Conductor JoAnn Falletta and composer Bernard Rands with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsing at June in Buffalo 2014
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Ensemble
Musicians sit with violins and cellos on a wooden stage. A person in a blue shirt stands while looking at sheet music on a stand. Another person stands in the foreground with their back to the camera, gesturing towards the seated group. More people are seated in the background behind music stands.
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State University of New York at Buffalo. Music Library
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Conductor JoAnn Falletta and composer Stephen Hartke with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsing at June in Buffalo 2014
A person in a blue shirt stands on a central podium while looking at sheet music. Seated musicians surround the conductor, holding instruments including cellos and woodwinds. The background consists of a large wooden wall and a keyboard instrument with its lid open.
Conductor Brad Lubman and violinist Irvine Arditti onstage with Ensemble Signal members, cimbalom player Nick Tolle, harpist Sophie Rusnock, percussionist Bill Solomon, flutist Kelli Kathman, violist Isabel Hagen, violoncellist Lauren Radnofsky, horn player Kate Sheeran, and double bassist Greg Chudzik after a performance of Hilda Paredes's Senales at June in Buffalo 2014
A group of performers in black clothing stands on a wooden stage equipped with music stands and microphones. Visible instruments include a harp, a violin, a French horn, and percussion sets in the background. A person stands on a small podium at the center of the stage.
Conductor JoAnn Falletta rehearsing the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at June in Buffalo 2014
An orchestra is seated on a wooden stage with various string instruments, including violins, cellos, and a harp. A person stands on a podium in the center facing the musicians in a hall with tall wood-paneled walls. A large pipe organ is built into the back wall, and several microphones are positioned on tall stands around the performers.
Composer Stephen Hartke examining score at June in Buffalo 2014
A person stands in a theater setting, looking down at materials on a music or script stand. they wear a dark shirt with a graphic, glasses, and a watch on their left wrist. In the background, rows of red upholstered seats are visible alongside a wall with vertical paneling.
Musicians play string instruments on a wooden stage while a person stands on a podium facing them. The stage features a wood-paneled back wall with a clock and organ pipes. Silhouettes of people sit in a darkened seating area in the foreground, facing the lit performance space.
Conductor Brad Lubman in rehearsal with pianist Oliver Hagen, and Ensemble Signal members percussionist Nick Tolle, violoncellist Lauren Radnofsky, and violist Isabel Hagen at June in Buffalo 2014
Signal (Musical group : 2008-) - Ensemble
A group of musicians is positioned on a light-colored wooden stage in front of dark wood-paneled walls. One person sits at a grand piano on the left, while others play drums, cello, and violin. On the right, a person stands facing the ensemble with a baton in hand.
Conductor Julien Leroy rehearsing Ensemble Court-Circuit members, flutist Jérémie Fèvre, clarinetist Pierre Dutrieu, violinist Alexandra Greffin-Klein, violist David Rose, violoncellist Ingrid Schoenlaub, and pianist Jean-Marie Cottet at June in Buffalo 2014
A person on the left leads several seated musicians who are playing instruments and looking at sheet music on stands. The ensemble includes individuals playing a cello, a flute, a violin, and a bass clarinet, with another person at a grand piano in the background. The rehearsal space features light-colored floors and vertical wooden panels along the walls.
Conductor Julien Leroy rehearsing Ensemble Court-Circuit members, flutist Jérémie Fèvre, clarinetist Pierre Dutrieu, violinist Alexandra Greffin-Klein, violist David Rose, violoncellist Ingrid Schoenlaub, and percussionist Eve Payeur at June in Buffalo 2014
An ensemble of individuals practices with a variety of instruments, including woodwinds, strings, and percussion. A person on the far left stands and gestures toward the group, while others play a flute, clarinet, cello, and violin. Sheet music rests on stands throughout the space, which features vertical wood-paneled walls and a piano in the background.
Allen Ginsberg: ecologue (cherry valley)
Allen Ginsberg reads his 1970 poem “Eclogue,” composed during communal farm life in Cherry Valley, New York, interweaving daily rural labor, political events, friends’ imprisonments, and ecological detail, then discusses montage structure, diary composition, attention, meditation, and improvised poetics with Allen DeLoach.
Just Buffalo Literary Center; Market Arcade Building, 617 Main Street, Suite 202A Buffalo, New York 14203 ; donation. Digitized as part of the Migrating Media case study August 2011.
The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, Special Collections, 420 Capen Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-1674
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Deborah Ott, Founding Executive Director
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Robert Creeley reads poems from Later Sequencies, including works on West Acton, family history, and elegies for his mother and aunt, and discusses occasion, memory, accuracy of feeling, poetic rhythm, and influences in an extended conversation with Allen DeLoach.
Allen De Loach: poetry and visual inter-media.
Allen De Loach performing two video art poetry works and interviewed by Jim Silvia.
This recording presents two visual and intermedia poetry pieces by Allen DeLoach, followed by an interview with Jim Sylvia discussing DeLoach’s development from written poetry to multimedia work, influences including Beat and Black Mountain poets, sound poetry, metaphor, transformation, and integrating visual, verbal, and sensory experience.
Michael McClure reads extended passages from Rare Angel: Bio-Alchemical Investigations, presenting expansive, incantatory poems exploring ecology, biology, perception, and interconnectedness, then discusses poetic form, environmental awareness, and “bio-alchemical” process with Allen DeLoach.
Fielding Dawson reads previously unpublished prose from Four Penny Lane, presenting fragmented narrative scenes, screenplay passages, and autobiographical moments, then discusses storytelling, visual art, language, and creative process, emphasizing attention, actuality, and the writer’s role as medium in conversation with Allen DeLoach.
Ted Berrigan reads poems from Buffalo Days, including “Farewell Address,” “I Remember,” city and travel poems, and elegies, reflecting on Buffalo, Providence, memory, friendship, and daily life, and discusses his poetic tradition, influences, and approach in conversation with Allen DeLoach.
Michael Morgulis: New Graphics and Poetry
Morgulis, Michael [artist] Barnes, Susan [poet] Keller, Craig [poet] Pluto, Anne E. [poet] Robbins, Sherry [poet] Rossi-Script, Dolores [poet]
This recording features graphic artist Michael Margulis discussing his Buffalo-based silkscreen, poster, and billboard processes, alongside poetry readings by Susan Barnes, Craig Keller, Ann E. Pluto, Sherry Robbins, and Dolores Rossi-Script, with commentary on public art, symbolism, and artistic transformation.
Joel Oppenheimer reads extended selections from At 50, a long poem organized in four sections combining autobiographical memory, news items, love, aging, baseball, and mortality, and discusses his discursive style, poetics, and influences in a recording with Allen DeLoach.
Allen DeLoach presents selections from Schizothymia, performing spoken texts drawn from psychiatric interviews and monologues, and discusses the series’ development, themes of disorientation, and integration of poetry with photography, slides, audio, and live performance in conversation with James Sylvia.
Gary Snyder reads new poems from Ax Handles, explains the collection’s metaphor, place-based ecology, family life, travel to Japan and Alaska, and labor communities, and discusses poetic craft, tradition, and accessibility in a recording constructed from slides and audio with Allen DeLoach.
Simon Ortiz reads selections from Fight Back, including songs, prayers, and narratives addressing Acoma history, land, uranium mining, labor conditions, and colonialism, and discusses Pueblo oral tradition, ritual timing, and integrating storytelling, song, and writing with life and land in conversation with Allen DeLoach.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads the poems “The Gunfather” and the newly completed “Endless Life,” accompanied by Goya’s Disasters of War illustrations, and discusses poetic influence, appropriation, anarchism, and political responsibility in conversation with interviewer Allen DeLoach.
Leslie Fiedler: What used to be called dead.
Leslie Fiedler reads his short story “What Used To Be Called Dead,” depicting an old man in a future without death, memories of a city fire before his fifteenth birthday, ritualized existence, a viper turning black, and a red-and-black butterfly, followed by discussion of the story’s composition.
In this video, Emanuel Fried is introduced as a labor-focused playwright and reads an extended excerpt from The Dodo Bird, depicting Dodo, an unemployed union worker confronting alcoholism, family loss, and dignity, followed by discussion of Fried’s writing process, labor politics, and experience as a union organizer.
In this segment, Ed Dorn reads poems from Rolling Stock, The North Atlantic Turbine, and recent Houston-related work, discusses railroads, travel, geography, and irritation, and is interviewed by Allen DeLoach, who is introduced as poet and multimedia artist.
Just Buffalo Literary Center; Market Arcade Building, 617 Main Street, Suite 202A Buffalo, New York 14203; donation. Digitized as part of the Migrating Media case study August 2011.
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Profile portrait of William Schuman facing left, shown from the shoulders up. William Schuman has short hair and is wearing a suit and tie, with light shining on the side of his face.
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Leo Smit sits at a piano, playing while looking intently at sheet music placed on the stand. The piano keys and open music sheets are clearly visible, and a curtain hangs in the background.
Leonard Bernstein conducting at the Vatican
Leonard Bernstein is leading an orchestra in a rehearsal or performance. He stands with one hand raised and the other holding a baton, while a cellist and other musicians are visible to the left. A microphone hangs above from a stand.
Leo Smit conducting University at Buffalo production of his chamber opera, Magic Water
An orchestra is performing indoors. Leo Smit conducts at the left, raising a baton as musicians seated with sheet music in front of him play various instruments, including strings and percussion.
Music teachers--New York (State)--Buffalo--1971-1980
David Kuen is shown in profile indoors, with a framed image of a bearded figure in the background, slightly out of focus, at the UB music faculty retreat.
First Presbyterian Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)
A couple of people are gathered around a piano. Stravinsky is seated at the piano, appearing to play, while Leo Smit and another person stand nearby, pointing toward the keys.
A close-up black-and-white portrait showing Pete Johnson's face in partial shadow. Pete Johnson is looking slightly to the side, with visible facial details emphasized by the lighting.
Leo Smit, wearing a light-colored jacket, is seated at a grand piano on stage, playing with his head slightly bent forward. A piano bench and a curtain backdrop are visible.
Bi-National Center (Asuncion, Paraguay) (Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano)
David Fuller, in a pinstriped suit, is seated cross-legged on a table with his head in his hands, facing downward at a UB music faculty retreat. A patterned tie and watch are visible, and the background shows a plain wall and door.
Leo Smit and Pete Johnson are seated at a piano, one writing on sheet music while the other leans over and points. Books and papers are stacked in the background, with a framed photograph partially visible on the wall.
Leo Smit, in a light-colored jacket stands beside a grand piano on a stage. A piano bench is placed nearby, and a curtain hangs in the background.
A brick wall with multiple small figurines hanging on display in Leo Smit's home. The figurines are arranged in rows across the wall, and additional objects hang on the side of the wall.
Leo Smit is wearing glasses and is holding a camera up to his face, with one eye visible beside the camera lens. His hair is tousled, and the focus is on the close-up of the face and camera.
A small carved figure is placed on the seat of a wooden chair in Leo Smit's home. The figure is decorated with a spotted design on its torso and arms, has a dark skirt-like garment, and is standing on a round wooden base. The background includes part of a couch and a wall.
Leo Smit with Ambassador Clarence Boonstra at reception for Costa Rican writers and national arts prizewinners
A group of people sit facing the front of a room where Ambassador Clarence Boonstra stands speaking in a suit while Leo Smit sits at a piano. The setting appears to be indoors with a staircase, window drapes, and a round mirror on the wall in the background.
Leo Smit lecturing at National Conservatory of Music, Santo Domingo
Music students--Dominican Republic--Santo Domingo--1961-1970
A group of people are seated facing Leo Smit and another person standing at the front of a room. Leo Smit is dressed in a suit, and is speaking and gesturing with his hands, while the other stands beside his with arms crossed, smiling. Light enters the room through windows with shutters.
Leo Smit is wearing glasses and a dark suit with a bow tie is shown in a close-up portrait. The background is plain and out of focus.
Leo Smit at piano at National Conservatory of Music, Santo Domingo
Leo Smit is in a light-colored jacket is seated at a grand piano, playing while looking at sheet music on the stand. The piano is positioned on a tiled floor in a well-lit room with large windows along the side.
Allen Siegel is wearing glasses and a patterned shirt stands next to a poster or print featuring an artwork of Jesus Christ at a UB music faculty retreat. The image of Jesus is shown with long hair and robes, facing slightly to the side.
Leo Smit at piano before audience at Asuncion B.N.C.
Leo Smit and a group of people sit on folding chairs facing a piano on stage. Leo Smit is at the piano, wearing glasses and a light-colored shirt, and appears to be addressing or playing for the audience. The background features a curtain.
Several kachina dolls are displayed hanging on a brick wall in Leo Smit's house. The dolls are decorated with colorful clothing, patterns, and details such as headdresses and painted features.
Buffalo Sabres player Rick Martin, with no. 22 Jocelyn Guevremont in background
Two hockey players Rick Martin and Joceyln Guevremont are on the ice, one in the foreground wearing a Buffalo Sabres jersey with the number 7 visible. The Buffalo Sabres are playing the New York Rangers.
Leo Smit performing his Piano Concerto with Buffalo Philharmonic
Leo Smit in formal attire is seated at a grand piano, performing on stage. The piano lid is raised, and the background appears softly lit, emphasizing the performer.
Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi, Istanbul, Turkey, interior view
An ornate interior featuring patterned tile walls, gilded architectural details, and a large crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Decorative columns frame a raised platform area beneath intricate designs.
A smiling Carlo Pinto is wearing glasses and a collared shirt under a checkered jacket is shown in this black-and-white portrait at a UB music faculty retreat.
Leo Smit is wearing glasses leans close to a reflective surface, resting his chin on his hand. His reflection is clearly visible beside them.
Leo Smit wearing glasses and a light-colored suit jacket stands with arms crossed, facing the camera. The background is plain.
Stephen Manes and another person are at a UB music faculty retreat. One person in the background is holding a hand near his face and the Stephen Mains, in the foreground, is facing slightly to the side. The wall behind them has large sheets of paper.
Leo Smit with Igor Stravinsky and others are gathered together indoors. Igor Stravinsky, in glasses, is speaking while gesturing with his hands, as others stand closely around, listening. The background is plain and unfocused.
Leo Smit in a light-colored jacket is seated at a piano, playing. Behind him several flags are displayed vertically.
Charlotte Roederer with curly hair and glasses is seated among others at a UB music faculty retreat.
Leo Smit being greeted at La Paz airport
Leo Smit shakes another person's hand outdoors near a bus. One is wearing a suit with sunglasses and holding a coat, while the other is dressed in a light-colored coat. Several others are visible in the background.
Leo Smit, after performing his Piano Concerto with Buffalo Philharmonic, Lukas Foss conducting
Leo Smit and Lukas Foss are in tuxedos stand on stage in front of an orchestra. One has hands at his sides, while the other has arms slightly bent. Both are facing forward, and orchestral musicians are visible in the background.
A close-up side profile of Carol Plantamura facing right with one hand raised near her head. The background is a brick wall painted in a reddish color.
Several people are seated indoors at a UB music faculty retreat. The focus is on a person in the foreground holding a cigarette. Two others are visible in the background, slightly out of focus, sitting in chairs. Large sheets of paper with handwritten text hang on the wall.
Unidentified male and Charlotte Roederer
Charlotte Roederer and another person are shown in profile, sitting side by side at a UB music faculty retreat. Both have medium-length hair and glasses. The person in the foreground has a beard, while Charlotte Roederer rests her hand near her face. The background is blurred.
Buffalo Sabres/New York Rangers game, 1976
An ice hockey game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers. Players are near the goal. A goalie in dark gear is positioned in front of the net, while one player in dark uniform is on the ice and another stands nearby. A player in a light uniform is skating quickly toward the net. Spectators fill the stands behind the glass.
Leo Smit is wearing glasses, a light-colored suit, and a tie, standing and facing the camera with both hands in his pockets. The background is plain, and he is centered in the frame.
Leo Smit is wearing glasses and a blue shirt is seated outdoors in front of a brick wall. He is smiling with one arm raised, resting his hand on his head.
Portrait postcard of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky with a beard reclines in a chair, leaning his head on one hand. He is wearing a dark buttoned garment, and part of a table covered with a cloth is visible to the left. The background is dark and indistinct.
Leo Smit leads a small orchestra during a performan of his opera, Magic Water. The musicians are seated with music stands in front of him, playing various string instruments. Leo Smit stands to the left with a baton, and the room has tall windows with shutters in the background.
A formal studio portrait of a young Leo Smit wearing a suit and tie. His hair is neatly combed back, and he is posed in profile, looking to the side. The background is softly lit.
Henrik Svitzer, with a beard and mustache, is shown in a close-up portrait. He has thinning hair and is wearing a light-colored knit garment. The background is blurred and neutral in tone.
Robert Mols stands facing a large sheet of paper on the wall, writing notes in cursive with a marker at a UB music faculty retreat. He is dressed in a dark shirt, and the paper contains several lines of handwritten text.
Leo Smit with Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein backstage at Kennedy Center, Copland 80th birthday concert
Leo Smit with Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein are all in formal attire and are gathered in a room. Aaron Copland is seated, reading a magazine, while Leo Smit stands beside them, and Leonard Bernstein is seated in conversation. A fourth person in a vest stands in the background, observing.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
Leo Smit with Sir Fred Hoyle at premiere of Smit's Copernicus
Leo Smit and Sir Fred Hoyle, dressed in tuxedos, are seen conversing at a formal event. Leo Smit holds a sheet of paper while both face each other in discussion. Another person is faintly visible in the background.
A carved and decorated Kachina doll is placed on the arm of a couch. The doll has a beard, feathered headdress, and patterned clothing in green, black, and cream colors. A framed item is partially visible on the wall above. Taken inside Leo Smit's house.
Leo Smit, with two other people, stand in front of an airplane, engaged in conversation. The airplane’s fuselage and part of its wing are visible, with the word "International" printed on the side. Leo Smit person holds a coat over his arm while talking with the others.
Aaron Copland is shown in mid-motion, holding a conductor's baton. He is wearing glasses and a button-up shirt, with one arm raised and the other across their body. Part of a handwritten inscription with a date is visible in the upper right corner of the image. Inscribed from Copland to Leo Smit, Nov. 1968
Leo Smit (at piano) at National Conservatory of Music, Santo Domingo
Leo Smit is seated at a piano, performing for an audience in a large, bright room. The audience is arranged in rows of chairs facing the piano, and the room has tall windows along the sides that allow natural light to enter. The floor has a tiled geometric pattern, and a microphone is visible near the piano, suggesting a formal presentation or recital.
Edmund Strainchamps is looking at a sheet of paper while standing indoors at a UB music faculty retreat. He is dressed in a collared shirt with a dark vest. A patterned wall hanging or tapestry is visible in the background.
Leo Smit is standing outdoors near a patio table and a striped umbrella. He is wearing glasses and a long-sleeved shirt, with buildings visible in the background.
Leo Smit is seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys. Sheet music is open on the stand, and he is wearing glasses and a dark long-sleeve top. The setting appears to be indoors with light coming through a window.