Survey: Alea III

Posted August 05, 2010 by Anonymous

Organization:

Alea III

Part 1.

Year Founded:

1978

1b. Primary activity[ies] of the organization.:

Professional New Music Ensemble

1c. Organization's annual budget.:

$50,001 - $100,000

1b. Primary activity[ies] of the organization.:

Other

Part 2.

2a. Mission Statement:

Alea III is the contemporary music ensemble in residence at Boston University, a group devoted to promoting, playing, and teaching music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Founded in 1978, Alea III is the third such group organized by Music Director Theodore Antoniou. The ensemble is consistent with the music it embraces--flexible in size, open to experimentation and exploration. Over the years, Alea III has offered world-première opportunities for dozens of contemporary composers, often under the composer’s direction, and with extended program notes or comments. The group has performed more than 1,150 works by 648 composers---most of them living. Frequent international touring has enhanced the relationships of American performers with their colleagues and composers from other parts of the world. With its inspiration, several other contemporary groups have been formed, offering growing opportunity to young composers and musicians to play and comprehend contemporary music.

Website Link to Mission Statement:

www.aleaiii.com/AboutALEAIII.html

2c. Exhibition / Programming / Publishing History.:

ALEA III presents six concerts each season in Boston. ONe of them is devoted to the International Composition Competition. A second one is devoted to the YOung Composers’ Workshop. The remaining four present repertoire music of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as new works by senior and young composers, specially written for ALEA III. www.aleaiii.com/28thSeason.html www.aleaiii.com/ALEACompetition.html

Website Link to Exhibition / Programming / Publishing History:

www.aleaiii.com/28thSeason.html www.aleaiii.com/ALEACompetition.html

Part 3.

3a. Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals::

Theodore Antoniou antoniou@bu.edu

Additional Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals:

Samuel Headrick headrick@bu.edu

Additional Names and email addresses of Founders, Board Members, Directors or other key individuals:

ALex Kalogeras kalogeas@earthlink.net

3b. Could any of these individuals assist in providing an oral history of your organization?:

Yes

Part 4.

4a. Is organization currently active?:

Yes

4b. Year activity suspended if no longer active.:

Organization Still Active

Part 5.

5a. Type of organization at its founding.:

Non-Profit [IRS certified]

5b. Type of organization currently, or at the termination of activities.:

Non-Profit [IRS certified]

Part 6.

6a. Does the organization have an archive?:

Yes

6b. Are there any short or long-term threats to the organization?:

Fiscal endangerment of organization

6c. Other threats to the organization::

Are there other threats to your organization? Please describe below.

Part 7.

7a. How important is to the organization to preserve the organization’s historical material. From 1 – Very Important to 5 – Not Important.:

1. Very Important

7b. Has planning for the preservation and documentation of archive begun?:

7c. Does the organization know how and where to seek expertise and assistance?:

7d. Does the organization have specific concerns regarding starting an archive working with its historic materials?:

Lack of Staff

Part 8.

8a. Is the organization's archives in the collection of another institution or promised to one?:

8a. Location:

IF YES to 8: University (Name)

8b. Archival materials are also located at::

Where are these locations?:

Where are these locations? [I.E. Home / Office of Private Individual(s) (i.e. Former Board, Staff, Funders, etc)]

Part 9.

9. Does the organization maintain archives for any other organization.:

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IF YES to 9: 10a. Please describe:

Part 10a.

10a. Is the archive accessible to scholars, curators or researchers?:

Part 10d.

10d. Would you allow access in the future?:

Yes

Part 10e.

10e. Under what circumstances would access to archives be allowed.:

Not sure. In any case we would welcome other scholars to use our archives.

Part 11.

The following questions address the historical materials (type, quantity and storage) of the organization. 11a. Paper Files and Documents:

Artist Files

Correspondence

Exhibition or Production Files

Financial Records

11b. Artwork and Documentation:

Audiotapes [Any Format]

Oral History, Recordings and / or Transcripts

Other Audio Recordings (i.e. records, etc.)

CDs / DVDs [Pre-Recorded or CD-R / CD-RW / DVD-R / etc.]

Other Digital Materials

Films

Photographs

Videotapes

Other::

Other Artwork

11c. Press and Promotional Materials:

Announcements, Mailing Cards, etc.

Newspaper / Magazine / Media Clippings

Posters / Flyers

Other Press or Promotional Materials - Please describe below.

Other::

Other Press or Promotional Materials:

11d. Printed Publications:

Brochures

Programs of Events

Other::

Other Printed Publications

Other::

Other

Part 12.

12. What years does the materials cover?:

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2005

Part 13.

13a. How is the material stored?:

File Cabinets

13b. Are some or all of these storage units “archival”?:

None

Part 14.

14a. Estimated Number of Boxes or Milk-Crate Sized Storage Units:

----

14b. Estimated Number of Archive Drawers:

31 - 40

14c. Estimated Number of Archive Notebooks:

----

14d. Estimated the total Linear Feet. ["Linear Feet" is standard measure of the quantity of archival materials on the basis of shelf space occupied or the length of drawers in vertical files or the thickness of horizontally filed materials. For example, a:

----

or:

I don’t know

Part 15.

15. Is the historical materials - or archives - inventoried or catalogued in any way, either formally or otherwise?:

Part 16.

16a. Is there a key, index or finding aid to the materials inventoried?:

Yes

16b. Paper-based::

Card File

Part 16 / Electronic Files & Archival Management

16g. Who is responsible for working with the archival material?:

Other - Please describe below.

Please describe:

Myself

Part 17.

17. How are new materials processed?:

Manual System (Card File, File Folders)

Part 18.

18. What, if any, conservation methods are in place for both physical materials and electronic data?:

None or Limited

Part 19.

19. What type of climate-controls are present in the area[s] in which the archives are stored?:

No or minimal climate controls [i.e. in an attic, basement, unheated / uncooled storage area, etc.]

Part 20.

20a. What are the goals for the historical materials for the next year?:

No goals

20b. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these short-term goals?:

20c. What goals are in place for the historical materials for the next three to five years?:

NO goals

20d. What are the biggest challenges to reaching these long term goals?:

20e. Are there any additional goals for the organizations historic materials?:

NOt at themoment

Part 21.

21. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next year.:

----

Part 22.

22. Estimated cost to achieve these archival goals for the next five years.:

----

Part 23.

23e. Not Applicable:

Not Applicable

Part 24.

24. What archival issues could / should visual arts organizations address collectively in the next three to five years? Ranked from 1 (highest priority) to 5 (lowest priority).24a. Shared standards / protocols for digitization:

Promote professional standards / protocols for digitization

24e. Not Applicable:

Not Applicable

Part 25.

25a. Is the organization a member of, or in contact with, any organizations concerned with archival issues?:

Finish

survey_field_150:

ALEA III

Who executed this survey.:

Alex Kalogeras, ALEA III COncert Productions

Is this survey complete and all appropriate questions answered?:

Yes