Recording Archive

About the Recording Archive The Recording Archive is a collection of audio recordings comprised of music performances presented by the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts since 1969. It is housed in, and is cataloged and maintained by, the Arts Media Center. Formats include 1991 reel-to-reel tapes (1969-1996), 761 digital audio tapes (1996-2005), 430 compact discs (2005-2014), and hard drive storage of digital audio .wav files with scanned programs (2014-present).  What the Archive Includes Contents range from large and small ensemble concerts, to faculty, graduate, undergraduate, and guest artist recitals, including: Large ensembles UCI Symphony, UCI Chamber Symphony, University Chorus , University Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Choral Festivals, Collegium Musicum, UCI Opera, UCI Musical Theater, UCI Wind Ensemble Class recitals Percussion Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Vocal Performance and Opera Scenes, UCI Jazz Band and small ensembles, student composers, ICIT - Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology Concert series Afternoon concerts, Sunday evening concerts Other ICIT graduate student capstone projects   Access Access to the Recording Archive is open to the public for onsite use, and a growing portion of it is available online at UC's online archive, Calisphere https://calisphere.org/institution/221/collections/.  Archive recordings are cataloged in UCI Library Search https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com search by date, event title, and featured performer or ensemble name. Author is University of California, Irvine.   Most archive recording data from 1969-2014 is also downloadable in the PDF files below.  Searches may be conducted at an AMC computer, or by request to staff by phone (949) 824-8364, or email: rwhitney@uci.edu. Due to their age and fragility, the physical reel-to-reel tapes cannot be played back, so listening to these recordings will not be possible until the tapes have been restored and digitized. PDF Files of Recording Archive Catalog Records The PDF files below may also be dowloaded and searched for content. Reel-to-reel tape catalog records (1969-1996) pdf DAT tape catalog records (1996-2005) pdf CD catalog records (2006-2014) pdf