CMA First Tuesdays: History is Your Own Heartbeat: An Overview for Archiving Your Work at Saint Peter's Church

How do you go about documenting your own history as an artist? As an active musician, why should you bother? How has the revolution in technology impacted the cataloging and organization of personal records and changed the nature of access, rights, and intellectual property? Join Reuben Jackson as he entertains your questions, and discusses the art of organizing and preserving your materials.

Reuben Jackson, writer, poet, and music archivist, was the Associate Curator and Archivist with the Smithsonian Institution’s Duke Ellington Collection from 1989 through 2009. There he also collected and processed collections donated by the estates of Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Ralph Burns, as well as materials from the Apollo Theater and Ramsey Lewis....

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How do you go about documenting your own history as an artist? As an active musician, why should you bother? How has the revolution in technology impacted the cataloging and organization of personal records and changed the nature of access, rights, and intellectual property? Join Reuben Jackson as he entertains your questions, and discusses the art of organizing and preserving your materials.

Reuben Jackson, writer, poet, and music archivist, was the Associate Curator and Archivist with the Smithsonian Institution’s Duke Ellington Collection from 1989 through 2009. There he also collected and processed collections donated by the estates of Ella Fitzgerald, Woody Herman, Ralph Burns, as well as materials from the Apollo Theater and Ramsey Lewis.

Seating is limited; reservations are required. R.S.V.P. to Caitlin Murphy, program assistant, (212) 242-2022, ext. 16, [email protected], www.chamber-music.org.

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