Series III. Educational Programs and Appearances, 1959-2009, inclusive
Extent
42.37 Linear Feet in 16 record cartons, 14 flat boxes, 3 oversize flat boxes, and 3 manuscript boxes.
Extent
14.2 Gigabytes in 49 digital files.
Scope and Contents
This series includes material on the lectures, workshops, and programming that Dixon engaged in outside of his performing and teaching at Bennington College. Material includes audio and video recordings, and paper and digital files of lectures, workshops, and programming. Notable programs include Judson Arts Workshops and the University of the Streets. This series also includes images, event ephemera, and class lecture plans created during his visiting professorship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from Fall 1971 to Spring 1972.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically, within groupings of files.
United Nations Jazz Society Panel Discussion, June, 1959
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_369 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
United Nations Jazz Society Panel Discussion, June, 1959 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Funding Applications, Project Proposals, 1960s-1980s, inclusive
Box: 148, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Dixon Talks with Sun Ra, Summer, 1964
Box: 62, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_2222 (Material Type: Audio)
Scope and Contents
Housing annotations: "Conversation Part II with Joe Johnson and Jeanne Dixon"
Audio
Bill Dixon Talks with Sun Ra
Judson Arts Workshop, circa 1960, inclusive
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1372 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop, Judith Dunn's Loft, 1966
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1372 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop Rehearsal, October 31, 1966
Box: 64, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1023 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop, November 4, 1966
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1379 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop -- Sunny Murray, Bill Dixon, and Judith Dunn, November 11, 1966
Audio
Box: 58, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1492 (Material Type: Audio)
Papers
Box: 213, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra Piece / Jay Adamson Voice Recording, 1967
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1374 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 65 minutes; Preservation notes: Track 1: 7.5 ips, transfer OK; Track 2: 3.75 ips [Jay Adamson Voice Recording] significant speed issues, some digital correction applied to the access copy.
Audio
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra Piece / Jay Adamson Voice Recording
University of the Streets -- Large Orchestra Work, Summer, 1967
Box: 42, audiocassette: 481_2022 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 35, audiocassette: 481_1542 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 66 minutes
Audio
University of the Streets -- Large Orchestra Work
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Orchestra Work, Summer, 1967
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1373 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 32 minutes
Audio
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Orchestra Work
University of the Streets, 1967
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_370 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
University of the Streets, 1967 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra - Instruction and Rehearsal, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 43, audiocassette: 481_2438 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra - Instruction and Rehearsal
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1362 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra, 1967-1968, inclusive
Box: 55, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1361 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
University of the Streets Free Conservatory Orchestra
University of the Streets -- Orchestra Piece, 1968
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_371 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
University of the Streets -- Orchestra Piece, 1968 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Event Ephemera, 1968-2006, inclusive
Box: 148, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 210, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Dixon Orchestra Work at the Public Theatre, New York City, March, 1971
Box: 52, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_420 (Material Type: Audio)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Lecture Notes, Concert Ephemera, ID Cards, and Images of Practices, Rehearsals, Students, Classes, and Performances, Fall 1971-Spring 1972, inclusive
Box: 148, Folder: 3-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Large Panel Images of Students in Practices, Rehearsals, Students, Classes, and Performances, Fall 1971-Spring 1972, inclusive
Box: 150, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Orchestral Work with Black Music Ensemble in Mills Hall, March 5, 1972
Box: 43, audiocassette: 481_2439 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
Orchestral Work - Black Music Ensemble, Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Orchestral Work with Black Music Ensemble in Mills Hall, March 5, 1972
Box: 43, audiocassette: 481_2440 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
Orchestral Work - Black Music Ensemble, Mills Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- First Orchestra Piece, circa 1971-1972, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_377 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
First Orchestra Piece -- University of Wisconsin, Madison, circa 1971-1972 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Black Music Ensemble "Piece No. 3" Performance at Baraboo, May 1, 1972
Box: 51, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_153 (Material Type: Audio)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Dixon Speaking to Black Music Ensemble, April 16, 1972
Box: 53, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1304 (Material Type: Audio)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Black Music Ensemble at Baraboo, May 3, 1972
Box: 51, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_152 (Material Type: Audio)
Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Black Music Ensemble Lecture and Demonstration, Mills Hall, March 5, 1972
Box: 14, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1104 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 51, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_157 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio
Black Music Ensemble Lecture and Demonstration
RESTRICTED: Visiting Professorship at University of Wisconsin, Madison -- "Appreciation" by RESTRICTED, Submitted for Class Assignment, 1972
Box: 63, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_2340 (Material Type: Audio)
"Cheaters," University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, December 14, 1971
Box: 53, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1295 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 54, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1353 (Material Type: Audio)
Demonstration and Lecture at Thomas Jefferson School, Madison, Wisconsin, February 14, 1972
Box: 53, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1305 (Material Type: Audio)
Scope and Contents
Featuring Bill Dixon, Jay Ash, John Hagen, Stephen Horenstein, and David Moss
Bill Dixon, Musician-Composer and Bennie Andrews, Painter-Writer at Queens College, New York City, circa 1973, inclusive
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_965 (Material Type: Audio)
Mt. Anthony Union High School Commencement Speaker -- Photograph and Press Clipping, 1973-06-15
Box: 149, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Dixon Interviewed by Larry Neal at the Olitski House, Shaftsbury, Vermont, May 14, 1974
Box: 24, audiocassette: 481_570 (Material Type: Audio)
Bill Dixon Interviewed by Larry Neal, circa May 14, 1974, inclusive
Box: 24, audiocassette: 481_539 (Material Type: Audio)
Boston Art Ensemble, May 30, 1974
Box: 53, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1310 (Material Type: Audio)
An Academy of Improvisation, Bill Dixon Talk Re: Contemporary Aspects of Improvisation, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, July 5, 1974
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_949 (Material Type: Audio)
An Academy of Improvisation, Bill Dixon Talk Re: Contemporary Aspects of Improvisation, at Carnegie Hall, New York City -- Speech Text, Promotional Flier, July 5, 1974
Box: 149, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Compilation of Talks and Lectures, 1974-1987, inclusive
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_971 (Material Type: Audio)
CAASV Grass Roots Forum, circa 1975-1980, inclusive
Box: 71, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 481_1788 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: EIAJ-1; Duration: 34 minutes.
Video
CAASV Grass Roots Forum, circa 1975-1980
CAASV Community Meeting, circa 1975-1980, inclusive
Box: 71, Half_Inch_Video_Reel: 481_1793 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: EIAJ-1; Duration: 33 minutes.
Video
CAASV Community Meeting, circa 1975-1980
Bill Dixon and Alan Silva Conversation, Winter 1976
Box: 23, audiocassette: 481_523, 481_524 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with Art Brooks, Cynthia Kahlberg, Re: Aesthetics, 1976
Box: 25, audiocassette: 481_491 (Material Type: Audio)
Bill Dixon and Alan Silva Conversation, 1977
Box: 23, audiocassette: 481_525 (Material Type: Audio)
Bill Dixon Lecture on the 1960s and the Jazz Composers Guild, circa 1978, inclusive
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_950 (Material Type: Audio)
Panel with Stanley Crouch, March 28, 1978
Box: 23, audiocassette: 481_520, 481_521, 481_522 (Material Type: Audio)
Ensemble Lecture and Demonstration at The Putney School, Putney, Vermont, April 21, 1978
Box: 22, audiocassette: 481_334 (Material Type: Audio)
Panel Discussion, May 24, 1978
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_952 (Material Type: Audio)
Lecture on the Evolution of New Music, Jazz, Black Music, in Tallahassee, Florida, 1980
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_951 (Material Type: Audio)
Compilation Tape -- Lecture in London; Performances in London, Paris, and Florence, Summer, 1980
Box: 35, audiocassette: 481_1548 (Material Type: Audio)
Lecture at Malcolm X House, Wesleyan University, October 28, 1983
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_972 (Material Type: Audio)
Lecture at Alte Schmeide, Vienna, Austria, February, 1985
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_976 (Material Type: Audio)
New Jazz Workshop with Bill Dixon, at the Museum of the 20th Century (Germany or Austria), February 4-9, 1985, inclusive
Box: 149, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lecture "Innovations and Innovators in American Music" at Southern Vermont College -- Speech Text, December 12, 1985
Box: 149, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
25 Years of the UNSRC Jazz Society Special Issue of "The World of Jazz" Booklet, 1985
Box: 149, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Dixon Music Radio Show Schedules and Descriptions, 1985-1994, inclusive
Box: 149, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jazz Band Workshop at Middlebury College, 1986
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_959 (Material Type: Audio)
SVC Teach-in, February 10, 1987
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_957 (Material Type: Audio)
Workshop at Pori Ultra Music Meeting (1991); Speech at the End of Concert, Nicht Rot, Nicht Grün (1988), 1988, 1991, inclusive
Box: 43, audiocassette: 481_2488 (Material Type: Audio)
"An Evening with Bill Dixon" at Community College of Vermont -- Event Ephemera, 1989-02-22
Box: 149, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jerusalem Symposium -- Lecture to Ensemble, circa 1990, inclusive
Box: 37, audiocassette: 481_1694 (Material Type: Audio)
Piano Workshop in Jerusalem, Israel, circa 1990, inclusive
Box: 37, audiocassette: 481_1701 (Material Type: Audio)
Excerpts from Diallo, TU; Bill Dixon Discussion, circa 1990s, inclusive
Box: 67, VHS: 481_020 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 8 minutes
Video
Excerpts from Diallo, TU; Bill Dixon Discussion
Bill Dixon Lecture with Chris Faris at Southern University College, March, 1990
Box: 69, VHS: 481_1084 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration" 38 minutes
Video
Bill Dixon Lecture with Chris Faris at Southern University College
Poetry Reading, SVC, October 27, 1990
Box: 78, VHS: 481_2417 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 55 minutes
Video
Poetry Reading, SVC
Lecture at Southern Vermont College, March 4, 1991
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_966 (Material Type: Audio)
Workshop at Pori Youth Center, July 19, 1991
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_970 (Material Type: Audio)
Don Moore Interview, March 3, 1993
Box: 25, audiocassette: 481_485 (Material Type: Audio)
University of the Streets -- Bill Dixon Radio, October 4, 1993
Box: 22, audiocassette: 481_347 (Material Type: Audio)
Lyon Masterclass in Lyon, France, circa 1992-1994, inclusive
Video -- 1 of 2
Box: 67, VHS: 481_022 (Material Type: video)
Video
Video -- 1 of 2
Video -- 2 of 2
Box: 78, VHS: 481_2397 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 64 minutes
Video
Video -- 2 of 2
Lecture and Masterclass in Villeurbanne, France, circa 1994, inclusive
Box: 78, VHS: 481_2410 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 124 minutes
Video
Lecture and Masterclass in Villeurbanne, France
Masterclass in France, November 7-8, 1994, inclusive
Box: 31, audiocassette: 481_960, 481_961, 481_962 (Material Type: Audio)
Various Bill Dixon-related Events in Villeurbanne, France -- Event Ephemera, Notes, Correspondence, November 7-19, 1994, inclusive
Box: 149, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Conférence Bill Dixon at Maison du Livre, de L'Image, et du Son, Lyon, France, November 9, 1994
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_973 (Material Type: Audio)
The Peak of Perfection: Bill Dixon, Lithographs and Xylogravures at the Chittenden Bank, January, 1995
Box: 77, VHS: 481_2421 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 35 minutes
Video
The Peak of Perfection: Bill Dixon, Lithographs and Xylogravures at the Chittenden Bank
University of the Streets, July 1, 1996
Box: 65, 16mm_film_reels: 481_1037 (Material Type: film)
University of the Streets, August, 1996
Box: 69, VHS: 481_1068 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Transferred from 16mm film
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 17 minutes
Video
University of the Streets
Lecture at New York University, New York, November 23, 1996
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 89 minutes
Audio
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_975 (Material Type: Audio)
Video
Box: 67, VHS: 481_036 (Material Type: video)
Video
Lecture at New York University, New York
Workshop at New York University, New York, November 23, 1996
Box: 67, VHS: 481_039 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 125 minutes
Video
Workshop at New York University, New York
NYU Ensemble at New York University, New York, November 23, 1996
Box: 27, audiocassette: 481_718 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 48, DAT: 481_2698, 481_2699, 481_2700 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 45, audiocassette: 481_2575 (Material Type: Audio)
Masterclass at New York University, New York, November 23, 1996
Box: 28, audiocassette: 481_731, 481_732 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 47, audiocassette: 481_2748 (Material Type: Audio)
NYU Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble: University of the Streets at New York University, New York, December 13, 1996
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 17 minutes
Audio
Box: 28, audiocassette: 481_742 (Material Type: Audio)
Video
Box: 69, VHS: 481_1074 (Material Type: video)
Video
NYU Avant-Garde Jazz Ensemble: University of the Streets at New York University, New York
Appearance and Interview at Sista's Place in Brooklyn, New York -- Agreement, Notes, Letters, November 21, 199
Box: 149, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
New School University Masterclass in New York, February 23, 2001
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_372 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
New School University Masterclass in New York, February 23, 2001 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Wesleyan Ensemble, February, 2005
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_373 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Wesleyan Ensemble, February, 2005 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Symposium at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, February 12, 2005
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_374 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Symposium at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, February 12, 2005 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Residency, Symposium and Concerts on Jazz and Improvisation, at Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut -- Event Descriptions, Notes, Correspondence, February 7-12, 2005, inclusive
Box: 149, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"An Afternoon on Improvising In and Between Music" at McGill University, Montreal, Canada -- Event Descriptions, Notes, Correspondence, June 5, 2005
Box: 149, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Trumpet, Pen, and Ink: An Evening with Bill Dixon" at Columbia University, New York, October 15, 2005
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_375 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
"Trumpet, Pen, and Ink: An Evening with Bill Dixon" at Columbia University, New York, October 15, 2005 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Trumpet, Pen, and Ink: An Evening with Bill Dixon" at Columbia University, New York -- Event Ephemera, Planning Correspondence, Images, October 15, 2005
Box: 149, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bill Dixon Instructs Two Musicians, June 25, 2009
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_376 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
Bill Dixon Instructs Two Musicians, June 25, 2009 (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Beau Friedlander Reading at SVC, Undated, inclusive
Box: 78, VHS: 481_2411 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 55 minutes
Video
Beau Friedlander Reading at SVC
Bill Dixon Lecture on Cadence, Pirated Music, and the Record Industry, Undated, inclusive
Box: 67, VHS: 481_037 (Material Type: video)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 18 minutes
Video
Bill Dixon Lecture on Cadence, Pirated Music, and the Record Industry
Bill Dixon Reads [Illegible], Undated, inclusive
Box: 24, audiocassette: 481_549 (Material Type: Audio)
Gil Noble -- Talks Before and After Paul Robeson Film with Noah Rosen, John Savlov, Undated, inclusive
Box: 24, audiocassette: 481_550 (Material Type: Audio)
Interview with Arthur Brooks by Kathy Williams, Undated, inclusive
Box: 24, audiocassette: 481_556 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop, Undated, inclusive
Box: 56, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1426 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop -- Orchestration Class, Undated, inclusive
Box: 56, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1402 (Material Type: Audio)
Box: 57, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1457 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop -- Orchestration Class, Piano Sketches, Undated, inclusive
Box: 54, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1340 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop -- Discussion, Undated, inclusive
Box: 58, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1494 (Material Type: Audio)
Judson Arts Workshop -- Rehearsal of "Voices", Undated, inclusive
Box: 64, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1027 (Material Type: Audio)
Solo Trumpet (Bill Dixon); Conversation with Visnu Wood, Marian Amos, etc., Undated, inclusive
Box: 25, audiocassette: 481_474 (Material Type: Audio)
SVC Lecture on Music, Undated, inclusive
Box: 32, audiocassette: 481_974 (Material Type: Audio)
Talk Tape, Undated, inclusive
Box: 51, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_159 (Material Type: Audio)
University of the Streets -- Roberta's Piece, Dance Class / Concert, Undated, inclusive
Box: 58, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1491 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 32 minutes
Audio
University of the Streets -- Roberta's Piece, Dance Class / Concert
University of the Streets -- Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Continuous Reading, Undated, inclusive
Box: 54, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1328 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 33 minutes
Audio
University of the Streets -- Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Continuous Reading
University of the Streets -- Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Rehearsal, Undated, inclusive
Box: 54, Quarter_Inch_Audio_Reel: 481_1326 (Material Type: Audio)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 17 minutes
Audio
University of the Streets -- Free Conservatory Orchestra -- Rehearsal
University of Streets Orchestra, Undated, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_378 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
University of Streets Orchestra, Undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
University of the Streets, Undated, inclusive
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: FA_MSS_481_ER_379 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
University of the Streets, Undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Images -- Appearances, Book Signing / Exhibition Event, Undated, inclusive
Box: 149, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unknown Book Project, Undated, inclusive
Box: 210, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
