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Title: Prairie Ensemble Records, 1996-2015

ID: 12/9/143

Creator: Kevin Kelly

Extent: 10.25 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized in three series: Series 1) Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Governing Records, 1996-2015; Series 2) Operational Records, 1997-2015; and Series 3) Concerts, Special Events, Publicity, and Digital Records, 1997-2014. Series 2 is then organized in two sub-series: Subseries 1) Financial Records and subseries 2) Administrative Records and Correspondence. Series 3 is organized in four subseries: Subseries 1) Concert Programs; Subseries 2) Special Events and Correspondence; Subseries 3) Publicity; and Subseries 4) Digital Records. The records in Series 1 are arranged in chronological order, and the materials in Series 2 and Series 3 are arranged chronologically within each sub-series.

Date Acquired: 06/13/2015

Languages: English [eng]

Consists of tax information, financial reports, group bylaws, payroll sheets and performer contracts, meeting minutes, advertisements and publicity reports, photographs, awards, concert programs, computer files, and correspondence documenting the governance, operations, events, and publicity of the Prairie Ensemble.

Kevin Kelly holds bachelors degrees in English and music history and criticism from Northwestern University and masters degrees in orchestral and choral conducting from the University of Illinois. He has sung with several professional choral ensembles in Chicago, including the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, The City Musick, Basically Bach and His Majesties Clerkes (now Bella Voce). He has studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler, Paul Vermel, Victor Yampolsky, Harold Farberman, Kirk Trevor and Emil Simon.

Accruals: Eleven cubic feet of material from the Prairie Ensemble were acquired from Joe Walter Grant Jr. on June 13, 2015.

Acquisition Source: Joe Walter Grant Jr.