Carolyn du Bois oral history with Joyce Berkman

Item Information

Title:
Carolyn du Bois oral history with Joyce Berkman
Description:
Widow of Richard "Dick" du Bois, Professor of Music and Choral Director at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Memories of Helen Perry. Making music accessible to everyone. Discussing Du Bois's career, work with K-12 music education in Iowa, sense of humor as a choral director. Du Bois's military experience in WWII. Approach to conducting. Visits and performances in eastern Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Phillip Bezanson bringing Du Bois to the University.
Interviewee:
du Bois, Carolyn
Interviewer:
Berkman, Joyce Avrech
Date:
August 28, 2013
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Oral histories (document genres)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 001 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
UMass Amherst Dept. of Music Oral History Collection
UMass Amherst Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection
UMass Amherst Oral History Collection
Series:
Academics
Subjects:
University of Massachusetts Amherst--History
Music--Instruction and study--Massachusetts
Music--Instruction and study--Iowa
Choral singing--Instruction and study
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations
Du Bois, Richard
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Music and Dance
Places:
Massachusetts
Iowa
Extent:
01:21:24
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/murg1_207_2013-i095
Terms of Use:
Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to the Swift River Valley Historical Society through Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Williamsburg (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
murg1_207_2013-i095