Barban, Andreas

• Main Authors: Barban, Andreas, 1914-1993, Kiwanis Music Festival (St. John's, N.L.), Weir, Gail, 1948-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries 2004
• Subjects: Barban; Andreas; 1914-1993; Kiwanis Music Festival (St. John's; N.L.); Kiwanis Music Festival (Grand Falls; Burin Peninsula Performing Arts Council; Rotary Music Festival (Corner Brook; Bell Island Music Festival; Kiwanis Annual Competitive Music Festival (Carbonear; Music festivals > Newfoundland and Labrador; Bell Island; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/31

This fonds consists of programs, syllabi and some related material of music festivals for which Andreas Barban served as adjudicator. These music festivals were sponsored by community service clubs, mainly the Kiwanis Club, but including the Rotary Club and the Burin Peninsula Performing Arts Council. They provided music students and choirs the opportunity to compete with their peers and showcase their talent to an appreciative audience, while receiving constructive criticism from professionals other than their own teachers. The majority of the material is for the St. John's Kiwanis Music Festival and covers 40 years of the festival, from 1952 and 1992. The remainder of the collection is a sampling of material from music festivals in other parts of the province, including Bell Island, Carbonear, Corner Brook, Fortune and Grand Falls. The programs contain notes and annotations by Barban. Researchers will find similar material in COLL-189, the Corner Brook Rotary Music Festival, and should check the main library - catalogue for programs not found in these collections.