Finding Aid for Illinois Summer Youth Music Administrative and Business Records, 1964-2024 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Title: Illinois Summer Youth Music Administrative and Business Records, 1964-2024

ID: 31/11/1

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Extension in Music

Extent: 7.85 cubic feet

Arrangement: Series 1, Series 3, Series 4, and Series 5 are arranged chronologically and then alphabetically. Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by session and then chronologically within each session. The additional acquisition material (boxes 5-17) is not integrated into the original material.

Date Acquired: 09/19/2018. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Bands, Business Records, Concert Programs, Harp, High School Music, Illinois Summer Youth Music, Jazz, Music, School of, Music -- Illinois, Music Extension, Newsletters, Photographs, Piano, Scholarships, Stringed Instruments, Summer Camps, Summer Youth Music, Symphony Orchestras, Vocal music

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Consists of business and financial records, correspondence, session information, advertisements, photographs, and audio recordings, documenting the development of Illinois Summer Youth Music, an annual summer camp for middle school and high school music students consisting of several pedagogical workshops and performance ensembles.

The Music Extension was organized in 1946 as part of the Division of University Extension. It did not have a full-time director until 1948. In 1962 the Section was reorganized, its name changed to Extension in Music, and greater emphasis put upon "educational quality." The Section is largely administrative, and cooperates with the Music School, the University Band and local and state organizations, such as the Illinois Arts Council, to bring music, music education and education in the teaching of music wherever they are needed.¹ Extension in Music conducts extramural credit and non-credit classes, clinics, workshops, and demonstrations on the Urbana campus and all over the state for professional musicians school music educators. It provides consultation services for community and school music projects. It administers research projects and conducts curriculum surveys in an effort to improve music education. It publishes musical compositions and bulletins to keep people informed about what is going on in music.² Music Extension administered the annual All-State Music Activity, a music competition for elementary and high school students until 1962 when the Illinois High School Association took over the competition.³ In 1949 Music Extension started the annual Illinois Summer Youth Music Camp, two four-week camps held on the Urbana campus for junior and senior high school students. Since the 1962 reorganization of the Section and the greater concern for quality, the camp has sought talented children.⁴ Extension in Music provides audio-visual material to schools for music education. Since 1966, when it took over sponsorship of Youth Audiences, Incorporated, a national program, it has provided live concerts for young Illinoisans.⁵ In 1973 the University-wide Division of University Extension was reorganized, and the Office of Continuing Education and Public Service was created on the Urbana campus to handle the sections transferred to local campus control, among them the Extension in Music.⁶

1. Helen Farlow, History, The University of Illinois Division of University Extension, 1933-1968, A Progress Report, RS 31/1/0/4, p. 37.

2. "Coming Events, 1966-67," Extension in Music announcement, RS 31/11/0/2.

3. Farlow, p. 37.

4. Farlow, p. 37; "Summer is Icumen In," Extension in Music and Illinois Summer Youth Music Camp announcement for 1968, RS 31/11/0/2.

5. Farlow, p. 37.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, pp. 183-84; July 18, 1973, p. 326.

Bands
Business Records
Concert Programs
Harp
High School Music
Illinois Summer Youth Music
Jazz
Music, School of
Music -- Illinois
Music Extension
Newsletters
Photographs
Piano
Scholarships
Stringed Instruments
Summer Camps
Summer Youth Music
Symphony Orchestras
Vocal music

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Accruals: Additional materials acquired 12/13/24 including box 5 - box 17.

Acquisition Source: School of Music Administrative Office

Acquisition Method: Transfer