagg, Barbara.
Syracuse Children's Chorus.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Subjects
Ensemble singing.
Music.
College teachers.
Higher education.
Types of Material
Clippings (information artifacts)
Concert programs.
DVDs.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Barbara Tagg Collection on the Syracuse Children's Chorus,
University Archives, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Barbara Tagg donated her collection in multiple parts to the University Archives in 2018.
Processing Information
Materials were rehoused in folders and boxes and scrapbooks were disassembled with the original organization preserved.
Materials are arranged alphabetically or chronologically within series.
Associated materials
Handbooks
Scrapbooks
| Associated materials | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Before the singing: structuring children's chorus for success 2013 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | The Jane Rand story 1998 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | National directory of children's choirs in America 1991 | ||||||||||
| Media | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Beyond the notes, a film by Christina Matula [sic] 2005 - post-it note inside the DVD box reads: "SU Setnor School of Music, graduate student project, Christina Matula, 2005". (DVD; running time 28:00) (ID#: sua_scc_tagg_b_004) | ||||||||||
| Developing connection with the music for a more meaningful choral experience, featuring Dr. Barbara Tagg and the Syracuse Children's Chorus. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse Children's Chorus: celebrating 25 years (1981-2006) 1981-2006 - CD with 30 tracks of various genres. Barbara Tagg is the founder and artistic director of (CD) (ID#: sua_scc_tagg_b_001) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse Children's Chorus: music set free - CD with 19 tracks of various genres. (CD) (ID#: sua_scc_tagg_b_002) | ||||||||||
| "Music lies in the hearts of children waiting to be set free" - Samantha Beadel, SCC chorister | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Voices of innocence: the Syracuse Children's Chorus sings the music of Gregg Smith May 8, 2002; May 8, 2003; July 30, 2003; May 24, 2004 - CD with 17 tracks, recorded at Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University and Most Holy Rosary Church, Syracuse, NY. (CD; running time 51:57) (ID#: sua_scc_tagg_b_003) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sharing the choral experience 2002-2010 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vita - Barbara M. Tagg 2018 | ||||||||||
| Handbooks | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | General 1981-1991 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | General 1994-2010 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Tour handbooks 1998-2006 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Scrapbooks | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | #1 1981 - December 1985 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | #2 January 1986-March 1990 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | #2 additional materials 1986-1990 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 3 | #3 January 1990-May 1991 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | #3 January 1990-May 1991 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | #4 May 1991-June 1992 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 4 | #5 July 1992-May 1993 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | #5 July 1992-May 1993 | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | #6 June 1993-December 1993 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| FC 2-1 | #6 June 1993-December 1993 Oversize | ||||||||||
| Box 6 | #7 January 1994-December 1995 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | #7 January 1994-December 1995 | ||||||||||
| Box 12 | #7 additional materials 1994-1995 | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | #8 January 1996-December 1997 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 5 | #9 January 1998-December 1999 | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | #9 January 1998-December 1999 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 8 | #10 January 2000-December 2001 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | #10 January 2000-December 2001 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | #11 January 2002-December 2003 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 7 | #12 January 2004-May 2005 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 9 | #13 December 2005-May 2007 | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | #13 December 2005-May 2007 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 10 | #14 June 2007-May 2009 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | #14 June 2007-May 2009 | ||||||||||
| Box 11 | #15 June 2009-June 2010 (3 folders) | ||||||||||