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.4 linear feet |
| Summary |
The Southeast Kansas Symphony is an organization whose membership consists of Pittsburg State University students and citizens from Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri. Prior to being named the Southeast Kansas Symphony in the fall of 1981, the organization was known as the Civic (Symphony) Orchestra. It was organized in 1952 under the direction of Markwood Holmes. [See Collection #36 Pittsburg State University, Department of Music, Collection for more information on the Civic Orchestra]. From 1981 until the Spring of 2001 the Southeast Kansas Symphony was under the direction of Pittsburg State University faculty member, Carolann Martin. Stella Hastings, Pittsburg State University faculty member, has led the symphony as conductor since the fall of 2001. The Southeast Kansas Symphony Concert Collection consists primarily of concert programs. Promotional correspondence from the director is included for a few years. |
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Concert programs are regularly donated to the University Archives by the Pittsburg State University Department of Music. |
| Subject |
Southeast Kansas Symphony.
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Symphony orchestras -- Kansas -- Pittsburg.
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| Added Author |
Leonard H. Axe Library. Special Collections.
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