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

By Maia Perez, Haley Shepherd, Carol Berthold, Nolan Vallier

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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 01
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 01-04
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 02
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 03
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 04
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 05
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 05-17
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 06
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 07
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 08
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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 11
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Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 13
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 14
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 15
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 16
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 17
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 18
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Box 19
Archives Research Center, 1707 S. Orchard Street	Oversize Portfolio Box 3

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Collection Overview

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, Harp, High School Music, Illinois Summer Youth Music, Jazz, Music, School of, Music -- Illinois, Music Extension, Piano, Scholarships, Stringed Instruments, Summer Camps, Summer Youth Music, Symphony Orchestras, Vocal music

Formats/Genres: Business Records, Concert Programs, Newsletters, Photographs, Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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.

Collection Historical Note

The Illinois Summer Youth Music (ISYM) camp began in 1949 and, except for 2020-2021, has operated annualy. Operated initially by the Music Extension Office, ISYM was later planned by the Public Engagement Office of the School of Music. Each year, ISYM is led by faculty and graduate student staff from the music education and applied areas of the School of Music. ISYM has hosted camps for string instruments, bands, orchestra, piano, jazz band, and most recently hip-hop beat making.

Biographical Note

The Music Extension "Section" 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 music Section of the University Extension was reorganized, changing the name to "Extension in Music" and placing greater emphasis upon educational quality.

During this time, the Extension in Music held an administrative role, cooperating with the School of Music, the University Band and local and state organizations, such as the Illinois Arts Council, by bringing campus-sponsored music education to various communities around Illinois. The Extension in Music conducted 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 provided consultation services for community and school music projects. It administered research projects and conducts curriculum surveys in an effort to improve music education. And it published musical compositions and bulletins to keep people informed about music events and educational opportunities throughout Illinois.

Until 1962 the Extension in Music administered the annual All-State Music Competition, a music competition for elementary and high school students. The annual event was taken over by the Illinois High School Association in 1963. The Extension in Music also provided audio-visual material to schools for music education. In 1966, when it took over sponsorship of Youth Audiences, Inc., it began providing live concerts to young Illinoisans. 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.

A year after it was founded (in 1949), the Extension in Music began offering an annual Illinois Summer Youth Music Camp (ISYM), which continues to the present. ISYM began with two four-week-long camps held on the Urbana campus, one camp for junior high and and one for senior high school students. ISYM expanded significantly between the 1990s and the early 2010s, eventually offering programing in jazz performance, hip-hop beat making, and musical theater. Throughout the 2010s and 2020s, ISYM reorganized the structure of the camp, reducing the length of the camp to two weeks and eventually one week for both the junior and high school sections. Throughout ISYM's history, camp staff were drawn from both the tenured faculty and graduate students.

Subject/Index Terms

Bands
Harp
High School Music
Illinois Summer Youth Music
Jazz
Music, School of
Music -- Illinois
Music Extension
Piano
Scholarships
Stringed Instruments
Summer Camps
Summer Youth Music
Symphony Orchestras
Vocal music

Administrative Information

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

Related Materials:

School of Music Audio Department Sound Recordings, 1945-2018, UA.12.5.64, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

School of Music Administrative Records, 1946-2024, UA.12.5.2, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

All-State Music Activity Programs and Announcements, 1949-, UA.31.11.811, Held by University of Illinois Archives, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Summer Youth Music Concert Programs, 1949-1965, 1983-1992, UA.31.11.813, Held by University of Illinois Archives, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: General Summer Administrative & Business Records, 1984-2006],
[Series 2: Individual Session Administrative & Business Records, 1994-2006],
[Series 3: Advertising and Broadsides, 1948-2001],
[Series 4: Photographs, 1964-2019],
[Series 5: Audiovisual Materials, 1973-2014],
[All]

Series 4: Photographs, 1964-2019

Consists of photographs of student participants and staff at ISYM camps. Arranged chronologically.

Box 6

Folder 1: Participants, 1964: Black and white photo. Seiior piano camp.
Folder 2: Participants, 1974: Black and white photo. Senior piano camp.
Folder 3: Participants, 1975: Black and white photo. Intermediate piano camp.
Folder 4: Participants, 1976: Black and white photos. Intermediate piano camp; Senior piano camp.
Folder 5: Participants, 1978: Black and white photo. Senior piano camp.
Folder 6: Participants, 1980: Black & white photos. Intermediate piano camp; Senior piano camp.
Folder 7: Participants, 1982: Black & white photo. Intermediate piano camp.
Folder 8: Participants, 1983: Black & white photo. Senior piano camp.
Folder 9: Participants, 1984: black & white photos. Intermediate piano camp; Senior piano camp.
Folder 10: Participants, 1988: Black & white photos. Piano camp (session I); Piano camp (Session II); Junior piano camp; String chamber music camp; Advnced percussion camp; Junior concert band III; Junior chorus; Jazz camp; Intermediate saxophone camp; Junior symphonic band III; Piano camp (Session I); Senior chorus; Senior symphonic band; Senior concert band; Seniot symphonic band; Junior concert orchestra; Advanced flute camp; Junior symphony orchestra; Junior symphonic band II; Junior symphony orchestra; Junior concert band II; Senior orchestra; Senior orchestra wind ensemble; Harp workshop; Senior orchestra wind ensemble. Junior strings; Intermediate flute camp II; Intermediate flute camp III.
Folder 11: Participants, 1989: Black & white photos. Junior concert orchestra; Junior symphony orchestra; Junior symphonic band II; Piano camp (Session II); Junior strings; Junior concert band II; Senior orchestra wind ensemble; Senior orchestra; Intermediate flute camp II; Piano camp (Session II); Junior symphonic band III; Junior concert band III; Jazz camp; Junior chorus; Senior symphonic band; String chamber music camp; Senior dymphonic band; Senior chorus; Advanced flute camp; Junior piano camp; Senior concert band'; Intermediate saxophone camp; Intermediate flute camp III; Advanced percussion camp
Folder 12: Participants, 1990: Black & white photos. Piano camp (2 copies); Intermediate flute camp II; Junior symphonic band III; Junior strings; Senior wind ensemble; Flute camps; Junior symphonic band II; Junior concert orchestra; Senior chorus; Piano camp I; Junior symphony orchestra; Senior symphonic band; Senior concert band; Junior concert band II; Piano camp; Junior piano camp; Junior concert band III; Advanced percussion camp; String chamber music camp; Junior chorus; Intermediate flute camp III; Advanced trombone camp; Jazz camps.
Folder 13: Participants, 1991: Black & white photos. Junior piano camp (Session III); Advanced percussion camp; Junior concert band III; Junior symphonic band III; Jazz camp; Intermediate flute camp III; Junior chorus; Intervediate saxophone camp; Junior concert band II; Junior strings; Junior orchestra; Junior wind ensemble; Piano camp (Session II); Intermediate flute camp II; Senior concert band; Senior symphonic band; Senior orchestra; Senior wind ensemble; Advanced flute camp; Senior chorus.
Folder 14: Participants, 1992: Color photos, many both serious and humorous. Senior orchestra; Junior orchestra; Senior concert band' Junior concert band II; Junior concert band III; Senior symphonic band; Junior symphonic band II; Junior symphonic band III; Intermediate flute camp; Senior wind ensemble; Junior wind ensemble; advanced trombone camp; Advanced flute camp; Advanced saxophone camp; Advanced piano camp; Junior piano camp; Jazz camp; Advanced percussion camp; Senior chorus.
Folder 15: Participants, 1993: Color photos, many both serious and humorous. Senior orchestra; Senior orchestra; Junior orchestra; Junior strings; Senior concert band; Senior symphonic band; Junior concert band II; Junior concert band III. Advanced percussion camp; Junior symphonic band II; Junior symphonic band III; Advanced piano camp; Junior piano camp; Piano camp; Jazz camp; Senior chorus; Junior chorus; Advance saxophone camp; Advanced trombone camp; Advanced flute camp; Intermediate lute camp; Advanced saxophone camp.

Box 7

Folder 1: Participants, 1996: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 2: Participants, 1997: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 3: Participants, 1998: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 4: Paricipants, 1999: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 5: Participants, 2000: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 6: Participants, 2001: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 7: Participants, 2002: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 8: Participants, 2003: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 9: Participants, 2004: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.

Box 8

Folder 1: Participants, 2005
Folder 2: Participants, 2006: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 3: Participants, 2007: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 4: Participants, 2008: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 5: Participants, 2009: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 6: Participants, 2010: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.

Box 9

Folder 1: Participants, 2011: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 2: Participants, 2012: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 3: Participants, 2013: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 4: Participants, 2014: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 5: Staff, 2014: Color photos.
Folder 6: Participants, 2015: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 7: Staff, 2015: Color photos.

Box 10

Folder 1: Participants, 2016: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 2: Staff, 2016: Color photos.
Folder 3: Staff, 2017: Coloe photoa.
Folder 4: Participants, 2018: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 5: Participants, 2019: Color photos. Groups not identified, but paired visibly when possible. Some serious, some humorous photos of same groups.
Folder 6: Staff, 2019: Color photos.
Folder 7: Unidentified color photos, Undated
Folder 8: Session III, 1998: Colored inkjet photograph of three people at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. Photo is captioned with "Thanks for everything you've done! We miss you!" and on the back is labelled "Karen De Baucher, Me, Michael Maelonia, ISYM, KCPA, Session III, 1998"
Folder 9: Group Shots and Candids, 1974-1984