Philander Smith College Collegiate Choir Collection

Philander Smith College Collegiate Choir Collection

1900-2004

The PSC Collegiate Choir Collection includes photographs, concert programs, schedules and recordings of performances by the world renown choral group from the early 1900's to 2004. The award winning Collegiate Choir has traveled all over the country to share the "Gift of Song" with notable celebrities, congregations, festival goers and politicians (Haynes, n. d.). This collection also includes the PSC Choir invitation to sing at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton and programs from PSC's 2003 performance featuring soprano, Jessye Norman.

Choirs (Music)

Philander Smith College Collegiate Choir

Music

4 boxes, 50 folders, 1 framed photo

Academic Affairs Collection

Box1 
Choir Programs & General Info

1. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, St. Marks Methodist Church, 1967
2. PSC Choir in Concert, Trinity UMC, 1972
3. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, 1967
4. PSC Music Dept. Presents the U of A Jazz Ensemble, 1971
5. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, Union Memorial UMC, 1988
6. Centennial Choir in Performance, “Black Experience in America,” Dr. Titus Gala, 1988
7. 8^th Annual American Negro Spiritual Festival, 1989
8. Centennial Choral Festival, 1990
9. Pamphlet, The Philander Smith College “Collegiate Choir,” ca 1991
10. PSC Choir invitation to sing at Bill Clinton Inauguration, 1992
11. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, Union Memorial UMC, 1993
12. Harris Jr., C. G. (2000). A musical journey: Commonwealth legacy, biography of Carl G. Harris Jr.
13. Mt. Zion Baptist Church presents, PSC Choir in Concert, 2002
14. Alumni & Friends of Mt. Zion Baptist Church present PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, 2003
15. PSC Music Dept. presents Jessye Norman, soprano, 2003
16. Bank St. Memorial Baptist Church presents the Senior Choir & Guests, 2003
17. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, Greater Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 2004
18. PSC Collegiate Choir in Concert, St. Bartholomew Church, 2004
19. Brochure, PSC Choir
20. Misc. Info, PSC Choir
21. Music Chapel/Assembly programs
22. Assignment docs, PSC Choir & Music Dept.
23. PSC Music Dept. Handbook for Faculty a& Students

Box 2
Photos

24. Music Group ca. 1900-1910
25. Winners in the Jubilee Campaign Contest, 1926-27
26. The College Orchestra, ca. 1920’s
27. Music Dept. & Choir student recital photos, 1960’s
28. PSC Choir, group photos, 1951-1990’s
29. PSC Choir photos, mid 1990’s
30. PSC Music recital photos, 1996
31. Baroque International Music Winners at PSC, Spring 2000
32. Reception for Baroque International Winners, 2000
33. PSC Collegiate Choir Photos, 1999-2000
34. PSC Chorus, 1947-48
35. Mendelssohn Choir, 1948
36. PSC Vesper Choir, 1950
37. PSC Collegiate Choir, mid 1960’s
38. PSC Collegiate Choir, 1993-94
39. Binder, PSC Collegiate Choir Photos

Box 3
Photos

40. Choir, group & individual photos, 1900-1990's
41. Choir, group & individual photos, 1900-1990's
42. Choir, group & individual photos, 1900-1990's
43. Choir, "Student Choir" 1920's
44. Choir, group & individual photos, 1900-1990's
45. Choir, Billboard, 1991 Centennial
46. 1993 Inauguration of Pres. Bill Clinton, 1993
47. 1993 Inauguration of Pres. Bill Clinton, 1993 (empty)
48. PSC Student Music Recital (Piano), Nov. 21, 1996
49. Program: PSC Collegiate Choir in concert, 1968
50. PSC Choir grop photos, 1940-1990's

Box 4
Recordings

• Records: Gift of Song, Collegiate Chorale, Philander Smith College, Dr. David Le’ron Walker, Dir. (2 copies)
• Cassette Tapes: Misc. rehearsal tapes
• PSC Collegiate Choir, Lawrence Hamilton, Dir., Pulaski Heights UMC, 2003 (A & B)

*Video recordings in VHS Collection

Framed Photo

• The Paul Robeson Male Chorus, 1939. Charles Freels, Dir. (Photograph donated to the College by Alphonse Robinson, PSC Alumnus, '40)

Hayne, S. L. (1991). The Philander Smith College "Collegiate" Choir. PSC Collegiate Choir Collection, Box 1, Folder 9

Video Tape Collection, PSC Collegiate Choir series

Collection

This collection is available for viewing at D. W. Reynolds Library, Archives and Special Collections.

L. Stacey

L. Stacey

2016-07-06

03.CHOIR.2016.01

D. W. Reynolds Library, Archives and Special Collections

ARC STOR 7D