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By Hannah Jellen
Collection Overview
Title: Michael Manion Music and Papers, 1965-2008
ID: 26/20/188
Primary Creator: Manion, Michael (1952-2012)
Extent: 5.25 cubic feet
Arrangement: Content is arranged in five series: Series 1 contains published and unpublished music, Series 2 contains correspondence, Series 3 contains materials related to publication and research, Series 4 contains materials related to Michael's education, Series 5 contains sound recordings and audiovisual materials of Michael's music as well as the music of his contemporaries. All series are arranged alphabetically.
Date Acquired: 02/04/2013
Subjects: Alumni, Compositions-Music, Computer Music, Concerts, Electronic Music, Germany, Jazz, Music Composition, Netherlands, Percussion
Formats/Genres: Audio-Visual Material, Experimental Music, Sheet music
Languages: English, German
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of original and published music, new music ensemble performance directions and diagrams, correspondence, research notes, audio recordings, photographs, concert programs, computer files, and posters documenting Michael Manion's career as a percussionist, composer of electroacoustical music, and scholar of the music. Of particular interest is correspondence between Karlheinz Stockhausen and Manion related to Manion's work as Stockhausen's copyist between 1984 and 1987.
Biographical Note
Michael Lawrence Manion (1952-2012) was a percussionist and American composer of electroacoustical music. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Sgt. Major Harry Manion and Floy Manion, Michael studied percussion from a young age. Prior to earning his Bachelor of Music degree in composition and percussion performance from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1977, Manion played drums in the Grand Rapids Youth Orchestra as well as several local rock and jazz bands. At Oberlin, he studied composition and percussion with Randolph Coleman, Dary John Mizelle, Darlene Dougan, and Gary Lee Nelson. After graduating, Manion traveled to California to study with Robert Ashley at Mills for one year.
Manion earned his Master of Music in composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1983, studying with Salvatore Martirano and Ben Johnston. During his time at the University of Illinois, Manion composed for the performance collective called Roulette, which was comprised of Illinois graduate students Camilla Hoitenga and John Fonville (flutes); Jim Staley and Bob Gale (trombones); and several composers including Dan Senn, David Means, and Robert Fleisher. Following their work together in Roulette, Hoitenga and Manion travelled to Köln, Germany together in the summer of 1980. Manion soon sought lessons with Mauricio Kagel at the Musikhochschule Köln. Although Hoitenga had begun working with Karlheinz Stockhausen--performing his first solo piece for flute at an international competition in Rotterdam in 1980-- and despite Manion desperately wanting to study with him, Hoitenga was unsuccessful in putting Manion in contact with Stockhausen. After Hoitenga and Manion separated in 1981, Manion returned to the states for a year. He eventually met Stockhausen on his own during a 1982 composition course in Den Haag. Between 1984 and 1987 Manion served as Stockhausen's copyist, editing such works Kindheit, Nausenflugeltanz, Wochenkreis, and Madchenprozession.
As he was working with Stockhausen, Manion began studying with Jonathan Harvey at the Univeristy of Sussex. In 1986, Manion co-founded Gimik: Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln, a performance collective, with Clarence Barlow and several other German composers. Gimik was responsible for hosting the 14th International Computer Music Conference in Köln, municipal concert series and lectures in 1991 and 1995, and a summer residency at the Darmstadt Summer Courses in 1992. Manion performed regularly with Gimik at Feedback Studio near Köln's town hall, establishing networks for computer music and supporting both lectures and concerts of new music throughout Europe. Manion later served as the curator of a Gimik retrospective that took place during the International Computer Music Conference in Berlin in 2000.
In August 2001, Manion joined the composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz at the Ought-One Festival in Montpellier, Vermont. Dubbed the "Woodstock of Non-Pop," the festival featured music compositions by Larry Austin, Clarence Barlow, Kyle Gann, Larry Polansky, and Kaija Saariaho and was dedicated to Barlow. During the festival, Manion performed Bathory-Kitsz's composition RatGeyser for malletKAT and electronic sounds, as well as his own composition Long Roll II.
Throughout the late 1990s, Manion performed regularly in jazz jam sessions with performers like Arjen Gorter (bass) and Sean Bergin (saxophone) at De Engelbewaarder Cafe in Amsterdam. Maion's composition and performance career stopped suddently in 2008, after he died of a stroke.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
Mrs. Floy Manion
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
Published scores of Stockhausen's music and books on Stockhausen's music that were not worked on by Michael Manion and not used for his research articles on Stockhausen were transfered to the Calvin College Library.
Other Note:
After his death in 2008, Manion's computer was donated to the Archive. The contents in this computer were not processed until 2025. Containing many legacy software files as well as European software files, accessing this content remains a major challenge.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Original and published music, ca. 1972-2008],
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Series 2: Correspondence, ca. 1972-2004],
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Series 3: Research, Publications, and Performance Materials, ca. 1977-2008],
[
Series 4: Education and Personal Papers, ca. 1974-2010],
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Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007],
[All]
- Series 1: Original and published music, ca. 1972-2008
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Iconoclasm (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Fantasy on "Hail to the Chief" (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Echoes/Densities (FS), 1974
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Baroquen Pieces for Snare Drum and Orchestra (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Minuet (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Nothing at Newbegins (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Night (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Orbis Musica, 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Overture to King Kong (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: Screen (FS), 1980
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 12: Six Pieces for Solo Flute, 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 13: Variations on a Theme by Chopin, undated
- Composer/arranger: Chopin, Frederic; Manion, Michael
- Box 2
- Folder 1: A.D. (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Dialogue for Percussionist and Pre-Recorded Tape (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Hexentanz (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Islands (FS), 1988
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS, P), 1990-1991
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Orbis Musica, 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Screen (FS), 1980
- Composer/arrange: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Theme and Variations on a Theme by Chopin, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: untitled, 1987
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: The Washing Machine, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Combinations, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Constellations, 1997
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Islands (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Long Roll II (FS), 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS), 1990
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Music for Marimba and Violin (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Music for Solo Vibraphone, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Music for Wind Ensemble (FS), 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: Six Pieces for Solo Flute, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 12: Wheels (FS, P), 1977-1996
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Delta (FS), 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Dialogue for Percussionist and Pre-Recorded Tape (FS), 1973
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Long Roll II, 2006
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds (FS, P), 1991
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Music for Flute and Marimba (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Music for Marimba and Violin (FS), 1992
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Music for Solo Vibraphone, 2000-2005
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Music for String Quartet (FS), 2008
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Music for Wind Ensemble (FS), 1972
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 11: untitled (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Almanac (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 2: Combinations, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Constellations, 1974
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: Epiphany, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Fragments of scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Interjections (FS), 1974-1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Meta (FS), 1977-1980
- Composer/arranger: Manion, MIchael
- Folder 8: Music for Organ, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Regions, 1976
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Folder 10: Trio (FS), 1975
- Composer/arranger: Manion, Michael
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Aries (FS), 1981
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 2: A Key for "Momente", ca. 1971
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 3: Fragments of photocopied scores, undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 4: Kindheit (FS), 1984
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 5: Kurzwellen, 1969
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 6: A capella Version of Madchenprozession (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 7: Mission und Himmelfahrt vom Donnerstag aus Licht (FS), 1985
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 8: Montag aus Licht fragment (FS), ca. 1987
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 9: Nasenflugeltanz vom Samstag aus Licht (FS), 1995
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 10: Tierkreis, ca. 1975
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 11: Welt-Parlament vom Mittwoch aus Licht (FS), 1996
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 12: Wochenkreis (FS), 1997
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Box 7
- Folder 1: ...until..., 1974
- Composer/arranger: Barlow, Clarence
- Folder 2: A Spell, 2004
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 3: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, 2002
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 4: Cantata III, "Gottes Lob", 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 5: The Chilling Wind, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lorenz, Mike
- Folder 6: First Snow, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 7: g-ring-oh!, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lach Lau, Juan Sebastian
- Folder 8: Interiors, 1966
- Composer/arranger: Moran, Robert
- Folder 9: Klavierstuck, undated
- Composer/arranger: Scharpenphlatz, G.
- Folder 10: kongulo kongulo, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Asgeirsson, Aki
- Folder 11: Millenium Soldier III, Hymnen Pinders, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 12: Pater Noster, 1999
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 13: untitled, unknown
- Composer/arranger: unknown
- Folder 14: RatGeyser, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 15: Slumber Party Massacre, undated
- Composer/arranger: Lyon, Eric
- Folder 16: Spellbound, 1995
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 17: String Quartet, 1970
- Composer/arranger: Brown, Earle
- Folder 18: Super-Solo with Voice, 2005
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 19: Trial IV "Sound-Sound", 2003
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Folder 20: Trieb III, 2004
- Composer/arranger: Kan-no, Shigeru
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Bales, Barrels and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 2: Creative Mountain, 1983
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 3: Croche et Tient, undated
- Composer/arranger: Harrington, Jeffrey
- Folder 4: g-ring-oh!, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Lach Lau, Juan Sebastian
- Folder 5: kongulo kongulo, 2003
- Composer/arranger: Asgeirsson, Aki
- Folder 6: Linear A, 1978
- Composer/arranger: Gehlhaar, R.
- Folder 7: Locomotives stalking a leopard in a china closet, undated
- Composer/arranger: Gunn, David
- Folder 8: Mandala 1: Synchron, 1979
- Composer/arranger: Fleisher, Robert
- Folder 9: Michael's Journey Round the Earth (FS), undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 10: Personal Wellness Attack Points, undated
- Composer/arranger: Flanagan
- Folder 11: Photocopied fragments of pieces, undated
- Folder 12: Polytempus II, 1981
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 13: RatGeyser, undated
- Composer/arranger: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis
- Folder 14: Spellbound, 1996
- Composer/arranger: Mizelle, Dary John
- Folder 15: Stop, 1965
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 16: Superformula from Licht, Monday segment of Superformula, Triple-formula, Superformula from Donnerstag aus Licht, undated
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 17: Xi, Zeitplan Freitag aus Licht, Zeitstruktur der gesamten Gruppen, 1992-1994
- Composer/arranger: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Oversize Portfolio Box 1
- Item 1: Constellations, 1974
- Removed for conservation August 8, 2014
- Item 2: Constellations (FS), 1974
- Removed for conservation August 8, 2014
- Series 2: Correspondence, ca. 1972-2004
- Box 9
- Folder 1: Ars Musica, 1990
- Folder 2: Barlow, Clarence, 1997-2004
- Folder 3: Britton, Peter, 1987
- Folder 4: Buffham, Charles A., undated
- Folder 5: Canal Apartments, 1999
- Folder 6: Deutsche Bank, 1994
- Folder 7: Dutch Immigrant Society, 1982
- Folder 8: Ex Machina, 1996
- Folder 9: Hemken, Volker, 1993-1998
- Folder 10: Hoitenga, Camilla, 1993-1994
- Folder 11: Hopkins, Nicholas F., 1990-1994
- Folder 12: Hughes, Bob, undated
- Folder 13: Koninklijk Conservatorium, 1983-2003
- Folder 14: Linke, Ulrich, 2004
- Folder 15: Logos, undated
- Folder 16: Manion, Floy, undated
- Folder 17: Martirano, Salvatore, 1981-1989
- Folder 18: Mizelle, Dary John, 1989-2000
- Folder 19: Northwestern University, 1978
- Folder 20: Oberlin College, 1993
- Folder 21: Obst, Jayne, 1983
- Folder 22: O Suilleabhain, Finbar, 1992
- Folder 23: Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1984
- Folder 24: Scripps, Doug, 1973
- Folder 25: Southwest Texas State University, 1990
- Folder 26: Stephens, Suzanne, 1990-1993
- Folder 27: Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1981-1994
- Folder 28: Svoboda, Michael, 1993
- Folder 29: Technology in Music and Related Arts (TIMARA), 1993
- Folder 30: University of California, San Diego, 1978
- Includes map of California.
- Folder 31: University of Miami, Coral Gables, undated
- Folder 32: University of Sussex, 1986
- Folder 33: U. S. Department of Justice, 2003
- Folder 34: Van Reijsen Elektronika, 1981
- Folder 35: Wagner, Gregg, 1992
- Folder 36: Weiland, F. C., 1985-1989
- Folder 37: Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, 1992
- Folder 38: Zupko, Ramon, 1993
- Folder 39: Addresses
- Includes address book and envelope full of addresses.
- Series 3: Research, Publications, and Performance Materials, ca. 1977-2008
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Compositional and musicological notes, undated
- Includes handwritten notes regarding both Michael Manion's compositions and research. Folder 1 of 2.
- Folder 2: Compositional and musicological notes, undated
- Includes handwritten notes regarding both Michael Manion's composition and research. Folder 2 of 2.
- Folder 3: Dienstags-Gruss, undated
- Segment of unknown piece.
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 4: From Tape Loops to MIDI: Karlheinz Stockhausen's Forty Years of Electronic Music, undated
- Includes full final copy, fragments of copies, and drafts.
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 5: Introduction to the Formula of Stockhausen's 'Donnerstag aus Licht', undated
- Includes draft and final copy.
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 6: Lukas Foss Echo I analysis, undated
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 7: Material Things as Logical Constructions, undated
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 8: Miscellaneous fragments of pieces, undated
- Fragments of drafts and final copies of essays and papers.
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 9: Stockhausen lecture transcription drafts, 1982
- Author: Manion, Michael; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 10: Stockhausen lecture transcriptions, 1982
- Author: Manion, Michael; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 11: Techniques of Formula Composition in Stockhausen's 'Donnerstag aus Licht', undated
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 12: Two Views of Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 132, First Movement, undated
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Box 11
- Folder 1: Le mois a caen, undated
- Folder 2: Introduction to the Super-Formula of 'Donnerstag aus Licht', undated
- Copy of published paper.
- Author: Manion, Michael
- Folder 3: Ear, 1977
- Folder 4: Contemporary Music Review brochure, 1988
- Folder 5: 'O Alter Duft': Stockhausen and the Return to Melody, 1976
- Author: Toop, Richard
- Folder 6: Eine Teezeremonie horen, 1977
- Author: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 7: Sight Reader: A Computer Language Program for the Transcription of Piano Music, 1977
- Author: Ross, Daniel; Fravel, Carl
- Folder 8: Stockhausen's 'Tierkreis', 1978
- Author: Stockhausen, Christel
- Folder 9: Papers from IRCAM, 1978
- Includes Perceptions of Timbral Analogies, Musical Acoustics, Low Dimensional Control of Musical Timbre. Collected at IRCAM in 1978.
- Author: Ehresman, David; Wessel, David; Risset, Jean-Claude
- Folder 10: Stockhausen interviews, 1980-1987
- Folder 11: The Evolution of Macro- and Micro-Time Relations in Stockhausen's Recent Music, 1983
- Author: Kohl, Jerome
- Folder 12: Contact, 1984
- Folder 13: Electronic Music for 'Kathinka's Chant as Lucifer's Requiem', 1984
- Author: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 14: Gaudeamus Information, 1984
- Folder 15: Stockhausen in Calcutta, 1984
- Author: Schnebel, Dieter; Frisius, Rudolf; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 16: Michael im Himmel wie auf Erden, 1985
- Author: Riethmuller, Albrecht
- Folder 17: Zeitschrift fur Musikpadagogik, 1987
- Folder 18: Kontakte, Stockhausen 60. Geburtstag, 1988-1990
- Folder 19: Literatur und Kunst, 1990
- Folder 20: Our Path to Hearing Webern, 1990
- Author: Johnson, Donivan
- Folder 21: Von Kommenden Zeiten, 1990
- Author: Hennenberg, Fritz
- Folder 22: Hymnen: Tractatus Musica Unita, 1991
- Author: Hopkins, Nicholas F.
- Folder 23: Tempo, 1991
- Folder 24: Clavier Music, 1992
- Author: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
- Folder 25: Plan K-Ars Musica, 1992
- Folder 26: Dansk Musik Tidsskrift, 1992-1993
- Folder 27: Computer Music Journal, 1993
- Folder 28: Y (Muziekcentrum De Ijsbreker), 1995
- Box 12
- Folder 1: The American Music Center, Directory and "Opportunities for Composers", 1991
- Folder 2: Camilla Hoitenga profile, undated
- Folder 3: DuMont Dokumente Musik: Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1984
- Folder 4: Ex Machina '96 materials, 1996
- Folder 5: GIMIK and Studio Feedback Köln materials, 1977-2005
- Folder 6: International Computer Music Conference program, 1986
- Folder 7: International Music Conference questionnaire, 1984
- Folder 8: Michael Manion profile and list of compositions, undated
- Folder 9: Nicholas Isherwood profile, undated
- Folder 10: Prix Ars Electronica 94: A Duel Between Jurassic Park and France, 1994
- Folder 11: Stichting Logos flyer, undated
- Folder 12: The Stockhausen Project speech, ca. 1982
- Folder 13: Stockhausen-Verlag materials, 1991-1993
- Folder 14: Works list of Shigeru Kan-no, 2004
- Box 13
- Folder 1: Michael Manion concert programs, 2001-2008
- Folder 2: Concert programs, 2000-2007
- Includes programs from concerts of mentors and contemporaries.
- Folder 3: Stockhausen concert programs, 1992-1996
- Folder 4: Concert programs, 1991-1996
- Includes programs from concerts of mentors and contemporaries.
- Folder 5: Michael Manion concert programs, 1991-1996
- Folder 6: Concert programs, 1982-1987
- Includes programs from concerts of mentors and contemporaries.
- Folder 7: Stockhausen concert programs, 1981-1987
- Folder 8: Michael Manion concert programs, 1979-1984
- Box 8
- Folder 18: Michael Manion concert posters and copy of painting, 2000-2004
- Folder 19: Michael manion concert posters, 1996
- Folder 20: Michael Manion concert posters, 1980-1988
- Folder 21: Michael Manion concert poster with Camilla Hoitenga, flute, undated
- Folder 22: Stockhausen album sleeve, undated
- Oversize Portfolio Box 1
- Item 3: Trapezium poster, 1995
- Removed for conservation August 8, 2014
- Series 4: Education and Personal Papers, ca. 1974-2010
- Box 14
- Folder 1: Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, 1970-1974
- Folder 2: Photographs, undated
- Folder 3: Spiral note pads, undated
- Folder 4: Harry C. Manion memorium, 2005
- Folder 5: Scrapbook, undated
- Folder 6: Camilla Hoitenga newspaper clippings, 1985
- Folder 7: Arch Ensemble newspaper clippings, 1980
- Folder 8: Review for recording of "Music for Solo Piano", 2010
- Box 15
- Folder 1: Comstock High School and Fourth Annual Percussion Symposium, 1971-1972
- Folder 2: Grand Rapids Junior College, 1973-1974
- Folder 3: Oberlin College, Oberlin Conservatory, and TIMARA, 1975-2007
- Folder 4: University of Illinois, 1978-1980
- Folder 5: Köln Musikhochschule, Sweelinck Conservatorium, Den Haag, Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik Rheinland, 1980-1989
- Box 12
- Folder 15: Oberlin College diploma, 1977
- Folder 16: University of Illinois diploma, 1983
- Item 1: Oberlin College yearbook, 1977
- Box 21
- Folder 1: Computer File Print Outs, ca. 1990
- Series 5: Sound Recordings, Audiovisual Materials, and Computer Files, ca. 1974-2007
- Box 16
- Reel 1: Combinations, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track stereo.
- Reel 2: Constellations, 1974
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. Tail out.
- Reel 3: A Concert of Works by Manion, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 4: Screen, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 15 ips, 4-channel.
- Reel 5: Screen, 1980
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 15 ips, 4-channel.
- Reel 6: Dialogue for Percussion and Pre-Recorded Tape, undated
- Pre-recorded tape. Side one only. 7 1/2 ips. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 7: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, 1990-1991
- Electronic music. Tail out. Eight track. 15 ips. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 8: Ephiphany, 1976
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 9: Islands, 1987
- 7 1/2 ips, stereo. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 10: Islands, 1982
- Performance tape. 4-track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 11: Islands, undated
- 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 12: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Music, undated
- 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel. 4-channel.
- Box 17
- Reel 1: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Demo. 4 track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 2: Islands, undated
- 8 track, 15 ips. Tail out. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 3: Manion, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 4: Meta, 1977
- Tail out. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel.
- Reel 5: Orbis Musica, undated
- Tail out, 15 ips, 4-channel. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 6: Orbis Musica, undated
- 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel. 4-channel. 7 1/2 ips.
- Reel 7: Pulse, 1977
- 2-channel, 1/4 track, 1/4 inch polyester tape on 7 inch reel. 7 1/2 ips.
- Reel 8: Screen, undated
- Head out, 7 1/2 ips. 1/2 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 9: Screen, undated
- Master. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Reel 10: Islands, 1987
- 15 ips, stereo. 1/4 inch polyester tape on 12 inch reel.
- Box 18
- Disc 1: Manion, ca. 1971
- Disc 2: Master, undated
- Contains Two Discs, second disc unlabeled. Barlow, Bathory-Kitsz, Harrington, Koepf, Asgeirsson, Flanagan, Manion.
- Disc 3: Michael Manion and Vince Reyes at Notice, 2003
- Disc 4: Music for Solo Piano, Part I, undated
- Disc 5: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- 1. Live, Dante Oei, piano; 2. Studio, Michael Manion.
- Disc 6: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Disc 7: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, 1991
- 1. Performance; 2. Rehearsal mix.
- Disc 8: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- World premiere.
- Disc 9: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 3. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 4. Combinations; 5. Part I.
- Disc 10: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Part I; 2. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 11: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Solo Piano; 2. Part I.
- Disc 12: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 2. Part I; 3. Echoes/Densities; 4. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 5. Long Roll; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 13: Manion, undated
- Michael Manion: Music for Electronic Percussion II, version 1; Bathory-Kisz: RatGeyser.
- Disc 14: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Disc 15: Manion, undated
- Music for Solo Vibraphone, Music for Electronic Percussion II, Wheels.
- Disc 16: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2007
- Disc 17: Manion, undated
- Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Music for Solo Vibraphone, Combinations, Music for Electronic Percussion II, Echoes/Densities, Part I.
- Disc 18: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 19: Part I, 2005
- Disc 20: Manion, undated, 2005
- Part I, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 21: Den Haag photos, undated
- Disc 22: Michael Manion, undated
- Part I, Music for Solo Vibraphone, Long Roll, Music for Solo Piano, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 23: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 3. Kongulo Kongulo, 4. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 5. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 24: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. ...until...; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Croche et Tient; 4. Playtime; 5. Kongulo Kongulo; 6. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 7. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 25: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. RatGeyser; 3. ...until... .
- Disc 26: Michael Manion, 1999
- Disc 27: Part I, undated
- Disc 28: Michael Manion, undated
- Part I, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 29: Part I, undated
- Disc 30: Long Roll II, 2006
- Disc 31: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. ...until...; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Croche et Tient; 4. Playtime; 5. Kongulo Kongulo; 6. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 7. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 32: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- Disc 33: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 2. RatGeyser; 3. Part I; 4. ...until... .
- Disc 34: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 3. Kongulo Kongulo; 4. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 5. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 35: 25 Jahre Feedback, 1996
- 1. Improvisation Zurich 1972; 2. Cellokonzert, Micahel von Biel; 3. Feuermusik, Peter Eotvos; 4. Interludium, Silvio Foretic; 5. Ton-antition, David Johnson; 6. Pulse Music I, John McGuire; 7. Violectra, Johannes Fritsch; 8. Hochtoner, Johannes Fritsch; 9. Trio 1977, Johannes Fritsch; 10. Swallowtails, Rolf Gehlhaar; 11. Pandora, Klarenz Barlow; 12. Trio 1993, Volker Staub and Johannes Frtisch; 13. Ohne Titel fur Orgel, Siegfried Koepf; 14. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Michael Manion; 15. Vaterkomm, Herbert A. Mtischke; 16. Pendulum, Herbert A. Mitschke.
- Disc 36: Islands Pro tools, undated
- Disc 37: ICMC Late Night, undated
- Electronic percussion (three pieces).
- Disc 38: Personal Wellness Attack Points, undated
- Disc 39: Karnatic, undated
- Disc 40: Flanagan, undated
- Disc 41: Jazz festival, 2008
- Disc 42: Jazz festival, 2008
- Disc 43: Hinterhausmusik, 2005
- Feedback Studio Cologne. John Cage, Composed Improvisation for Snare Drum; Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Memento Mori for Noah Creshevsky; Alvin Lucier, Silver street car for the orchestra; Michael Manion, Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 44: Eric Lyon, undated
- Second Skin; Onceathon; Stem Cells; A Guzy Ree; Maisma.
- Disc 45: Den Haag, 2003
- Disc 46: Combinations, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 47: Cologne Musikhochschule, undated
- Disc 48: Cologne November/October, undated
- Disc 49: Cologne, undated
- Disc 50: RatGeyser, undated
- Disc 51: RatGeyser, undated
- Disc 52: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- 1. Electronic music; 2. Demo.
- Disc 53: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Play copy.
- Disc 54: Bales, Barrels, and Cones...Antebellum/Antibellum, undated
- Play copy.
- Disc 55: Archive copy 1, undated
- Disc 56: Archive copy 2, undated
- Disc 57: Michael Manion: Concert in Cologne, undated
- Disc 58: Michael Manion, 1999
- Audio files.
- Disc 59: Manion Archive 2, undated
- 1. Wheels; 2. Islands; 3. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds.
- Disc 60: Manion Archive 1, undated
- 1. Constellations; 2. Echoes/Densities; 3. Trio; 4. Combinatons; 5. Oberlin Real-Time Orchestra; 6. Meta; 7. Music for Flute and Marimba.
- Disc 61: Manion samples, undated
- Disc 62: Manion time, undated
- Disc 63: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Long Roll II for Four Drums; 2. Long Roll for Trom; 3. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 4. Part I; 5. Music for Solo Piano; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion.
- Disc 64: Manion, undated
- Disc 65: Manion, undated
- Disc 66: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 67: Long Roll concert, undated
- Disc 68: Long Roll concert, undated
- Disc 69: Long Roll II, undated
- Disc 70: Long Roll toast, undated
- Disc 71: Module, undated
- Disc 72: Karnatic Cats, 2005
- Box 19
- Disc 1: PYPL Sibelius, undated
- Disc 2: Music for Electronic Percussion, 2002
- Disc 3: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 4: Music for Electronic Percussion, undated
- Disc 5: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 6: Michael Manion, Electronic Percussion, undated
- 1. RatGeyser; 2. Croche et Tient; 2. Playtime; 4. Kongulo Kongulo; 5. Personal Wellness Attack Points; 6. Music for Electronic Percussion II.
- Disc 7: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 8: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 9: Music for Electronic Percussion, Kongulo Kongulo, undated
- Disc 10: Music for Electronic Percussion Long Roll II, undated
- Disc 11: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2007
- Disc 12: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 13: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Disc 14: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Disc 15: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Disc 16: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 17: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 18: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 19: Montpelier concert I, undated
- Disc 20: Montpelier concert II, undated
- Disc 21: Montpelier concert perfect, undated
- Disc 22: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 23: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 24: Montpelier concert, undated
- Disc 25: Music for Electronic Percussion II, undated
- Disc 26: Mellotone audio, undated
- Disc 27: Mellotone 2, undated
- Disc 28: Mellotone 3, undated
- Disc 29: Mellotone 4, undated
- Disc 30: Music for Solo Piano, 2006
- Disc 31: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Echoes/Densities; 2. Wheels; 3. Music for Solo Vibraphone.
- Disc 32: Quartet corrected, undated
- Disc 33: Manion normal, undated
- Disc 34: Music for Solo Piano, Mellotone, undated
- Disc 35: Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Solo Vibraphone; 2. Part I; 3. Music for Solo Piano.
- Disc 36: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 37: Practice, undated
- Disc 38: Michael Manion, undated
- 1. Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds; 2. Echoes/Densities; 3. Music for Electronic Percussion II; 4. Part I; 5. Combinations.
- Disc 39: Music for Electronic Percussion II, 2002
- Disc 40: Music for Solo Piano, undated
- Disc 41: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 42: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 43: Oberlin Real Time Orchestra, 1977
- Disc 44: Oberlin Real Time Orchestra, 1977
- Disc 45: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 46: Realbooks, undated
- Disc 47: Manion, ca. 1972
- Disc 48: Music for String Quartet, 2008
- Disc 49: Michael Manion, undated
- Disc 50: Music for String Quartet, 2008
- Disc 51: Long Roll PDF, undated
- Disc 52: Long Roll, undated
- Disc 53: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Rehearsal CD.
- Disc 54: Part I, undated
- Disc 55: Amanda Miralrio and the Jazz Furnace, undated
- 1. Cry me a river; 2. Feel good; 3. I love being here with you; 4. Impressions; 5. Night and day; 6. Peel me a grape; 7. Summertime; 8. Take five; 9. Honesuckle rose.
- Disc 56: Jazz Furnace processed, undated
- Disc 57: Excerpts, undated
- Disc 58: Music for Solo Piano, Part I, undated
- Disc 59: Solo vibe, undated
- Disc 60: Long Roll small, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 61: ZAAL 100-1, undated
- Disc 62: Wind ensemble, undated
- Disc 63: untitled, undated
- 1. 4; 2. Deviations; 3. Meditase/Pesta Raksasa;4. Drumming; 5. Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello: IV. Ardente, Sperduto; 6. Delivery Boy Biography; 7. Two Pages; 8. June; 9. Trance I; 10. Certain Movement; 11. Money Management for a Better Life; 12. In C; 13. Lick; 14. Also Sprach Einstein; 15. Sweet Air; 16. Bolis Me, Lasko; 17. Tone Cloud II; 18. Silver Wings.
- Disc 64: untitled, undated
- Disc 65: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait, 2004
- Quaoar fur Violine, Tenor-Bass Posaune und Orgel; String Quartet VI, Dietro il Pontecello; Semi-Concerto-Grosso I for Accondion and String Orchestra, Terrolismo; Flute-Quartet II for Shinobue, Flute, Alto- and Bass Flute, Nagauta; Cadance, 24 Variation without Theme for Ensemble; Engagement for Accordion and Baritone Saxophone; Septet III, Tanzglockenspiel; Otnacca fur Klarinette solo.
- Disc 66: Shigeru Kan-no: Sound Portrait II, 2004
- Duo-Kyogen; Spell.
- Disc 67: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait III, 2005
- Situation on the Situation fur Kammerorchester in zweit Satze; Streichtrio-Zwilling fur 2 Geigen und Bratsche; Die Wuste und das trockene Land sollen sich freuen von Jesaja 35,1-6 fur gemischen Chor und 4 instrument; Blechblaserquintett III mit Schlagzeug, Der Rosarote Elefant mit Schlagzeug; Klang-Meditation I fur Orgel und Metallschlagzeug.
- Disc 68: Shigeru Kan-no: Portrait IV, 2005
- BLechblaserquintett I, Noiram for 2 Trumpets and 3 Trombones; Streichduo I fur Geige und Cello, Freiburgisches Thema; Streichtrio I fur Geige, Bratsche, und Cello; Flammender Pfeil fur kleines Orchestra; Duo-Kyogen fur Flote und Gitarre; Hornquartett II, Exposition-Metamorphose-Fantasie mit 2 Wagnertuben.
- Disc 69: Music for Solo Piano, undated
- PDF.
- Disc 70: Solo Piano 2a, undated
- Disc 71: Per Leonardo, undated
- Disc 72: Piano-orch, undated
- Disc 73: Part I audio, undated
- Item 74: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- DAT cassette tape.
- Item 76: Travan 8 GB cartridge, undated
- Item 75: Music for Flute and Marimba, undated
- Computer-demo performance. Side 1: Music for Flute and Marimba; Side 2: Unknown piano piece. Cassette tape.
- Item 77: Music for Flute and Marimba, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, Islands, undated
- Item 78: Islands, Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Islands, first West Coast performance; Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, first performance.
- Item 79: Massimiliano Viel "Vi" per electronica, 1994
- DAT cassette tape.
- Item 80: Islands for flute and tape, 1991
- Cassette tape.
- Item 81: untitled, undated
- 1. Cello rehearsal; 2. Islands rehearsal; 3. Cello demo mix; 4. Islands demo mix. DAT cassette tape.
- Item 82: Performances, undated
- Echoes/Densities; Music for Flute and Marimba; Constellations. DAT cassette tape.
- Item 83: Manion and Martirano, 1991
- Old First Concert, 9/13/1991. Cassette tape.
- Box 20
- Audio-Visual Recording 1: Manion, undated
- VHS tape.
- Audio-Visual Recording 2: Islands, undated
- Electronic music. VHS tape.
- Audio-Visual Recording 3: Music for Cello and Electronic Sounds, undated
- Electronic music. VHS tape.
- Box 21
- Item 1: ADAT Recording "JH", undated
- Liner notes contain the following track listing: 1) PH, 2) Five, 3) TWCM, 4) CYSM, 5) HJ, 6) AATW, 7) SF, 8) CT, 9) MP, 10) RH, 11) FL, 12) -.
- Item 2: Box of Mini Diskettes, ca. 1990
- Box contains four diskettes labeled as follows: "READ ME Sys Control," "SI SF Void," "Family Tree," and "SI SF Info."
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