Boris Brott fonds

Boris Brott fonds. First Accrual. – 1931-2007. – 15.18 m of textual records. – 6,973 photographs; 280 moving images; 43 sound recordings.

The fonds is arranged in the following series:
Series 1 Correspondence
Series 2 Photographs
Series 3 Programmes, posters other printed materials
Series 4 Scrapbooks
Series 5 Scripts, Writing, Reports, Awards and Personal items
Series 6 Audio visual materials

Series 1
Correspondence. – 1931-2007. – 3.48 m of textual records and graphic material. Correspondence has been arranged as follows: General, Orchestras, Family and Friends. Includes both incoming and outgoing letters. Many of Brott’s replies were done as faxes; thus his original letters remain in the files. See also correspondence in the scrapbook series. Some letters were grouped by Brott in files A-K and L-Z. Researchers should consult these files as they do contain letters from people and organizations listed separately.

Box 1
General:
F.1       A-K, 1990-92
F.2       A-K, 1993
F.3       A-K, 1994-95
F.4       A-K, 1996-97; includes letters from Conrad Black (1996) and Anton Kuerti (1997)
F.5       ANT; Alberta Television Network Corp. (Wendell Wilks), 1989
F.6       Alaska cruise, 1998
F.7       “Amadeus, the Music, the Man”, a Mozart concert at Redeemer College, part of the Boris Brott Summer Music Festival. Includes letters from William Hurt, Donald Sutherland, and Richard Gale as well as the script “A Letter from Wolfgang”, 1988
F.8       Amadeus Global Travel, 1998
F.9       Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1999
F.10     Arts Bureau for the Continents, 1998
F.11     Arts Marketing Services Inc., 1989
F.12     Artpark, 1990-91
F.13-4  Association of Canada Orchestras (Betty Webster, Executive Director), 1990-91; includes minutes
F.15     Association of Canada Orchestras (Betty Webster, Executive Director), 1992-93

F.16     Banff Centre for Performing Arts, 1990
F.17     BaerTracs Music Production (Howard Baer), 1994
F.18     Band Festival, Ottawa, Ont., 1990; includes correspondence with the Carleton Board of Education
F.19     Beethoven Band, 1989
F.20     Berklee College of Music, 1993
F.21     Mark Bonello, 1989
F.22     Boris Brott Enterprises Ltd., 1989-92; includes contracts

Box 2
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival:
Note: See also titles of individual concerts throughout this series.
F.1-2    1988; includes the proposal for this festival using the name “Boris Brott International Summer Music Festival”
F.3       1995-96; Mentor & Apprentice Support Letters
F.4       1997
F.5       1998
F.6       1999
F.7       2001, n.d.

F.8       Bravo Television (Moses Znaimer, John Gunn), 1996-2000
F.9       Buskers International Inc., 1990

F.10     CHCH TV, 1988-89
F.11     Kevin Cahill, 2001
F.12     Canada, Office of the Prime Minster, Jean Chrétien, 2002. Letter is from Manon Tardif, Chrétien’s Director of Appointments to Hon. Lincoln M. Alexander. Re Brott’s appointment to the Senate.
F.13     Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble (Vitek Wincza), 1997-98; re “The Nutcracker”. Includes col photograph of Chalice Valeniano as “Sofia MacNab” at Dundurn Castle.
F.14     Canadian Brass Music Productions Inc., 1990
F.15     Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC), 1991, 1995
F.16     Canadian Embassy, Japan (David Aniedo), 1989
F.17     Canadian Investment in Quality Music (CIQM), 1994-2000; includes minutes
F.18     Canadian Music Competition, 1990-1997
F.19     Canadian Saxophone Quintet, 1987
F.20     Caribiner Intl. Ltd., 1998
F.21     Caricatures Unlimited (Diane Zaremba), 1989; encl. samples
F.22     Carl Fisher Inc., 1988
F.23     Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award, 1993-94
F.24     Chamber Players of Toronto, 1988, 1991
F.25     Chautauqua Institution, 1988

Box 3
F.1       Children’s Programming Ideas, 1986-88
F.2       Children’s (grade 2) thank you cards with drawings; one of the cards mentions Roy Thomson Hall
F.3       Choral Festival, Ottawa, Ont., 1990-92
F.4       Concept Fiatlux Inc., 1988
F.5       Conductor Exchanges, 1988, 1994
F.6       Co-ordination Plus Inc., 1987-1995
F.7-8    Corporate Magic Inc., 1990-1994; includes legal correspondence with Paul D. Derounion
F.9       Victor K. Copps, n.d.; card has a caricature of the mayor
F.10     Charles T. Cozens Music Ltd., 1990
F.11     Crossroads Television System, 1998
F.12     Crystal Cruises; includes 3 col. photographs of Boris and Ardyth Brott

F.13     John Dankworth, 1992
F.14     Victor Davies, 1994
F.15     DI Music, 1990

F.16     Einstein Brothers Inc., 1992-93
F.17     Enterprising Events Inc. (Carols by Candlelight), 1994
F.18     Fan Mail, 1988
F.19     Roni Feldman, 1997
F.20     Festival International de Musique de Montréal, 1990
F.21     Brian Foley, 1990

F.22     Attila Glatz, 1992
F.23     Marilyn Gilbert Artists Management, 1998
F.24     Paul Godfrey, 1998

Box 4
F.1       Glen Gould Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, 19-30 July 1988; part of the Boris Brott Summer Music Festival. Includes 6 photographs (5 b&w, 1 col) of young pianists performing as well as the exhibition catalogue from the Gould event at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa. See also Box 24, E.24 for additional photographs from this event in Hamilton.
F.2       H, 1998
F.3       Hamilton Magazine, 1989-90
F.4       Anetta Hoffnung, 1989; also includes musical caricatures, some signed and dated 1985 with personal messages
F.5       Hong Kong Sinfonietta Ltd., 1999
F.6       Industry Education Council of Hamilton, 2005
F.7       Intermusica (Stephen Lumsden), 1989
F.8       Israel, 1988-91
F.9       Israel, 1994, n.d.

F.10     Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, 1988
F.11     Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, 1989
F.12     Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, 1990-93
F.13     Job Opportunities (employment), 1990-92
F.14     Job Opportunities (employment), 1993-97

F.15     Kantor Concert Management Ltd., 1989
F.16     Kaylor Management Inc. (KMI), Hugh Kaylor, 1995-2007. See also Shaw Concerts, Inc.
F.17     Mark Kenney, 1996
F.18     Margaret Kuntzler, 1975
F.19     L-Z, 1986-1989

Box 5
F.1       L-Z, 1990-93; includes a letter from Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1991, refusing a request to participate in the BBSMF and also a letter from Ron Smith, head coach of the New York Rangers, 1993
F.2       L-Z, 1994-96
F.3       L-Z, 1997-2001; includes a certificate of appreciation from Planned Parenthood Society of Hamilton
F.4       Lacewood Productions Inc. (Sheldon Wiseman, Kevin Gillis) re “The Nutcracker”, 1989-90, 1992; includes 1 col photograph of Brott with presumably either Wiseman or Gillis)
F.5       Les concerts Lachine, 1988-1993; 2 b&w photographs
F.6       Les concerts Lachine, 1995-98
F.7       David Loynd, 1979
F.8       Norman McCann, 1989
F.9       Valentina Mastrangelo, 1994; 1 b&w photograph; also a letter from Elisabetta Brusa and a poster re the Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari (Boris Brott, direttore)
F.10     Muskoka Lakes Music Festival, 1999-2000; includes minutes
F.11     Bernard Moscovitz, 1989
F.12     Shlomo Mintz, 1994
F.13     Music Toronto, 1993
F.14     Music to See, 1988
F.15     National Arts Centre, 1987-1991

Box 6
F.1       National Arts Centre, 1993-95
F.2       National Arts Centre, 1996
F.3       National Arts Centre, 1997-98
F.4       National Arts Centre, 1999-2000
F.5       National Arts Centre, Composers Alive, 1991-94
F.6       National Arts Centre, Young People’s Concerts, 1990-95
F.7       National Ballet School, 1988; includes a contract for Karen Kain to dance at Hamilton Place on 28 July
F.8       National Capital Commission, 1987-88
F.9       National Capital Commission, 1989-92

Box 7
F.1-2    National Capital Commission, 1990, re plans for 1992
F.3       National Telecom Corp., 1992
F.4       Alexis Nihon, 1990-91
F.5       Ontario Opera, 1990
F.6       Opera Hamilton, 1993, 2001
F.7       Opéra Montréal, 1992

Order of Canada:
F.8-9    Letters of congratulations and acknowledgments for appointment as an officer, 1987, 1989, 1992; includes lists of members
F.10     Letters for other nominees, 1987-1994
F.11     Re G.H.L. Fridman, 1993-94
F.12     Re Irving Zucker, 1992-94

F.13     Organization of Canadian Musicians (OSCM), 1990
F.14     Oxford University Press, 1994
F.15     Pavarotti concert, Hamilton, Ont., 1998-99
F.16     David Pell and others, thank you card
F.17     Polygram International Ltd., 1990; re recording Zamfir
F.18     Re Tara Louise Perrault, 1994-98
F.19     Places des Arts, 1992-94
F.20     Pro Arte Records, Intersound Productions, Fanfare Records, 1987-89

Box 8
F.1       Really Useful Group (Kathryn Enticott), 1990
F.2       Redeemer College, concerts at, 1987-88
F.3       Rodgers and Hammerstein Concert Library, 1990
F.4       Rotary Club of Hamilton, 1994
F.5       Roy Thompson Hall (David Taylor), 1991
F.6       Royal Visit of Princess Margaret to Hamilton, Ont., 1988; 11 col. photographs
F.7       Royal Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Ontario Place, Toronto, 1987

F.8       Sandor Enterprises Inc. (Miki Andrejevic), 1992; re Takao Ukigaya
F.9       Original file labeled “Sarasota Festival”, 1993; re Paul Wolfe
F.10     Visit of Governor-General Jeanne Sauvé to Hamilton, Ont., 1988
F.11     Selwyn House, 2003
F.12     Shalom Village, 2003
F.13     Ruth Shahar Concert Management, 1988-94
F.14     Shaw Concerts Inc. (Harold Shaw, Hugh Kaylor), 1984-86, 1988-89; includes lists of Brott’s activities for 1985, list of Canadian Symphony Orchestras, Shaw Concerts promotional leaflet for 1986-87
F.15-7  Shaw Concerts Inc. (Hugh Kaylor), 1989-95
F.18     SOCAN, 1993
F.19     Sound Venture, 1996
F.20     Sounds of Summer Joy concert, part of BBSMF, 1988; includes contracts

Box 9
F.1       Sovereign Military Order of Saint-John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, 1993-94; includes 2 programmes
F.2       Sponsorships – Northern Telecom, 1989
F.3       St. Joseph’s Hospital – Fund Raising, 1984-86
F.4       Stained Glass series at Redeemer College, 1987-88
F.5       Stained Glass series at Redeemer College, 1989-91
F.6       Caroline Stoessinger, 1992-94; includes a book of poetry by Anna Stoessinger
F.7       Stradivari and violin making exhibit, 1988, 1992; includes correspondence with Michael E. Remenyi, Herbert R. Axelrod, and others; 3 col. photographs sent by A. Weinstein, Israel
F.8       Marvin P. Stringer re registration of “Great Music”, 1987
F.9       Sundome Centre for Performing Arts, 1987
F.10     Ronal L. Taylor Music Arts Communications, 1985-87
F.11     Veronica Tennant, 1993; includes biographical material as well as 4 b&w photographs, 2 with Rudolf Nureyev
F.12     University of Texas, Dept. of Music, 1989-90
F.13     Theatre Aquarius, 1988
F.14     Themes &Variations (John W. Waxman); includes various ideas by Brott on pops concerts
F.15     “Those Magnificent Music Machines”, television series, 1981-2, 1988
F.16     Tornay Management 1974
F.17     Tribute to our Founding Fathers, Bands on the Run (part of the BBSMF), 1988
F.18     Senia Trubashinik, 1987-88
F.19-20            Valerie Tryon, 1986-90; most of the correspondence is with her management company, Standing Ovations, run by Ardyth Brott

Box 10
F.1       TV Ontario, 1986-1992
F.2       Vancouver Opera, 1979-88
F.3       Virtuosi Productions (Jo Ann Simpson), 1989; re Ioan Harea
F.4       William Wallace, 1989-94
F.5       Yale University, 1989
F.6       Yamaha (Music Centre, International Corp., Canada, France, Japan), 1977-83
F.7       Yamaha (cont.), 1983-89; includes 4 col photographs and business cards
F.8       Gheorghe Zamfir, 1985, 1989-91

Orchestras:
Note: Files may contain promotional literature; see also series 3.
F.9       American Symphony Orchestra League, 1994-5
F.10     Buffalo Symphony Orchestra (Gary Good), 1986-90
F.11     Buffalo Symphony Orchestra (Gary Good), 1991-94
F.12     BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, 1990; includes 5 b&w photographs of James Loughran, James Clark, Owain Arwel Hughes, Tadaaki Otaka, and Barry Haskey as well as one of the orchestra, also promotional materials

Dallas Symphony:
F.13     Leonard Stone and others, 1989-1990
F.14     Leonard Stone, 1992
F.15     1993
F.16     1994
F.17     1995; includes 2 col. photographs, one of the orchestra, the other of its building

F.18     Hamburg Symphony, 1994-96

Box 11
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra:
F.1       1983-84, 1986-99, 1990
F.2       Oakville Serenade series, 1986
F.3       Trumpet auditions, 1987

Israel Chamber Orchestra:
F.4       1988
F.5       1989
F.6       1990
F.7       1991
F.8       1992
F.9       1993
F.10     1994
F.11     1995
F.12     1996-97
F.13     1998-99

F.14     Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1993-94
F.15     Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, 1988-89

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra:
F.16     1990-91
F.17     1992

Box 12
F.1       1993
F.2       1994
F.3       1995-96

F.4       Les Jeunes Virtuoses
F.5       Orchestra des Jeunes de Québec

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony:
F.6       1989-91
F.7       1990-93
F.8       1994-99

F.9       Liverpool Philharmonic
F.10     London (England) Symphony Orchestra, 1989-90
F.11     London (England) Symphony Orchestra, 1990-92
F.12     Orchestra London (Ontario), 1992-98
F.13     Long Island Philharmonic, 1994
McGill Chamber Orchestra see Boxes 14-17
F.14     Orchestre Metropolitan, 1995
F.15     Mexico: various orchestras including Orquestra Sinfonica Carlos Chavex and Orquestas y Coros Juveniles de México, 1993, 1995
Ontario Place Pops see Box 20
F.16     Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, 1979-90
F.17     Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, 1999-2000
F.18     Nevada Symphony Orchestra, 1996-97
New West Symphony see Boxes 17-18
F.19     Symphony Nova Scotia, 1990-93
F.20     Pacific Symphony, 1994
F.21     Regina Symphony Orchestra, 1988

Box 13
F.1       Orquestra Filmonica do Rio de Janeiro, 1988-89
F.2       Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987
F.3       Rotterdams Philharmonisch Okestra, 1992-95
F.4       Sacramento Symphony / Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, 1988-94
F.5       Santa Barbara Symphony, 1993
F.6       Scottish Chamber Orchestra, 1989
F.7       Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 1986-87
F.8       Toronto Pops Orchestra, 1986
Toronto Symphony Orchestra see Box 21
F.9       Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 1984-1987

Ventura County Symphony:
F.10     1990-91
F.11     1992
F.12     1994
F.13     1995

F.14     Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 1976-1986, 1998
F.15     Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 1980; re David Lasker, “The Boy Who Loved Music”

Box 14
McGill Chamber Orchestra:
General correspondence:
F.1       1989
F.2       1990
F.3       1991
F.4       1992
F.5       1993
F.6       1994
F.7       1998
F.8       1999
F.9       2000
F.10     2001
F.11     2002-03

F.12     Accounts, 1990-93
F.13     Administration, 1998
F.14     Administration and Finance, 2000-01
F.15     Advertising, 1998-2003
F.16     Artistic Plan, [1989]
F.17     Artists (performers), 1997-2002
F.18     Bach Children’s Concert, 2001; letters from children
F.19     Board of Directors, 2000-01

Box 15
F.1       Board of Directors, 2002-03
F.2       Board of Directors, 2003-04
F.3       Board of Directors (Leonard Schlemm), 2002-03
F.4       Budgets and Investments, 1997-98
F.5       Budgets and Investments, 1999-2000
F.6       Budgets and Investments, 2001
F.7       Bylaws and Letters Patent, 2002
F.8       Cancer Research – McGill, 2001
F.9       Canada Council, 1998, 2000
F.10     Canada Council, 2001
F.11     Canada Council, 2002-03
F.12     Canadian Broadcasting Corp. / Video Artists International, 2000, 2003
F.13     CanWest Global Foundation, 2002
F.14     Conseil des Arts, grant application, 1998
F.15     Conseil des Arts, 2000-01
F.16     Conseil des Arts, grant application, 2000-01
F.17     Conseil des Arts, 2002-03
F.18     Contracts and Appointment letters, 1990-93, 1995, 2000-01
F.19     Daffodil Ball, 2003
F.20     Jean-Claude Delorme, 1999
F.21     du Maurier Arts Council, 2002-03
F.22     Education concerts, 1996-2000
F.23     Expenses, 2002-03
F.24     Financial Statements, 1999-2000
F.25     Financial Statements, 2001-02
F.26     Financial Statements, 2002-03

Box 16
F.1       Fundraising – George Gershwin Alone, 2001
F.2       Fundraising – Diana Fowler LeBlanc, 2001-02
F.3       Fundraising, 2002-03
F.4       Gala Anniversary Committee, 1988
F.5       Gala, 2002
F.6       Gala, 2005
F.7       Sophie Galaise, n.d.
F.8       Gazette – Handel concerts, audience questionnaires, 1994
F.9       Gazette concerts, 1996, 1998-2001
F.10     Gazette concerts, 2002-03
F.11     Gazette school concerts, booking information, n.d.
F.12     General Manger Gilles Larouche, 1999-2001
F.13     General Manager search, 2001-02
F.14     General Manger Susan Bell, 2002
F.15     Nicholas Goldschmidt, 1998-99
F.16     Grants, 1988-2001
F.17     Guild of Canadian Film Composers, 2002-03
F.18     Alex Himelfarb, 2002
F.19     Hydro Quebec, 2002
F.20     Invoices, 2001
F.21     Invitation to honour Alain Lefèvre
F.22     Giuseppe Lalicate, 2002
F.23     Marsville Project, 2003
F.24     “Messiah”, 1991
F.25     “Messiah”, 1999-2003
F.26     “Mozart et les Enfants Prodiges”, 1991
F.27     Maurice de Muyuk, 2000
F.28     Music Director, 1998
F.29     Musicians, 2002-03
F.30     Musicians Union Debt Pension Fund, 2001
F.31     Organization Profile
F.32     Planning – Cloudraker, 2001; see also subscribers, Box 17, F.18
F.33     Programming, 1991-93
F.34     Programming, 1998
F.35     Programming, 1999-2000
F.36     Programming and repertoire, Sept. 2000-June 2002

Box 17
F.1       Programming, 2001-02; also includes leaflets on performers which may not belong to this season
F.2       Programming, 2002-03
F.3       Programming, 2003-04
F.4       Publicity, 1989-92, 2002
F.5       Lucy Ravinsky, 2002
F.6       Repertoire, 1993-98
F.7       Resumes, 2001-03
F.8       Saint Jean Brébeuf, LaSalle, 2003
F.9       Re Petros Shoujounian, 1993
F.10     Soireés d’Elegance, 1990
F.11     Sponsorship, 1989-92
F.12     Sponsorship, 1997-2001
F.13     Sponsorship, 2002-03
F.14     Sponsorship – Banque National, 1999, 2001-03
F.15     Sponsorship – Imperial Oil Foundation, 2001-03
F.16     St. Mary’s Hospital – Zamfir concert, 1991
F.17     Stained Glass concerts, 1989-90; 5 col photographs. See also Concerts Vitraux, F.22
F.18     Subscribers, 1999-2000; includes survey done by Cloudraker in 2002
F.19     Subscribers, 2002-03
F.20     Tour, 2001-02
F.21     Travel Expenses, 1990-93, 2000-01
F.22     Richard Turp, interim general manager, Feb.-May 1998
F.23     Concerts Vitraux, 1990-93
F.24     Venues/Halls, 2001-03
F.25     Vivaldi Student Concerts Evaluation, 1996
F.26     Julian Lloyd Webber, 1992
F.27     Welcome Back concerts, 1993, 2001

Box 18
New West Symphony:
F.1       Advertising and Renewals, 1998-99
F.2       Alliance for the Arts, 1995-97
F.3       Amadeus Society, 1997-98
F.4       Appointment schedules, calendars, 1996-2000
F.5       NWS Association, formation of, 1995
F.6       Auditions, 1995-96
F.7       Lawrence Blonquist, 1995-96
F.8       Board of Directors, 1994-99
F.9       Budgets, 1995-99
F.10     Committees, 1999
F.11     Contract negotiations with musicians’ Local 581, 1993-96
F.12     Discovery Artists program, 1994-99
F.13     Bob Ely, 1995-97
F.14     Financial accounts, 1995-2000
F.15     Fundraising, 1997-99
F.16     General correspondence, 1995
F.17     General correspondence, 1996; includes some internal correspondence
F.18     General correspondence, 1997; thank you card from Nicholas Bridgman with col. photograph pasted on the card of Bridgman at the piano with Brott standing beside

Box 19
F.1       General correspondence, 1998-2000
F.2       Inaugural season leaflet, design drafts, 1995
F.3       Poinsetta Ball invitation, 1998
F.4       Legal documents and contracts, 1995-1996
F.5       Memos and internal correspondence, 1994-1999
F.6       Memos, and internal correspondence, 1995-99; also schedules
F.7       Music Alive concert series, 1994-97
F.8       Music Director’s reports and contracts, 1995-99
F.9       Musicians
F.10-1  Program Planning, 1995-98
F.12     School concert proposals, children’s fan mail, 1995-96
F.13     Sponsorship, 1995
F.14     Sponsorship, 1996
F.15     Sponsorship, 1997-99
F.16     Subscription campaign, 1997-98
F.17     Tracy Susman, 1995-97

Box 20
Ontario Place Pops Orchestra:
General:
F.1       1983-1991
F.2       1986
F.3-4    1987
F.5       1987; contracts
F.6       1988
F.7       1990-91

1988
F.8       Concert #1; T. Bikel
F.9       Concert #2; André Gagnon
F.10     Concert #3; John Arpin, Michael Danso
F.11     Concert #4; Veronica Tennant
F.12     Concert #5; Zamfir
F.13     Concert #6; Fireworks
F.14     Concert #7; Mark Garneau. File also contains a letter from 1986 and a col image of Garneau
F.15     Concert #8; Karen Kain, Serge Lavoie

F.16     “Ontario Place Pops, a Brief History 1983-1990”

1991:
F.17     Concert #1; Zamfir
F.18     Concert #2; Amadeus
F.19     Concert #3; Gilbert & Sullivan
F.20     Concert #4; Fireworks
F.21     Concert #5; Andrew Lloyd Webber and the best of the British
F.22     Concert #6; American Salute

F.23     Cancellation of the 1992 season, 1991-92

Box 21
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
F.1       1976-86
F.2       1987-88
F.3       1989
F.4       1990
F.5       1991
F.6       1992
F.7       1993
F.8       1994
F.9       1995
F.10     1996
F.11     1997
F.12     1998
F.13     1999
F.14     2000-04

Box 22
Family and Friends Correspondence:
Note: All letters in this box were found loose; they have been grouped together by the archivist with the assistance of Boris Brott.
F.1 to F.16 contain letters to Lotte Goetzel (later Brott)
French:
F.1       Letter and envelope, 28 June 1937 addressed to Lotte in Zurich. Signature is not legible, possibly “veille Flo-Flo”
F.2       Ten letters and cards from Gigi Castagnola, 1938-1939
F.3       Two notes from Gisèle, one dated 1938; one with envelope is badly stained
F.4       Four letters and cards, different hands, some dated 1939
French and German, to Lotte:
F.5       All of these letters are in the same hand. Eleven letters or fragments are in French, two are in German, 1938-39. Signature is not legible. Some are badly water damaged.
F.6       Envelopes (6)
German:
F.7-10  Letters in these four files appear to be from the same person, Mugel-Peter (?)
F.7       Two letters, both in the same hand, 1931, n.d.. Signature is not legible.
F.8       Seven letters, 1936-37, n.d. All in the same hand, signature not legible. Some of the letters have postscripts in a different hand, signed “Pa”
F.9       Six letters, 1938-39, all in the same hand. One is written on the letterhead of the ship R.M.S. “Queen Mary”. One is written on the Scout train from Santa Fe. One is very fragile and has a part missing.
F.10     Letter in English, same hand as F.7-F.9, n.d. The writer hopes that Lotte will receive permission to study away from Germany
F.11     Five letters, all in the same hand, 1936-37, n.d.. Signature is possible “Ingo”.
F.12     Postcard, 24 May 1938, from Jacques A. Perret. Another card is possibly in the same hand although it is not signed.
F.13     Two letters and 2 postcards from Else Goetzel (Lotte’s sister), 1939. An envelope contains a metal voice record from the Empire State Observatories, New York.
F.14     Letter, 27 Aug. 1939, from Jacky Barth in New York. It is typed on the letterhead of the ship R.M.S. “Mauretania”.
F.15     Letter, 1947, from Ottavio Corti
F.16     Four letters, 1938, n.d., various hands, signatures not legible, water-damaged. One letter is written from Rotterdam. Another has a mimeograph attached titled “Aufgebot”, 1939 from Zurich. There is also one leaf of penciled notes.

F.17     Postcard to Lotte and Alex Brott from Peter in German, pmk. 1967
F.18     Letter in the form of a poem to “lieber [dear] Boris”, in German, 14 March 1946 from Emmy Goetzel
Note: Letters from this point forward are in English. Exception noted.
F.19     Two letters from Saul (later Steven) to Alex (Elec), 1935. Alex and Saul were brothers.
F.20     Letter from Alex’s mother (Chana Geller Brott) and Abe Lenson (her second husband) to Alex, written for them by Saul, 1935
F.21     Two letters from Josef Fuld (signed “Opa”) to Lotte, 1937, 1938. One is in German
F.22     Letter to Mr. Bachmann, Edelweiss Hotel, Montford, P.Q., 20 May 1945, re the hotel policy to accept only gentiles as guests. Signed by Charlie P. Rice (?) acting on a complaint by Lotte Brott. Typed carbon, copy to Mrs. Brott
F.23     Boris to his mother, 8 Feb. 1948. Since Brott was born in 1944, this must have been written for him.
F.24     Birthday greetings to Lotte from Alex in the form of a poem, 7 Feb. 1949
F.25     Birthday greetings to Lotte from Alex, Boris and Denis in the form of a poem, 8 Feb. 1956
F.26     Birthday greetings to Lotte from Harry and Rose Pollock, 7 Feb. 1956 and reply (poem), “To Harry Pollock in answer to his card”. Harry’s card (4 leaves) contains his own artwork and verse.
F.27     To Lotte and Alex from Boris, post card and letter (15 October 1962) from Bergen, Norway and Davos, Switzerland
F.28     Two postcards from Victor to Granny (Mrs. Abe Lenson; Boris’s grandmother), 1974 and 1975
F.29     Denis Brott: 2 postcards from Alex and Lotte to Denis; 2 postcards from Denis to friends (Blair and Janis); letter from Denis to Boris, 1987; telegram to Boris for Denis, 1973
F.30     Letter to Morris Shumiatcher from Boris re his wedding, 1976; also news clipping about the double wedding and the order of service
F.31     Julie Brott (Denis’s wife): correspondence with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, 1976
F.32     Steven Brott (uncle): correspondence, 1982-84; also news clippings
F.33     Peter Nash: letter to and from Boris re family history, 1983
F.34     Two postcards, n.d. from Alex to Boris when he was younger. Also poem “Chinese Jade Chess Set for Boris from Alex”
F.35     Two hand-created birthday cards. One is from the family dog Curly; the other is from Granny, Boris and Denis to Mom
F.36     Unsigned letter addressed to “My dear Mrs. Jacquegs (?)”, n.d.
F.37     Printed invitations to Alex and/or Lotte: City of Montreal to a ball in honour of Princess Margaret, 1958; Ambassador of Canada to Mexico for dinner, 1974; Instituo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1958
F.38     Mother’s Day card, signature not legible
F.39     Handwritten fragments; printed leaflet for Chateau Saint-Nicolas, Neuchâtel.

Series 2
Photographs. – 1932-2002. – 6,921 items (4,987 prints; 1,615 negatives; 319 slides). – Title based on content of series. -- Note that that correspondence series contains 45 photographs, and the scrapbooks contain 7, for a total of 6,973 items.

Box 23
Note: All photographs are of Brott family members and friends. These photographs were found loose and have been placed into envelopes by the archivist. Some may have been grouped together incorrectly. Some of the photographs were identified by Boris Brott. “E” is for envelope, followed by a description of the contents, with the number of photographs in round brackets.

B&w snapshots (unless indicated otherwise); mostly 1940s-1950s
Small size:
E.1       Boris as a child; from baby to young boy; one photograph is dated July 1949; (22)
E.2       Boris in an elementary school play; (2)
E.3       Boris with his mother Lotte; as a toddler and young boy; one photograph is dated Sept. 1946; (12). One photograph of Boris rowing is inscribed on the verso: “stronger the muscels [sic] stronger the chest!!”
E.4       Boris with his father Alex; as a baby and young boy; (6)
E.5       Boris with his parents; as a toddler and young boy; (4). One photograph is not a snapshot but a more formal picture taken in a restaurant and printed on a postcard. The Italian word “ferrania” is printed on the verso.
E.6       Boris with his grandmother Anna Brott; from baby to young boy; one photograph is dated “June 1945”; (4)
E.7       Boris and his brother Denis as children, some with the family dog “Curly”; one was taken in St. Sauver, P.Q.; (6)
E.8       Boris and Denis as children with their mother; (10)
E.9       Boris and Denis as children with their mother and the housekeeper; (1)
E.10     Boris and Denis as children with their father; (1)
E.11     Boris and Denis with Santa Claus; (3)
E.12     Denis as a child; (4)
E.13     Denis with his parents; (1)
E.14     Denis with others: with his mother and the family dog Curly, Nov. 1958; as a young man with his mother and Molly in Montreal, July 1976; (2)
E.15     Denis’s wife Julie with their daughters; (1)
E.16     Denis with his daughters; (2)
E.17     Trip to England in 1955 (Alex, Lotte, and Boris); Denis’s consolation trip on the St. Lawrence; (48). The England photographs include icebergs on the Atlantic, the Liverpool Docks and Milton Hall, Manchester; the house they stayed in with the owner and his housekeeper. One of the photographs of the house is larger and more formal.
E.18     Alex as a child (formal portrait taken at International Studio, Montreal and printed on a postcard); as a child with his brother and mother at the beach – both boys are buried in the sand; (1)
E.19     Alex at his graduation, 25 May 1932, with Sopi Mary Freidman [?]; (1)
E.20     Alex as a young and middle-aged man; one photograph is dated “May 30 -45”
E.21     “Empress of Australia, July 1954, Robert Acton, Professor Brott, R. Harris”; (1)
E.22     Lotte and Alex as young adults, one is dated “11/14/43”; (3)
E.23     Lotte as a young woman and middle-aged; (5)
E.24     Lotte with Boris as a young boy; Victor Fledbrill and Maury Kerneman are also depicted; (1)
E.25     Lotte with her mother-in-law, Anna Brott; (1)
E.26     Lotte alone and with her mother, Else Goetzel, in Fort Lauderdale; (2)
E.27     Lotte as a young woman with her brother-in-law, Steve (formerly Saul) Brott; (1)
E.28     Lotte’s sister, Lena, in Switzerland; (2)
E.29     Steve Brott, Alex’s brother; (2)
E.30     Abe Lenson (Boris’s step-grandfather); alone and with Boris as a child and Alex; (3)
E.31     Abe Lenson with the Brott family (Lotte, Alex, and children); (2)
E.32     Anna Brott (grandmother), as a young woman; (1)
E.33     One of Boris’s aunts; (1)
E.34     Brott family at the family cottage, Lac des Chats, St. Sauveur, in the Laurentians, Quebec; one photograph is dated July 1949; (52). There are inscriptions on the versos of two of the photographs
E.35     At or near the family cottage, although the cottage is not visible; some of these photographs are landscapes; (26)
E.36     Brott family at the beach; (6)
E.37     Brott family at the cottage and in Montreal. These photographs removed from covers of the Montreal Pharmacy where they were printed; (13)
E.38     Brott family at their Montreal house on Earnscliffe Ave. (17). One photograph has a note from Granny on it
E.39     Family dog, Curly; (5)
E.40     Places; Island Lake outside Montreal, Montreal skyline, Switzerland; (3)
E.41     Childhood friend, Mitchell Lazarus; (2)
E.42     Janis Orinstein (singer and Boris’s girlfriend); (1). Toronto Telegram photograph
E.43     Woman and young girl, signed Signe and Eunice; (1)
E.44     Wedding portrait of Tolosa Timmons and Alfred Dix; (1). Ken Davies, photographer, Verdun, P.Q.
E.45     Unidentified woman with German inscription on verso; (1)
E.46     Unidentified man with German inscription on verso; (1), 1947
E.47     Unidentified places; (7)
E.48     Unidentified people; (11). One photograph has been printed on a postcard.

Medium size:
E.49     Alex, Lotte and others at the Tzigane Room, Bucharest Restaurant, Montreal; (1). Federal Photos
E.50     Boris and son; (1). Paul Casselman Photography
E.51     Ardyth Brott; (1) formal portrait

Colour snapshots; 1950s-2000s
Small size:
E.52     Boris as a teen-ager with his mother and others; (1)
E.53     Boris a a young man in Venezuala with Ben Godwin; (2)
E.54     Boris and the Concorde jet on flight from London to Washington D.C., 1975; (11). See also news clippings in Box 37.
E.55     Boris and friends in Niagara Falls, 16 August 1992; (3). Two other photographs were found with the Niagara Falls photograph and are probably unrelated.
E.56     Boris and Ardyth before they were married; (2). One photograph is with Boris’s parents and grandmother, the other is with a mini-moke in Barbados.
E.57     Boris and Ardyth with others; (1)
E.58     Boris and Ardyth with their young son; (2)
E.59     Boris with a baby and toddler; (2)
E.60     Boris and Ardyth with their children and their children’s friends, 2002; (15) – undated (4)
E.61     Alex, honorary LLD (Queen’s) 1973; (1). With  Professor Walley (?)
E.62     Alex at unknown event; (4). Photo by Varkony Studio, Montreal with envelope
E.63     Number not used
E.64     Alex with Sam Bronfman in Israel; (1)
E.65     Alex; (1)
E.66     Alex, 80th birthday reception given by the Mayor of Montreal; (1). Alex is NOT in the photograph although Lotte is.
E.67     Alex alone and with Ardyth; (2)
E.68     Alex with unidentified others; (5). Four of the photographs are from the same gathering.
E.69     Alex and Lotte on Mont Royal in the winter; (2). In bathing suits; (1)
E.70     Alex and Lotte with Jean Vallerand, Nov. 1983; also P. Paré and A. Fleury; (2)
E.71     Alex, Lotte and others at their Kingston home; (2)
E.72     Alex and Lotte with others in her sister’s home; (1)
E.73     Alex and Lotte in formal dress; three different occasions, from middle aged to older; (3)
E.74     Alex and Lotte at formal dinner; (1).
E.75     Alex and Lotte with Edna, spring 1987; formal dress (1)
E.76     Alex and Lotte in formal dress, 24 Oct. 1991; (1)
E.77     Alex and Lotte on vacation in Barbados; (12)
E.78     Alex and Lotte with their son’s wives and grandchildren; (10). One is dated 1984 at Lac des Chats
E.79     Lotte; (2). One is dated 1972
E.80     Lotte with Boris and Denis as children; (1)
E.81     Lotte alone, with Kit Kinnaird from the CBC, with Ben Vines (?); (3)
E.82     Lotte with others, including Robert Plau and  Walter Saltyn and other members of the McGill Board; (5)
E.83     Lotte’s sister and her husband; (1)
E.84     Alex, 70th birthday, formal family celebration at the McGill Faculty Club; (58). There is also a cake for Boris. Denis is holding a vinyl record jacket, “Anthology of Canadian Music, Alexander Brott” in one photograph. In the background of several other photographs is a news clipping from 9 March 1985 re Alex Brott’s 70th birthday.
E.85     Alex, Lotte, Ardyth, Boris, Denis, with cake; (3)
E.86     Grandchildren of Alex and Lotte; (26)
E.87     Grandchildren of Alex and Lotte with their mothers; (7)
E.88     Abe Lenzon; (2)
E.89     Denis in Aspen, Colorado, as a boy to attend music camp; (48). The photographs are not of the school but of the scenery.
E.90     Denis with his wife and children; (6)
E.91     At the family cottage, Summer 1960; (3)
E.92     At or near the family cottage; (26). One photograph is dated Aug. 1959.
E.93     Near the family cottage in winter; (3)
E.94     At the Montreal house; (3)
E.95     Vacation to Boston, Maine, Bar Harbor, Summer 1959; (9)
E.96     Switzerland, 1973; (4). Found together with label. One photograph of Lotte at the beach is presumably not Switzerland
E.97     Mexico, 1974; (15). Some of these may not be Mexico although labeled as such. Some are possibly taken in Florida; the stained glass windows may be in Israel. Includes Boris, Ardyth, Lotte
E.98     Mexico; (22). Identified from the Hotel Real Minas which is in San Miguel de Allende. Includes Alex, Lotte, Denis
E.99     Israel; (5)
E.100   Family dog, Pablo; (2)
E.101   Dog breeder with dogs; (6)
E.102   Janis Orinstein (singer and Boris’s girlfriend); (1)
E.103   Wendy (pretending to be Boris), March 1991; (1)
E.104   Unidentified; (23). One photograph is dated 1972, another 1982

Polariods
E.105   Boris, Ardyth, children in the water at the Kingston, Ont. house owned by Alex and Lotte; (3). Scenery and sunset at the Kingston house; (5)
E.106   Brott swimming pool, Bay Street, Hamilton; (2)
E.107   Lotte, various locations; (13)
E.108   Lotte and Alex on a cruise ship; (13)
E.109   Mexico; (8). Identified from the Hotel Real Minas which is in San Miguel de Allende.
E.110   Alex, Lotte, Ardyth, grandchildren on vacation in Bridgetown, Barbados; (39). Includes Brott room (Alex and Lotte) in hotel.
E.111   At or near the cottage; (23). Includes Lotte, Alex, Denis, Julie, and grandchildren
E.112   Alex and Lotte with their sons, wives and grandchildren; (55)
E.113   Alex and Lotte, portrait painting; (1)
E.114   Alex, portrait painting; (1)
E.115   Eugene Watts and Milan Vitek; (2)
E.116   Various: gardens, fish hatchery; (4)

Box 24
Music Related:
Note: Some of these photographs were found loose and have been placed into envelopes by the archivist. Others have been removed from photographic company envelopes. Some may have been grouped together incorrectly. “E” is for envelope, followed by a description of the contents, with the number of photographs in round brackets. Most of the photographs are col snapshots. B&w photographs are noted.

Colour snapshots
Ontario Place Pops
Note: Dates are generally taken from photographic company envelopes which have not been kept. B&w photographs as well as copyright photographs are noted. See also photograph albums 12-15.
Small size:
E.1       Ford card draw, July 1986 (3)
E.2       Amazing Live Animals, 12 June 1987; (29)
E.3       Ballet Spectacular with Veronica Tennant and Rex Harrington, 19 June 1987; (48)
E.4       Great Virtuoso Prodigy Fest, 26 June 1987; (68)
E.5       Theo. Bikel, 2 July 1987, includes guest conductor; envelopes a, b, c (100)
E.6       Andre Gagnon, 10 July 1987; (32)
E.7       Royal Gala, 17 July 1987. Includes the Duke and Duchess of York (Prince Andrew and Sarah), Premier David Peterson and his wife Shelley; (41)
E.8       Bravo Scotland!, 17 July 1987; (19)
E.9       George Gershwin, 24 July 1987; (27)
E.10     Fireworks Encore, 31 July 1987; (9)
E.11     Various loose photographs from 1987, could not be matched to specific concerts; (21)
E.12     Nostalgia Broadway with Michael Danso and John Arpin, 24 June 1988; (25)
E.13     Zamfir, 8 July 1988; envelopes a, b (53)
E.14     Marc Garneau, Journey into Space, 22 July 1988; (17)
E.15     Musical Fireworks! 15 July 1988; envelope a (7), envelope b (13) with a singer
E.16     Photographs found in an envelope labeled “O.P.P. ’88 xtra photos”; (13). The ballet dancers may be from the Bolero Ballet Spectacular on 30 June 1988; the singer has not been identified.
Larger size:
E.17     Amazing Live Animal concert; 2 b&w, one courtesy of Hamilton Spectator
E.18     Monica Gaylor, pianist; 1 b&w, copyright Franz Maier
E.19     Boris Brott conducting at Ontario Place; 3 b&w, copyright Franz Maier

Boris Brott Summer Music Festival (BBSMF). See also albums 1-11.
Note: Dates are generally taken from photographic company envelopes which have not been kept. B&w photographs as well as copyright photographs are noted.
Small size:
E.20     Kick off at City Hall, 19 July 1988; (18)
E.21     Bands on the Run, Battlefield, 19 July 1988; (16). These photographs are not of the concert but of the advertising banner pulled by an airplane.
E.22     Bands on the Run, Gage Park, 19 July 1988; (12)
E.23     Brass Quintet at Mt. Hope Airport, July 1988; (5)
E.24     Glen Gould Exhibit, Hamilton Art Gallery, 21-30 July 1988; (6)
E.25     Amadeus … at Redeemer College, 25 July 1988; (9)
E.26     Sounds of Joy, Cathedral of Christ the King, Hamilton, 24 July 1988; (13), includes Mayor Robert Morrow
E.27     Karen Kain and friends at Hamilton Place, 28 July 1988; (16)
E.28     Various events, 1991, (6)
E.29     Various events; (35), includes Paul Latreille in the role of Beethoven and David Brott doing a narration
E.29A  Three events: Children’s Concert with Glen Mallory conducting; Viennese evening at the Convention Centre; Marc Garneau at Hamilton Place; (13)
E.29B  Two events: Mother’s Day at the RBG; Glen Mallory at a Children’s Concert; (11)
E.29C  Anton Kuerti and Julian Kuerti, July 2001, “Two Fifths of Beethoven”; (12)
E.30     Windermere, Lake Rousseau, 1997 or later; (8)
E.31     Ardyth celebrating her birthday with Boris at an event; (1)
E.32     Publicity shot for a programme cover; (1)
E.32A  Various events; (1)

Larger size:
E.33     Various events, 1991; (5). In two of the photographs Brott is in eighteenth century dress. Three of the photographs are copyright Hamilton Spectator.
E.34     Contact sheets, 1991
E.35     Kick off at City Hall, 1994; (7), includes Mayor Robert Morrow

Boris Brott:
Small size:
E.36     As a child with violin and baton, b&w; (5). Two are copyright Forester.
E.37     First appearance on stage at age 5, b&w: (2)
E.38     With Oliver Messiaen and Maël Harris, first performance of “Oiseaux Exotiques” in Cardiff, Wales, b&w; (1). Note: This work was composted from Nov. 1955 to Jan. 1956.
E.39     Conducting the B.B.C. Welsh Orchestra in Llandaff; (2)
E.40     Alone and with the violinist of the Lakehead Symphony Orchestra, ca. 1967-72, b&w; (2), Nelson Merrifield photographer
E.41     With members of the Winnipeg Symphony, 20-21 Nov. 1971; (2)
E.42     In rehearsal with unidentified orchestra; (5)
E.43     On tour, Chicago Symphony Hall; (8), includes children
E.44     At Roy Thompson Hall; (2)
E.45     With Martin Foster (violinist) and Mark DuBois (tenor); (2)
E.46     At the Hamilton Art Gallery with a painting by Lawren Harris; (1)
F.47     In formal dress, backstage, 25-02-91; (1). Sticker on verso: Jean-Guy Cimon, Quebec.
E.48     In formal dress, backstage, b&w; (1)
E.49     Backstage with two others, b&w; (1)
E49A:  With Kariné Poghosyan, winner, New West Symphony Discovery Artists, 2002; (1). Message from Poghosyan on the verso.

Other events involving B. Brott:
E.50     World Youth Day, Toronto, Papal Visit (John Paul II), July 2002; (30), also 3 contact sheets. Includes Sister Mari Cordis with Betty Webster.
E.51     Music to See at Redeemer College; (10). Note:  this pre-dates the BBSMF.
E.52     Israel, 40th Anniversary Concert, 5 Nov. 1988 at Hamilton Place; (4)
E.53     Water Music, Stratford, Ont., 1981; (6)

Alexander Brott:
E.54     With others, including Igor Markevitch (composer) and Mildred Goodman (violinist), b&w; (6)
E.55     With Otto Klemperer (1885-1973), conductor, b&w; (1). Jac Guy portraitiste, Montreal
E.56     Conducting, standing beside an organ, in a television studio, b&w; (6)
E.57     Conducting and being interviewed on television, March 1956, b&w; (19). Note: These snaps were taken in a living room of the television screen.
E.58     Conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, ca. 1957, b&w; (3). Hector Garcia, photographer
E.59     Conducting the McGill Chamber Orchestra, January and April 1968, Jean-Pierre Rampal (soloist); (19)
E.60     Conducting the Ron-Am Choir, Montreal; (10). Some of the photographs are taken in Redpath Hall.
E.61     With a cake for the 60th anniversary of the McGill Chamber Orchestra; (2)
E.61A  With Michelle Minard, Redpath Hall; (1) – Menard (2)
E.62     At unknown musical events; (2)
E.63     Inscribed photograph of Ste Kondachs, b&w; (1)

Lotte Brott:
E.64     In Karlsplatz, Vienna, with Maurice Charbonneau on a Montreal Symphony tour, b&w: (1)
E.65     With John Newmark (pianist), b&w; (1)
E.66     Places des Arts I.D., 2/22/1971; (1)

Denis Brott:
E.67     As a boy with cello and piano, b&w; (19)
E.68     With Alexander (Sasha) Schneider in Marlborough; he was studying with Casals; (1)

Other:
E.69     Orchestra in Chautauqua; (1)
E.70     Musicians in Cathédral Marie-Reine-du-Monde, Montreal; (1)
E.71     Unidentified orchestra, probably not associated with the Brotts, b&w; (4)
E.72     Megan Rolland with her grandmother Marion Longford at a Young People’s Concert, 1992; (1)

Other Musicians:
E.73     Arturo Toscanini conducting in the 1940s?; Sir Thomas Beacham; Pierre Mercier (?); James Van Demark (double bass), b&w; (6)
E.74     Geoffrey Waddington, CBC music director, b&w; (1) portrait by John Steele

Box 25
Note: These photographs are generally larger in size and many are taken by professional photographers. They are both b&w and col. They were found loose and have been placed into file folders by the archivist. All photographs are music related except for one of Bob Hope. There is a description of the contents, with the number of photographs in round brackets.

Alexander:
F.1       Portraits, b&w; (10). Some are from Studio Jac-Guy and stamped as proofs. Smaller-size snapshots; (4). With two other men reading a score; (2)
F.2       With the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, b&w; (1)
F.3       A musical event at the Maurice Richard Arena organized by Brott; col. (1)
F.4       With the McGill String Quartet including Lotte Brott (then Goetzel), b&w; (1). Stamped Annette & Basil Zarov, Montreal

Boris:
F.5       Conducting, b&w; (55). Some photographs include orchestras, others are of Brott alone. Photographers include: Hamilton Spectator, V. Tony Hauser, Everett Roseborought Ltd., David Bier Studios, Leo Hausman (dated 4 June 1978), and Margaret F. Gurevich of Winnipeg. One photograph is stamped “Inch Park, Kelso, [Scotland]”.
F.6       Conducting, b&w with layover sheet; (1)
F.7       Conducting, col; (16). Some photographs include orchestras, others are of Brott alone. Photographers include Jack Markow and the Hamilton Spectator. Some are stamped “polacolour”.
F.8       New West Symphony, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 22 Sept. 2001, Van Cliburn guest artist; (3 col, 5 b&w). The b&w photographs are stickered “David E. Wiess”.
F.9       Conducting various orchestras; (b&w, 6; col 1; polaroid 1). National Academy Orchestra; a children’s orchestra; at Dofasco; at the Symphony Centre in Mississauga, Ont.
F.10     BBMF: “Author, Author” Concert with Pierre Berton and the Academy Orchestra at the Hamilton Art Gallery, Oct. 1991; (1). Dated from the Pierre Berton fonds, Box 262
F.11     Portraits, b&w; (32). Photographers include: Nelson Merrifield, Cavouk Portraits, Shaw Concerts, Inc., M. Dismatsek, P. Sparrow (?), Charles E. Maurer, Godfrey Hall, Hamilton Spectator, Paul Casselman (Brott beside the swimming pool).
F.12     Portraits, col: (12). One was taken by the Hamilton Spectator. Also one additional photograph of a violin – the image of the person in the background is indistinct.
F.13     Award: Jaycees of Canada, Five Outstanding Canadians, 17 March 1973; b&w (4), col (8). Also invitation programme and photocopies of telexes from Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Robert L. Stanfield, David R. Gergen. The other four honorées that year were Harold Cardinal, David Crombie, Fraser Dougall, and Karen Magnussen. They appear in some of the photographs; Ardyth Brott is also in one. The photographs are all stamped “Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.” See also scrapbook S.15 and Box 84 for an audio cassette.
F.14     Award: Order of Canada; b&w (1). Brott with Ardyth and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Brott is wearing the Order.
F.15     Social and promotional events and unidentified awards; (b&w 9, col 7). Photographers include Hamilton Spectator and Leo Hausman. There is one photograph with George Cohon, the chair of McDonald’s Canada who has autographed it, [1981; see scrapbook 20]. Others are with Ronald McDonald, Bob MacDonald (painter), Lily Oddie Munro (Ontario cabinet minister), Andres Candlelight and Wine, National Academy Orchestra Benefit at Morgan Firestone’s house in Ancaster, Ont., and Anglican ministers. Ardyth is in some of the photographs.
F.16     Promotional photo shoots; Dofasco Festival Series (1 b&w) with leaflet; Ibbs& Tillett, London (agents) (3 b&w) with leaflet; on a motorcycle (3 col.), Music Power in the Stoney Creek Quarry, b&w; (9). See also Box 26, Envelope E.

Boris and Denis:
F.17     Portraits as young men; b&w (4). Photographer, Godfred Hall.

Denis:
F.18     With others; b&w (6). Photographer Jac-Guy Inc.

Other Musicians:
F.19     Elmer Eisler Singers; b&w (5)

Other:
F.20     Contact sheets
F.21     Bob Hope, autographed; (1)

Box 26
Oversize photographs
Envelope A: Probably Gage Park, Hamilton, Ont., Musical Fireworks, [1974] (7 b&w); see Scrapbook S.18
Envelope B: Conducting; (1 b&w)
Promotional:
Envelope C: 1 b&w
Envelope D: with title “Everyone has a part to play”; (1 b&w)
Envelope E: Music Power at the Stoney Creek Quarry; (3 b&w)
Envelope F: Paste-up board

Photograph albums:
Note: The original albums have been retained with dates provided by Brott. The photographs have been placed in archival sleeves and the albums numbered.
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival:
Album 1: 1988, 1980; includes Hoffnung art on display; also one sleeve of photographic slides
Album 2a-b: 1990, 1991; includes 1.5 sleeves of photographic slides
Album 3: 1992
Album 4: 1993
Album 5: 1995
Album 6: 1995
Album 7: 1996
Album 8: 1997
Album 9: Spring 1998; includes Alexander Brott
Album 10: Spring and Summer 1999; also Oliver Jones in November
Album 11: Summer and Fall 2000

Ontario Place Pops:
Note: Most of the photographs are colour although there are a few b&w
Album 12: 1986
Album 13 and 13a: 1987
Album 14: Although labeled 1987, some of the photographs in this album have 1988 banners
Album 15: 1988 and 1989

Events:
Album 16
Three of these events have been identified.
– Hamilton and Scourge (War of 1812 schooners) event at Battlefield House
– BBSMF, Roberta Bondar and the Inuit Spirit, ca. 2000* – World Youth Day, Toronto, July 2002 with Pope John Paul II (some b&w photographs)
The other events have not been identified.
– Premier David Peterson and others, including Maureen Forrester, outside Queen’s Park
– Scottish (partly) themed event
– Event with a red and white bandstand
Album 17
Photographic slides album
Slides were gathered together by the archivist and placed in sleeves; 16 in total although not all sleeves are full. Includes Lupiano show; at CHCH TV, in car, study and conducting; .Some are stamped Ed Krieger, Hollywood Calif.; Canadian Arctic, Nov. 2002; Marc Garneau; family and friends. Some of the sleeves are original and are stamped Orlando, Fla.
Box 27: Negatives

Series 3
Programmes, posters other printed materials. – 1934-2005; predominant 1972-2004. – 1.72 m of textual records. – Title based on content of series. – The series contains programmes, seasonal leaflets, promotional and sponsorship materials, and posters.

Programmes:
Many of these programmes were stapled into scrapbooks. They have been removed and placed in file folders. Order is by orchestra and within each orchestra files are chronological. The Hamilton Philharmonic is filed first, followed by all other orchestras. Brott is the conductor for almost all programmes listed. Exceptions (such as guest conductors) are noted. Other programmes with Brott as conductor are located in the Scrapbook series.

Box 28
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra:
1973:
F.1       Candlelight and Wine Concerts. 31 Jan., 21 Feb., 28 Nov. 1973
F.2       Maurice Ravel, St. Lawrence Centre. 1 Feb. 1973
F.3       Hamilton Place Festival Opening. 22, 23 Sept. 1973
F.4       Children’s Concert, “The Jungle Book”, 20 Oct. [1973]
F.5       Burlington Friends of the Philharmonic. 26 Oct. 1973
F.6       Pops Concert, Peter Appleyard Quartet. 31 Oct. 1973

F.7       Dofasco Festival Series. “Brahms’ Greatest Hits”. 25 Oct. 1974

1975:
F.8       Dofasco Festival Series. “Mozart’s Greatest Hits”, 24 Jan. 1975
F.9       Candlelight and Wine Series. 24 Sep. 1975
F.10     Concert Hall Series. 5, 6 Oct.; 23, 24 Nov. 1975
F.11     du Maurier Pops. “Octoberfest”, 10 Oct. 1975
F.12     Huronia Series. Barrie, Ont. 27 Oct. 1975
F.13     Cobourg Opera and Drama Guild. 29 Oct. 1975
F.14     McGill Chamber Orchestra Presents the HPO. Denis Brott, cellist. 3 Nov. 1975. Montreal
F.15     Matinee Series. 30 Nov. 1975
F.16     Dofasco Festival Series. 5 Dec. 1975
F.17     With Laurindo Almeida, Canadian Brass. St. Lawrence Centre, Dec. 1975. The exact date in December is not given in the programme.

1976:
F.18     Concert Hall Series. 11, 12 Jan.; 21, 22 Mar., 11, 12 Apr. 1976
F.19     Dofasco Festival Series. 13 Feb.; 30 Apr. 1976
F.20     Hamilon Philharmonic Associates, University of Guelph Faculty Series, Igor Stravinsky, “L’Historie du Soldat”, 22 Feb. 1976. Note: Otto Armin, guest conductor; Brott, special guest narrator. There is another programme for this work performed at Hamilton Place; Brott is not mentioned on this programme and it may not belong in this file.
F.21     du Maurier Pops. 26 Mar. 1976
F.22     Candlelight Series. 21 Apr. 1976
F.23     Stelco Family Concert. Charlie Farquharson and Catherine McKinnon. 8-9 May 1976

ca. 1976:
F.24     Carrol Anne Curry, Oakville, Ont.

1977:
F.25     du Maurier Pops. 23, 24 Sept. (Miklos Roza, guest conductor); 18, 19 Nov. 1977 (Don Pippin, conductor)
F.26     Dofasco Festival Series. 19 Oct. 1977
F.27     Seagram Celebrity Concert. 23, 34 Oct. 1977.
F.28     Great Concert Series. 13, 14 Nov. 1977. Guest conductor, Luis Herrera de la Fuente.
F.29     Cathedral Restoration Festival Concert. 11 Dec. 1977.
F.30     Harry Belafonte. Gala Benefit Performance. 14 Dec. 1977

1978:
F.31     Great Concert Series. 15, 16 Jan.; 12, 13 Feb.; 12, 13 Mar. (guest conductor, Volker Wangenheim); 9, 10 Apr. 1978
F.32     du Maurier Pops. 20, 21 Jan.; 17, 18 Feb. (guest conductor, Harry Pinchin); 18, 19 Mar. (guest conductor, Erich Kunzel); 24, 25 Nov. (guest conductor, Eric Knight) 1978
F.33     Annual Student Concerts, 30, 31 Jan.; 1, 6 Feb. 1978
F.34     Spectator Young People’s Concert Series. 4 Feb; 4 Mar.; 14 Oct. (conductor, Anthony Royse) 1978
F.35     Dofasco Festival Series. 15 Feb., 15 Mar. (guest conductor, George Crum), 12 Apr. 1978
F.36     Shaw Festival. Aladdin and His Magic Lamp. 5 Mar. 1978
F.37     Collegiate Festival Series, Collingwood. 18 Apr. 1978
F.38     Civitan Club of Oakville: An Evening of Classical Lollipops. 3 May 1978
F.39     Stelco Family Concert. 7 May 1978
F.40     COHU Memorial Concert, Port Hope. 24 Sept. 1978.
F.41     Theatre Operating Committee, Deep River. 26 Sept. 1978
F.42     Petawawa Civic Centre. 27 Sept. 1978
F.43     Grenville Christian College. HPO Principal String Quartet. 30 Sept. 1978
F.44     Kingston Symphony Association Presents the HPO. 1 Oct. 1978
F.45     Cathedral Festival Concerts. 6 Oct. 1978
F.46     Seagram Celebrity Concert. 22, 23 Oct. 1978
F.47     Hamilton Wentworth Lung Association Campaign at Dofasco. 24 Oct. 1978; typed listing
F.48     Centre Mall. 26 Oct. 1978; typed listing
F.49     Tchaikovsky. 29 Oct. 1978

1979:
F.50     Cathedral Festival Concerts. Carrol Anne Curry. 5 Jan. 1979
F.51     World Concert Premiere. Edford Providence. Massey Hall, 8 Jan. 1979
F.52     Great Concert Series. 14, 15 Jan.; 28, 29 Jan.; 25, 26 Feb.; 18, 19 Mar.; 8, 9 Apr. (guest conductor, Iosif Conta); 22, 23 Apr.; 4, 5 Nov., 2, 3 Dec. 1979
F.53     du Maurier Pops. 19, 20 Jan.; 2, 3 Mar.; 23, 24 Mar. (guest conductor, Graham Young); 4, 5 May (conductor, Skitch Henderson) 1979
F.54     Spectator Young People’s Concerts: 3 Feb., 31 Mar., 20 Oct. (conductor, Alexander Brott) 1979
F.55     Shaw Festival. Entre-six Dance Company. 4 Feb. 1979
F.56     Moe Koffman Quintet. 9 Mar. 1979 at Christ’s Church Cathedral; 10 Mar. 1979 at the Oakville Centre
F.57     “The Little Sweep”, before 15 Apr. [1979] (part of the spring season), with the Hamilton Children’s Chorus, Oakville, Ont.
F.58     F.J. Haydn, “Die Schöpfung”, Guelph Choral Society, Hans Bauer, conductor; 29 Apr. 1979
F.59     Hoffnung Interplanetary Festival featuring the HPO, Ontario Place, 24 May 1979. There is no conductor listed.

Autumn Tour, 22-28 Sept. 1979
F.60     Tour schedule with evening and student programmes
F.61     Bishop’s University presents Les Grand Concerts. 25 Sept. 1979
F.62     Le centre cultural de Shawinigan. 27 Sep. 1979

F.63     Dofasco Family Pops. 13 Oct., 24 Nov. 1979
F.64     Seagram Celebrity Concert. 14, 15 Oct. 1979
F.65     OHA Pops Concert. Royal York Hotel, 30 Oct. 1979
F.66     du Maurier Pops, Gilbert and Sullivan, [197-]; Godfrey Ridout, conductor

1980:
F.67     Great Concert Series. 6, 7 Jan.; 27, 28 Jan. (guest conductor, György Lehel); 17, 18 Feb.; 16, 17 Mar., 13, 14 Apr.; 19, 20 Oct.; 16, 17 Nov. 1980
F.68     Candlelight Concerts, 16 Jan., 20 Mar., 23 Apr., 30 Sept., 1-2 Oct., 16-18 Dec. 1980
F.69     Dofasco Family Pops. 12 Jan. (Erich Kunzel, guest conductor), 9 Feb., 25 Oct., 15 Nov., 6 Dec. 1980
F.70     Spectator Young People’s Concerts. 2 Feb., 22 Mar., 8 Nov. 1980
F.71     Annual Student concerts, 4, 5, 6 Feb. 1980
F.72     OHA Gershwin Concert, 28 Oct. 1980
F.73     “Messiah” with the Bach-Elgar Choir, 12, 13 Dec. 1980

Box 29
1981:
F.1       Great Concert Series. 11, 12 Jan.; 1, 2 Feb.; 1, 2 Mar.; 22, 23 Mar.; 12, 13 Apr. (guest conductor, Franz-Paul Decker); 3, 4 May 1981
F.2       Dofasco Family Pops, 17 Jan., 31 Oct., 5 Dec. 1981
F.3       Orkidstra, Oakville, [7-8 Feb. 1981]
F.4       Annual Students Concerts, 9, 10, 11 Feb. 1981
F.5       Spectator Young People’s Concert Series. 14 Feb., 7 Mar. (guest conductor, Anthony Royse), 14 Nov. 1981
F.6       Saturday Night at the Pops. 21 Feb. (guest conductor, Mitch Miller), 14 Mar., 25 Apr. (guest conductor, Howard Cable), 23 May 1981
F.7       The “Twentieth Century Series”. 26 Feb., 2 Apr. (Alexander Brott, guest conductor), 14 May, 22 Oct. 1981
F.8       Tour: Ottawa, Toronto, London, 27 Sept., 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 1981. Children’s Concerts were performed in the afternoon; Great Concerts in the evenings. Also in the programme are performances at Hamilton Place on 4, 5 Oct. 198.1
F.9       Great Concert Series. 4, 5 Oct., 25, 26 Oct., 22, 23 Nov. 1981
F.10     Yamaha Children’s Concert, 4 Oct. 1981
F.11     Spectator Candlelight Concert, 5 Nov. 1981
F.12     Great Choral Works with Orchestra Series, Music at St. George’s United Church, Toronto, 7 Nov. 1981; T. Woolard Harris, conductor
F.13     “Messiah”, 11, 12 Dec. 1981
F.14     A Festival of Christmas Music with the Bach Elgar Choir, 17 Dec. 1981

1982:
F.15     Great Concert Series.10, 11 Jan.; 31 Jan., 1 Feb.; 21, 22 Feb. (guest conductor, Sergio Cardenas); 14, 15 Mar., 18, 19 Apr., 9, 10 May 1982
F.16     Great Choral Works with Orchestra Series, Music at St. George’s United Church, Toronto, 23 Jan.1982; T. Woolard Harris, conductor
F.17     Annual Students Concerts, 9, 10, 11 Feb. 1982. Not a formal programme, rather a listing.
F.18     Dofasco Family Pops, 16 Jan., 6 Feb. (guest conductor, Erick Kunzel), 27 Feb., 3 Apr., 24 Apr. 1982
F.19     Candlelight Concerts, 21 Jan., 29 Apr. 1982
F.20     Twentieth Century series. 25 Mar., 6 May 1982
F.21     Young People’s concerts, 20 Mar., 1 May, 13 Nov. 1982
F.22     Pops Double, 26, 27 May 1982. A CBC/HPO production.
F.23     Tribute to Mantovani at Ontario Place, 11 Aug. 1982
F.24     Dofasco Family Pops, 9, 30 Oct. (conductor, Mitch Miller), 20 Nov. (conductor and pianist, Tommy Banks), 4 Dec. 1982
F.25     Twentieth Century series. 14 Oct., 18 Nov., 23 Dec. 1982
F.26     Great Concert Series. 17, 18 Oct., 7, 8 Nov., 28, 29 Nov., 19, 20 Dec. 1982
F.27     Stravinsky Celebration concert, McMaster University, 22 Oct. 1982
F.28     Messiah, 10, 11 Dec. 1982; in Mississauga on 12 Dec. 1982
F.29     The Magic Christmas concert, 22 Dec. 1982

1983:
F.30     Great Concert Series. 9, 10 Jan., 20, 21 Feb., 13, 14 Mar., 10, 11 Apr. (conductor, Akira Endo), 1, 2 May 1983
F.31     Dofasco Family Pops, 14 Jan., 12 Feb., 12 Mar., 7 May (guest conductor, Eric Knight) 1983
F.32     Young People’s concerts, 15 Jan., 19 Mar. (conductor, Anthony Royce), 5 Nov. 1983
F.33     HPO programme, although HPO are not involved. National Theatre of the Deaf, 8 Feb. 1983
F.34     HPO at Ontario Place, 2 June 1983. This is not a printed programme, rather a typed list.
F.35     Great Concert Series. 2, 3 Oct.; 30, 31 Oct. (BBC Welsh Symphony, James Lockhart, conductor); 13, 14 Nov.; 4, 5 Dec. 1983
F.36     Dofasco Family Pops, 22 Oct., 19 Nov. (conductor, Skitch Henderson), 17 Dec. 1983
F.37     Stelco Musicalive!, 29 Oct., 10 Nov. 1983
F.38     Harry Belafonte with Ann Mortifee, Neil Chotem, conductor, 23 Nov. [1983?]
F.39     “Messiah”, 9, 10 Dec. 1983
F.40     The Magic Christmas concert, 15 Dec. 1983

1984:
F.41     Stelco Music Alive! 5 Jan. 1984
F.42     Great Concert Series. 8, 9 Jan., 29, 30 Jan., 26, 27 Feb., 25, 26 Mar., 15, 16 Apr., 13, 14 May 1984
F.43     Dofasco Family Pops. 14 Jan. (“An Evening with Hagood Hardy”, Hardy conducting), 25 Feb., 17 Mar., 7 Apr. (conductor, Mitch Miller), 5 May 1984
F.44     Spectator Candlelight series. 20, 21 Jan., 3, 4 Feb., 9, 10 Mar., 30, 31 Mar.( David Miller, conductor) 1984
F.45     Young People’s concerts: 28 Jan., 3 Mar., 1984
F.46     Dofasco Family Pops, Encore Pops series. 16 Mar., 6 Apr. (conductor, Mitch Miller), 4 May 1984
F.47     Ontario Place. Explanatory typed note: The All-Tchaikovsky concert was not played on 31 May 1984 because of weather conditions. The same typed note has a Beethoven listing for 8 June 1984.
F.48     Music of the Americas, Joint National Conference of the Association of Canadian Orchestras and the American Symphony Orchestra League, 6 June 1984
F.49     Music Alive. 26 Sept., 7 Nov. 1984

North Central Communities Tour:
F.50     Timmins, 3 Oct. 1984
F.51     Sault Ste. Marie, 4 Oct. 1984. Algoma Fall Festival leaflet also in file.
F.52     Sudbury, 5 Oct. 1984
F.53     North Bay, 6 Oct. 1984. Arts & Sciences Festival leaflet also in file.
F.54     Parry Sound, 7 Oct. 1984

Box 30
F.1       Seagram Celebrity series. 14, 15 Oct., 25, 26 Nov. 1984
F.2       Dofasco Family Pops. 20, 21 Oct., 17, 18 Nov., 1, 2 Dec. 1984 (Richard Hayman, guest conductor for December)
F.3       Brunch with Bach, 28 Oct. 1984; no conductor listed
F.4       Standard Life Celebrity series. 4, 5 Nov., 16, 17 Dec. 1984 (Urs Schneider, guest conductor for December)
F.5       “Messiah”, 8, 9 Dec. 1984
F.6       The Magic Christmas Concert, 14 Dec. 1984. No conductor for the HPO listed, only for the choirs.

1985:
F.7       Dofasco Family Pops. 5, 6 Jan., 26, 27 Jan. 1985
F.8       Music Alive. 9 Jan. 1985. John Barnum, guest conductor
F.9       Seagram Celebrity series. 13, 14 Jan., 3, 4 Mar., 12, 13 May 1985
F.10     Life Savers Sundae Symphonies. 20 Jan. (Glen Fast, guest conductor), 24 Feb., 28Apr. 1985
F.11     Hamilton Spectator Candlelight concerts. 22, 23 Jan., 26, 27 Feb., 9, 10 Apr. (Paul Robinson, guest conductor), 28, 29 May 1985. Also in file programme notes by Richard Gale for the January, April and May performances.
F.12     Bach and Handel Celebration, McMaster University, 1 Feb. 1985. Also in file Celebrity Concerts leaflet
F.13     Standard Life Celebrity series. 3, 4 Feb., 31 Mar., 1 Apr. (Alexander Brott, guest conductor), 21, 22 Apr. 1985
F.14     Bach and all that Jazz, Student Concert programme, 6-8 Feb. 1985
F.15     Brunch with Bach. 10 Feb. (no conductor listed), 24 Mar. (no conductor listed), 20 Oct., 17 Nov. 1985 (Douglas M. Sanford, guest conductor)
F.16     Music at St. Paul’s, 6 Mar. 1985, Norman Illis Reintamm, conductor
F.17     Dofasco Family Pops. 9, 10 Mar. (Eric Knight, guest conductor), 13, 14 Apr. (Erich Kunzel, guest conductor), 1, 2 June 1985
F.18     Stelco Coffee concerts. 27 Mar., 17 Apr., 8 May 1985
F.19     Wiser’s Deluxe series of the Performing Arts. Bellville, Ont., [15 May 1985]
F.20     Canadian Concert series, Pembroke, Ont., 16 May 1985
F.21     By Design – House – Fund-Raiser, 23 May 1985. Typed listing
F.22     27th Annual Congress of Association Cambiste Internationale, 31 May 1985, Roy Thomson Hall
F.23     Centre Mall Concert, 25 Oct. 1985. Typed listing
F.24     Music Alive! 25 Sept., 30 Oct., 27 Nov. 1985
F.25     Seagram Celebrity series. 29, 30 Sept., 3, 4 Nov. 1985, 1, 2 Dec. (Paul Greeman, guest conductor) 1985
F.26     Dofasco Family Pops. 5, 6 Oct. (Erich Kunzel, guest conductor), 9, 10 Nov., 7, 8 Dec. (Eric Knight, guest conductor) 1985
F.27     “Messiah”, 14 Dec. 1985
F.28     Stelco Family Christmas concert, 15 Dec. 1985

1986:
F.29     Brunch with Bach, 5 Jan. 1986
F.30     Serenade series, Oakville, Ont., 7 Jan. (John Barnum, guest conductor), 18 Mar. (Sydney Read, guest conductor; Brott’s name is also on the programme) 1986
F.31     Standard Life Celebrity series. 12, 13 Jan., 23, 24 Feb., 6, 7 Apr., 25, 26 May 1986
F.32     Air Canada presents Passport to the World. 15 Jan., 19 Feb. (Glenn Mallory, guest conductor), 9 Apr. 1986
F.33     Hamilton Spectator Sundae Symphonies. 19 Jan., 16 Feb. (Douglas M. Sanford, guest conductor), 23 Mar. (Glenn Mallory, guest conductor) 1986. Note: Brott’s name also appears on both the Feb. and Mar. programmes.
F.34     Dofasco Family Pops. 25, 26 Jan., 1, 2 Mar. 1986
F.35     Coffee concerts. 29 Jan. (John Barnum, guest conductor), 26 Feb., 2 Apr. (Paul Robinson), guest conductor
F.36     Seagram Celebrity concerts. 2, 3 Feb., 16, 17 Mar. (Raffi Armenian, guest conductor), 4, 5 May 1986
F.37     Dundas Public Library, Chamber concert series. 9 Feb., 16 Mar., 20 Apr., 8 June 1986. No conductor is listed for these concerts.
F.38     du Maurier Candlelight concerts. 11, 12 Feb., 4, 5 Mar. (Dwight Bennett, guest conductor), 25, 26 Mar. (Roberto de Clara, guest conductor), 15, 16 Apr. (Brian Jackson, guest conductor) 1986
F.39     Dofasco Family Pops.12, 13 Apr. (guest conductor, Richard Hayman), 10, 12 May; 31 May, 1 June (guest conductor, Everett Gordon) 1986
F.40     Opera Hamilton, Carmen, 1, 3 May 1986
F.41     Orangeville & District Concert Association, 6 May 1986
F.42     International Reprographic Association, Roy Thomson Hall, 8 May 1986; photocopy of p. 11
F.43     Ontario Place Forum, 28 May and 4 June 1986; typed listing
F.44     Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 1 June 1986; Everett Gordon, guest conductor
F.45     Tribute to Alex Radin, Roy Thomson Hall, 17 June 1986
F.46     Music Alive. 24 Sept., 5 Nov., 17 Dec. 1986
F.47     K-4 Student Concerts, 6, 7 8, Oct. 1986; typed list
F.48     Seagram Celebrity series, 26, 27 Oct.; 7, 8 Dec. 1986
F.49     Dofasco Family Pops, 1, 2 Nov.; 29, 30 Nov.; 13, 14 Dec. 1986

Tour:
F.50     Brockville Ont., 19 Nov. 1986
F.51     Nepean, Ont., 20 Nov. 1986
F.52     Gravenhurst, 23 Nov. 1986

F.53     “Messiah”, 2 Dec. 1986

1987:
F.54     Passport to the World. 7 Jan., F.25 Feb., 15 Apr. 1987
F.55     Seagram Celebrity Concerts. 11, 12 Jan.; 1, 2 Feb. (guest conductor and soloist, Barry Tuckwell); 8, 9 Mar. 1987
F.56     Serenade series, Oakville, Ont. 13 Jan., 24 Nov. 1987
F.57     Hamilton Spectator Sundae Symphonies. 18 Jan., 15 Feb., 29 Mar. (conductor, John Barnum) 1987
F.58     du Maurier Candlelight concerts. 20, 21 Jan., 3, 4 Mar. 1987
F.59     Dofasco Family Pops. 24, 25 Jan.; 28 Feb., 1 Mar. (guest conductor and soloist, Walter Noona) 1987
F.60     Candlelight Concerts. 31 Mar., 1 Apr. (guest conductor, Alexander Brott), 28, 29 Apr. (conductor for 29 Apr.) 1987
F.61     Family Pops. 4, 5 Apr. (guest conductor, Brian Jackson), 25, 26 Apr. (guest conductor/pianist, Neil Richardson), 23, 24 May 1987
F.62     Seagram Celebrity Concerts. 12, 13 Apr. (guest conductor, Uri Mayer), 10, 11 May 1987
F.63     Music Alive. 22 Sept., 28 Oct., 16 Dec. 1987
F.64     Una Bella Notte, 27 Sept. 1987
F.65     Brunch with Bach. 4 Oct., 1 Nov. 1987. No conductor listed.
F.66     Seagram Celebrity Concerts. 18, 19 Oct.; 8, 9 Nov.; 13, 14 Dec. (guest conductor and soloist, Joseph Silverstein)
F.67     Dofasco Family Pops. 24, 25 Oct.; 14, 15 Nov.; 5, 6 Dec. 1987
F.68     “Messiah”, 19 Dec. 1987

Box 31
1988:
F.1       Alexanian Oakville Serenades: 12 Jan. 1988
F.2       Dofasco Family Pops: 16, 17 Jan. (guest conductor, Newton Wayland); 13, 14 Feb.; 12, 13 Mar. 1988
F.3       Brunch with Bach. 7 Feb. 1988. Note: condition issues with programme
F.4       du Maurier Candlelight Concerts. 9, 10 Feb. (guest conductor, Dwight Bennett); 8, 9 Mar.; 5, 6 Apr. 1988
F.5       Dofasco Family Pops. 9, 10 Apr.; 7, 8 May (guest conductor, Richard Hayman)
F.6       Seagram Celebrity Concerts. 10, 11 Jan.; 31 Jan., 1 Feb. (guest conductor, Carter Nice); 21, 22 Feb. 1988
F.7       Hamilton Spectator Sundae Symphonies. 24 Jan., 24 Apr. 1988
F.8       Seagram Celebrity Concerts. 27, 28 Mar. (guest conductor, Simon Streatfeild); 17, 18 Apr.; 15, 16 May 1988
F.9       Alexanian Oakville Serenades. 25, 26 Oct. 1988
F.10     “Bikel and Brott in Celebration of Israel”, 5 Nov. 1988

Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra:
F.11     1 Apr. (conductor, Nicholas Braithwaite); 6 Apr. (conductor, Glenn Maollory), 1980

Other Orchestras:
Note: Boris Brott is usually the conductor or guest conductor, exceptions are noted.
F.12     Algoma Music Camp Youth Orchestra, 3 Feb. 1976

BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
F.13     Cardiff Festival of 20th Century Music, 14 Mar. 1972 (programme at p. 58); Andrew Davis, conductor
F.14     Cardiff Festival of 20th Century Music, 13 Mar. 1973 (programme at p. 51)
F.15     Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 20 Aug. 1974
F.16     St. Luke’s church, Newport, 12 Sept. 1974
F.17     Tour: Gwyn Hall, Neath, 17 Sept.; Leisure Centre, Ebbw Vale, 19 Sept.; St. David’s church, Merthyr Tydfil, 20 Sept. 1974
F.18     St. Asaph Cathedral, 12 Mar.; Llandudno Arcadia Theatre, 13 Mar. 1975
F.19     Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 13 Aug. 1975
F.20     Cardiff Festival of 20^th Century Music, 9 Mar. 1976 (programme at p. 32)
F.21     Royal Gala Performance for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, opening of Theatr Clwyd Mold, 21 May 1976
F.22     Theatr Hafren, Newton, 23 Mar. 1985
F.23     Theatr Clwyd, 24 Mar. 1985

F.24     Bari: Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari, 21 June 2001

F.25     CBC Festival Orchestra, 8 July 1975
F.26     CBC Winnipeg Festival. CBC Winnipeg Orchestra, 13 May, 1, 10, 15 June 1975
F.27     CJRT Festival Series, Massey Hall, 11 Nov. 1984
F.28     Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Banff Festival of the Arts, 26-28 July 1984
F.29     Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Petro-Canada Light Classics, 1 Oct. 1994 (programme at p. 23)
F.30     Calgary Youth Orchestra, n.d.
F.31     Channel Islands Symphony Orchestra, Americana, Ojai, Ca., Nan Washburn, conductor, 4 July 1997
F.32     Classical Orchestra Academy, 5 Sept. 1990
F.33     (Technics) Classical Academy orchestra, 31 July 1993

F.34     Dallas Symphony, “Pomp and Pipes”, 8, 9 Oct. (programme at p. 62); “Messiah”, 18, 19 Dec. 1993 (programme at p. 65)
F.35     Delaware Symphony Orchestra, 6, 7, 8, Mar. 1986

F.36     Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 25, 26 Oct. 1975
F.37     Engelsburg, Germany. Concert with Hans von Waldkirch, 27 June 1939. Note: Brott’s mother, Lotte Goetzel, was the cellist. Programme is a mimeograph with water damage.
F.38     Haifa Symphony Orchestra, 7, 8, 9 Apr. 1984
F.39     Hamilton, Ont.; Opera Hamilton, 22, 24 March 1984. The programme does not list the orchestra or the conductor.

Israel Chamber Orchestra:
F.40     “Tones and Voices”, Concert No. 1, 9-13 Oct. 1988
F.41     “Tones”, Concert No. 2, 8-13 Dec. 1990
F.42     “Tones and Voices”, No. 7 and “Tones” No. 4, 26-28 Feb., 1 Mar. 1994

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra:
F.43     Popular & Classic Series, 7, 8 May 1991. “Tonight is his [Brott’s] first performance with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra,”
F.44     Popular Programme, Concert No. 2; 14, 15, 16 Jan. 1992
F.45     Popular, Concert No. 2, Classic Concert No. 2; 6, 7, 8 Dec. 1994

F.46     Julliard Graduate School, Six Orchestral Concerts Illustrating the Literature of the Concerto, Sixth and Last Concert, 17 April 1934, New York City. Note: Alexander Brott was a student at Julliard. The programme is water damaged.

Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra:
F.47     Masterpiece Series A, 9 Nov. 1984
F.48     Esso Pops, 26, 27 Sept. 1986

London, Ont.: Orchestra London:
F.49     Musically Speaking, 3 May 1987. Note: David and Alexandra Brott, narrators
F.50     Pops!, 3, 4 Oct. 1998

McGill Symphony Orchestra:
Note: Alexander Brott was the conductor, joined by Boris Brott in later years
F.51     16 May 1974, in Mexico
F.52     18 Nov. 1985; Denis Brott, cello
F.53     4 Mar. 1991
F.54     11, 12, 13 May 1993
F.55     7 Feb. 1994
F.56     11, 12, 13 May 1994

Box 32
F.1       16, 17, 18 April 1996; 13 May 1996
F.2       5, 7, 12, 13 May 1997
F.3       27 Oct. 1997
F.4       23 Mar. 1998
F.5       12 Oct. 1998
F.6       Lotte Brott Memorial Fund Gala, 10 May 1999
F.7       Connoisseur Concerts, 13 Sept. 1999
F.8       15 May 2000
F.9       Benefit Concert for the Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2 Oct. 2000
F.10     6 Nov. 2000
F.11     3-5 Apr. 2001
F.12     Gala Concert Benefit, 7 May 2001
F.13     8 Oct. 2001
F.14     5 Nov. 2001
F.15     18 Mar. 2002
F.16     23 Sept. 2002
F.17     28 Oct. 2002
F.18     23 April 2003 (last programme with both Brotts as conductors)
F.19     26 Sept. 2005

Mexico:
F.20     State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra / Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, 1975 United States tour. File also includes a photograph and news clippings. There is no mention of Brott in any of this material.
F.21     Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, 11-13 April 1975

National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa:
F.22     15-16 Feb. 1985
F.23     Canadian Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Children, “From Darkness to Life”, with member of the National Arts Centre String Orchestra, Ottawa Congress Centre, 29 Apr. 1985
F.24     Student Matinée Concerts. 4-6 June 1985
F.25     Seagram Pops. 10-11 Oct. 1986
F.26     Seagram Pops. 13-14 Feb. 1987
F.27     Seagram Pops. 3-4 April 1987
F.28     Young People’s Concert. “Let the Orchestra Tell the Tale.” 26 Mar. 1994.
F.29     Young People’s Concerts. “Fire”. 28 Jan. 1995
F.30     Young People’s Concerts. “What a Musical World! European Treasures”. 4 Apr. 1998.
F.31     Young People’s Concerts. “Say it with Music! Festival of Lights”. 12 Dec. 1998.
F.32     Young People’s Concerts. “Say it with Music! Animal Crackers”. 23 Jan. 1999
F.33     Young People’s Concerts. 29 Jan 2000. Rehearsal and performance schedule

F.34     New Hamilton Orchestra, Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble, Kiev Classical Ballet Theatre. The Nutcracker. [Dec.] 1997. Michael Reason, conductor for the Saturday afternoon performance.

New West Symphony:
Season 1995-96:
F.35     Mexico Alive! 25 Feb. 1996
F.36     Polynesia Alive! 31 Mar. 1996
F.37     Discovery Artists. 16-17 Jan. 1998
F.38     Art Work for “The Grand Canyon Suite” Performance. 16-17 Oct. 1998
F.39     “Messiah”. 13 Dec. 1998
F.40     The Nutcracker, Channel Islands Ballet Company, [Dec.] 1998
F.41     Discovery Artists. 15-16 Jan. 1999.
F.42     Tango Party!, 26 Feb.; Argentina Alive!, 27 Feb.; Indonesia Alive!. 28 Feb. 1999
F.43     “Messiah”. 10 Dec. 1999
F.44     Discovery Artists and Symphonic Adventures. 18-22 Jan. 2000
F.45     A Night to Remember. Van Cliburn. 22 Feb. 2002

F.46     Night of a Lifetime Symphony Orchestra. “A Grand Night of Song. Beth Tzedec Celebrates ‘Israel at 50’”. 15 Nov. 1998

Nova Scotia; Symphony Nova Scotia:
F.47     Our Second Season: 5 Dec., 1984, 14 Dec. 1984, 18 Jan. 1985, 30 Jan. 1985, 13 Feb. 1985, 15 Feb. 1985, 26 Apr. 1985, 2 May 1985, 22 May 1985
F.48     “Let’s Carpet the Cohn Concerts”, 18 Apr. 1985. The symphony was of one of several ensembles and musicians in this series.
F.49     Main Series. 27 Apr. 1984
F.50     Esso Pops Concert. 23 May 1984
F.51     “A Grand Opening”. 12 Oct. 1985
F.52     Celebrity Concerts. 23 Oct. and 11 Dec. 1985
F.53     “Viennese Evening”. 23, 24 Nov. 1985
F.54     Pops Concerts. 18 Jan., 12 Apr. 1986
F.55     Celebrity Concerts. 29 Jan., 12 Mar., 16 Apr. 1986
F.56     Amadeus Concert. 16, 17 Mar. 1986
F.57     Pops and Diet Pops series. 6, 7 Feb. 1987.
F.58     Mostly Mozart series. 12, 13 Apr. 1987.

Box 33
F.1       Ohio Chamber Orchestra, 31 July 1985
F.2       Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 31 March 1987

Quebec:
F.3       Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. 14 Oct. 1986
F.4       Association des Orchestres de Jeunes du Québec. Shawinigan, 18, 19 Apr. 1987. Brott conducted several orchestras over the two days.
F.5       Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Soirée Populaire Hydro-Quebec. 22 Mar. 1994.

F.6       Rome: Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma, “Le Nozze de Figaro”, 18 and 20 Dec. 2001
F.7       Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest. Lunchconcert. 20 Dec. 1995.
F.8       Royal Conservatory Orchestra, 28 Feb. 1986
F.9       Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, “Main Series No. 3”, 9 Jan. 1986

Toronto Symphony Orchestra:
F.10     28-29 Jan.1975
F.11     At Ontario Place, 7 July 1976
F.12     Seagram Pops. 30, 31 Oct. 1982
F.13     Aetna Canada Young People’s Concerts. “Boris and Those Magnificent Music Machines”, 12 Dec. 1987
F.14     Seagram Pops. 7, 8 Apr. 1990
F.15     Pops concerts, 9-11 Feb. 1991, conducted by Victor Feldbrill. There is a photograph of Boris Brott on p. 18
F.16     Aetna Canada Young People’s Concert.  “Playful Mozart”, 11 May 1991. File also contains a mimeo of “Telephone Interview Questions” posed by Brott to a magically still alive Mozart.
F.17     Placer Dome Light Classics, 8, 9 Feb. 1992; Consumer Gas Monday Matinee, 10 Feb. 1992
F.18     Aetna Canada Young People’s Concert. “Merry Music Making”, 4 Dec. 1993
F.19     Pops series, “Pomp and Pipes in All the Keys”. 27-29 Sept.; Consumers Gas Magnificent Mondays series, 3 Oct. 1994
F.20     Seagram Casual Concerts. 26 Apr. 1997
F.21     Children’s Christmas Concert. 13 Dec. 1997.
F.22     Aetna Canada Young People’s Concerts. “Jumping Jupiter”. 6 Mar. 1999.
F.23     High School Student Concerts. Oct. 1999-May 2000. Faxed pages of programmes.
F.24     Summer Concerts on Centre Island. 1, 4-5 July 2000
F.25     Community Concert series. 20-21 Mar. 2001
F.26     Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Celebration series #3. 29, 31 Mar. 1986
F.27     Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Pops Series. 2, 3 Apr. 1993

Ventura County Symphony Orchestra:
F.28     Musics Alive! series. “Indonesia Alive!, 15 Feb. 1994; China Alive!, 15 Mar. 1994; also India Alive! which is not dated but is in the same style as the other two programmes.
F.29     Stars of Tomorrow. 21 May 1994.
F.30     Musics Alive! series. Clarinets Alive: Musics in the Hebraic Tradition 12 Apr. 1995; Strings Alive: The Musics of Korea, 10 May 1995.

F.31     Victoria Symphony, Masterworks II. 6, 7 Oct. 1985

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra:
F.32     20 and 21 Nov. 1971
F.33     10 and 11 Jan. 1975
F.34     George Gershwin Gala. 19, 20 Sep. 1992. Bramwell Tovery, conductor
F.35     Victor Davis, Revelation. 18 Feb. 1996. No conductor listed

Programmes with no obvious direct Brott connection:
F.36     Alberta Trio, Gala Debut Concert, 27 March 1971, Edmonton Art Gallery
F.37     Ballets Jazz de Montrél, 1989 and 1990 galas
F.38     Barrie Concert Association, Lorcini-Elliott Duo, 9 Nov. 1977
F.39     Dundas Library concert, 28 Dec. 1977
F.40     Halifax Symphony Orchestra, Subscription Concert 2, 6 Dec. 1960
F.41     Manitoba, University of, School of Music Recital, 23 Mar. [1975?]
F.42     Miami City Ballet, 26, 17 Jan. 1996
F.43     Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Gala Concerts, 1, 2 Dec. 2005, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

Pratt &Whitney Canada, sponsors of concerts for cystic fibrosis, “un soufflé d’espoir”:
F.44     3 Apr. 1993
F.45     19 Mar. 1994
F.46     23 Mar. 1996

F.47     Royal Winnipeg Ballet, “Nutcracker”, 26-31 Dec. 1974
F.48     St. Andrew’s United Church, Philharmonica Ensemblica, series of concerts to commemorate the installation of the new pipe organ. Only one of the three programmes is dated; the last one, 2 Apr.1978
F.49     Sun Flower Music Festival, Topeka, Kansas, 4-12 June 1997

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
F.50     At Hamilton Place, Andrew Davis, conductor, 23 Oct. 1975
F.51     30 Oct., 4. 5 Nov. 1991; John Dankworth conducted the latter two concerts
F.52     20, 23 Oct. 1993; Gunther Herbig, conductor
F.53     Valley Symphony Orchestra. Programme. 27 Feb. 1999. Robert Chauls, Musical Director
F.54     Unknown ensemble, “City Hall Concert, conducted by Roberto de Clara”, 18 Dec. 1981; typed list

Box 34
Seasonal / Festival Leaflets and Order Forms:
F.1       Banff Festival of the Arts, 1984

F.2       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 8 June-25 Aug. 1991
F.3       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 17 July-21 Aug. 1992
F.4       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 26 June-7 Aug. 1993
F.5       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 21 Jul-18 Aug. 1996
F.6       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 6 July-17 August 1997
F.7       Brott Spring Festival, 20 Apr.-24 May 1998
F.8       Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 19 Jul.-16 Aug. 1998
F.9       Brott Autumn Festival, 2 Nov.-17 Dec. 1999
F.10     Brott Summer Music Festival, 1 Jul-19 Aug. 2000
F.11     Brott Autumn Music Festival, 22 Sept.-18 Dec. 2000
F.12     Brott Autumn Music Festival, 26 Sept.-21 Dec. 2001
F.13     Brott Summer Music Festival, 10 Jun-15 Aug. 2002
F.14     Brott Autumn Music Festival, 26 Sep.-20 Dec. 2002

F.15     Brott Music Education Concerts. National Academy Orchestra. Oct-Nov. 2000
F.16     Brott Music Education Concerts. National Academy Orchestra. Autumn 2001

F.17     CBC Toronto Summer Festival, 1975
F.18     CBC Winnipeg Festival, 1976
F.19     CJRT Festival Series at Massey Hall, 1985-85
F.20     Chatauqua Centennial Season, 1974
F.21     Guelph Spring Festival, 23 Apr.-9 May 1976
F.22     Haifa Symphony Orchestra, 1983-84

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra:
F.23     Burlington Friends of the Philharmonic, Candelight and Wine Concerts, n.d. Note: Programmes could not be found for these concerts which would provide dates.
F.24     Dofasco Festival Series. N.d. See also promotional material
F.25     Candlelight and Wine concerts, 1973-74
F.26     Children’s Concerts, [1973-74]
F.27     1974-75 Season
F.28     du Maurier Super Pops 1974
F.29     1975-76 season
F.30     Philharmonic Matinees for Children and Their Parents, 1976-76
F.31     Candlelight and Wine, 1975-76
F.32     1978-79 season
F.33     Great Concert series, 1979-80
F.34     1982-83 season
F.35     1983-84 season
F.36     Serenade series, 1985-86
F.37     1986-87 season
F.38     1987-88 season
F.39     1988-89 season

Israel Chamber Orchestra:
F.40     1988-89 season
F.41     1990-91 season
F.42     1992-93 season
F.43     1995-96 season

F.44     Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, 1994-95 season
F.45     Kingston Symphony Orchestra, 1970-71 season; Alex Brott, conductor, Denis Brott, cellist
F.46     Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, 1986-87 season
F.47     Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, 1994-95 season
F.48     Orchestra London (London, Ont.), 1988-89 season
F.49     Orchestra London (London, Ont.), 1998-99 season

F.50     McGill Chamber Music Society, McGill String Quartet (Alexander Brott, Lionel Renuard, Lucient Robert, Lotta [sic] Brott), 1947-48 season

McGill Chamber Orchestra:
F.51     Connoisseur concerts, 1985-86 season
F.52     Connoisseur concerts, 1988-89 season
F.53     50th Anniversary Gala, 1989
F.54     Connoisseur concerts, 1989-90 season
F.55     Concerts Vitraux, 1989-90 season
F.56     Concerts Vitraux, 1990-91 season
F.57     Connoisseur concerts, 1990-91 season
F.58     Concerts Vitraux, 1991-92 season
F.59     Concerts Vitraux, 1992-93 season
F.60     Connoisseur concerts, 1992-93 season
F.61     Concerts Vitraux, 1993-94 season
F.62     Connoisseur concerts, 1993-94 season
F.63     Student Concerts series, May 1994
F.64     Connoisseur concerts, 1994-95 season
F.65     Concerts Vitraux, 1994-95 season
F.66     Connoisseur concerts, 1995-96 season
F.67     Connoisseur concerts, 1996-97 season
F.68     Connoisseur concerts, 1997-98 season
F.69     1998-99 season
F.70     1999-2000 season
F.71     2000-01 season
F.72     2001-02 season
F.73     2002-03 season
F.74     2003-04 season
F.75     2005-06 season

Box 35
F.1       Montreal. Place des Arts, November 1975
F.2       Montreal. Olympic Games, Arts and Culture, July 1976
F.3       Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 1999-2000 season
F.4       Les concerts populaires de Montréal, June-Aug. 2000
F.5       Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 2004-05 season

National Arts Centre:
F.6       Spring 1998; includes Young People’s Concerts.
F.7       Orchestra 1998-99 season. Includes Young People’s Concerts
F.8       Orchestra  2001-02 season. Includes Young People’s Concerts

New West Symphony Orchestra:
F.9       1995-96 season
F.10     1996-97 season
F.11     1997-98 season
F.12     Musics Alive, Jan.-Apr. 1998
F.13     Magical Moments in the Mediterranean, Sept.-Oct. 1998
F.14     1998-99 season
F.15     Musics Alive, Feb. 1999
F.16     1999-2000 season
F.17     2000-2001 season
F.18     Musics Alive, Mar. 2000
F.19     2001-2002 season
F.20     Musics Alive, Mar.-Apr. 2001

F.21     Symphony Nova Scotia, 1985-86 season
F.22     Orchestre symphonique de Québec, 1987-88 season

F.23     Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest. Filmmuzickprogramma, 1993-94 season
F.24     Scarborough, Ont., Fanfare, 1984
F.25     Stratford Summer Music, 1984

Toronto Symphony Orchestra:
F.26     At Ontario Place, 1976
F.27     1991-92 season
F.28     1992-93 season
F.29     Holiday Festival, [1993?]
F.30     1994-95 season
F.31     1997-98 season
F.32     1999-2000 season
F.33     2001-02 season

Toronto:
F.34     Ontario Place, 1976
F.35     Ontario Place, 1986
F.36     St. Lawrence Centre, 1975-76 season
F.37     St. Lawrence Centre, Canadian Sound, May 1976

F.38     Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, 1987-88 season

Ventura County Symphony Orchestra:
F.39     1992-93 season
F.40     1993-94 season
F.41     1994-95 season

Brott not listed in these seasonal leaflets:
F.42     Canadian Festival of Youth Orchestras, 1980
F.43     Orchestra Regionale del Lazio. 1998 season
F.44     London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, April-July 1998
F.45     Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 2001-02
F.46     Music for All Tastes, Ford Centre, 1996-97 season
F.47     National Arts Centre, Music Education, 1994-95
F.48     National Arts Centre, Music Education, 1996-97
F.49     National Ballet of Canada, 1986
F.50     Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall, 1997-98
F.51     Santa Barbara Symphony, 1996-97 season
F.52     Toronto Symphony Orchestra, 2000-01 season
F.53     Venture Chamber Music Festival, May 1995
F.54     Windsor Symphony, 1990
F.55     Western Slope Summer Music Festival, June 1997
F.56     Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, 1997-98 season

Box 36
Promotional, sponsorship, educational and other printed materials
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival
F.1       1989
F.2       Sponsorship 1990
F.3       Sponsorship 1992
F.4       Sponsorship 1993
F.5       Sponsorship 1994
F.6       Sponsorship 1995
F.7       Apprentice Training Program 1995
F.8       Programmes, Reviews and Press Clippings, 1998
F.9       Press Information, 1991
F.10     Press Information, 1993
F.11     Press Information, 1994
F.12     Press Information, 1997
F.13     Press Information, 1998
F.14     Press Reviews, 1998
F.15     Press Reviews, 1999
F.16     Press Information, Summer 2000
F.17     Press Information, Autumn 2000
F.18     Repertoire and Press 2002
F.19     News clipping of advertisements for the Spring Festival, 1998

Note: Some of these promotional materials are not directly related to Brott.
F.20     Alcan String Quartet, 1999
F.21     Avalon Entertainment Group
F.22     BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Tour, 1975-76
F.23     Beckett Gallery, “An Affair with Bateman”; Robert Bateman and Boris Brott, 1985
F.24     Bronte Creek Park Amphitheatre, 1998-99
F.25     Calgary Youth Orchestra, benefit concert, 5 June [1976]
F.26     Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Boris Brott conductor of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, 1 June 2000 – printed after the event
F.27     Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, issues of Encore, 1970, 1973
F.28     General Arts Mangement Inc., 1986-87
F.29     Lukas Foss birthday celebration, 1997
F.30     Hamilton Philharmonic, “Concert Preview Talk”, Sept.-Oct. [1975]
F.31     Hamilton Philharmonic Institute, informational pamphlet, 1975-76
F.32     Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Chamber Ensemble, 1983-86
F.33     Ernest Krenek, 1998

Box 37
F.1       Benjamin Lees, Boosey & Hawkes pamphlet, 1996
F.2       Manitoba Opera leaflet, ca. a969
F.3       McGill Chamber Orchestra, information leaflet, [ca. 1979]
F.4       National Arts Centre Orchestra, 13 and 14 January 1997; two publications, one in English, the other in French
F.5       New Heritage Music, 1998
F.6       New West Symphony, Grand Canyon, 1998; also a Larry Hagman appeal for organ donors in the form of a United States of Texas bill
F.7       New West Symphony, “A Symphony of Wine”, 24 June 2001
F.8       Ontario Arts Council, “The Arts Touch Us All”, [ca. 1981], information leaflet; Brott’s photograph is on the front page
F.9       “Pecktackular Music”, the orchestral music of Russell Peck, June 1997
F.10     Svenska Rikskonserter, 1990
F.11     Michal Schmidt (Artists International Inc.), 2001
F.12     Toronto Symphony Orchestra, performance of a lifetime lottery
F.13     VKD International Artists, 1997
F.14     Julian Wachner, [ca. 2002]
F.15     Fondazione William Walton. La Mortella, n.d. but 1985 or later

Educational materials:
Toronto Symphony Teachers’ Study Guides:
F.16     1990-91
F.17     1991-92
F.18     1996-97
F.19     1997-98
F.20     1998-99
F.21     2000-01

Other Printed materials:
F.22     ACTRA Awards, Apr. 1976
F.23     Alberta Trio invitation, 1972
F.24     Printed score for “An American Symphony” from the movie “Mr. Holland’s Opus”, autographed by Richard Dreyfuss
F.25     Hamilton Musician’s Guild, “Tariff of Fees effective January 1, 1986”; also recording rates, effective 1 Feb. 1991
F.26     Music Test, Theory 12, 21 Feb. 1938 (mimeograph)
F.27     Orchestra Canada, 20: no. 7 (Nov./Dec. 1993)
F.28     G. Ricordi & C., supplementary catalogue of symphonic music, 31 Mar. 1963
F.29     First International Sibelius Conductors’ Competition, 1995
F.30     Konservatorium Zürich prospectus, 1939-40
F.31     Other: New Year’s card printed in Israel; Italian post card; two taxi receipts

“Duo-Art 47003 Rhapsody in Blue Extended Play Complete (Parts I & II) played by the composer George Gershwin. Keystone Music Roll Company Inc.” In its original box. Location: Box 26.

Promotional materials about the Brotts:
F.32     Boris Brott, personal promotional materials: as a speaker and a conductor; includes biographical sketch, 1994. Note: A full biographical sketch has been printed on 21 September 2011 and placed in this file for reference purposes. A condensed version appears in the fonds description.
F.33     Boris Brott, “Children’s Programmes”, 1985
F.34     Denis Brott, personal promotional materials

News clippings mainly about Boris Brott. See also Box 39 which contains news clippings pasted on board.
F.35     1950-51, 1959, [196-]. Some of these clippings have been pasted on black pages. One of the pages has a programme pasted on the verso: “Concerts pour la jeunesse”, Les concerts symphoniques de Montréal, 17 March 1951

Note: The following news clippings were found in dated envelopes.
F.36     1974
F.37-8  1975
F.39     1976
F.40     1976: Double wedding: Boris and Ardyth; Denis and Julie Brott
F.41     1977

Box 38
F.1       1981
F.2       1983
F.3       1986
F.4       1987
F.5       Carnegie Hall, 1987
F.6       1988
F.7       1998
F.8       2001
F.9       n.d.

F.10     About Denis Brott, 1971
F.11     About Alex and Lotte Brott, 1955-1988 (also includes periodical tear-sheets)
F.12     About McGill Chamber Orchestra, 1970, n.d. (includes advertisements)
F.13     About the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1961, 1966, 2001-03
F.14     About the Hamilton Philharmonic at 100, 1984
F.15     About other musicians, 1975, 1985, n.d.

Periodical articles about Brott:
F.16     Maclean’s, 82: no. 3 (Mar. 1969)
F.17     Dofasco Illustrated News, 37, no. 5 (1973)
F.18     Musical America, “Here & There”, Sept. 1975 (tear-sheet); Denis in also mentioned in the same column
F.19     Performing Arts, 23, no. 2 (Sept. 1986)
F.20     Performing Arts, 23, no. 3 (Nov. 1986); also re the HPO
F.21     Performing Arts, 24, no. 1 (June 1987); also re Ontario Place Pops
F.22     Hamilton Magazine, 15, no. 2 (Spring 1998)

Periodical articles about the Brotts:
F.23     Reader’s Digest, 112, no. 669 (Jan. 1978)
F.24     Performing Arts, 26, no. 4 (Summer 1991)

Interviews:
F.25     Claudette Sorel, “Boris Brott, Conductor”, The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon, Winter 1975 (photocopy)
F.26     Quotations from Brott in “You Can Remember Things in Your Mother’s Womb”, National Enquirer, 28 May 1996 (photocopy)
Note: Not in this archive, but available in Research Collections is an illustrated interview he gave to the arts supplement (Ti Estin) of the Silhouette, “A Soft Word form Boris Brott”, 40 (1969).

Posters
F.27     Small posters: Amgen Youth Festival 2000 (3 posters); BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Israel Day at Ontario place featuring Boris Brott and the HPO; The Vienna Choir Boys, 1988-89

Oversize Posters: (not boxed)
– “Friends House, Euston Road, N.W. 1, Tuesday 26 January … Northern Sinfonia Orchestra … conductor Boris Brott”, [196-]
– “Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Boris Brott conductor. Children’s Concert.” These concerts, sponsored by Yamaha Music Ltd., were given in Ottawa, Toronto, London and Hamilton, 27Sept.-4 Oct. [1981]
– “Join the audience / CBC Radio’s mods make classical music! A series of concerts by young Canadians Friday … May 19 to June 16, CBC Carlton Studio.” N.d.
Italy:
– Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petrusselli e Teatri di Bari. Four posters for different programmes in Oct. and Nov. 2010. One poster contains the same text but has been printed in different sizes.
– “Arcidiocesi de Bari-Bitonto … Notti Sacre … Boris Brott”, 3 Oct. 2010, S. Savino cathedral, Bari.
– Fondazione Area diVerona. Teatro Filarmonica di Verona … Direttore Boris Brott.” 22-23 December 2007.
– “Teatro Verdi Trieste … Maestro Concertatore e Direttore Boris Brott”, 2010-11 season.

Extreme Oversized Poster (not boxed):
– “Teatre di Roma, Festival Euro Mediterraneo, Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro … directorre d’orchestra Boris Brott”, 18 and 20 Dec. 2001

Card stock (not boxed):
– “BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Boris Brott, Denis Brott (cello) … Parc and Dare Hall, Treorchy, Saturday 4 November” [1972]
– “1978 Summer Showcase … The Canadian Chamber Orchestra, Boris Brott, conductor … Friday 14 July … the Banff Centre”
– Haifa Symphony Orchestra … Subscription Concerts, conductor Boris Brott”, n.d.

Box 39
News clippings featuring Boris Brott pasted on board:
The Hamilton Spectator, 5 July 1984 (removed from board)
The Hamilton Spectator, 18 July 1985, front page
The Hamilton Spectator, 29 October 1986, front page
The Hamilton Spectator, 31 March 1987, front page

Series 4
Scrapbooks. – 1959-2005. – 9.7 m of textual records and graphic material (36 scrapbooks). – Title based on content of series. – Some of the scrapbooks were numbered before acquisition. The numbers were written on the spines of the books; date labels were pasted on covers.

Box 40
S.1          1959-1962. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, correspondence, leaflet, news letter, photograph, programmes (Philharmonic Youth Orchestra of Montreal, Dominion Concert Under the Stars, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico. Photocopies of letters from Pierre Monteux and Wilfrid Pelletier.
Box 41
S.1B       1962-72. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, leaflets, newsletters, pamphlet (Dimtri Mitropoulos International Music Competition), programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, London Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Regina Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra)
Box 42
S.2          1962-64. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, telegram from Bette Milton, leaflets, letter from Sir Ernest MacMillan, programmes (Dominion Concert Under the Stars, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra)
Box 43
S.3          1964. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, CBC Times, correspondence, leaflets, syllabus, programmes (Toronto Symphony, Young Canadians in Concert, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica de Roma della Radiotevisione Italiana, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Pops Concerts at the Maurice Richard Arena, CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, Dominion Concert Under the Stars)
Box 44
S.4          1964-65. Items pasted on paper. Leaflet, news clippings, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Windsor Symphony)
Box 45
S.5          1964-65. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, leaflets, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, NSO with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Northeast Trade Unions Exhibition and Arts Festival, Dominion Concerts under the Stars, Popular Concerts at Aréna Maurice-Richard)

Box 46
S.6          1965-66. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Royal Ballet)
Box 47
S.7          1966. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, leaflets, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, NSO with the John Alldis Choir, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Dominion Concerts Under the Stars, Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Band of the Grenadier Guards), letter from the Lord Mayor of Newcastle dated 1965,  photocopy of letter from Pierre Monteaux, n.d.
Box 48
S.8          1963-67. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, leaflets, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Dominion Concert Under the Stars, Popular Concerts at Aréna Maurice-Richard,  l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal), photograph (contact sheet)
Box 49
S.9          1967. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, periodicals, press releases, leaflets, photograph, programmes (Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra). Note: The Northern Sinfonia was on a tour to Canada and the United States
Box 50
S.10        1968. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, leaflet (Dimitri Mitropoulos International Music Competition), programmes (Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, CBC Toronto Festival Music of Quebec, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Lakehead Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall concerts)

Box 51
S.11        1969. Items pasted on paper or left loose. Photograph with Leonard Bernstein, news clippings, letter from “me”, leaflets, news letter , “Proposal for In-School Music – Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, programmes (music from Bach to Rock on CBC TV, CBC Concert of Contemporary Canadian Music, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Stars of Tomorrow, Hamilton Philharmonic, CBC Collegiate Concert)
Box 52
S.12        1970. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, press release, leaflets, programmes (l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Lakehead Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hamilton Philharmonic, Opening of Mohawk College Fennel campus, National Arts Centre Orchestra, CBC Festival Orchestra, Bach-Elgar Choir, Hamilton Association, Theatre-Auditorium Ground-Breaking, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony)
Box 53
S.13        1971. Items pasted on paper. Leaflet, news clippings, periodical, programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony, Regina Symphony, Toronto Symphony, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra)
Box 54
S.14        1972. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, newsletters, press releases, leaflets, Time magazine (20 Nov.), programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, Ontario Place Forum, CBC Festival Orchestra, Regina Symphony)
Box 55
S.15        1972-73. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, periodical, leaflets, press release, pamphlet on Chautauqua, programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, BBC Welsh Orchestra, First Arts Festival, Llandaff Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Chautauqua), telegram from Canadian Jaycees, invitation to and programme from Royal dinner with Elizabeth II and Prince Philip

S.16        Did not arrive with this accrual. Possibly left out of the numbering sequence.

Box 56
S.17        1973. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, leaflets, press release, programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic)
Box 57
S.18        1974. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, leaflet, programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, Cardiff Festival of 20^th Century Music, Civic Orchestra of Chicago)

Note: From this point forward, scrapbooks have been numbered by the archivist.
Box 58
S.19        1973-1975. Items pasted on paper or left loose. Newsletter, news clippings, press releases, leaflets, col. photograph (on a Cunard ship), letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy (23 Jan. 1976), artwork (caricature of Brott), programmes (Muskoka Concert Association, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Schoenberg Centennial Concert, Hamilton Philharmonic)

Box 59
S.20        1978-Dec. 1982. Items taped and pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, newsletter. Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled.
Box 60
S.21        Oct. 1981-March 1984. Items taped on paper or left loose. Programmes (Famous People Players, Hamilton Philharmonic, Alberta Ballet Company, Banff Festival of the Arts, Orquesta Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, C.M.C. London Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Symphony Musicians, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia). Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled and placed in file folders, A to I.

Box 61
S.22        Dec. 1982-Feb. 1984. Items taped on or left loose. News clippings, one leaflet (calendar fragment). Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled.
S.23        March 1984-June 1985. Items taped on paper or left loose. News clippings. Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled.
S.24        July 1985-July 1986. Items taped on paper. News clippings. Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled.
S.25        July 1986-July 1987. Items taped on paper or left loose. News clippings, Drew Marketing Ltd. script, newsletters. Also a program from July 1985, North East Trade Unions Exhibition and Arts Festival. Because of the tape, this scrapbook has been dismantled.

Box 62
S.26        Jan. 1987-Aug. 1988. Items pasted on paper. Photograph (col.) of Brott with two Asian girls, news clippings, leaflet, programme (Quilcoplus Concert-Gala, Hamilton Gallery of Distinction, Hamilton Philharmonic, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Royal Conservatory Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Festival Pops at Rideau Hall, Kiwanis Music Festival, Governor General’s Concert at Rideau Hall, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal). Also Royal Bank advertisements found loose.
S.27        Oct. 1988-June 1990. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, newsletters, programmes (Hamilton Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Governor General’s Concert are Rideau Hall, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Quebéc, San Diego Pops Orchestra), Israel Symphony Orchestra press release, col. photograph of Brott with a chorus line of ladies, autographed col. photograph (“For Boris: What a joy it was to work with you … Warmest thanks, Priscilla), another col. photograph of Priscilla with others, periodical (magazine of the Places des Arts), Alexander Brott’s 75th birthday invitation, letter from Regional-Municipality of Hamilton, Artpark ’90 pamphlet

Box 63
S.28        July 1990-Sept. 1992. Items pasted on paper. News clippings, programmes (Buffalo Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Festival de Musique de Lachine, Orchestre symphonique de Quebec, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kingston Pops, National Arts Centre Orchestra) periodical (magazine of the Places des Arts), fax from Lotte Brott.
S.29        Sept. 1992-Oct. 1993. Items pasted on paper or left loose. News clippings, programmes (Ventura County Symphony, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Orchestra London [Ontario], Canion Yerushalayim [Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra], Young People’s Concerts, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Symphony), programme in Hebrew, newsletter, poem (“Christmas Ode to Sylvia!”), periodical (Alegro, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
Note: Scrapbooks for the remainder of the 1990s contained almost nothing but programmes. These were removed from the scrapbooks and placed in Series 4.

Box 64
S.30        1990s. News clippings removed from scrapbooks
S.31        2001. News clippings, internet prints, email, Beth Sholom Bulletin, removed from scrapbook. Programmes were placed with Series 4.

Note: The following scrapbooks (32-36) were dismantled, although all material has been left together. These books had acidic plastic sleeves into which some of the material had been placed. The sleeves have not been retained.
Box 65
S.32        1999-2001. Items pasted on paper, left loose, inserted in sleeves. News clippings, leaflets (New West Symphony, Brott Spring and Summer Festivals, Orchestra London [Ontario], Musicalia: Leonard Bernstein Mass, McGill Chamber Orchestra);  programmes (Toronto Symphony Orchestra, New West Symphony, correspondence (Lara St. John, Esther Dezery), press release, magazines, invitation and menu for dinner with the Canadian Ambassador to Italy.  Note: The date range is from the scrapbook label; the first item in the scrapbook is from the New West Symphony, 1996-1997 season.
Box 66
S.33        2002. Items pasted on paper, left loose, inserted in sleeves. Correspondence (letter from Van Cliburn, 21 Feb [photocopy]; card from Bryan Wylie, Aug. 2002), emails, news clippings, magazines, leaflets, programmes (McGill Chamber Orchestra, Adath Israel Congregation 100^th Anniversary Concert, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, New West Symphony, National Academy Orchestra), Brott Summer and Autumn Music Festival leaflets; OSM Saison 2002-2003 leaflet, Young People’s Concerts leaflet, New West Symphony leaflets
Box 67
S.34        2003. Items pasted on paper, left loose, inserted in sleeves. Leaflets and pamphlets (New West Symphony, Shaare Zion Congregation, Young People’s Concerts, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Boris Brott Festival), newsclippings, emails, 7 col. photographs (Michael Burgess, concerts at Hamilton Place and Muskoka) 1 b&w photograph of Brott with a young female violinist, programmes (McGill Chamber Orchestra), posters, magazines. Also State of Israel certificate of Goodwill Ambassador
Box 68
S.35        2004. Items pasted on paper, left loose, inserted in sleeves. News clippings, Poems by Wilhem Müller, press release from the National Arts Centre, leaflets (National Arts Centre, Young People’s Concerts, New West Symphony, Brott Music Festivals), programme (Jersusalem Baroque Orchestra) magazines.
Box 69
S.36        2005.  Items pasted on paper. News clippings (including Alex Brott obituaries), newsletters, emails, correspondence (Lloyd Blackman. J.L.H. Thomas, John Girhiny, photocopy of a letter from the Coalition for Music Education in Canada, 25 May 2005), programme (Arts in Education Breakfast, New West Symphony Benefit, Excellence in the Arts Awards), leaflets and pamphlets (Israel Cancer Research Fund Gala, New West Symphony, National Arts Centre, Young People’s Concerts, Brott Music Festivals)

Series 5
Scripts, Writing, Reports, Awards and Personal items. – [194-]-2006. – 28 cm of textual records, graphic material and realia. – Title based on content of series.

Box 70
F.1          CBC Radio Series, “Brott to You”, list of scripts
Note: These typed scripts have two dates: the recording date and the broadcast date
F.2          Script #1, “Brott to You”, 6 April and 2 May 1971
F.3          Script #2, “Beethoven: A Hit or a Myth”, 30April and 9 May 1971
F.4          Script #3, “Sexus Musicus”, 27 April and 23 May 1971
F.5          Script #4, “Opera: Last of the Big-Time Splendours”, 12 May and 23 May 1971
F.6          Script #5, “Style and the Whole World Styles with You”, 19 and 30 May 1971
F.7          Script #6, “A Scan for All Seasons”, 30 May and 6 June 1971
F.8          Script #7, “The Barbaric Yawp”, 3 and 13 June 1971
F.9          Script #8, “Spaced Out”, 7 and 20 June 1971
F.10        Script #9, “Men, Gods and Devils”, 9 and 27 June 1971
F.11        Script #10, “Elements of Elegance”, 14 June and 4 July 1971
F.12        Script #11, “Political Games People Play”, 30 June and 11 July 1971
F.13        Script #12, “Back to Bach”, 3 and 18 July 1971
F.14        Script #13, “The Peripheral Visionary”, 7 and 25 July 1917
F.15        Script #21, “We Get a Kickback Out of You”, 1 and 19 Sept. 1971
F.16        Script #22, “A Mess of Wattage, A Pot of Message”, 8 and 26 Sept. 1971

F.17        Series: Brott and Friends, CKDS Radio, Hamilton: Script #6, “Successful Flops”, typescript
F.18        “Telescope Script”; video script, interview, n.d., typescript
F.19        “Eli Lilly Script”, Jacksonville Florida, March 1998, computer print copy
F.20        “Bell Atlantic Script”, February 11/23 1998; computer print copy
F.21        “Viva Vivaldi, Vivaldi Vivant”, computer print

Reports:
F.22        Hamilton Philharmonic: Music Director’s reports, 1986-1989; “Philosophy for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra 1987-1992”; and other documents
F.23        “Towards 92, Music, A Report of the National Capital Commission and the National Arts Centre”, 30 June 1990
F.24        “Towards 1991, Sing Canada! A Choral Manifestation in the Nation’s Capital”, 30 June 1990
F.25        “Towards 1992, Bands Across the Land! A High School Concert Band Manifestation and Learning Experience in the Nation’s Capital”, 30 June 1990
F.26        “Orchestral Music for School Programming Written and Conceived by Boris Brott”, 1995

Poetry and Eulogy:
F.27        Poems: “An Order Ode” typescript, n.d.; “A Lotta(e) Life”, typescript about his mother, n.d.; “My Photographs”, typescript, n.d.
F.28        Eulogy for his grandmother “Channa” Brott, typescript, n.d.

F.29        Letter to the editor, 8 May 1976 re Margaret Trudeau. News clippiing.

Notebooks:
F.30        1994
F.31        May 2000
F.32        begins 27 Nov. 2000
F.33        July 2001-

Box 71
Notebooks:
F.1          Dec. 2005-Nov. 2006
F.2          Mar. 2007-Mar. 2008
F.3          N.d.

Personal items:
F.4          Passport issued 10 June 1963
F.5          Pierpont Racquet Club, membership booklet, 1995
F.6          Hair: Boris, 2 years old; Denis, 1 year old, [194-]

Awards:
Boris Brott
F.7          Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977, certificate signed by Jules Léger, Governor General, to accompany a medal (not extant here)
F.8          Manhattan Arts awards programme, 1 Nov. 1985
Alexander Brott
F.9          L’Académie des Grand Montréalais Gala evening programmes, 14 Oct. 1993
F.10        Artwork: Embossed image of Alexander Brott on paper titled “Concordia” and signed Harry Pollack

Other:
F.11        Guest Book with comments, 21-31 July 1998
F.12        Boris Brott, repertoire list entered into the computer, n.d. but late 1980s
F.13        Schedule of appearances, 2004-2006
F.14        Minutes, Canadian Friends of the Hamilton Yeshiva, 14 June 1994
F.15        Writing by others: Hanna Yeddor-Avni, Tzvi Avni, “The three-Legged Monster”, 1993, 1994

Series 6
Audio-Visual materials. –1967-2005. – 280 moving images; and 43 sound recordings. – Title based on content of series. – The items are in many different formats.

Items V1-V203 were numbered by Brott before accession. There is a printed listing “Video Library Listing” provided by Brott in Box 72.

Box 72
Video
V1       Banff Centre Encore! The Canadian Chamber Orchestra. Marek Jablonski, featured guest. Edmonton : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 Aug. 1983; telecast 21 Aug. 1983. Sony KCA60 BR format.
V1a     Banff Centre Encore! Dog-Ear Film & Video. VHS format.
V2       Banff Centre Celebrates. The Canadian Chamber Orchestra. The Colorado Quartet, featured guest. Edmonton : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 7 Aug. 1983; telecast 14 Aug. 1983. Sony KCA60 BR format.
V3       Catskill Thaw by J. Morris. Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland. Sony KCS10 format.
V4       Joy of Performance. Canadian Brass. Brott Backstage. Sony V-31 format.
V5       Midsummer Night Themes. Chautaugua Symphony. Steven Stantic; Louis Cuilico. Brott Backstage. Sony V-31 format.
V6       Show #3 [Colour Me Coloratura?]. Brott Backstage. Sony V-31 format.
V7       Mystery Tape. Sony V-31 format. Sony V-31 format.
V8       Gone With the Wind. 1693. Brott Backstage.  Sony V-31 format.
V8a     Gone With the Wind. Brott Backstage.  Sony V-31 format.
V9       A Little Night Music. 1802. Brott Backstage. Sony V-31 format.
V10     Colour Me Coloratura. Jenny Lind at Dundurn Castle; Riki Turofsky; Stuart Hamilton. Brott Backstage. Sony V-31 format.
V11     Black Magic. Monica Gaylord; Amalia Joanou; Debbie Jeans. Brott Back Stage. Sony V-31 format.
V12     A Little Knight Musicke. Ancient Instruments. Franz Brueggen; Toronto Consort; Rittenhouse Quartet. Brott Back Stage. Sony V-31 format.

Audio
V13     A Search For Sounds #8. The Orchestra. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 Dec. 1968. Audio reel.
V14     Mods Make Music #5. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1 Aug. 1967. Audio reel.
V15     Dofasco Pops 4. 1 of 2. Guest: Mark Dubois, tenor. Audio reel.
V16     Dofasco Pops 4. 2 of 2. Guest: Mark Dubois, tenor. Audio reel.

Box 73
V17     OSB Hear Out... #8. From Beginning to End? Digby Peers, producer. Audio reel.
V18     OSB Hear Out... #6. A Ribbon of Sound. Digby Peers, producer. Audio reel.
V19     OSB Hear Out... #5. Men & Their Magnificent Music Machines. Digby Peers, producer. Audio reel.
V20     OSB Hear Out... #4. Use Your Voice. Audio reel.
V21     OSB Hear Out... #3. Watch Your Language. Digby Peers, producer. Audio reel.
V22     OSB Hear Out... #2. Sound Sense. Digby Peers, producer. Audio reel.

Video
V23     From Sea to Sea. Student Concert for N. Olchowy. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. 1984. Beta format.
V24     From Sea to Sea. Student Concert. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. 1984. Beta format.
V25     Barber of Seville. Acts I and II. Beta format.
V26     Barber of Seville. Act III. Beta format.
V27     Mozart et Les Enfants Prodiges. 20 Jul. 1992. VHS format.
V28     Les Concours de Musique du Canada 1992. 23 Jul. 1992. VHS format.
V29     Boris Brott Art Shoppe: 30 Eng. VHS format.
V30     Boris Brott Art Shoppe: 30 Eng. VHS format.
V31     Classical Union Gas. 28 Feb. 1985. Beta format.
V32     Classical Union Gas. 21 Feb. 1985. 3M MBU 5s format.
V33     Presenting Boris Brott. Viva Vivaldi. Amazing Amadeus. VHS format.
V34     Presenting Boris Brott. Version 1. Sept. 1992. Sony BCT-30ML format.
V35     Presenting Boris Brott. VHS format.
V36     Classical Union Gas. VHS format.
V37     Classical Union Gas. VHS format.
V38     The Art Shoppe. Kert Advertising. 13 Feb. 1980. Video cassette, Motion Picture Video Corp., Toronto

Box 74
V39     Conversation. Music, Why Bother? Students 1970. Sony V-31 format.
V40     Young Artists Competition. Part 1 of 2. CHCH TV. 1972. Sony V-32 format.
V41     Young Artists Competition. Part 2 of 2. CHCH TV. 1972. Sony V-32 format.
V42     Student Concert. CHCH TV. 1973. Sony V-32 format.
V43     Student Concert. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. 1974. Sony V-32 format.
V44     Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Student’s Concert. Canadian Music Council Television Awards. CHCH-TV, Sony, n.d.
V45     BBC W.S.O. at the Proms. Part 1. Sony KCA 60 format.
V46     Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Student Concert. Nick Olchowy. Sony KCA 60K format.
V47     Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Student Concert. Boris Brott. Sony KCA 60 format.
V48     Aaron Copland Special. CHCH TV. Sony V-32 format.
V49     A Copland Portrait. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-32 format.
V50     A Hard Hatted Look at Hamilton Place. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-32 format.
V51     Bass—ically Speaking. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-32 format.

Box 75
CHCH-TV
V52     Child’s Play. How the Loon Got Its Necklace. Keith MacMillan; Keith Bissell; Madge Allchood. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V53     Czechs and Balances. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V54     Key Relationship. Lili Kraus; Kathy Sanetz. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V55     Please, Sir, How Do I Get to Carnegie Hall. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V56     Rhythm and Muse. Peter Appleyard Quartet. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V57     Shaw and Tell. Sid Emberley; William Kittlei; Sentre Wind Quartet. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V58     Sound and Fury. Tranquility Base. Kelly Jay; Warren Wilson; Max Ferguson. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V59     Plectrum Spectrum. Christopher Parkening; Lenny Breau Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V60     Two’s Company. Married Couples in Orchestra. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony V-31 format.
V61     Who’s Afraid of Hugo Wolf. Canadian Brass. Show #1. Brott Backstage. CHCH TV. Sony RH-7V format.
V62     The Brott Baton. CBC Telescope. Sony V-31 format.
V63     Cue the Critic. McMaster. Sony V-32 format.

V64     Vivaldi. Boris Brott Enterprises.
V65     Vivaldi. Kiniesound From 1” HD Out.
V66     Football Film. OISE. Bellevue Pathé Ltd., Toronto, 30 Sept. 1979. 16 mm col workprint film reel.
V67     Métrage Bach and Brott. May 1993. VHS format.
V68     Interpretent Six Chansons de P.I. Tchaikovsky. Orchestrées par Alexander Brott. L’Orchestre de Chambre McGill dirige par Boris Brott. Sharon Azrieli, soprano. 15 Feb. 1993. VHS format.

Box 76
V69     HPO Concert Beethoven: His Life and Times. Nick Olchowy. 25 Feb. 1991 VHS format. 1 original. 4 copies. (69, 69a-d)
V70     Beethoven Lives Upstairs. The Children’s Group.1992. VHS format.
V71     Presenting Boris Brott. VHS format.
V72     Boris Brott Presents. CHCH-TV. Sony BCT-20G format.
V73     IBM Miami. 1991 Boris Brott Presentation. VHS format.
V74     The Barber of Seville. New York City Opera. Lincoln Centre Video. Paramount Pictures 1990. VHS format.
V75     Handel. McGill Chamber Orchestra. Montreal. 16 Apr. 1992. VHS format.
V76     Mozart/Gazette. Vivaldi/Gazette. 1990 Spring Concert. Eng. & Fr. 1990. VHS format.
V77     Mozart. McGill Chamber/Gazette. 17 Mar. 1992. VHS format.
V78     Presenting Boris Brott. Vivaldi & Mozart. VHS format.
V79     Vivaldi. McGill Chamber Orchestra. Promo. 1990 Spring. VHS format.
V79a   Vivaldi McGill Chamber Orchestra. Long Version. 1990 Spring. VHS format. 5 copies. Not labelled by Brott.

Box 77
V80     Charlie Chaplin: City Light Kid. Festival Music. 26 Jul. 1990. Spot F lm & Video Inc., 35 mm cassette.
V81     Charlie Chaplin: City Light Kid. Festival Music. 26 Jul. 1990. Spot F lm & Video Inc., 35 mm cassette.
V82     Bach and All That Jazz. HPO Student Concert. 1985. CHCH TV. Beta format.
V83     The Family Strauss. HPO 1988 Dynasty. VHS format.
V84     Bach and All That Jazz. HPO Student Concert. 1985. CHCH TV. VHS format.
V85     Young Musicians of Quebec. VHS format.
V86     Vivaldi. McGill Chamber Orchestra/Gazette. Promo. 1990. VHS format.
V87     Vivaldi. McGill Chamber Orchestra/Gazette. Promo. 21 Nov. 1990. VHS format.
V88     Mozart. Gazette. Side shots and Interviews. 21 Jan. 1992. VHS format.
V89     Mozart. Gazette. Front and rear shots. 21 Jan. 1992. VHS format.
V90     Welcome Bach. Master Tape. VHS format
V91     Peter and the Wolf. HPO. IBM Canada Ltd. Jan. 1988. VHS format.
V92     Peter and the Wolf. Music, Why Bother. Canadian Broadcast Corporation. HPO. Sony, V-31, video reel for Helical Scan Video Recorders.
V93     Robert Savoie. Tournage. Summer 1992. VHS format.
V94     Barmitzvah David Brott. 22 May 1991. Sony Hi8 Metal-E.
V95     Mozart Prodigies/Zamfir – Christmas Tape. McGill Chamber Orchestra. VHS format.

The following two items were not included in this accrual. The description of them comes from the printed list.
V96     McGill Chamber Orchestra, Mozart. (Gazette), English and French version, January 1992
V97     Gazette, McGill Chamber, Mozart. French version, 17 March 1992.

V98     Mozart’s Women. Irene Breitbeck, Soprano. 1987. VHS format.

Box 78
V99     Amadeus. Saul Zaentz Company. 1984. VHS format.
V100   My Friend Ludwig. VHS format.
V101   Walton’s Facade; Poulenc’s Aubade; Webern’s Concerto for Nine Instruments; Stravinski’s L’Histoire du Soldat. CBC. 1988. Sony 3M Broadcast video cassette.
V102   La Boheme. Act II & Act III (Part 1). CHCH TV. 3M UCA 60 format.
V103   La Boheme. Act III (Part 2) & Act 4 (Part 1). CHCH TV. 3M UCA 60 format.
V104   La Boheme. Act I. CHCH TV. 3M UCA 60 format.
V105   Boris Brott. Show #13. The Piano. 3M UCA 60 format. 3M UCA 60 format.
V106   La Boheme. Act 4 (Part 2) & Open – Between Acts - Close. CHCH TV. 3M UCA 60 format.
V107   Christmas Seals in Concert. Stelco. Feb. 1979. Scotch video cassette.
V108   Little Sweep. CHCH TV. 3M UCA 60 format.

Box 79
V109   McGill Chamber Orchestra. 30 Nov. 1989. VHS format.
V110   AIAC. Roy Thompson Hall, PYRO. 17 Sept. 1989. VHS format.
V111   AIAC. Roy Thompson Hall. Full Concert. 17 Sept. 1989. VHS format.
V112   Symphony of a Thousand. Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. VHS format.
V113   Music is My Life. The Garfield Family Concert. VHS format.

The following item was not included in this accrual. The description comes from the printed list.
V114   Boris Brott Ent. Vivaldi, Reel 1, 19 March 1990
           
V115   Great Waltz. 2 of 2. Sony Video8 P6-120 format.
V116   Diversions 1975. Joy and Sorrow. Scotch VC-45 compact (CVC) format.
V117   Diversions 1975. Night and Day. Scotch VC-45 compact (CVC) format.
V118   Diversions 1975. War and Peace. Scotch VC-45 compact (CVC) format.
V119   Diversions 1975. Sacred and Profane. Scotch VC-45 f compact (CVC) format.
V120   Diversions 1975. Land and Sea. Scotch VC-45 compact (CVC) format.

The following item was not included in this accrual. The description comes from the printed list.
V121   Diversions. Love and Hate. Video cassette.

V122   Boris Brott Summer Music Festival. CHCH. VHS format.
V123   Boris Interview. VHS format.
V124   Buskers International ’90 Promotional Video. August 1990. East Coast Post & Duplication, 6:05. VHS format. Note: there is also a second video cassette (VHS) not numbered titled “Buskes (25 min), Nov. 1988 by Citadel Communications Ltd.
V125   Edmonton Symphony & Ice Capades. Eyewitness News. 10 Jan. 1990. VHS format.
V126   BBSMF. Opening. 10 July 1992. VHS format.
V127   CHCH Newsclips. Order of Canada. Grey Cup Kickoff. Croatian Spectacular. Redeemer College. VHS format.
V128   CHCH TV Presentation to regional Council. Narrated by Boris Brott. Jan. 1987. VHS format.

Box 80
V129   Boris Brott at Rideau Hall. CJOH TV Ottawa. Newsclips. 2 Aug. 1987. VHS format.
V130   Raad Instrument Inc. Demonstration Copy. VHS format.
V131   A New Approach to Music Education in Schools. Beta format.
V132   BBSMF. CHCH News clips. 1989. VHS format.
V133   Silent. 41-G (for Mr. Garneau). Beta format.
V134   Whalesong. Rhombus Media Inc. Barbara Sweet(e). VHS format
V135   Challenger. Short Version. 1984. Ardyth Brott. 16 mm film reel. Zonal Ltd. DFA Motion Picture & Video Labs, Toronto.
V136   Playing Together. Handmade Productions. IBM/Decomas Inc. 18 Mar. 1992. Beta format.
V137   Gleneagles at Stonebridge. Feb. 1990. VHS format.
V138   From Jazz to Gypsy. Edward Minevich. VHS format.
V139   Rachmaninov. Concerto No. 3. Beethovenhalle Orchestra. 1. Audio reel.
V140   Rachmaninov. Concerto No. 3. Beethovenhalle Orchestra. 2. Audio reel.
V141   BBSMF. Valerie Tryon. 1992. VHS format.
V142   Dollie De Luxe. VHS format.
V143   Portrait de la Famille Brott. 3 Aug. 1982. VHS format.
V144   The Four Preps. Cahill Artists, Inc. VHS format.
V145   Playing Together. Handmade Productions. IBM/Decomas Inc. VHS format.
V146   L. Bernstein TV Essay on Gustav Mahler. Beta format.
V147   BBSMF 5th Anniversary. 1992. VHS format.
V148   Frederic. Piece de Theatre. Beta Format.
V149   War Music. Platoon. Full Metal Jacket. Appocalypse Now. Glory. Green Beret. TVO. VHS format.
V150   CBC Carnegie Hall. 4 May 1987. VHS format.
V151   CBC Theme & Variations. Rena Elmer. Student Concert. 1970. Sony V-31 format.
V152   Solid State Art. Dance Centre at the Emanu-El YHMA. June 1984. Sony KCA60 format.

Box 81
V153   Hamilton Pops. Veronica Tennant. VHS format.
V154   Harlequinade. National Ballet School. 28 May 1988. VHS format.
V155   Dance Related Film TV Projects. Sun-Owl Productions Ltd. 1978-1988. VHS format.
V156   Royal Bank. Champions on Ice. Promotional Video. VHS format.
V157   The Nutcracker Prince. Lily Pad Productions. VHS format.
V158   The Nutcracker Prince. Brott. 3 Aug. 1990. VHS format.
V159   CITV Edmonton. Beta format.
V160   Evolution: A Theme with Variation. Elizabeth Raum. Regina Symphony Chamber Players. VHS format.
V161   Gleneagles at Stonebridge. Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 25 Sept. 1989. VHS format.
V162   ASAE Boris Brott. Atlanta, GA. 30 Sept. 1992. VHS format.
V163   J.O.C. Tour. Czechoslovakia. 1979. Beta format.
V164   Israel Sinfonietta. Beer Sheva. Mozart Symphonia Concertante for Violin and Viola. VHS format.
V165   Stratford Delights. Laurence Siegel. Feb 1984.
V166   ASAW Boris Brott “Tone Bars”. Atlanta, GA. 31 Sept. 1992. Sony KCA60-BRS format.
V167   Amazing Live Animal Concert. Ontario Place Pops. 12 Jun. 1987. Beta format.
V168   Amazing Live Animal Concert. 12 Jun. 1987. VHS format.
V169   Duet. African Lion Safari Tape. VHS format.
V170   Andre Gagnon. React on Canadian Journalist. Ontario Place Pops. NBC News. 16 Jul. 1987. VHS format.
V171   Fireworks. Benson & Hedges. 1987. VHS format.

Box 82
V172   Handel’s Fireworks. Ontario Place Pops. 1987. VHS format.
V173   Music Machines. 13 Dec. 1988. VHS format.
V174   Those Magnificent Music Machines. 6 Dec. 1988. VHS format.
V175   Music Machiens. 13 Dec. 1988. VHS format.
V176   Music Machines. 4 Dec. 1988. VHS format.
V177 CDTS Festival Ballet. Nutcracker. Dec. 1994. VHS format.
V178   The Man & The Artist. Arnaldo Cohen. VHS format.
V179   Celebrating Hayden with Sir Peter Ustinov. VHS format.
V180   Swan Lake. Pas de Deux. The Kirov. 1991. VHS format.
V181   The Tricks of Max and Moritz. B. Simednov. Excerpts. VHS format.
V182   Barber of Seville. Ventura County Symphony. VHS format.
V183   Mozart/Zamfir. Xmas Tape. McGill Chamber Orchestra. VHS format.

The following item was not included in this accrual. The description comes from the printed list.
V184   Boris Brott Show Tape – Beta

V185   1994 National Conference. Boris Brott Speech. 1994 VHS format.
V186   Boris Brott Summer Festival. CHCH 11. 1996. VHS format.
V187   High Flying Fun. New West Symphony. 1 Sept. 1996. VHS format.
V188   Boris Brott Summer Festival. CHCH 11. 4 Jul. 1994. VHS format.
V189   Musical Families. Ben Brott at NACO. Peewee the Piccolo. 27 Jan. 1996. VHS format.

The following item was not included in this accrual. The description comes from the printed list.
V190   The Snowman (music by Howard Blake)

V191   Oliver. Hillfield. Alexandra and Benjamin Brott. 4 copies. VHS & Video 8 format.
V192   New West Symphony Commercial. Discovery 96. Russian Romantic. Opera. Operation. Twins. Generic. American Gala. VHS format.
V193   Boris Brott Summer Music Festival. 2004 Season. CH TV. 20 Jun. 2005. VHS format.
V194   Noon News. Boris Brott. ON TV. VHS format

Note: The number V195 assigned to two separate items
V195   Brott Music Festival. CHTV. VHS format.
V195   Gala Concert. Congregation Shaar Hashomayin. 19 Nov. 1996. VHS format.

V196   Boris Brott. Music ’98. ON TV. 15 Jul. 1998. VHS format. 2 copies.
V197   Boris Brott. Spring Fest. PSA. 17 Apr. 1998. VHS format.
V198   Underground Red. CH News. VHS format.
V199   Handel’s Messiah. Boris Brott. CH TV. 2003. VHS format.
V200   Brott Summer Music Festival. August Concerts. Summer Symphonies. CH TV. 12 Jun. 2003. VHS format.
V201   National Academy Orchestra. 2002. VHS format.
V202   Marc Garneau. Association Quebecoise du Transport. 8 Apr. 2002. VHS format.
V203   Marc Garneau’s missions. Canadian Space Agency. 5 Dec. 2004. VHS format.
V206   Reminiscences of Mozart by his Sister. Jane Marla Robbins. VHS format.
V210   MBC Ballet. Marla Bingham. VHS format.
V212   IBM Miami Presentation. 1991. VHS format.
V213   This Is My Home. Hamilton Place. VHS format.
V214   Crystal Symphony Video. Sony 8mm Video Cassette

Note: Numbering by Brott staff ends. Numbering by archival staff begins.
1          Playing Together. Fabio Mastrangelo. 6 Jan. 1999. 2 copies. VHS and Beta format.
2          Playing Together. Arlette Chené. 6 Jan. 1999. 2 copies. VHS and Beta format.
3          Playing Together. VHS.

Box 83
4          Nozze de Figaro. VHS format.
5          Lexus Commercial. New West Symphony. VHS format.
6          Igorsaika-Voivod. NAO Conducting Debut. Dvorak’s Serenade 2nd Movement. Dec. 2002. VHS format.
7          Crystal Symphony. VHS
8          By George, that’s Gershwin. 12 Jul. 1997. VHS format. 2 copies; clean VHS dub and a Time Code Burnt-in
9          A Mid Summer Love. 1 Aug. 1997. VHS format. 2 copies; clean VHS dub and a Time Code Burnt-in

Boris Brott Interviews / Corporate Fund
10        Interview #1. 2 video cassettes, VHS & Beta format
11        Interview #2. VHS format
12        Interview #5. 2 cassettes, VHS & Beta format
13        Interview #6. Beta format
14        Corporate Fund master, Beta format
15        Corporate Fund, VHS format`

16        Orchestra Landscapes #3 – CIQM, 6 Feb. 1993. Three video cassettes. Beta format. There are twelve selections of music
17        World Youth Day. Toronto. July 2002. VHS format.
18        Show Elements. Lupiano, 26 April 2000. VHS format.
19        Dale Carnegie. 50th International Convention, San Diego. 1994. VS2 Boris Brott. VHS format.
20        Promo: Windermere. 1999. VHS format

Video Resumes:
21        Presenting Boris Brott Version 2. Vivaldi. Mozart. VHS format.
22        Boris Brott. June 1993. [Video Resume]. VHS format

23        South 905 video clip. 2001. VHS format
24        “Porticipacion Evento Compo” Oribetal. Mexico. VHS format
25        MCO Promo Mozart Concert, May 1997.VHS format.

26        Tall Ships. DVD format.
27        Share the Warmth Concert. McGill Chamber Orchestra. Dec. 2005. DVD format.
28        Canadian Cabaret. DVD format.
29        Dr. Brott Anniversary. Disc 1. DVD format.
30        Dr. Brott Anniversary. Disc 2. DVD format.

Commercial releases (not numbered):
Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet. Series I. Nov. 1995. VHS format.
Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet. Series II. Nov. 1995. VHS format.
Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet. Swan Lake. Nov. 1995. VHS format. Note this cassette was sent to Brott by Bravo TV. See correspondence series.
Bach to the Future. Platypus Theatre.Mar. 2004. VHS format.
Piano Extravaganza. Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary. 2003. DVD format.
La Nozze di Figaro. DVD format.
Les Variations Goldberg par Daniel Propper. 2005. DVD format.

Box 84
31        CIQM Premixes. Film reel
32        Premix Reel 1. Film reel
33        Talks and speech. Sony video tape RH-7V format.
34        Suszuki #1-070. Sony video tape V-31 format.
35        Unknown. Sony V-31 video tape format; possibly not used
36        Unknown. Sony V-31 video tape format; possibly not used

Audio:
37        Jaycee Award. Five Outstanding Young Canadians. 17 Mar. 1953. Audio cassette. See correspondence series.
38        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 3 Jan. 1992. Dat Mix Master 1of 1. Master Mixes. Maxwell Digital Audio Tape
39        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 3 Jan. 1992. Dat Mix Clone 1of 1. Clone of Mixes. Maxwell Digital Audio Tape
40        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 3 Jan. 1992. Audio File Back Up. Maxwell Digital Audio Tape; also a computer disk
41        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 3 Jan. 1992. Safety Dat Album Seq. Maxwell Digital Audio Tape
42        CIQM Premixes. Reel 3. Audio reel
43        Boris Brott Ent. CIQM. 23 Jul. 1992. Audio reel
44        Brott Festival 2009. Audio cassette.

Commercial realeases (not numbered):
Concert de Noel. L’Orchestre symphonique des jeunes de Montreal. 1 Dec. 1996. Audio cassette Concert Pratt & Whitney Canada au profit de la fibrose kystique. Audio cassette
Les Matinees jeunesse de l’Orchestre symphonieque de Montreal. 2004. CD.
Musically Speaking. Toronto Symphony Orchestra. 1997/98 season. CD.
Song of Flanders. Blessing of Remembrance. 6 Nov. 2005. CD.

Not Boxed:
Digital Audio Recording Tapes, 3M275
45        Telemedia. CIQM. 17 Feb. 1991. 2 of 2.
46        Telemedia. CIQM. 17 Feb. 1991. Final sequence.
47        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Midi Prelay Reel One.
48        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Midi Prelay Reel Two.
49        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Midi Prelay Reel Three.
50        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Slave One.
51        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Slave Two.
52        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Slave Three.
53        Orchestral Landscapes. CIQM. 20 Nov. 1991. Safety Reel One.
54        Orchestral Landscapes #3. 6 Feb. 1993. 1of 2.
55        Orchestral Landscapes #3. 6 Feb. 1993. 2of 2.
56        Telemedia. CIQM. Orchestra 4. 23 Jan. 1991.
57        Telemedia. CIQM. Orchestra 5. 23 Jan. 1991.
58        Telemedia. CIQM. 25 Jan. 1991. 1 of 2.
59        Telemedia. CIQM. 25 Jan. 1991. 2 of 2.
60        Telemedia. CIQM. 17 Feb. 1991. 1 of 2.

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Boris Brott. Second accrual. – 1791-2011; predominant 1970-2010. – 2.28 m of textual records (Series 1, 2, 3 and 4).

This accrual also contains:
1,120 photographs: prints and negatives (5 prints are found in Series 1; the rest of the photos, both prints and negatives, are in Series 5):
487 prints: colour (439 4x5 to 5x7 inch; 37 4x10 landscape; 11 8x10)
14 prints: b&w (1 8x10 inch; 13 5x7 or smaller)
374 negatives: colour: 35 mm (in strips)
200 negatives colour: 35 mm on 8 cartridges (25 exposures per cartridge)
30 negatives: b&w (10 are ca. 3x4 inch; 20 are 35 mm [in strips])
15 index (proof) sheets: colour
48 slides: 35 mm (Series 5)

9 posters (Series 3)
1 original drawing (Series 5)
1 print from marker and coloured pencil on paper, signed and numbered (Series 1)
1 audio recording: 7-inch disc, 33-1/3 rpm (Series 5)
3 items of realia (Series 5)

This accrual has been arranged into five series:
Series 1: Correspondence
Series 2: Programmes
Series 3: Sponsorship and press Information, promotional material, appointment calendars, scrap books, posters, published materials
Series 4: Broadcast scripts, musical scores, poetry
Series 5: Photographs, art work, audio materials and realia

Series 1
Correspondence. – 1900-2010; predominant 1933-2010. – 47 cm of textual records. – 5 photographs: 3 col. 4x5 inch; 2 b&w 3x5 inch. – 1 print from marker and coloured pencil on paper, signed and numbered. – Title based on content of series. – Note: Since this series contains Alexander and Lotte Brott correspondence, documents belonging to them have also been placed here.

Box 85
Boris Brott correspondence:
F.1       Condolence and acknowledgement letters on the death of Alexander Brott, 2005; also news clippings
F.2       A-B, 1968-1984: card from Lincoln Alexander; draft letter to Leonard Bernstein; photocopy of statement by Bernard Baskin about the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra; invoice sent to Baker Wilks Productions; card from Banking on Canadian Entrepreneus; letter to Ardyth, signed “A”, with a sketch of a conductor.
F.3       BBSMF: Apprentice and mentor letters, 1995-96
F.4       BBMF: Canadian Heritage grant for the National Academy Orchestra, 1999-2000
F.5       BBMF: Canada, Human Resources development, National Academy Orchestra, 2000
F.6       CHCH TV series, “Brott Backstage”; correspondence about, 1971-74; includes budgets, lists, press releases.
F.7       Canada, Auditor General, 2000
F.8       Canada, Order of, 1986-87
F.9       CBC series, “Brott to You”, correspondence about, 1971-73; also a TV special on Maurice Ravel.
F.10     CanWest Broadcasting Corp., 1981
F.11     D-F; 2008-10, 1 col photograph
Oversize: Note from Kelly Denton on the verso of “The Journey”, art print (marker and coloured pencil on paper) done by Denton, 2011. Filed with posters
F.12-3  Education Concert evaluation forms and correspondence, 2003; 2 col photographs
F.14     Education Concert, 2004
F.15     Education Concert, n.d.
F.16     Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 1979-80
F.17     Festitalia Corp., 1979-80
F.18     Marc Gibbons, 2009-10

Box 86
F.1       Hamilton Philharmonic, 1978-88; includes two registered letters marked “don’t open” – they were not opened by Brott
F.2       Peter Herrndorf (National Arts Centre)
F.3       Victor Hochauser, 1967
F.4       H, J-L, 1985-2011; includes several cards from “Jan”
F.5       Malta, Knights of, 1990-91
F.6       Norman McCann Ltd., 1979-1982
F.7       McGill Chamber Orchestra, 2003
F.8       National Arts Centre Orchestra, 2010; also oversize card of congratulations signed by orchestra members for Brott’s 100th concert (filed with posters). Note: there are also two posters on card stock with signatures. See posters in Series 3.
F.9       Nova Scotia Symphony, 1983 (contract only)
F.10     Order of Ontario, 2006
F.11     P-S, 1977-2010
F.12     V, Y, W, 1979-86
F.13     Yamaha, 1982

Alexander Brott correspondence:
Incoming
F.14     A, 1933-35: Associated Musicians of Greater New York; Dorothy Hale Averell; Rosalind Adelstein; Académie de Musique de Québec
F.15     Maro Ajemian, 1936; also test papers, 1935-36
F.16     B, 1936: A. Bloch; Harold C. Barnett
F.17     Wheeler Beckett (Richmond Symphony Orchestra), 1935-36
F.18     Frances Breed, 1935
F.19     Saul (later Steven) Brott (Alex’s brother), 1935-44
F.20     Saul Brott to his mother, 1943
F.21     Alex’s mother (Chana Geller Brott) and Abe Lenson (her second husband) to Alex, written for them by Saul, 1935. Also a letter about Lenson’s employment
F.22     C, 1927-45: Canada Steamship Lines Ltd.; Chamber Music Guild, Inc. (Marcel Ancher); Bill Chapin; Mrs. T. Chamberland; Chicago Musical College
F.23     Canada, 1942-44: Department of National War Services; Minister of Finance; Department of Labour
F.24     Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 1937, 1945
F.25     Canadian Performing Right Society Ltd., 1944-45
F.26     Helena (Mrs. C. Reynolds) Clark, 1935
F.27     D, 1935-45: Miriam E. Davis; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Harold Dondenaz; Genevieve Duran (includes 2 b&w photographs of Duran)
F.28     F, 1934-35: Oscar Faerman; Miss M. Friedman
F.29     Walter Goetzel, 1943
F.30     Rosetta Goodkind, 1935
F.31     Goodman family members including Millie; Goodman  Bros. Ltd., 1934-36
F.32     Eunice Griffin, 1935-37
F.33     Sascha Jacobsen, 1936
F.34     Hazel, c/o Mrs. W. Jostin
F.35     Juilliard School of Music and Institute of Musical Art, 1934-37, encl. programmes, 1934-37; also a printed leaflet “Strike Against War”, issued by the Julliard Committee Against War and Fascism
F.36     K, 1935-36: Ruth H. Kaufmann; Charles Kaiserman
F.37     Dena Kayser, 1934-35
F.38     Serge Koussevitzky (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 1945
F.39     William Kupper, 1934-36
F.40     Ladies’ Morning Musical Club, 1945
F.41     Esther and Mildred Litman, 1931, 1934
F.42     M, 1936-42: Paul de Marky; Frances Marcus; Mrs. Mendelsohn; Al Miller; Freda Myran; Music Appreciation Group of the Jewish Public Library
F.43     “Billie” Maginnis, 1935; encl. b&w snapshot of her with Mr. Jacobsen
F.44     McGill University Faculty of Music, 1934-36; encl. programmes, 28 November 1934, 17 December 1936, 17 November 1971
F.45     Jean Moscoviteh, 1934; encl. letter from “Molly”
F.46     Joseph Edward Murray, 1936
F.47     Musicians’ Federation of Montreal, 1934-35; encl. membership cards and directory
F.48     N, 1937-45: National Council for Canadian-Soviet Friendship; National Music League; Bernard Naylor
F.49     National Film Board, 1944-45
F.50     North American Artists Bureau, 1943-45
F.51     O
F.52     Muriel Oliver, 1936
F.53     Maurice Onderet, 1934-37
F.54     Quebec: Motor Vehicles, 1942; Women’s Institutes, 1934
F.55     R, 1936-45: Georgina Russel; Mrs. I. Rabinovitch; John Taylor Roberts; Robert Reeds and Associates; Reichhold Music Awards Committee
F.56     Radio City Music Hall, 1934-35
F.57     S: Andrew Schulhof, 1945; William Schonbluh (?), 1966
F.58     Sissie Silverman, 1934-36
F.59     C.F. Sise (President, Bell Telephone), 1936-37
F.60     T: Margaret Thoday, note written on bottom of Brott’s typed account for lessons
F.61     Sam Tolchinsky, 1934

Box 87
F.1       Virginia (Mrs. Curtis) von Vorgthander, 1935
F.2       Joseph L. Visca, 1936
F.3       Bruno Walter, 1945
F.4       Anne Webber, 1935-36
F.5       Y, Z: Young Men’s Hebrew Association, 1935; M. Zigle (?), 1931
F.6       Copies of letters of reference letters in support of Brott becoming a full professor in the Faculty of Music at McGill University from Ernest Macmillan, Clément Morin, and Wilfred Gilleran (?), 1966-67
F.7       First Names: Letters from Frances whose last name began with a W, 1935-37
F.8       First Names, Illegible Names, Fragments of Letters

Outgoing:
F.9       To his parents and brother, 1936-37
F.10     Drafts and/or handwritten copies
F.11     Typed carbons to: Louis Applebaum, Marcel Ancher, Thomas Archer, Desire Defauw, Harold Dondnaz, Mr. Jamieson, Ernest MacMillan, John Weinzweig, 1944-46

Lotte Brott (nee Goetzel)
F.12     Incoming, in German, 1940-42: includes letters from her father, Walter Goetzel, her sister Emmy Goetzel; Walter Traugott; and others
F.13     Letter fragments in German
F.14     Incoming, in French, 1938-42
F.15     Incoming letters in English, 1940-42, 1969; also a typescript, “In the Back of Mrs. Gordon’s Store”, written and sent to Lotte by Saul Brott
F.16     Incoming, in English. These letters from 1945 concern the discrimination against Jews in the Laurentians and include letters from Fred Rose (House of Commons), and  J.B. Salsberg (Ontario Legislative Assembly)
F.17     Outgoing drafts and carbons, 1941-68, German, French and English; also her bicycle license

Lotte Goetzel and Alexander Brott
F.18     Telgram from AB to LG, 1941; letter from LG to AB, n.d.
F.19     Letter to, from Women’s Arts Society, 1945 and a Christmas card signed Mr. and Mrs. M. Marcus.
F.20     Printed invitations; includes one to the banquet for George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, 1939
F.21     Empty envelopes addressed to various Brott family members. Note: The above correspondence was found in disarray and these envelopes could not be matched.

Other related materials:
F.22     Financial documents: purchase and insurance of automobiles, bank books, receipts, 1936-1943
F.23     Musical scores in unknown hand, mainly for “Outsiders, Behold Geedaranits”, also pamphlet, “Leitfaden der Allgemeinen Musiklehre” by Friedrick Worret published in 1900.
F.24     Programmes: Kolisch Quartet, 1936; Hart House; Ross Pratt at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal; Musical Arts Quartet, 1937
F.25     Other: Alexander Brott’s graduation certificate from Devonshire School, 1928; music examination, McGill University, 1938-39; Temple Emanuel School for Adults lecture list, 1970-71; various school notes in unidentified hands or typed (includes “Lecture on Eugenics delivered at Columbia University”); “It Isn’t My Fault”, undated typescript carbon, 4 pp.; incomplete address book pages; and other documents

Series 2
Programmes. – 1966-2011; predominant 1990-2011. – 49 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Programmes:
Bari (Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica Petruzzelli e Teatri di Bari)
F.26     10 March 2010
F.27     3 Oct. 2010
F.28     10 Oct. 2010
F.29     15 Oct. 2010
F.30     29, 30 Oct., 3 Nov. 2010
F.31     18 Jan. 2011

Brott Summer Music Festival
F.32     1992

Box 88
F.1       1993
F.2       1994
F.3       1998; programme inserts
F.4       Spring-Summer 1999
F.5       2000

Classical Academy Orchestra
F.6       5 Sept. 1990
F.7       26 June-19 Aug. 1991
F.8       10 Aug. 1996

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
F.9       23 Nov. 1973

Heart Strings for Haiti
F.10     21 Mar. [2010]

Israel at Fifty, Toronto
F.11     30 Apr. 1998

Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra
F.12     4, 6 Nov. 2004

McGill Chamber Orchestra
F.13     20 March 1970 (Alexander Brott conductor)
F.14     7 Feb. 1981
F.15     Place des Arts magazines containing programmes for 6 Nov. 2000, 3 June 2002, 2 Nov. 2005
F.16     27 Mar. 2000
F.17     30 Nov. 2002
F.18     17 Nov. 2003
F.19     24 Apr. 2004
F.20     18 Oct. 2004
F.21     22 Nov. 2004
F.22     7 Feb. 2005
F.23     14 Mar. 2005 (Alexander Brott 90th birthday Gala)
F.24     30 Jan. 2006
F.25     25 Sept. 2006
F.26     30 Oct. 2006
F.27     5 Nov. 2006 (160 Years of Great Music)
F.28     20 Nov. 2006
F.29     4 Oct. 2009
F.30     Photocopy, n.d., “Holiday Magic”

L’orchestre symphonique de Montréal
F.31     18 July 1966
F.32     22 Mar. 2005

National Academy Orchestra
F.33     12 Aug. 1998
F.34     Adath Israel Congregation 100th Anniversary, 9 Nov. 2002

National Arts Centre
F.35     Student Matinee Concerts, 12-13 Jan., 9-10 Feb. 1999
F.36     Family Adventures, 8 May 2010

New West Symphony
F.37     16-17 Apr. 2004
F.38     13-14 Apr. 2006
F.39     6-8 Apr. 2006
F.40     10-11 Nov. 2006

Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
F.41     14 June 1965; with Moscow Chamber Orchestra
F.42     13 Oct. 1967; also contains 1967-68 listing

Rome: Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio
F.43     16 May [2006]

Santa Cecilia: Orchestra del Conservatorio di Santa Ceclia
F.44     1 June 2000

Stained Glass series at Redeemer College (Hamilton Philharmonic and the Amadeus Ensemble)
F.45     2 Dec. 1987, 16 Nov. 1988, 12 Mar. 1988, 9 Feb. 1990

Toronto Sinfonia
F.46     11 Feb. 1977

Toronto Symphony
F.47     14 Dec. 2002

Box 89
F.1       Verona: Teatre Filarmonico de Verona, 22-23 Dec. 2007
F.2-3    “Boris Brott Programmes General, 1980-1992”
F.4       Selection of programmes; Brott not conducting

Seasonal Literature
Boris Brott Spring/Summer/Autumn Music Festival
F.5       19-30 July 1988
F.6       13 July-5 Aug. 1989
F.7       6 July-26 Aug. 1990
F.8       8 July-7 Aug. 1994
F.9       23 July-19 Aug. 1995
F.10     1999; includes Spring
F.11     25 Apr.-27 June 1999
F.12     14 July-21 Aug. 1999
F.13     1 July-19 Aug. 200; includes insert on the Kim Campbell, Hershey Felder concert
F.14     6 July-18 Aug. 2001
F.15     8 June-17 Aug. 2003
F.16     23 Sept.-1 Dec. 2003
F.17     10 July-19 Aug. 2004
F.18     3 July-18 Aug. 2004
F.19     27 Oct.-13 Dec. [2005]
F.20     National Academy Orchestra, Brott Music Festival 2006
F.21     13 June-20 Aug. 2009
F.22     16 June-20 Aug. 2010
F.23     Festival of the Sound, 19 July-11 Aug. 1966
F.24     Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, 2002-2003

L’orchestre symphonique de Montréal
F.25     2004-05
F.26     2005-06

McGill Chamber Orchestra
F.27     1964-65
F.28     2004-05
F.29     2006-07
F.30     2007-08
F.31     2008-09
F.32     2009-10
F.33     2010-11

National Academy Orchestra
Educational Concerts
F.34     2000
F.35     2003
F.36     2004

F.37     Press Information and Repertoire, 2001
F.38     Printed Information, Feb. 2003

National Arts Centre
F.39     2010-11
Young People’s Concerts
F.40     2003-04
F.41     2004-05

New West Symphony
F.42     2002-03
F.43     2003-04
F.44     2005-06
F.45     2009-10

Stained Glass Series at Redeemer College
F.46     1987-88
F.47     1989-90

Other:
F.48     Itinerary for North American/Canadian tour; orchestra and year not listed

Series 3
Sponsorship and press information, promotional material, appointment calendars, scrap books, posters, published materials. – 1935-2011; predominant 1991-2011. – 1.1 m of textual records. -- 9 posters. – Title based on content of series.

Box 90
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival
F.1       Sponsorship, 1991
F.2       Press Information, 1991
F.3       Press Binder, 1992
F.4       Press Information, 1992
F.5-6    Press Binder, 1993
F.7       Press Information, 1995
F.8       Sponsorship Benefits, 1998
F.9       Press Reviews, Spring, 1998
F.10     Spring/Summer/Autumn Music Festivals, press reviews and repertoires, 1999. Note: Box 36, F.15 only has the Spring/Summer information.

Box 91
F.1       Press Information and Repertoire, 2001
F.2       At A Glance and Ghost Ship Project, 2003
F.3       Press Reviews, 2003
F.4       Press Reviews, 2004
F.5       Press Clippings, Summer 2005
F.6       Festival promotional materials, 12 Aug. [1998], 23 Sept. 2003, 30 Oct. [2008?]
F.7       The Musical Shopper, 2006: correspondence, orders, donations and leads
F.8       Grant Application, incomplete photocopies, 1992
F.9       Boris Brott: Biographical and promotional materials
F.10     Denis Brott
F.11     National Academy Orchestra, promotional, n.d. but ca. 2000-2010
F.12     Promotional materials, others

Appointment calendars:
F.13     1995
F.14     Dec. 1998, Jan.-Dec. 1999
F.15     Feb.-Dec. 2000
F.16     2001
F.17     2002
F.18     2003
F.19     2004-06
F.20     2006-09

Scrap books
Note: Numbering of scrap books follows the sequence of the first accrual.

Box 92
S.37     2006. Items pasted on paper and left loose. News clippings, programmes, cards

Box 93
S.38     2007. Items pasted on paper and left loose. News clippings, programmes, calendar

Posters (Map Cabinet 81)
- “Showtime. Oct 26. Bethesda Concert Presents.” Illustrated with an image of Brott conducting.
- “Everyone has a part to play. Please give to your Philharmonic Orchestra. 25th Anniversary, 1975”. Illustrated with Brott and others, dressed as a nurse, doctor, chef, etc. On card stock.
“Teatro Filharmonico di Verona”, 20-21 November 2010
- Bari: “Fondazione Libico Sinfonica Petrusselli de Teatri di Bari”: 2 posters for the same event on 18 January 2011; the third lists a series of opera and dance concerts from 6 December 2010 to 25 October 2011.
- “Symphony to Broadway”, signed by Brott, Michael Burgess, Alberto Mizrahi, Amy Goldstein, Eric Moses, 26 April 2001
- National Arts Centre Orchestra, Brott’s 100th concert, four posters on cards stock, put together to make two oversize cards with signatures on the insides. The posters feature Brott but contain different images.
- Music Power at the Stoney Creek Quarry poster, extreme oversize;located on top of Range 9 in the archives stacks.

Box 94
News clippings, tear-sheets and photocopies.
F.1       1935, ca. 1960, 1965-66, 1968-69
F.2       1973?
F.3       1988-88
F.4       1990
F.5       1992
F.6       1993
F.7       1994
F.8       1995
F.9       1998
F.10     1999
F.11     2000
F.12     2001
F.13     2002
F.14     2003
F.15     2004
F.16     2005
F.17     2006
F.18     2007
F.19     2008
F.20     2009
F.21     2010
F.22     2011
F.23     News clippings, n.d.
F.24     Photocopies, n.d.

Magazines:
F.25     Canadian Government Executive, Apr./May 2005
F.26     City and Country Home, Sept. 1986; contain an article on Brott’s Bay Street home in Hamilton
F.27     Hamilton Magazine, Sept. 1990; re Ardyth Brott
F.28     Hamilton Magazine, Winter 1993; re Ardyth and Alexandra Brott
F.29     Lifestyles, Summer 2003; Brott is on the cover
F.30     McGill News, Jan. 1968
F.31     National Enquirer, 28 May 1996. The story that mentions Brott is on page 39. A photocopy of this story is in the first accrual, Box 38, F. 26
F.32     Society Social Calendar, Jan./Feb. 2009

News Letters:
F.33     News sponsored by Seagrams, Feb./Mar. 1999
F.34     Orchestra Canada, July 1993
F.35     Prelude, Fugue & Riffs: News for Friends of Leonard Bernstein, Fall/Winter 2009; Spring/Summer 2010
F.36     Boris Brott News, July 2001

Other
F.37     National Academy Orchestra schedule, 2005; press release, n.d.
F.38     “Tomorrow’s Audience Today II: A Resource Guide to Successful Education Programs”

Series 4
Broadcast scripts, musical scores, poetry. – 1791-1982; predominant 1967-1976. – 22 cm of textual records. – Title based on content of series.

Box 95
Broadcast Scripts
F.1       BBC Welsh Orchestra and Choir, Music for Christmas conducted and narrated by Boris Brott, television script, broadcast 16 Dec. 1973
F.2       CBC TV series, Alphabet Soup, 1971-73, Series No. 2, “R” is for Rhythm. Guests: Boris Brott and four children
F.3       CBC TV, Bach Noel, CBC Winnipeg Orchestra conducted by Boris Brott, recorded Nov.-Dec. 1975; script, cast list and memorandum
F.4       CBC Radio series, “Brott to You”, Script no. 14 “Critics: Purge or Panacea”, 23 July and 1 Aug. 1971. See Box 70 in the first accrual for other scripts in this series.
F.5       CBC TV special on Maurice Ravel, recorded 30-31 May, 1 June 1973; scripts in French and English, schedule, background notes
F.6       CBC TV, Talent Festival Showcase, Winnipeg, 14 and 15 Sept. 1976; script in French and English, and one letter
F.7       CBC Radio Festival, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Verdian  Orchestra, script narration by Jan Rubes, n.d.

Brott Backstage series, CHCH-TV
F.8       No. 9, “Edifice Complex”, VTR date 13 Nov. 1972
F.9       No. 2, “Fee and Sympahty”, 26 Jan. 1973
F.10     No. 3, “Czech and Balances”, 8 Feb. 1973
F.11     “Bass-ically Speaking”, 7 Mar. 1973
F.12     “A Copland Portrait”, tape date, 16-17 Mar. 1973
F.13     No. 7, “From Russia with Strings Attached”, 14 Feb. 1974
F.14     No. 9, “Back to Baton”, 18 Apr. 1974
F.15     “Please, Sir, How Can I Get to Carnegie Hall?”, n.d.

Brott and Friends series, CKDS radio, Hamilton
F.16     No. 1, “The Art of the Conductor”
F.17     No. 2, “String Fever”
F.18     No. 3, “Blowin’ in the Winds”
F.19     No. 4, “Resounding Brass”
F.20     No. 5, “Re: Percussion”
F.21     No. 6, “Successful Flops”; note that the ribbon copy of this script in in Box 70 of  the first accrual

The Making of Music series, Tees Television, Newcastle Upon Tyne
F.22     Programme 1, “Why Make Music?”, VTR date, 9 Jan. 1967; 2 pocket scores, schedule, draft script, notes
F.23     Programme 2, “Musically Speaking”; file contains the blue print of studio one.
F.24     Programme 3, “I Got Rhythm!”, 9Feb. 1967; script, schedule, notes
F.25     Programme 4, “With Strings Attached”, 26 Jan. 1967; schedule, notes
F.26     Programme 5, “Being Instrumental”, printed sheet music
F.27     Programme 6, “For Form’s Sake”, 19 Jan. 1967; script, notes, schedule, printed sheet music
F.28     Programme 7, “What’s the Score?”; script, notes
F.29     Programme 8, “I Like It”, schedule
F.30     Programme 9, “Conducting”, 23 Mar. 1967; script, schedule
F.31     Programme 10, “With the Lid Off”, 16 Feb. 1967; schedule
F.32     Programme 11, “Making the Scene”, 11 Apr. 1967; script, schedule
F.33     Programme 12, “Music à la Mode”, script
F.34     Programme 13, “With National Assistance”; 18 Apr. 1967draft script, schedule

F.35     Series: “Music – Why Bother?”, programmes 1-6, May-June 1970, Mohawk College, photocopies of broadcast scripts
F.36     Manuscript Notes, “I Hate Music … But I Like to Sing”; series of six ½ hour programmes for children, n.d.
F.37     Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story, Montreal Place des Arts, photocopies of theatre scripts in French and English; handwritten notes titled “Beatles”
F.38     Composers Alive, 13-part TV series proposal, 2 versions

Box 96
F.1       “The Sophia Diaries”, draft script by Ardyth Brott and May Pat, diary extracts, photocopies
F.2       “The Merry Widow”, 26 May 1982, script, list of songs, vocal score and lyrics
F.3       “Orchestral Music for Schools”; see also Box 70, F. 26 in the first accrual
F.4       Steve Brott, “The Boris and Ardyth Show”

Musical Scores:
F.5       “Toute-Suite for Denis”
F.6       Pops, “Bein’ Green”
F.7       Paul McIntrye, “Ferdinand: A Story with Music”, printed score
F.8       Leaves (6) from Lady’s Magazine, 1791-92, stamped “Ex Libris Boris Brott”; predominantly Handel

Poetry:
F.9       “Lotte 60th Birthday”, 8 Feb. 1982; “Ode to Lotte”

Series 5
Photographs, art work, audio materials and realia. – 1938-2010; predominant 1997-2000.
1,115 photographs: prints and negatives
484 prints: colour (436 4x5 to 5x7 inch; 37 4x10 landscape; 11 8x10)
12 prints: b&w (1 8x10 inch; 11 5x7 or smaller)
374 negatives: colour: 35 mm (in strips)
200 negatives colour: 35 mm on 8 cartridges (25 exposures per cartridge)
30 negatives: b&w (10 3x4 inch; 20 35 mm [in strips])
15 index (proof) sheets: colour
48 slides: 35 mm

1 original drawing
1 audio recording: 7-inch disc, 33-1/3 rpm
3 items of realia
Title based on content of series.

Box 96 cont’d
F.10     Colour chalk portrait sketch of Brott, not signed.
Envelope 1: 8 large col. photographs; includes Brott with Elizabeth Pitcairn, concertmaster, New West Symphony and an older Brott with Denis
Envelope 2: Boris Brott, Kim Campbell, Hershey Felder at the Brott Muskoka Festival, n.d but July-Aug. 2000., 28 col. photographs, found loose and placed in this envelope by the archivist

Box 97
Note: Photographs placed in envelopes by the archivist; some were transferred from existing envelopes
Small B&w
E.1       Alexander Brott in Montreal
E.2       Little girl with caption, “This is Joe’s daughter” possibly in Alexander Brott’s hand
E.3       Unidentified couple photographed in Zurich by W. Pleyer, with text on the verso in German, dated Nov. 1938
E.4       Unidentified woman, ca. 1940s
E.5       Unidentified female dancer
E.6       Unidentified convocation
E.7       Boris Brott with two young female musicians, inscribed “with love from Maureen and Hazel”
E.8       Boris Brott with young musicians (4)

Small colour
Boris Brott with others:
E.9       Pierre Berton, 1991
E.10     Sheila Copps, 1994; Ardyth is also in the photograph
E.11     Marc Gibbons, 5 July 2009
E.12     Don Harron in costume as Charlie Farquharson, 1993
E.13     Mordecai Richler, 1992

Boris Brott alone:
F.14     Holding a baton in a garden (5)

Musicians:
E.15     Alexander Brott with Erika Raum, 1998
E.16     Lara St. John, James Ehnes, Valerie Tryon, Pinchas Zukerman, Marc Garneau, Glen Mallory (11), captioned, 1997-1999
E.17     Sarah Traficante, Elspeth Poole in concert, July 2002 (4)

Other:
E.18     Boris Brott Summer Music Festival cake, 1993
E.19     Collection of photographs found in an envelope labeled “Brott Mustic Fest”, some of the photographs have the camera date of 23 Sept. 2003 (22)
E.20     Collection of photographs found in a Kodak envelope dated “02/06/25”; concert and reception (15 prints; 24 negs.: 35 mm; 1 index (contact) sheet)
E.21     Collection of photographs of a concert found in an envelope from In A Snap Image Centre, Hamilton (23 prints)
E.22     Collection of photographs of young musicians (17 prints; 24 negs: 35mm; 1 index (contact) sheet)
E.23     Index (contact) sheets (5 items)
E.24     Kim Campbell and Hershey Felder in rehearsal with Boris Brott; not dated but 27-8 July 2000; photographs and negatives (25 prints; 25 negs: 35 mm)

Larger b&w (ca. 8x10)
E.25     Alexander Brott with an unidentified priest taken by Ian Westbury, Montreal

Larger colour (ca. 4x10 or smaller)
Note: Starred items (*) are stored together in E.36b
E.26     Brott Festival, photographs, 15 June-25 July 2000 (24 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 303-863*)
E.27     Brott Festival, photographs, 25-28 July 2000 (11 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 944-669*)
E.28     Brott Festival Muskoka, photographs, 8 June 2000 (28 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 057-078*)
E.29     Brott Festival Muskoka, photographs, 27 July-5 August 2000, four include Kim Campbell and/or Hershey Felder (24 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet); 1 negative cartridge ID 317-047*)
E.30     Brott Festival Muskoka, photographs, 5-6 August 2000 (17 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 272-540*)
E.31     Photographs found loose of various events, concerts, gatherings, family and friends, some are dated 1991 to 1999 (99 prints)
E.32     Photographs, of Kim Campbell and Hershey Felder in rehearsal, 28-29 July 2000 (24 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 903-188*)
E.33     Collection of photographs found in a plain white envelope; one is captioned on verso “Feb. 5 1999, Oxnard, my birthday party Eugenie”, 10 have camera dates of 4 April 2003, two are dated 24 July 1999, various concerts (52 prints)
E.34     Photographs, concert, 1 Jan. 1999 (23 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 056-565*)
E.35     Photographs, concert, 1 Jan. 1999 (16 prints; 1 index (contact) sheet; 1 negative cartridge ID 038-947*)
E.36     Negatives: colour: 82 negative strips, 35 mm (286 images)
E.36a   Negatives: b&w: 6 negative strips, 35 mm (20 images); 10 negatives, ca.3x4 inch
E.36b   Negative cartridges removed from E.26, E.27, E.28, E.29, E.30, E.32, E.34 and E.35.
E.37     “Technics: The Science of Sound; Classical Academy”

Photographic Slides in binder labeled “Mozart”; 48 slides. There are computer prints listing the slides with numbers and descriptions. All of the slides listed are not in the binder. Some slides in the binder are not numbered.

Box 98
Realia:
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival red baseball cap
Silver medal engraved in Italian to Boris Brott for his direction of the Bari Symphony Orchestra, 2000, housed in red box
Crystal engraved “Thank you Maestro, Sixteen Unforgettable Years, New West Symphony League, Poinsetta Ball, 2010”, housed in blue box

Audio:
UCLA Symphonic Wind Ensemble: audio recording: vinyl disc, 7 inch, 33 1/3 stereo

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Boris Brott. – Third accrual. – 1935-2013. – 3.43 m of textual records and graphic materials. – Title based on contents of the accrual.

 

 

Series 1
Correspondence. – 1935-2011. -- 32 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.

Box 99
F.1  Alexander, Lincoln M. to Jean Chrétien. Re: Boris Brott. Photocopy of letter. September 29, 2002.
F.2  Baran, Alex. December 18, 2003.
F.3  Brotherhood Concert. Correspondence, agreement, and budget. 1957(9?)- 1961.
F.4  Boris Brott Summer Music Festival. Correspondence and Boris Brott’s script for “A Tribute to Catherine Garwood-Jones.” 1992-2006.
F.5  Canadian Government Executive Magazine. April 2005.
F.6  CBC Radio Canada. 2008.
F.7  Composers. Correspondence, music, concert notice. 2005-2007.
F.8  Copps, Sheila. Correspondence, Newspaper clipping, and program information. 1993-2002.
F.9  Costa Rica Symphony. 2001-2002.
F.10  Walter Cronkite Project. June 2002.
F.11  Colorado Symphony. February 12, 2002.
F.12  Cultural Spaces Canada. June 2003.
F.13  Defreyne, Sheelin. Correspondence, photocopies, newspaper clippings. 2002-2004.
F.14  Deutsch, Lindsay. December 2005.
F.15  Essilor. July 2004.
F.16  EuroDV (Amr Noechi). March 15, 2007.
F.17  Fleischmann, Ernest. Re: Position of music director of San Francisco Ballet. October 18, 2000.
F.18  Gao, George (Composer and soloist). Correspondence, music, biography, photograph. 2000-2001.
F.19  Garneau, Marc. Correspondence and invitation. December 2007.
F.20  General Correspondence. Re: various concerts, etc. 1999-2000.
F.21  General Correspondence. Re: various concerts, etc. 2005-2006.
F.22  General Correspondence. Re: various concerts, etc. 2006-2007.
F.23  General Correspondence. Re: various concerts, etc. 2007-2008.
F.24  Global Television Network. 2000.
F.25  Great Romantic Festival. June-December 2003.
F.26  Guinness. January-July 2002.
F.27  Hamilton Spectator Forum Page. 2003-2004.
F.28  Honda. April 2008.
F.29  Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). Contacts. June 2008.
F.30  Idea City. February-March 2007.
F.31  International Biographical Centre Cambridge. July 23, 1999.
F.32  International Joint Commission. July 2007.
F.33  Kids Can Press. June-August 2009.
F.34  Levy, Eugene and Boris Brott. Meeting notes and correspondence. October-November 2007.
F.35  Longview Solutions. 2004.
F.36  Lupiano, Vince. Schedules, directory printouts, holograph notes, 4 photographs, M&C Conventions Magazine. 1998-2007.
F.37  McMaster University (Dr. John G. Kelton). January-October 2004.
F.38  Montour, Tara-Louise. Recommendation letter. March 31, 1999.
F.39  Miscellaneous Correspondence. Email printouts, proposals, holograph notes. 2004-2011.
F.40  New West Symphony – Betsy Chess. Correspondence and photocopies. 1998-2002.
F.41   New West Symphony – Richard Colburn. 2003-2004.
F.42  New West Symphony – Jeff Corwin. Correspondence, peer review hearing. January-April 2008.
F.43  New West Symphony – Paul Fried. [n. d.]
F.44  New West Symphony – Michael Takazono (Youth Director). Correspondence and resume. 2002.
F.45  New West Symphony – Yin Jiang. January 2008.
F.46  New West Symphony. Correspondence and thank you cards. 2000-2004.
F.47  New West Symphony. General correspondence. 2000-2004.
 

Box 100
F.1  Northern Sinfonia, UK. 2003.
F.2  Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Correspondence and photograph of Boris Brott. 1958-1962.
F.3  Pommier, Jean Bernard. Re: concert with Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle. September 20, 1999.
F.4  Prystawski, Walter. Nomination for Order of Ontario. Correspondence and form. February 2006.
F.5  Rossi, Laurent David (Portugal). June 2005.
F.6  Selemidis, Virginia. Correspondence and meeting minutes. May 2006.
F.7  Stirling, Geoff (CKGM Radio). 1960-1961.
F.8  Turner Broadcasting. March 23, 2004.
F.9  Walsh, Grant. Correspondence, holograph notes to Brott, photocopies. December 2003- February 2004.
F.10  Wentworth, Kenneth. May 2004.
F.11  Yachetti, Roger. Correspondence and dinner invitation. September 2004.
Family and Friends correspondence:
F.12  Aston, Vivian Paulette. Letters, greeting cards, photograph. 1989-1994.
F.13  Bondar, Roberta L. Letter with two business card size CDs. April 23, 2003.
F.14  Brott, Alexander. General correspondence. 1961-1966.
F.15  Brott, Alexander Estate. Correspondence, fax, bank statement. July 2005-May 2008.
F.16  Brott, Alexander nomination for Governor General`s Lifetime Achievement Award. Correspondence, form, biography. January 2005.
F.17  Brott, Alexander note to children. Photocopy. August 27, 2001.
F.18  Brott, Alexander, Lotte, and grandfather. General correspondence. 1959-1966.
F.19  Brott, Boris. General correspondence. 1959-1966.
F.20  Boris to family. Letters and postcards. 1960-1966.
F.21  To Boris from family (while at school in Maine). Letters and postcards. 1959-1961.
F.22  To Boris from friends (while at school in Maine). First and last names identifiable. Letters and postcards. 1959-1961.
F.23  To Boris from friends (while at school in Maine). First names identifiable only. Letters and postcards. 1959-1961.
F.24  Brott, Boris – Birthday notes to Boris Brott on McGill Chamber Orchestra stationary. March 14, 1996.
F.25  Brott, Boris – Mexico. 1958-1959.
F.26  Brott, Saul. 1935.
F.27  Cadman, Stephanie. April 2004.
F.28  Christmas Cards. 1999, 2012.
F.29  Colburn, Richard D. 2004.
F.30  Dr. Noel Hamilton. February 20, 2011.
F.31  Lewis, Robin. July 12, 2010.
F.32  Sheepshanks Estate. September 2005.
F.33 Stone, Bonnie. Letters, drafts, card, and sketch of Boris. 1959-1960.
F.34  Westell, Emily. September 25, 2006.
 

Series 2
Personal.  – 1938-2012. – 14 cm of textual records, and graphic material.
 

Box 101
F.1  Art. Pressed card with portrait of Alexander Brott [artist Harry Po---?], and cartoon caricature of Boris Brott, 1983.
F.2  Articles and pamphlets featuring Boris Brott or Alexander Brott. Newspapers, photocopies, booklets. 1953-2011.
F.3  Birth certificate for Charlotte Götzel. Born March 8, 1922 in  Mannheim. Certificate stamped November 28, 1938; certificate for final exam from the Zürich Conservatory for Lotte Goetzel on July 5, 1939. Stamped on  July 8, 1939.In German.
F.4  Boris Brott Biographical. 1970.
F.5  Boris Brott Nomination for the Greatest Hamiltonian. April 6, 2006.
F.6  Brides Journal. Marriages of Boris Broth and his brother, Dennis. Newspaper. 1977.
F.7  Casantica magazine. Photocopy. December 2010. Pope John Paul II 6^th Anniversary in Heaven card. 2011.
F.8  Commendation to Boris Brott from Santa Monica. May 2011.
F.9  Concert pamphlets and booklets featuring Boris Brott or Alexander Brott. 1940-1966.
F.10  Coquilles St-Jacques. Lotte’s recipe. [n. d.]
F.11  Dimitri Mitropoulos International Music competition for Conductors (January 8-21, 1968). Journal. Boris Brott prize winner. January 1968.
F.12  Donation to Toronto Holocaust Memorial. From Gerda Frieberg honouring Boris Brott. May 1, 1985.
F.13  Hamilton Spectator. Photocopies of articles. 2005.
F.14  Japan (Yamaha) Trip. Souvenirs, maps, postcards, negatives. 1982.
F.15  Magazines with Boris Brott or Alexander Brott. Clasidiscos – September 1958. National Festival of Music – 1960. About the Home- 1966.
F.16  Miscellaneous Awards. 1981-2012.
F.17  Newspapers clippings and Concert pamphlets. 1959-1965.
F.18  State Of Israel. Honorary certificate to Boris Brott. 2004.
F.19  West Hill High School. Report cards, exams, drafts, scrapbook pages for Boris Brott, 1958-1961.
F.20  West Hill High School Annuals. 1959, 1960, 1961.
 

Series 3
General Files: Concerts, Festivals, Television.  – 1973-2013. – 82 cm of textual records and graphic material.
This series contains files from the office of Boris Brott.
 

Box 101

F.21  Adath Israel Concert (November 9, 2002). Correspondence, announcement, schedule, invoice, 3 photographs. November 2001- November 2002.
F.22  Adath Israel Concert. Correspondence re: broken violin. November 2002- January 2003.
F.23  Association of Canadian Orchestras. 1999-2001.
 

Box 102
F.1  Bari Symphony. Correspondence, contracts, pamphlets, programs, photocopies, faxes. 1995-2001.  
F.2  Bari Symphony Reviews and Programs. Pamphlets, booklets, photocopies of articles, newspaper clippings, Arrivederci magazine, posters. 1997-2003.  
F.3  Bari Symphony. Itinerary, correspondence, contract. 2002-2003.
F.4  Bari Symphony. Pamphlets, calendar, itinerary, contacts, photocopies, programs, correspondence. 2009-2011.
F.5  Bari Symphony. Contract, program, correspondence, hotel invoices. June 2011.
F.6  Beth Sholom Concert. Program, booklet, correspondence, agreement. April 2001-February 2002.
F.7  Beth Tzedec Congregation – Israel’s 50^th Anniversary. Poster, correspondence, photocopies, newsletter, program. June-December 1998.
F.8  Brazilian Symphony (Rio de Janeiro). October 2002.
F.9  Boris Brott Script – Beethoven and Napoleon. Ts. Pp. 1-22. Thursday March 7 [year?]
F.10  Brott Music Festivals. Schedules for spring and summer, advertisement. 1992, 1996-1997.
F.11  Brott Music Festivals. Correspondence and bound proposal. 1998.
F.12  Brott Music Festivals. Proposal to Hamilton-Wentworth for grant. 2000.
F.13  Brott Summer Music Festival. Bound press information and repertoire. 2000-2001.
F.14  Brott Music Festival CD. n.d.
F.15  Brott Music Festival. Letter from Lincoln M. Alexander, and holograph note. November-December 2003.
F.16  Burlington Performing Arts Centre. Support for the building of the centre. Correspondence, pamphlet, building proposal. 2003-2005.
F.17  Calgary Philharmonic Society. Application for opening assistance, rehearsal order, personal agenda for Boris Brott, information and map of Calgary, newsletter, and artist profiles. 1994-1997.
F.18  Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Magazines. 1995-1997.
 

Box 103
F.1  Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Correspondence, photocopies, holograph notes, faxes, programs. 1986-2004.
F.2  Canadian Children’s Opera Chorus. 1998-1999.
F.3  Canadian Composers. Biography for Chan Ka Nin, and Alice Ho. Music of Victor Davies pamphlet and music schedule for Pan American Games. 1999-2000.
F.4  Canadian Institute of Child Health. National Child Day Award to Boris Brott. Correspondence, ts, itinerary. 2007.
F.5  Canadian Music Centre. Correspondence, faxes, invoices. 1990-1994.
F.6  Canadian Music Centre. September 2008, August 2010.
F.7  Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications commission. Correspondence, photocopies, notes for presentation. January 1989-November 2001.
F.8  Castiglione Enrico (Mass). Correspondence, schedule, photocopies. 2002-2003.
F.9  Clarion 7 Muses. Correspondence, pamphlet, invoice. 1992-1994.
F.10  Coalition for Music Education. Reference letter for grant application. September 27, 2010.
F.11 Colorado Symphony. June-July 2002.
F.12  Columbia National Orchestra. Cover letter and correspondence. November 2007.
F.13  Composers Alive. Proposal and correspondence. December 1995, January 1997.
F.14  Sister Maria Cordis. Nomination for citizen of the year. Correspondences, nomination form, biography. 1994.
F.15  Sister Maria Cordis. Article photocopies, correspondence, ts of life story, printed photo, greeting card, holograph note, newspaper clippings, applications for Cordis scholarship. 1973-2004.
F.16  Brott Music Festival Concert dedicated to Sister Maria Cordis. Correspondences, biography and program. 2000.
F.17  Crossroads Television. CRTC Application. Correspondence, program description and schedule. 1997-1999.
F.18  Crossroads Television CTS. Correspondence, photocopies and reports. September 1998-December 1999.
F.19  Crossroads Television CTS. Correspondence, reports, and program. October 1997-June 2000.
F.20  Crossroads Television CTS. Correspondence, reports, faxes, and program. December 2000-August 2006.
F.21  CRTC Petitions. Correspondence, photocopies, contact sheet. 2002.
F.22  Dallas Symphony. Correspondence, program, photocopies. 1993-2003.
F.23  Davis Communications Group. Correspondence and bound proposal. July 2001.
F.24  Desert Chorale (Las Vegas). Correspondence, newspaper clipping, programs. 1998-1999.
 

Box 104
F.1  Dofasco 100^th Anniversary. Photocopy of newspaper article. 1973.
F.2  Eagles Talent Commission. Pre-program questionnaire for Boris Brott. September 2008.
F.3  Edmonton symphony. Correspondence, photocopies of articles, 3 magazines. 1989-1993.
F.4  Flooring America (Dallas, Texas). Ts. 2005.
F.5  Florida Orchestra. Correspondence, agreements, photocopies, programs, and pamphlets. 2001-2003.
F.6  Florida Philharmonic Orchestra. Correspondence, ts, magazine. 1990-1991.
F.7  Florida West Coast Symphony. Correspondence, photocopies, announcement of conductors. 1994-1996.
F.8  City of Hamilton Arts Awards. Jury member agreement, fax. March 2011.
F.9  Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Programs. 1978-1987.
F.10  Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra (Reconciliation). Correspondence, holograph notes, newspaper clippings, reports. 1988-2000.
F.11 Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Schedules, correspondence, photocopies. 1998-2005.
F.12  Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra - Honorary Patron. Correspondence. 2003-2004.
F.13  Hamilton Place Anniversary concert. Program, correspondence, photocopies, newspaper. 1998.
F.14  Holocaust Concert (Spring 2005). Correspondence, estimates. July-October 2004.
F.15  Israel Cancer Research Fund Gala. Correspondence, schedules, pamphlets, annual report, magazine. 2002-2004.
F.16  Israel at 50 Concert. Correspondence, program, booklet. 1997-1998.
F.17  Israel at 60 Concert. Correspondence, program drafts, printouts. 2008.
F.18  Johnston-Turner, Cynthia. Draft script for concert. [n. d.]
F.19  Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Correspondence, program, contract, fax. November 2000- September 2001.
F.20  Las Vegas Philharmonic. Correspondence, photocopies of articles, 1 photograph. 1995, 2006.
F.21  Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra booklet, 1988. Hamilton Music Awards booklet and VIP pass, 2013.
F.22  Miscellaneous Concerts. Repertoire, schedule, telephone list, article, pamphlet. 2001-2004.
F.23  Miscellaneous Concert Programs and Review. Conductor copies for Alexander Brott and Boris Brott. 1955-1966.
F.24  National Academy Orchestra. Correspondence, programs. 1998-2000.
F.25  National Academy Orchestra – request for Spring/Summer 2000. Correspondence. October 1999.
F.26  National Academy Orchestra. Correspondence re: funding. September 10, 2004.
F.27  National Arts Centre. The Love of Learning proposal. 1991, 1996.
F.28  National Arts Centre Orchestra Student Matinee Concerts, Tchaikovsky edition. Newsletter. January-February 1999.
 

Box 105
F.1  National Arts Centre – Peter Herrndorf (General Director and CEO). Speaking remarks. February 25, 2000.
F.2  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Schedule and correspondence. 2000-2002.
F.3  National Arts Centre Orchestra – United States and Mexico Tour. Event information, letter from Prime Minister, photo printouts. 2003.
F.4  National Arts Centre – Mozart Concert. Correspondence, schedule, and agreement. 1997-2006.
F.5  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Schedules, agreements, reports, programs, and magazine. 1998-2005.
F.6  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Correspondence, schedules, agreement, report, teaching aid, CDs. 2000-2006.
F.7  National Arts Centre Orchestra Tour. Correspondence, itinerary. 2008.
F.8  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Contract for 2008-2009.
F.9  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Program magazine. 2008-2009.
F.10  National Arts Centre Orchestra. Correspondence. January 2011.
F.11 National Arts Centre. Agreements. 2012-2013.
F.12  New West Symphony – Board of Directors. Meeting minutes, correspondence, member directory. 1995-2011.
F.13  New West Symphony – Bylaws. 1995-2003.
F.14  New West Symphony. Correspondence, programs, magazines, and bylaws. 1998-2004.
F.15  New West Symphony –  Artistic Vision. Proposal. 1999-2000.
F.16  New West Symphony – Ascot Party. Correspondence, photocopies, invitation. 2001.
 

Box 106
F.1  New West Symphony – Concert Programs. 2002-2005.
F.2  New West Symphony 10^th Anniversary Celebration. Correspondence, program, business plans, budgets. 2003-2004.
F.3  New West Symphony – Auditions. Audition marking sheets. 2003-2004.
F.4  New West Symphony. Correspondence, resumes, symphonies, magazine. 2004-2006.
F.5  New West Symphony. Correspondence, programs, bound agreement, pamphlet, magazines. 2006-2007.
F.6  New West Symphony. Correspondence, schedules, magazine. 2006-2008.
F.7  New West Symphony. Correspondence, itinerary, program, magazines. 2006-2009.
F.8  New West Symphony. Correspondence, schedules, and CD. 2007-2010.
F.9  New West Symphony – Organ Concert. Proposal, biographies, CD. 2008.
F.10  New West Symphony – Board. Correspondence, board list, pamphlet, holograph note to Boris Brott. September 2009.
F.11 New West Symphony. Correspondence, annual reports, proposals. 2009-2011.
F.12  New West Symphony – Personnel. Schedule, musicians lists. 2010.
F.13  Norway Tour. Correspondence, agreement, booklet. 2005.
F.14  Norway Tour. Correspondence, agreement, booklet. 2007.
F.15  Sinfonia Proposal. Ts draft.
F.16  Margaret Munro Tobolowska (Cellist). Biography, sheet music, and CD. 2003.
F.17  Valerie Tryon Collection. Printout of description and finding aid from McMaster Archives and Research Collections. 1941-2012.
F.18  United Way Centraide. Ts for Boris Brott. May 31, 2013.
F.19  Le Violon Virtuose Musique et Film. Magazine (with drawing of Denis Brott on cover) and printed biography of Beethoven. June 2001.
 

Series 4
Education Concerts. – 1994-2012. – 18 cm of textual records, and graphic material.
Note:  Primarily contains evaluations of music concerts filled out by children, teachers, and homeschooling parents.
 

Box 106

F.20  Education Concert Evaluations. 1994-1999.
F.21  Education Concert Evaluations. St. Brigid School. Autumn 2000.
F.22  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. Autumn 2000.
 

Box 107
F.1  Education Concert Evaluations. Our Lady of the Assumption. Autumn 2000.
F.2  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. Autumn 2000.
F.3  Education Concert Evaluations. Covenant Christian School. 2001.
F.4 Education Concert Evaluations. St. Joachim School. December 2001.
F.5  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. 2001.
F.6  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. 2001-2002.
F.7  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. Fall 2002.
F.8  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. 2003-2007.
F.9  Education Concert. Teaching package with 3 CDs. October 2004.
F.10  Education Concert Evaluations. Various schools. 2005.
F.11 Education Concert Evaluations. Central Public School. November 2007.
F.12  Education Concert Evaluations. St. Christopher School. With thank you letter. November 2007.
F.13 Education Concert. Letters from children. December 2007.
F.14  Education – Benefits of Music Education. Letter, newspaper clipping, children’s drawing, thank you poster. 2007.
F.15  Education Concert Evaluations. Homeschoolers. 2009-2010.
F.16  Poster Contest – Waterloo. Children’s drawings. 2009.
F.17  Poster Contest – Kenila School. Children’s drawings.  2009.
F.18  Education Contest. St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. Children’s drawings. 2012.
 

Series 5
Photographs, art work, realia and video. – 19[38]-2013. – 1.15 m of graphic records. -- Title based on content of series.
 

Box 108
Photographs. Total = 302 (including plaqued photograph, framed photograph, and scrapbook 4). Note: Scrapbook 4 “Brott Music Festival Photos” contains 154 Photographs.
Note: The designation “E” has been assigned to Envelopes
F.1  55 color photographs total.
E.1 19 color photographs
E.2  1 b+w photograph of Boris Brott, wife, and friend[?].
E.3  1 color photograph of Boris Brott.
E.4  1 color photograph of Dennis Brott with violin.
Album #1. 4 color photos.
Album #2. 29 color photographs.
F.2 Brott family: 47 old photos total.
E.1 10 old colored photographs + card.
E.2  23 old b+w photographs [Brott family].
E.3  4 old b+w photographs taken at Ruby Foo’s Montreal.
E.4  10 b+w photographs of Alexander Brott.
F.3  Events and music related photos. 31 photographs total (28 b+w photographs and 3 color photograph).
E.1  4 b+w photographs of meeting the Queen.
E.2 22 b+w music related photographs.
E.3  1 b+w photograph of Alexander Brott at event.
E.4  1 color photograph of music event with Boris Brott conducting.
 E.5  2 colour and 1 b+w photographs of music related events.
F.4  Photos of individuals, art, and photo of negatives. 13 b+w photographs total.
E.1  8 b+w photograph portraits of individuals.
E.2  4 b+w photographs of art [+ 2 damaged not included in total counts].
E.3  1 b+w photograph of negatives. Young Boris Brott in concert.
F.5  Negatives. 152 total.
1. Plaqued color photograph of Boris Brott, Dennis, and Lotte at dinner event.
2. Framed b+w photograph of Brott family at Brotherhood event.
 

Box 109
Realia:
Ontario Place plaque in appreciation of participation. 1971.
The Ontario Jaycees recognition of one of Ontario’s Ten Outstanding Young Men plaque. 1969.
Chopin plaque in recognition of excellent partnership in promoting Chopin’s year. Presented by Tadeusz Zylinski (Consul General for Poland in Montreal). 2010.
Special Friend of the Sheridan Youth symphony plaque. November 9, 1985.
Honorary Life Member of the Hamilton-Wentworth Lung Association plaque. 1984.
7^th Annual Reader’s Choice Diamond Award in the category of Professional Entertainers. 2013
Honorary Member plaque of the Musicians Guild of Quebec. In French. December 13, 2010.
Outstanding Young Man plaque from the Fort William Jaycees. 1969.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation Healthy and Vibrant Communities plaque. 2005.

Box 110
Framed recognition of support and leadership for Symphonia Canada and the Canadian Pops Collection. 1990-1994.
Honorary Christmas Seals Chairman plaque from Hamilton-Wentworth Lung Association. 1978.
 

Box 111
Thank you plaque from artist Ashleigh Norman. 2011.
City of Thousand Oaks California commendation in honour of Boris Brott. December 9, 2010.
City of Westlake Village California proclamation honouring Maestro Boris Brott. December 9, 2010.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation and Government of Ontario acknowledgment for support. [n. d.]
Can Pro Christmas Seals in Concert – CHCH TV acknowledgment for contribution. 1979.
Video:  
George Frideric Handel Messiah Concert beta tape (broadcast version) and program booklet. November 4, 2004. November 6, 2004.
 

Series 6
Scrapbooks. – 1963-2010. – 82 cm of textual records and graphic material (4 scrapbooks). – Title based on content of series.

Box 112
S.1       2008-2009. Items placed into clear sleeves or left loose. Photocopies of articles and photos, pamphlets and concert programs (New West Symphony, Brott Music Festival, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Summer Music Festival), newspaper clippings, correspondence (Rabbi Morton Green), newsletters, and 2 Christmas cards.
S.2      2007-2008. Items placed into clear sleeves. News clippings, leaflets, newsletters, Hamilton Tourism Guide, printed photo, printed articles, Whole Note Magazine.
 

Box 113
S.3         1963-2010. Items placed into clear sleeves. Photocopy of Toronto Symphony Orchestra article with 2 photos of young Boris Brott from 1963, photocopies of articles, pamphlets and concert programs (Orchestra of Verona, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Brott Music Festival, New West Symphony, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Toronto Summer Music Festival), newspaper clippings, Masters Portrait Series “History is Now” by Donna Granata, correspondence (Jacqueline, Claire, Rabbi Daniel Green, Dr. Kathy Garay, John Fanning), newsletters, 3 photographs of concert in front of Parliament, 1 photograph of musicians during the Boundary Waters Treaty with CD and two name tags (June 13, 2009).
S.4         1999-2008. “Brott Music Festival Photos.” 154 Photographs. Photos placed into clear sleeves. CD titled “Canada Island 2007, Walter and Heidi Visit Photos.” Ghost Ships to Space Ships with Roberta Bondar, October 2003. Festitalia – Ermanno Mario + friends at Liuna Station, 2003. Music and the Inuit Spirit, throat singers and carver, 2003. Lara St. John Master Class at unity with Christ Wilshire[?], 2003. Lincoln Alexander Underground Railway: A Musical Journey at Hamilton Place, November 2004. Marc Garneau, 1999. Trick or Treat, 2002. Tourism Hamilton, Lifetime Achievement, February 2007. Deux Opera Comiques, March 17, 2008.

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Boris Brott. – Fourth accrual. –  1967-2013. – 1.48 m of textual records, graphic records and printed materials.--  9 oversize items – Title based on contents of the fonds.

Series 1
General Office Files. --  1987-2012. --  96 cm of textual records, printed and graphic material. – Title obtained from content of series.
Note:  This series contains files from the office of Boris Brott.  They are arranged alphabetically. File titles obtained from original files.  Some files also contain correspondence, contracts, photographs and ephemera.

Box 114
F. 1. 911.  Text and 3 CDs re 911’er security system.  2006.
F. 2 Bari. West Side Story. 2012.  Correspondence, 2011.
F. 3 Boris Brott Festival pedagogy.  Correspondence, 2011.
F. 4 Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 2004.
F. 5 Boris Brott Summer Music Festival, 2009.
F. 6 International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States, 2009.
F. 7 International Spa Association, 2004-2005.
F. 8 Lupiano/Siemens presentation, 2011.
F. 9 Lupiano/Internet page, 1996.
F. 10 Lupiano/Gross fees for contracts, 2003.
F. 11 Lupiano/[Mick]/Bird, 1998.
F. 12 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 2004.
F. 13 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 2005.
F. 14 Music in the Mountains, 2006
F. 15 Musicians Guild, 2010.
F. 16 National Arts Centre – Education Orchestra Committee, 2005.
F. 17 National Arts Centre/National Arts Centre Orchestra, 2005.
F. 18 National Arts Centre Orchestra, 2006.
F. 19 National Arts Centre – Contracts, 2006-2007.
F. 20 National Arts Centre Orchestra, 2007-2008.
F. 21 National Arts Centre Orchestra/Brott Music Festival – Board, 2007.
F. 22 National Arts Centre – Principal Youth and Family Conductor contract and correspondence, 2007-2008.
F. 23 National Arts Centre – Family concerts, 2009.
F. 24 National Arts Centre – Programs, 2009-2010.
F. 25 New West Symphony – Contracts and correspondence, 1995-1997.

Box 115
F. 1 New West Symphony Founders, 1995.
F. 2 New West Symphony – Educational concerts, 1996-1998.
F. 3 New West Symphony – Medical concert, 1996.
F. 4 New West Symphony – Getty Education Institute, 1997.
F. 5 New West Symphony – Musicians assessment, 1997.
F. 6 New West Symphony – Recording, 1997.
F. 7 New West Symphony – Union Negotiations and Contract #3, 1997.
F. 8 New West Symphony – Reviews, clippings and photocopies, 1996-1998.
F. 9 New West Symphony – “Good Musicians”.  [1990s].
F. 10 New West Symphony – Potential sponsors, 2001.
F. 11 New West Symphony – Resignation letters, 2001.
F. 12 New West Symphony – Charles Stegeman, 2002.
F. 13 New West Symphony – Programming, 2001-2002.
F. 14 New West Symphony – Contract for Brott, 2001-2003.
F. 15 New West Symphony – Music Director’s report. 1995-2000.
F. 16 New West Symphony – Education Director search, 2002.
F. 17 New West Symphony – New ideas/artists, 1995-2002.
F. 18 New West Symphony – Education Taskforce, 2002.
F. 19 New West Symphony and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra – Contracts, 2002-2003.
F. 20 New West Symphony – Ideas/programmes, 2002.
F 21 New West Symphony – Kraut, Larry letter, 2003.
F. 22 New West Symphony – Financial, 2003.
F. 23 New West Symphony – Musicians, 1991-2003.
F. 24 New West Symphony – Accounts payable, 2003-2004.
F. 25 New West Symphony – Press reviews, articles, 2001-2004.
F. 26 New West Symphony – Itinerary for Boris Brott, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Box  116
F. 1 New West Symphony – Discovery Artists Program, 2005.
F. 2 New West Symphony – correspondence, 2006.
F. 3 New West Symphony – Donor recognition lists, 2007-2008.
F. 4 New West Symphony – Organs recording project, 2008.
F. 5 New West Symphony – Artists, 2008.
F. 6 New West Symphony – Speech, education and music, 1994-2009.
F. 7 New West Symphony – Repertoire history, 2010.
F.  8 New West Symphony – Itinerary and programme, 2010-2011.
F. 9 New York Philharmonic Education Program, 1994-1995.
F. 10 Opus ’99 – Music for Life.  Nov. 18-20, 1999, Ottawa.
F. 11 Orchestra di Roma – Contract, 2008.
F. 12 Orchestra London – contract, correspondence and financial, 1989-1994.
F. 13 Order of Canada  - 29 April, 1987 – program, correspondence, clippings, I photograph of Brott with Jean Sauvé.
F. 14 Order of Ontario – 20 Dec 2006 – Award, invitations, correspondence, 2006-2007.
F. 15 Order of Ontario, 2009.
F. 16 Overture newsletter, January 2005.
F. 17 Pope Urban VIII hymnal, 2006.
F. 18 Programming ideas, 2004.
F. 19 Recommendation letters 2004-2005.
F. 19 Recommendation letters, 2006-2007.
F. 20 Recommendation letters, 2008.
F. 21 Reviews/press 2002-2007.

Box 117
F. 1  Shaar Hasomayim congregation, concert 2006.
F. 2 Sonja project, 2006.
F. 3 Telfonica, 2005
F. 4 Thunder Bay Symphony, photographs, 9 b & w. 2004.
F. 5 Tone bars, 2004.
F. 6 Toronto Centre for the Arts, 2004.
F. 7 Toronto Tours, 2000.
F. 8 Tourism Hamilton Awards, 2008.
F. 9 University of Southern California, 2003-2006.
F. 10 U.S. education, 1999.
F. 11 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, 1990-1994.
F. 12 Vatican – Leonard Bernstein Mass, June 1, 2000.  General file.#1.
Brott conducted The Orchestra and Chorus of the Conservatoria Santa Cecilia and performed Leonard Bernstein’s Mass on June 1, 2000. He was invited by Enrico Castiglione, President and Artistic Director of the Vatican Jubilee 2000 Celebration.
F. 13 Vatican – Enrico Castiglione, June 1, 2000.  General file #2.
F. 14 Vatican – Mass, June 1, 2000.  General file #3.
F. 15 Vatican- Bernstein Mass – brochures, pamphlets, newsletters, publicity, June 1, 2000.

Box 118
F. 1 Vatican photographs. Pt. 1  June 1, 2000.  46 colour and 2 b&w  photographs contained in envelopes and grouped by description.
E- Envelope
E. 1 Brott with Leonard Bernstein.  Reprint.  [1980s].  2 b & w
E. 2 Brott conducting orchestra – close up view. 3 col.
E. 3 Brott taking bow at Vatican concert.  1 col.
E. 4 Brott and family members meeting Pope Paul II.  15 col.
E. 5 Brott with Pope.  1 col.
E. 6 Ardyth Brott with Pope.  4 col.
E. 7 Alexandra Brott with Pope.  4 col.
E. 8 David Brott with Pope.  5 col.
E. 9 Ben Brott with Pope.  3 col.
E. 10 Brott at informal orchestra rehearsal.  5 col.
E. 11 Brott conducting.  Whole stage view.  1 col.
E. 12 Brott conducting.  Profile.  1 col.
E. 13 Brott conducting and stage play.  1 col.

F. 2 Vatican photographs.  Pt. 2  June 1, 2000.  145 colour photographs.  Photographs contained in envelopes and grouped by description.
E. 1 Brott and orchestra.  Informal gathering.  Photos sent to Brott by Marco Lenzie, Rome, Oct 27, 2000.
E. 2 View of orchestra and stage play.  17 col.
E. 3 View of orchestra and stage play.  15 col.
E. 4 View of stage play and orchestra in foreground.  Close-up.  1 col.
E. 5 Vatican Mass, showing audience and family members.  17 col.
E. 6 Informal groups with Brott, family. Friends and Cardinal.  19 col.
E. 7 Informal group with family, exterior of Vatican.  4 col.
E. 8 Brott family sightseeing in Rome.  15 col.
E. 9 Brott family sightseeing in museum in Rome.  17 col.
E. 10 Brott family and friends sightseeing in Rome. 27 col.
E. 11 Boris Brott, Ardyth Brott and another couple in Rome.  3 col.
E. 12 Brott and unidentified man at entrance to stage.  On reverse: Copyright Stefan Meier. 1 col.
E. 13 3 floppy disks.  Original envelope was labelled as “Boris conducting, stage with sculpture  behind”.

F. 3 Vatican – Bernstein Mass.  Press coverage clippings and posters. June 1, 2000.
F. 4 Vatican – Bernstein Mass.  Photocopies of correspondence, June 2, 2000.

Box 119
F. 1 Ventura County Arts Council, 1996-1997.
F. 2 Ventura County Symphony Orchestra – contracts and correspondence, 1992-1994.
F. 3 Ventura brochures, 1992-1994.
F. 4 Waxman’s horse “The Maestro”. Registration certificate, 1999.
F. 5 Kenneth Wentworth, 2004-2005.
F. 6 Western Slope Music Festival, Contract and correspondence, 2000.
F. 7 Windsor Symphony, 1990-1993.
F. 8 Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Contract and correspondence, 1995-1996.
F. 9 WNET TV, 1993.
F. 10 World Youth Day – Brott Music Festival, July 27, 2002.
F. 11 Wyeth presentation, 2005-2007.
F. 12 York University Opera 2003.
F. 13 General articles on Boris Brott, 2003-2013.

Series 2
Posters and Graphic Art. – 1967-2011. – 58  cm of graphic and printed material. –  9 oversize items. -- Title based on content of series.

Box 120
Note: Items numbers are marked on reverse. Only items 10a-d, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are contained in this box. Items 1-9 are in LB 119, against north east wall.  Item 7 has been given to Preservation for flattening.
1. Boris Brott’s concert in Tel-Aviv Museum of Art in 1995 with members of his orchestra on the right side. Written in both English and Hebrew. (Colour)
2. “The Theater Museum presents Hoffnung and his world of Music at Victoria & Albert Museum in 1967-1977”. On the right is a drawing of a couple playing the same violin with “Double Concerto for One Violin” written on the book that is sitting on the music stand.  Poster is given to Boris Brott and his wife, Ardyth, by Annetta in 1989, wishing them “many more successful festivals to come in Hamilton”. All printed in green except for the word Hoffnung in red.
3. Boris Brott’s 1989 Summer Music Festival poster with sponsors and a drawing of Boris Brott conducting. (Colour)
4. 2009-2010 Family Adventure with NAC Orchestra presented by TD Canada Trust Music. Concert celebrating NAC orchestra’s 40^th Birthday with photos of Jessica Linnebach, Boris Brott and special guest, Eugene Levy, in the middle. The poster is also written in French. (Colour)
5. Borris Brott Summer Festival with sponsors listed below. (Black and White)
6. A large poster by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with 3 events listed. A concert with Mikhal Rudy in December 7^th, Mark Janowski and Horacio Gutierrez in December 9^th and 10^th, and a concert with Boris Brott,  Alexandra Brott and Howard Baer in December 12^th. There are also images of Mikhal Rudy, Mark Janowski and Boris Brott beside their event listed. (Pictures are in Black and white)
7. “Teatro Verdi Trieste / … / Orchestra e coro della Fondazione Teatro Lirico ‘Giuseppc verdi’ di Trieste/…/Stagione Sinfonica 2011 Musica È Pallione”
8. A poster with a picture of two hands wrapping around a violin, on the right. Poster is an advertisement for a concert featuring Conductor Boris Brott, Soprano Sara Galli, Mezzo-soprano Tiziana Carraro and Maestro del Coro Paolo Vero. The poster is written in Italian. (Colour)
9. The Oratorio Society of New York Presents / Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms / plus New York Premieres of / Brott: Songs of contemplations /…/ Carnegie Hall / 8 pm Tues. Mar 31, 1987. Drawing of Joseph Haydn at the bottom. (Black and White)
10. This Month – Hamilton. Nov 1989. With Boris Brott in the front page, “Brott to you, the wonder years at the HPO by Borris Brott”
11. A-D 4 Newspaper reproductions from The Gazette – Vivaldi Today. From Mar 14, Mar 15, Mar 20, and Mar 22^nd, 1990. (Black and White). Box 120
12. Black and white newspaper reproduction from the Hamilton Spectator from August 19, 2010. Box 120
13. Black and White portrait of Boris Brott with his signature and a message addressed to “Betty”.   Box 120
14. Colour photographic poster of Lincoln Alexander signing an autograph. Box 120
15. Poster of a colour reflection of a house on a “shiny silver/gold colour” brass instrument with black background.  Box 120

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Boris Brott. – 5^th accrual. – 1971-2014. – 56 cm of textual and graphic materials.

Series 1
Correspondence. – 2003-2014. – 2 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.

Box 121
F.1          Correspondence A - Z
Brown, Jack and Joyce 2003
Brott Music Festival 2003 (3)
Colvin, Tony 2003
Gao, George 2003
Hensch, Tammi (2003)
Kelly, Rose 2003
Klein, Lothar 2003 (2)
McMaster University 2002-2004 (6)
National Academy Orchestra 2004 (Alexander Himelfarb)
Ontario Arts Council 2004 (Patricia Webster)
Peterson, Jon 2003
Segal, Uri 2003 (2)
Sheppard, Graydon 2003
Strathy, Lenore 2014
Sugrue, Sinéad M. 2003
Sutton, Joan 2004
Vizante, Sonia 2003
Walker, Alan 2003
Webster, Patricia 2003-2004 (2)
Zimmerman & Associates 2003
 

F.2          First names only - 2 letters, 2003, 2014

Series 2
General files. – 1971-2014. – 14 cm of textual and graphic records. – 1971-2014.

Box 121
F.3          Les Nominations À L’ordre National Du Québec 2014 booklet, card
F.4          Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Boris Brott – newspaper articles and clippings
F.5          Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Ticket Sales Brochures, 2
F.6          Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Season Brochures 1987-1990
F.7          Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Stained Glass Series 1989
F.8          Youth Movement of the Hamilton Philharmonic
F.9          Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Events 1971/1972
F.10        Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Programmes: 1971: October, November 1972: January, February, March, April
F.11        Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Posters titled as follows:
                “An Evening of Gershwin featuring pianist Neil Chotem”
                “Apollo: Man on the Moon. A tribute to the men of NASA”
                “Hamilton Philharmonic in association with Stelco Presents its annual Family Concert featuring  the world renowned Arthur Fiedler”
F.12        Ontario Place Pops - Seasonal brochures: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
F.13        McGill Symphony Orchestra Programme: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2014
F.14        McGill Chamber Orchestra Programmes
                March 1989 - November 28, 2011 - June 10, 2014 - November 25, 2014
F.15        McGill Chamber Orchestra Season Brochures 1988-1989, 1990-1991
F.16        McGill Chamber Orchestra 50^th Anniversary Concert Gala 1989
F.17        McGill Chamber Orchestra Stained Glass Series 1989-1990, 1990-1991
F.18        Montreal Symphony Orchestra programme, January 1972
F.19        Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts Concert Hall, 1971-1972 Season pamphlet
F.20        The Frick Art Museum, brochure for the third concert of the season, 1971-1972
F.21        Filarmonico di Verona, booklet for “The Other Side of Arena”, 2014
F.22        Israel at Fifty presents “The Night of a Lifetime”, souvenir programme, 1998
F.23        Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, season booklet 1971-1972
F.24        The Novus NY Orchestra, booklet for “Frate Francesco” exhibit at the United Nations
F.25        Concert Flyers, Rideau Hall - A Pops concert “Musical Fireworks”, 1987, Governor General’s Concert, 1988
F.26        Ventura County Symphony Association, “Welcome Boris Brott”, 1992-93
F.27        Candlelight and Wine Concert Series newsletters - November 3, 1971; November 24, 1971; January 26, 1972; February 23, 1972; March 22, 1972
F.28        Boris Brott Archives at McMaster University, invitation and event program, 2011
F.29        Music at McMaster, department brochure, 1971/72
F.30        McMaster University Celebrity Concert Series, brochure and programme, 1972/73
F.31        Hamilton Chamber Music Society programme, March 1972
F.32        National Academy Orchestra - Summer Session 2003; Autumn Schedule 2003; misc pages separated from a programme
F.33        Programme suggestions, and miscellaneous programmes
                Repertoire for Italian Concert September 2003
                Concerto Competition Winners from the NAO at the Royal Botanical Gardens, August 2003
                “Boris and Those Amazing Music Machines”
                Musical Explorations “From Ghost Ships to Space Ships” education concert, October 2003
                Ghost Ships Concert and Dundurn Castle
F.34        Advertisement flyers
                McGill Chamber Orchestra “Adopt a Musician”
                National Academy Orchestra advertisement for auditions, 2004
F.35        Brott Brott Music Festival
                “Mozart & The Piano” programme, June 13, 2003
                “Mozart & The Piano” programme, June 22, 2003
                “Virtuosi!” programme, August 2, 2003
                25^th Anniversary brochure, 2012 season
F.36        New West Symphony brochures
                2000-2001 season booklet and ticket sales brochure
                2001-2002 season booklet and brochure
                2002-2003 ticket sales brochure

Series 3
Photographs. – 1993-2013. -- 1 cm of graphic records. – Title based on contents of series.

Box 121
E. 1         2 photographs, both titled “Opening of Kanyon Malha Azrieli Mall, Jerusalem = Sharon Azriezi, Boris Brott, Israel Chamber Orchestra 1993”.
E. 2         1 photograph, titled “Boris Brott with former Hamilton Mayor Bob Morrow and current Mayor Bob Bratina. December 9, 2013”.

Series 4
Graphic records. – 2005-2014. -- 40 cm of printed and graphic records.—Title based on contents of series.

Box 122
Oversized poster, “Teatro Filarmonico di Verona – Stagione sinfonica 2011-2012”
Laminated poster in Russian, appears to be an article from “wemontreal.com”, dated 2-8 March 2014
Scrapbook, composed of newspaper articles re. Alexander Brott, and sympathy cards sent to Boris re. the death of Alexander Brott, 2005

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Boris Brott. 6^th accrual.
               
Series 1
Office files. -- 1993-2011, predominant 1993-2003. – 16 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of series.

This series contains routine office files relating to Boris Brott’s various professional activities.

Box 123
F.1          Boris Brott Summer Music Fesitival – Apprentice and Mentor Questionnaires. – 1994
F.2          Boris Brott Summer Music Fesitival – Correspondence, etc. – 1993-94
F.3          Boris Brott Summer Music Fesitival – Staff reports. – 1994
F.4-5      McGill Chamber Orchestra – Miscellaneous files. – 1995-98
F.6          McGill Chamber Orchestra – Gazette concerts. -- 1997
F.7          McGill Chamber Orchestra – General Manager search. -- 1998
F.8          McGill Chamber Orchestra – Vivaldi concerts. -- 1996
F.9          McGill Chamber Orchestra – Vivaldi student concert evaluations. -- 1996
F.10        McGill Chamber Orchestra – other material. – 2003
F.11        New Academy Orchestra press. -- 1990s
F.12        New West Symphony general files. -- 2002-2003
F.13        “Collaboration in Concert”. – 2011
F.14        News clipppings.

Series 2
Scrapbooks. – 2011-2013. – 16 cm of textual records and 1 sound recording (CD). Title based on contents of series.

This series consists of 3 scrapbooks assembled by Brott’s staff, highlighting professional events in the years 2011-2013. The scrapbooks (binders) have been disassembled and the documents placed in file folders.

Box 124
F.1-3      Scrapbook 2011. – Concerts in Italy
F.4          Scrapbook 2011. – Montreal concerts
F.5          Scrapbook 2011. – New West Symphony concerts
F.6          Scrapbook 2011. – National Arts Centre concerts
F.7          Scrapbook 2011. – Special “Guardian Angel” concert
F.8          Scrapbook 2011. – Donation of the Brott archive to McMaster University
F.9          Scrapbook 2011. – Cards and letters received by Brott, including fan mail
F.10        Scrapbook 2011. – News clippings
F.11        Scrapbook 2011. – Compact disc recording: Boris Brott, ‘Mozart, Concerto per flauto e harpa e orchestra K299’ and ‘Mahler, Blumine’, 18 Gennaio [January] 2011.
F.12        Scrapbook 2012. – Concerts in Italy, Anne Bolena
F.13        Scrapbook 2012. – Concerts in Italy, Verdi
F.14        Scrapbook 2012. – Montreal concerts
F.15        Scrapbook 2012. – National Arts Centre concerts
F.16        Scrapbook 2012. – Cards and letters received by Brott, largely fan mail
F.17        Scrapbook 2012. – Ministry of Attorney General Awards, program and clippings
F.18        Scrapbook 2013. – Miscellaneous documents, primarily news clippings

Series 3
Concert programs. – 1989-2016; predominant 2012-2016. -- 10 cm of textual records. Title based on contents of series.

Box 125
F.1          Brott Festival concert programs. – 2000, 2012-14
F.2          McGill Chamber Orchestra concert programs. – 1989-90, 2007-08, 2012-13
F.3          McGill Chamber Orchestra concert programs. – 2013-14
F.4          McGill Chamber Orchestra concert programs. – 2014-16
F.5          New West Symphony concert programs. – 2014-15
F.6          Vatican concert program. – 2013
F.7          Other concert programs.

Series 4
Personal documents. – 1957-2015. – 8 cm of textual records, 4 photographs. Title based on contents of series.

Box 125 (cont’d)
F.8          Cards and letters received by Brott, including fan mail. -- 1997-2014; predominant 1997, several gaps, many undated.
F.9          Awards correspondence. -- 2014
F.10        Award certificates and plaque. – 2013-15 – includes 1 oversize item located LOCATION
F.11        Boris Brott Bar Mitzvah certificate and photograph. – 1957
F.12        Photographs of Brott, 1 with wife Ardyth. – 3 photographs. – ca.2010
F.13        Documents relating to Brott’s father, Alexander Brott. – ca.1995-2015.

Box 122
                Scrapbook in memory of Alexander Brott following his death, 2005.

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Boris Brott fonds. – 7^th accrual. – ca. 1970-1972, 1998-2017. – 15 cm of textual records, 10 photographs, 10 floppy disks, 1 zip disk, 2 CDs, 3 DVDs, 11 audiocassettes, 11 mini disks.

Series 1
Office Files. – 1972, 1998-2017. – 10 cm of textual records, 1 photograph, 2 floppy disks, 1 zip disk. – Title based on contents of series.

This series contains routine office files related to Brott’s professional activities. Files are arranged in chronological order by start date.

Box 126
F.1          [News clippings – 1972, 2013-2017].
F.2          2002—Letters of support, BMF. – 1997-2002. – Includes 1 photograph : col.

                Correspondence in F. 2:
                Simeonie Kunnuk. – 2002.
                Intuit Worldwide. – 2002.
                Kathy Kettler. – 2002.
                Ningeorapik Taukie. – 2002.
                Mathew Saviaqjuk Jaw. – 2002.
                Cathy Staats, Hamilton Regional Indian Centre. – 2002.
                Ian Kerr-Wilson, Hamilton & Scourge Project. – 2003.
                Jean Chrétien, Office of the Prime Minister. – 2002.
                Sheila Copps, Department of Canadian Heritage. – 2003.
                Robert E. Wade, Office of the Mayor (Hamilton, ON). – 2003.
                Simeonie Kunnuk. – 2002.
                Jordan Kirkness. – 2002.
                Sonia Vizante. – 1999.
                Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony. – 2000.
                Simon Fryer. – 1998.
                Srul Irving Glick. – n.d.
                Simon Fryer. – 1998.
                Jean-Norman Iadeluca. – n.d.
                Pierre Djokic. – 1998.
                Vanda Intini. – 1998.
                Bob Munsch. – 1998.
                Eddie Graf. – 1998.
                Robert M. Morrow, Office of the Mayor (Hamilton, ON). – 1997.
                Peter George, McMaster University Office of the President. – 1997.
                Keith McIntyre, Mohawk College Office of the President. – 1997.
                R. Murray Schafer. – 1997.
                Jeffrey L. Stokes, Faculty of Music at University of Western Ontario. – 1998.
                Robert M. Morrow, Office of the Mayor (Hamilton, ON). – 1998.
                Boris Brott to Peter George, McMaster University Office of the President. – 1997.
                [Helen Oolvin?]. – 2006.
                Robert E. Wade, Office of the Mayor (Hamilton, ON). – 2002.
                Helen Oolvin. – 2006.
                Wendy Watson. – 2002.
                Johanna Terbogt. – 2002.
                Gabe Macaluso, Hamilton Entertainment and Convention Facilities Inc. – 2002.
                D. Baker, Hess Street School. – 2001.
                Carol E. Mackenzie, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. – 2000.
                Gerda Morrow, Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. – 2000.
                Ardyth Brott to Renata [?]. – 2002.
                Ardyth Brott to Ron [?]. – 2002.
                Jordan Livingston. – 2001.
                Max Reimer, Theatre Aquarius. – 2002.
                Rebecca Jones, S.T.R.I.V.E Day Program. – 2002.
                Carol Pitt, Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. – 2002.
                Carolyn A. Milne, Hamilton Community Foundation. – 2002.
                Carolyn A. Milne, Hamilton Community Foundation. – 2002.
                Chuck Reid, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. – 2002.
                Mary Pat Elliott, Brott Music Festival to Mary Middlemiss. – 2002.

F.3          [Correspondence, memoir excerpt, and Brott Music Festival concert program]. – 1998, 2004-2015.
               
                Correspondence in F.3
                Judith Lechter, Canadian Society for Jewish Music. – 1998.
                Mart Kenney. – 1998.
                Boris Brott to Gary Ginstling. – 2004.
                Alexander Brott to Mr. Astor. – 2005.
                Alexander Brott to Keith Daniel, Mosaic Press. – 2005.
                Alexander Brott to Keith Daniel, Mosaic Press. – 2005.
                Jean-Marie Baker, Counterpoint Musical Services. – 2005.
                Mary Anderson. – 2011.
                Deena Sacks, Na’amat Canada. – 2016.
                Christopher [?], Office of the Mayor (Hamilton, ON). – 2015.
                Alexander Brott to Ordre National du Québec. – n.d.
                Cousin Jenet [?]. – n.d.

F.4          [Brott Music Festival concert programs]. – 1998, 2003, 2013-2017.
F.5          NACO [National Arts Centre Orchestra] Music & Movies script Apr. 26/03. – 2003. – Floppy disk : 3.5 inches.
F.6          [Concert and event programs from various organizations—2003-2004, 2015-2018 : fldr 1 of 2].
F.7          [Concert and event programs from various organizations—2003-2004, 2015-2018 : fldr 2 of 2].
F.8          [McGill Chamber Orchestra concert programs—2003-2005, 2015-2018].
F.9          [Brott Music Festival rental agreements with G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc.]. – 2005.
F.10        [McMaster University Library book list related to Clara Schumann]. – 2005.
F.11        [Dialogue cuts and rehearsal details for Opera McGill’s Die Zauberflöte production]. – 2013.
F.12        [Brott notebook, 2014-2016].
F.13        [Assorted music magazines and community guides, 2015-2017].
F.14        [Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal concert programs—2016, 2017].
F.15        Brott—Excel file, composition list (sorted). – n.d. – Floppy disk: 3.5 inches.
F.16        Boris Brott—PowerPoint Graphics. – n.d. – Zip disk.
F.17        [Guest list for unspecified event]. – n.d.
F.18        [Draft staging schedule for Carmen in Hamilton]. – 2017.
F.19        [Text of program info for performance by Linda Maguire]. – n.d.

Series 2
Personal Files. – ca. 1970-2004. – 2 cm of textual records, 9 photographs, 8 floppy disks, 1 CD-ROM.

Files are arranged in chronological order by start date.

Box 126 [cont.]
F.20        [Assorted photographs]. – ca. 1970-1990. – 7 photographs : b&w and col. ; 2 photographs printed on wooden plaques.

Box 127
F.1          [Records related to the publication of Alexander Brott’s autobiography, including correspondence, publishing agreements, and manuscripts]. – 2004-2005. – Includes 2 floppy disks with digital copies of manuscripts (3.5 inches).
F.2          [Alexander Brott autobiography manuscripts]. – ca. 2004. – 3 floppy disks (3.5 inches).
F.3          [Photograph (digital) of Brott family by André Tremblay]. – 2004. – 1 CD.
F.4          [Assorted files]. – n.d. – 3 floppy disks (3.5 inches).

Series 3
Scrapbooks. – 2010. – 3 cm of textual records.

Box 127 [cont.]
F.5          2010 scrapbook [fldr 1 of 2].
F.6          2010 scrapbook [fldr 2 of 2].

Series 4
Videos and Audio Recordings. – 1998-2010. – 3 DVDs, 1 CD-R, 10 audiocassettes, 11 mini disks.

Files are arranged in chronological order by start date.

Videos
Box 127 [cont.]
F.7          [“The Brott Baton”—episode of CBC’s Telescope series, October 11, 1971]. – 1998. – 1 DVD.
F.8          [Spot on unspecified program—Brott conducting Christmas performance in Hamilton]. – 2006. – 1 CD-R (2 min., 8 sec.).
F.9          [Spot on Cable 14 program Urban Cut—“Melodies and Myths” Brott Music Education concert at Hamilton place]. – 2006. – 1 DVD.
F.10        [Spot on Cable 14 program Hamilton Life—“Inuit Spirit” Brott Music Education concert]. – 2009. – 1 DVD (2 min., 41 sec.).

Audio recordings
Box 128
F.1          Boris Gershwin—July 29, 2010, Pt. #2. – 1 audiocassette.
F.2          Boris on Classical 96.4. – 2010. – 1 audiocassette.
F.3          [Boris Brott and Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra—various excerpts]. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.4          CBC Tribute to A. Brott [sides 1 and 2]. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.5          Tribute sides 1 and 2 of 4 [to Alexander Brott?]. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.6          Bissel—Loon’s Necklace with cuts, 15:00. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.7          Pride + Prejudice Dorothy Lees-Blakey—Introducing the Songs. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.8          Alexander Brott—local tribute. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.9          [Recordings of Alfred Schnittke and Carl Czerny—Concerto for Piano 4 Hands]. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.10        [McGill Chambre—Sred Mrachnikh Dney, Sred Schumnaua Bala, Serenada]. – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.
F.11        Traditional Inuit Song—Song of Quilaq (01:18); R. Murray Schafer (13’)—Beyond the Great Gate of Light; Weinzweig—Edge of the World (07:40). – n.d. – 1 audiocassette.

F.12-22. [Assorted Brott recordings]. – ca. 2006. – 11 mini disks.

 

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8^th accrual

Series 1

Textual records and photographs. – ca. 1940s-2019, predominant 1983-2019. – 43 cm of textual records and 179 photographs. – Series includes: records related to the Boris Brott Music Festivals, the Ontario Place Pops, and the New West Symphony; legal documents; programmes and ephemera related to performances; and personal and professional photographs.


Box 129

F.1          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1988: press clippings, programmes, reviews. 1.6 cm.
F.2          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1989. 0.9 cm. Includes correspondence (originals and copies), between executive members of the festival and government and corporate partners; a Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth grant application; and a contract artist agreement with Bob McGrath.
F.3          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1989. 1.3 cm. 3 photography sheets : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. Includes clippings, one-sheet programmes, and photographs taken by R. Makohoniuk of a performance including several images of Boris conducting.
F.4          Sun Symbol. 1990. 0.1 cm. A cease and desist letter and an enclose copy of a copyright certificate of renewal registered by the Mariposa Folk Festival.
F.5          Letter to the editor of the Hamilton Spectator. 1990. 0.1 cm.
F.6          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1990 : ads and pamphlets. 1.2 cm.
F.7          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1990 : thank you letter. 0.1 cm.
F.8          Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1991 : press information. 1.9 cm.
F.9          Letters of Support. 1991. 1.1 cm.
F.10        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1991 : assorted letters. 0.7 cm.
F.11        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1991 : correspondence. Includes correspondence with the Hamilton Concert Band, a press release, and a copy of a letter to Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
F.12        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1991 : staff report. 0.4 cm. A report on the achievements of the year, with colour-printed photographs of the staff.
F.13        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1993 : Technics Classical Academy Orchestra. 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 18 cm. Includes a photograph of the orchestra and an advertisement.
F.14        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival : Cultural Initiatives Program Festival and Special Events. 1993. 0.3 cm. A copy of a funding proposal sent to Communications Canada.
F.15        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 1997: press information. 0.4 cm. Includes photocopies of press clippings.
F.16        Brott Spring/Summer/Autumn Music Festivals 1999: press reviews repertoire. 1.2 cm.
F.17        Brott Autumn Festival 1999: press reviews repertoire. 0.5 cm.
F.18        Brott Spring/Summer Music Festivals 1999 : press information repertoire. 0.9 cm.
F.19        Brott Summer Music Festival 2000: press information repertoire. 0.5 cm.
F.20        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival 2000 : press kit. 0.8 cm.



Box 130

F.1          Ontario Place Pops. 1986. 0.1 cm. A letter sent to members of provincial parliament.
F.2          Ontario Place Pops. 1988. 0.3 cm. Includes a pamphlet and press clippings. 
F.3          Ontario Place Pops: a brief history, 1983-1988 (abbreviated). 0.4 cm. Package includes copies of ad and press clippings.
F.4          Ontario Place Pops: a brief history, 1983-1991. 0.6 cm.
F.5          Ontario Place Pops: a brief history, 1983-1987. 0.6 cm.
F.6          New West Symphony board meetings. 1999. 0.1 cm. Includes an agenda, meeting minutes, and a draft operating budget.
F.7          California Orchestra + Boris’ poem. 2003-2005. 0.3 cm. Includes correspondence between Charles McDermott and Alexander Brott regarding performances of the New West Symphony. Also includes a birthday letter and poem for Alexander Brott.
F.8          Dermot Nolan – HPO contract negotiations. 1986-1987. 1.9 cm. [1 of 2]. Correspondence and legal documents relating to Boris’s contract negotiations.
F.9          Dermot Nolan – HPO contract negotiations. 1986-1987. 0.8 cm. [2 of 2].
F.10        The Hamilton Philharmonica Society Inc. and 350079 Ontario Limited and Boris Brott : Alternatives for considerations for contractual arrangements. 1986. Draft contract. 1.5 cm.
F.11        Toys ‘R’ Us 1999 show info #1. 2.5 cm. [1 of 2]. Includes correspondence, photocopies of receipts and travel documents, and other material pertaining to a legal dispute involving Toys ‘R’ Us.
F.12        Toys ‘R’ Us 1999 show info #1. 3 cm. [2 of 2].
F.13        Toys ‘R’ Us 1999 Show Info #2. 0.7 cm.
F.14        [Flight invoices]. 1999. 0.2 cm. Includes flight information, correspondence, and other material related to contractual work with Toys ‘R’ Us, Office Depot, and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals.


Box 131

F.1          Young People’s Concert. 1986-1987. 0.4 cm. Includes photocopies of press clippings.
F.2          [Governor-General]. 1987-1988. An invitation to a reception at Rideau Hall and a letter from the Director of the Chancellery of Canadian Orders and Decorations informing Boris of his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
F.3          Invitation to Order of Canada 50^th Anniversary Gathering. 2017. 0.1 cm.
F.4          “Music in The City.” 1990-1991. 0.4 cm. Includes review and recommendations report prepared by the Downtown Hamilton Business Improvement Area.
F.5          Festival Orchestra Academy. 1991. 0.3 cm. Includes letters and copies of letters. Correspondents include the Hamilton Musicians Association, McMaster University, Eckhart Lorenzen, Prof. Edward Kudlak, Nicholas Goldschmidt, and Sigrid-Ann Thors.
F.6          Jewish National Fund of Hamilton : Negev Dinner Honouring Ardyth & Boris Brott. June 2,              2013. 0.1 cm. Includes a pamphlet, an email from Franklin Simkevitz, and a draft schedule.
F.7          “Classica” Concert No. 6. Beer-Sheva. 2018. 0.3 cm. Includes a thank you letter from Claudia Czobel and a programme in Hebrew.
F.8          Franz Liszt : A Biographer’s Journey by Alan Walker, The Hungarian Quarterly (2011). 0.3 cm. Signed by Alan Walker and sent to Boris as a gift in 2017.
F.9          National Arts Centre Orchestra : works performed on previous Young People’s Concerts and Student Matinees. 2000. 0.3 cm. Package includes detailed information regarding performances.
F.10        L’histoire du soldat. Libretto by C.F. Ramuz. 0.4 cm. Includes the text of the libretto and Brott’s own notes relating to its performance by the McGill Chamber Orchestra.
F.11        Clippings. 1986-1987. 0.1 cm.
F.12        Clippings – ads, Lotte Brott. 1996-1998. 1.1 cm.
F.13        Cards. 2002-2018. 0.5 cm. 

Programmes

F.14        Boris Brott Summer Music Festival programmes 1991-1993. 0.2 cm.
F.15        Musicalia – Leonard Bernstein, Mass. 2000. 0.3 cm.
F.16        Kuerti interprète Beethoven, McGill Chamber Orchestra. April 2005. 0.2 cm. In memory of Alexander Brott.
F.17        Programmes : Brott Music Fest. 2008-2018. 0.7 cm.
F.18        Programmes : McGill Chamber Orchestra. 2015-2019. 1 cm.
F.19        Programmes : misc. 2018. 1 cm.

Photographs

F.20        Boris head shot. 2002. 1 photograph : col. ; 30 x 20.5 cm.
F.21        Gisela Depkat. 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm. De-framed, signed by Depkat. Given to Boris in 2006.
F.22        Pictures of Boris posing on a sailboat. N.d. 13 photographs : col. pos. ; 6 x 7 cm.
F.23        Loose photographs and computer-printed images. 1971, 2010s. 8 images : b&w and col. ; 19 x 24 cm and smaller. Includes an early professional portrait and an early clipping, ca. 1971.
F.24        Photo album. [1940s-1950s]. 150 photographs : b&w ; 14.5 x 8 cm and smaller. The Brott family and Boris as a child and youth.
                6 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Boris’s bat mitzvah, ca. 1957.


Series 2

Audio-visual material. – 1991-2005. – 1 DVD; 51 VHS cassettes; 3 Betamax cassettes. – Series consists of recordings of performances, promotional material, and television documentaries. – Note: The description of audio-visual material has been transcribed from each item’s label.


BOX 132

31 VHS tapes, 3 Betamax tapes.

Short Promo: The National Academy Orchestra: Windermere Series. Brott-NAO. Duration: 6:06.
The Nutcracker Prince. 1991. Cineplex Odeon Video. 72 minutes. Music produced and conducted by Boris Brott.
100 Huntley Street. HS4979. 59:50. July 16, 1996.
A Mid Summer Love BBSMF. August 1, 1997.
Eye to Eye. #38. “Boris Brott”. 58:50.
Boris Brott (V. Lup). 39 min.
Boris Brott Summer Music Festival Academy Promotional Video.
100 Huntley Street. 25/40 Anniversary. June 15, 2002. 1 hour..
Adath Israel. 100^th anniversary concert. Nov. 9, 2002.
Presenting Boris Brott. Version II.
Boris Brott Mexico / Lupiano Compaq. 1995.
National Academy Orchestra.
Israel at 50. Part 1 of 2.
Israel at 50. Part 2 of 2.
Bernstein’s Mass 1 & 2 Vatican. June 1, 2000.
World Youth Day. Toronto, July 2002.
Hamilton City Lights Promo tape. 1999.
McGill Chamber Orchestra / Gazette / Mozart Video. 1997.
Boris Brott. National Arts Council – YPC. 1 hour. 33 min.
Blockbuster – Las Vegas – May 18, 2004.
MCO Promo Mozart Concert. May 1997.
Dale Carnegie 1994 San Diego. VS2 Boris Brott.
Boris Brott Presentation. IBM Miami, 1991.
Boris Brott. 1) Presenting Boris Brott Version II, 2) Vivaldi, 3) Mozart. PAL Version.
Arts & Minds. Boris Brott Segment. 7 min.
United Israel Appeal. A Time to Live.
Nick Olchowy. H.P.O. Concert Beethoven. “His Life and Times”. Feb 25, 1991.
Bravo Arts & Minds. March 2001. Boris segment. 7 min.
McGill Chamber Orchestra / Gazette – Mozart Video 1997.
Mozart/Gazette – English Version & French Version; Vivaldi / Gazette 1990 Spring Concert French & English Version. Copied July 10, 1992.
Presenting Boris Brott & Composers on Stage.

NACO Master copy – Benjamin Brott, narrator. Jan. 27, 1996. [Betamax].
Boris Brott Show Tape. [Betamax].
Boris Brott: Corporate Fund Video. Final Master. 14 min. 51 sec. [Betamax].


Box 133

20 VHS tapes, 1 DVD.

Promo: Windermere, 1999.
Boris Brott. Music Festival 30 sec. spot.
Worldwide Consulting Leadership Conference. July 1, 1998. Boris Brott. 29 min.
Boris Brott, Show Elements (Vincent Lupiano).
Investiture of the Order of Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 1991.
Boris Brott. Lighting the Creative Flame. Demo Tape. 46 min.
Faith Journal. Program. #001. 59 min. 50 sec. September 15, 1999.
Autozone Presentation. November 4 & 7, 1999. Orlando, Florida.
Boris Brott Music Festival 1998 Version.
100 Huntley Street. Re: Jerusalem. Prog. #HS7074. Length: 59:50. July 27, 2004.
National Academy. Kim Campbell, Hershey Felder. CBC The National/Magazine. July 28, 2000.
Boris Brott Corporate Fund Video. 14 min. 51 sec.
Young People’s Concert Boris Brott. NACO [Bawngrs] + Smash.
Music & The Mind. Parts 1 to 3. TRT: 2 hours 50 min.
Boris Brott Interview. Global TV (November 27, 2002); CTV-Montreal, 2003.
Plenieres Essilor (suite et fin). Length: 1h30m. June 13, 2000 (French).
Trick or Treat. October 30, 2001. Heather Hiscox, CHCH News, NAO. (Newsvideo Service).
Boris Brott: Corporate Fund Video. Brott Music Fest. 1997. 16 min. 15 sec.
McManigal Media Lexus of OXNARC. #1 Awards. #2. Differently, #3 French. [Boris’ commercials – California].
1. YPC April 2. Linear Dreams (7 min). 3. Brott Music Festivals.

Montreal 2005: Un Monde de Solutions – A World of Solutions. Boris Strategy on Global Warming. [DVD].


Series 3

Sound recordings. – 1958-2019. – 49 audio compact discs; 4 tape cassettes; 196 audio reels; 1 vinyl LP. – Series consists of recordings of performances and Boris’ collection of recorded music. – Note: The description of sound recordings is incomplete. Information has been transcribed from the recordings’ labels by the archivist.

Box 134

25 compact discs.
 
Sharon Azrieli Sings Broadway ; produced by Robert Sher, Ginno Murphy, Marvin Laird, Martha DeFrancisco / McGill Chamber Orchestra / Artistic Director : Boris Brott / Orchestra Leader : Denis Chabot. 2019. Montreal : MMR in McGill University.

Victor Davies : The Mennonite Piano Concerto, Good Times ; Boris Brott conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. 1989. Toronto : Water Lily Records.

Canadian Pops Series : Orchestral Landscapes : Collection 2 ; performed by Symphonia Canada ; conductor Boris Brott. 1992. Toronto : CIQM Project Inc.

Canadian composers : Alexander Brott : McGill Chamber Orchestra : Boris Brott (conductor) : Angele Dubeau (violin) : Denis Brott (cello). 1993. Montreal : Societé Radio-Canada.

Spheres in Orbit, The Pines of Rome : Alexander Brott conducts the USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra. From an Everest recording BC-2831 recorded October 14, 1962 in Moscow.

Works of Alexander Brott from cassettes. [Songs of Contemplation (1945), True Blue, Analogy in Anagram, Papageno Revisited]. McGill Chamber Orchestra.

Alexander Brott Works for Orchestra. [2 CDs]. [Beethoven arr. Brott, Profundum Praedictum, Paraphrase sur le Canon, Spheres in Orbit, Sept for Seven]. McGill Chamber Orchestra, CBC Festival Orchestra.

Gala D’Orgue / Organ Gala. McGill Chamber Orchestra. [2 CDs]. Boris Brott (directeur musical et chef d’orchestre), Jean-Willy Kunz and Jonathan Oldengarm (organists), Sharon Azrieli-Perez (soprano). 2016.

A Dvorak-Brahms Celebration. [2 CDs]. The McGill Chamber Orchestra. Alexander Brott and Boris Brott, conductors. Recorded live May 26, 2004 by Jean-Paul Desjardins.

Cellisimo! Amanda Forsyth (cello). McGill Chamber Orchestra. Boris Brott, Musical Director. Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, April 28, 2003.

Deux opéras comiques (La Serva Padron and La Canterina). McGill Chamber Orchestra. Boris Brott, Artistic Director and Conductor. Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, March 17, 2008.

McGill Chamber Orchestra. [2 CDs]. Alexander and Boris Brott (conductors), Janina Fialkowska (piano). Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, May 31, 2003.

Beethoven, Beaver et Brott. [2 CDs]. L’orchestre de chamber McGill. Alexander and Boris Brott (conductors), Martin Beaver (violin). Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, March 1, 2004 by Pierre Léger and Pierre Lévesque for Radio-Canada.

Le Retour de La Trompette. [2 CDs]. L’orchestre de chamber McGill. Boris Brott (directeur artistique et chef d’orchestre), Jens Lindemann (solo trumpet). Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, May 28, 2007 by Jean Paul Desjardins.

Gala du 90ème anniversaire d’Alexander Brott. [2 CDs]. L’Orchestre de chamber McGill. Denis Brott (cello), Jonathan Crow (violin), Paul Merkelo (trumpet), Daniel Taylor (contre-tenor), Boris Brott (conductor). Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University, March 14, 2005 by Pierre Léger.

Alexander Brott 75^th anniversary concert. L’orchestra des jeunes virtuoses sous la direction de Boris Brott. March 14, 1990.

Amoureusement Baroque (Handel). Orchestre de Chambre McGill. Recorded at Pollack Hall, McGill University. October 11, 1999.

Brott CD 114. Alexander Brott, Violin Concerto (Hamilton Philharmonic), Mozart, Serenata Notturna (Jeunes Virtuoses), Alexander Brott, Critic’s Corner (McGill Chamber Orchestra).

McGill Chamber Orchestra. Muica e Amore. Giuseppe Lalicate (piano). February 10, 2003.

Music of the Spheres. National Arts Centre Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor), Marc Garneau, Charles Hamann (oboe). October 23, 2004.

MCO-63. Heritage 68. Jan Lisiecki. April 15, 2008.

MCO-60. Dorothée Berryman. [2 CDs]. September 24, 2008.

Trick or Treat to a Wicked Beat, Education Concert. NAO 45. Brott Music Fest. [2 CDs]. October 30, 2007.

Melodies & Myths. Hamilton Place. November 16, 2005.

[2 CDs]. January 20, 2007. Brahms Piano Concerto #1. Christopher O’Riley (piano).


Box 135

24 compact discs.

MCO. May 28, 2007.
MCO-49. Celebration of Percussion. February 4, 2008.
MCO-51. La Magie de Mozart. [2 CDs]. April 8, 2008.
MCO-59. Beethoven. May 26, 2008.
MCO-62. La trompette triomphante. October 20, 2008.
MCO-65. Daniel Harding. Leonore. Beethoven No. 3. MCO- Beethoven #2.
MCO-66. [3 CDs]. Rachmaninov Songs. October 29, 2007.
New West Symphony. October 6, 1995.
New West Symphony. February 9, 1996.
New West Symphony. Opera San Jose. La Traviata. March 16, 1996.
New West Symphony. Beethoven. April 1996.
New West Symphony. Pianistic Pizzazz. October 4-5, 1996.
New West Symphony. The Celebration Begins. October 17-18, 1997.
New West Symphony. Odes to Joy. May 15-16, 1998.
New West Symphony. Discovery Artist ’99. January 15, 1999.
New West Symphony. Russian Giants. March 6-7, 1998.
New West Symphony. Romantics. April 17, 1999.
New West Symphony. Carmina Burana. May 21, 1999.
New West Symphony. [2 CDs]. Concert recorded October 12, 2003. Broadcast February 24, 2003.
New West Symphony. [2 CDs]. Broadcast of May 4, 2003.
New West Symphony. [2 CDs]. 2009/2010 Masterpiece Series. April 17, 2010. Youngren Productions.
National Academy Orchestra of Canada. 21^st Anniversary CD. 2008. Brott Music Festival Selections.
Brott Music Festival. 22^nd Anniversary CD. 2009.
National Academy Orchestra of Canada. Brott Music Festival. City Presentation Version.



Box 136

8 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (5” diameter).

Little Music for Strings. Alexander Goehr, BBC Scottish Orchestra. Norman Del Mar (conductor). Nov. 9, 1964.
Song of Joy. Hamilton Philharmonic.
4 x 30 sec. Song of Joy cuts. Hamilton Philharmonic. March 30, 1976. (CKOC1150 Hamilton).
Scenes 28, 29, 30. Schubert 5, Mozart 29, Handel Gavotte. Northern Sinfonia. (BBC).
Effie. Canadian Brass with Boris Brott as storyteller. Dubbed from cassette.
Concertino for Strings. S.C. Eckhardt – Gramatte. 1958. 16 min. 30 sec. (Toronto, Victorfeld Brill).
Clarinet Concert #2. Weber. Michael Edwards (soloist), Lakehead Symphony Orchestra.
Carnival Overture. D. Morawetz.


18 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Western Show. Famous People Players. October 6, 1982. [Part 1].
Western Show. Famous People Players. October 6, 1982. [Part 2].
Performance Tape. Famous People Players.
Famous People Players. June 10, 1981.
Les Patineurs. Famous People Players.
Scheherazade: Rimsky, Korsakov. Famous People Players. March 15, 1983.
That’s Entertainment. Famous People Players.
Famous People Players. (St. Lawrence Theatre Performance).
Concerto for 2 pianos. Tibor Serly. February 1975. Includes letter from Boyd Macdonald, the University of Manitoba School of Music.
Unlabeled.
Algonquin Symphony/Peggy’s Cove. Murray Adaskin, Trevor Jones. (Canadian Music Centre).
Cardiff Midday, Part 1. August 18, 1943.
Cardiff Midday, Part 2. August 18, 1943.
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Hoddinott), Cardiff Midday Poem. August 16, 1974.
‘Façade’ Suite No. 1. William Walton. August 29, 1974.
Dub of ‘Music Diary’. Recorded October 28, 1965. Copied July 23, 1980. (CBC Winnipeg).
Collage – A tribute to the American Indians. Richard Kashanski. 1974. Includes letter from Richard Casavant and a programme, “Thursday Evening at Honolulu Hale: An Evening with Resident Composers” March 21, 1974.
WFMT-CSO Marathon. Excerpt from Sunday afternoon. May 23, 1976.



Box 137

8 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (5” diameter).

CBC Operetta excerpts. Symphony concert. July 1969.
Rowdy man. Ben McPeek.
Isabel Daras.
Suite, Opus 10. Christian Sinding. Maurice Hasson (violin), Martin Imaz (piano). Recorded in Radio Nacional a Caracas.
Reel Six – Big Country Awards, Regina. Ray St. Germaine – Sunshine Recording. October 1, 1978.
Michael Edwards Mozart Trio. Includes inscribed note.
Improvisation. H. Somers.
Boris Brott & Canadian String Quartet at McKellar Park, Central Public School. February 6, 1968.


16 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Concerto for piano and orchestra. Alfred Kunz, Kenneth Hall, University of Waterloo Little Symphony Orchestra. February 13, 1976.
Wallace ceremonies.
Petite Symphonie Concert. Frank Martin.
N. Symonds: Impulse (1969), T. Kenins: Beatae Voces Tenebrad. Bonn Symphony Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor). (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Dummiyah (J. Weinzweig). Bonn Symphony Orchestra, Boris Brott (director). (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Neo-Renaissance Suite. David Elbourn, Sylvia Moscovitz.
Hymn of Jesus (Holst). Dub.
Pineapple Poll [2 reels]. (Orchestra copy).
Junior Midday Prom. Part II. Nagra CFI. December 21, 1973.
Quasars. Pepin.
Violin Concerto (Rawsthorne). Theo Olof with the new Philharmonia. Sir Adrian Boult (conductor). November 4, 1973. (BBC Wales). Includes a letter from Carol Williams.
Piano Concerto No. 3. Hoddinott.
CBC String Summer Concert. Boris Brott (conductor).
Amez-Vous Bach. Orchestra copy.
Renaissance Rock Suite. Sylvia Moscovitz and David Elbourn.


Box 138

7 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (5” diameter).

Classical Music Cello and Piano.
Overture to a Fairy Tale. Oskar Morawetz. Walter Susskind (conductor). (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Aurora for Orchestra. Iain Hamilton. 1975.
Lyric for Orchestra. Harry Somers.
A.D.S. Hamilton Philharmonic.
Moe Koffman and Pierre Berton commercial. Hamilton Philharmonic.
Frankenstein. H.K. Gruber.
Here I go again. Tobi Lark. March 16, 1972. (RCA Studio).


17 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Hymn to Night (first performance). R. Murray Schafer. Riki Turofsky (soprano), CJRT (conductor), Paul Robinson (orchestra). January 8, 1978. CJRT Festival Series.
Ukrainian Choir.
Altitude Lake (1963), Waves for small string orchestra (1976). Milton Barnes and Toronto Repertory Orchestra. Gary Arbour (piano). Commissioned by the Ontario Arts Council, performed at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
William Piano Concerto. Sheila Hewig with Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sir Ernest McMillan (conductor). 1965.
The Wind Song …. Charlotte. June 28, 1970. 40 min. Live, Darke Hall.
Democratic Concerto Impulse Nameless Hour. Norman Symonds. (Canadian Music Centre).
Epimetheus USA, Opus 46. Gene Gutche, Detroit Symphony Orchestra. November 13, 15, 1969.
Mozart Concerto, K.467. Anne-Marie Levine.
How the Loon Got Its Necklace. Keith Bissell, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ibert Flute Concerto. S. Shulman, New York Orchestra. (CBC/Radio-Canada).
“As You Like It.” Clarence Lucas. (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Symphony No. 2. Alun Hoddinott. 27 min.
Concerts from Two Worlds. Brott Centennial Coll. February 13, 1966.
Brott Critics Corner. Sidney Harth and Teresa Harth (violins), George Grossman (viola), Theo Salzman (cello). October 21, 1970. Performed at Carnegie-Mellon University. Includes copy of the programme.
“Something Medieval” …. Heritage. Michael Leiter (electric bass), Rudolph Kompanek (electric piano), Guy Remonko (drums), Samuel Jones (conductor). Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. December 19, 1970. Includes copy of the programme.
Seven Bridge Variations. [Listening copy].


Box 139

8 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (5” diameter).

“Personal history” …. Tadashi Tamaka (cello). June 1970. Includes letter from Tamaka and a photograph.
Fragmentations. Alex Pauk, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kazuyoshi Akiyama (conductor). February 16, 1976.
Orchestral Suite, Madrigal, Fantastic Spirits. Lothar Klein, Orchestra of the Bavarian Pacific. (Broadcast tapes).
10 Sketches. Skalkottas.
Symphony Concertos. Glick.
A Struggle for Dominion. Baker. Reduction: piano, organ, timpani. 12 min.
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Boris Brott + BBC w/o AFAN LIDO.
Holiday Overture, Op. 57. William Mathias.


17 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Harp Concerto. William Mathias. 26 min. Copy.
Musica Antiqua. Toronto Consort and the Toronto Symphony. November 1977. Includes a letter and programme sent by Charlotte Caton.
Talent Festival Showcase. August 20, 1976. Tape #2.
“McCauley Dub Stereo for Fred Mills.”
“McCauley Dub.”
Boris Brott Program. CBC Strings. September 1, 1966. (CBC/Radio-Canada).
“La Cambiala (Rossini), Chaconny (Purcell)…” Blakeman Welch.
“Morawetz, Antiphone-Morel …”
 Talent Festival Showcase. August 20, 1976. Tape #1.
Apollon Musagete (Stravinsky). Boris Brott. August 19, 1965.
Regional Orchestras Hamilton Philharmonic. Virtuosi, Boris Brott. July 1974. Inscribed, “To Digby Rees from D. McKerchar.”
Saturday Symphony. Ronald Biage. 30 min. 44 sec.
Son of Heldenleben. R. Murray Schafer. (BBC).
Evocation Provocations for Talmon Herz. Alexander Brott, Murray Adaskin, CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, John Avis (conductor). March 15, 1976.
Music to Remember. December 12, 1972.
Concerto B. No. 2 (Bottesini). Hamilton Philharmonic Society, Andre Girard (conductor). (CBC Montreal).
Sea Pictures (Elgar). Janet Baker (singer).


Box 140

4 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (5” diameter).

Sonata (J. Haydn, P Hindemith). Ivan Hanus (obsc), Eva Glancova (clarinet). December 22, 1966. Sent from West Germany.
La Reine (Haydn), Bridge Variations (Brittain). Northern Sinfonia, Boris Brott (conductor).
The Whole Boy. Lakehead Symphony Orchestra.
Pee wee Piccolo.

20 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

2 unlabeled reels without cases.
Trumpet Concerto. John Cowell. January 17, 1979.
Aubade (Polenc).
Scheryo … Night Music. David Barlow. 1964. Includes letter from David Barlow (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne).
Chopin B Flat Minor Sonata. Tape 1.
Symphony no. 4 (Brahms), Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky). Phillip Palermo Civic Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor). May 10, 1974.
Danse Villageoise, Pan songs of the Salish … Claude Champagne, Srul Irving Glick, Graham George, Robert McMullin. (Canadian Music Centre).
Violin Concerto. Srul Irving Glick.
“Superman Theme” … The Famous People Players.
CBC Winnipeg Children’s Concert. (Master tape).
Concert. Heritage, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Sam Tones (conductor). December 19, 1970.
B Minor Sonata (Liszt), Piano Pieces (Schonberg). Tape 2.
Piano Pieces (Schonberg). Tape 3.
Hamilton Symphony – CKOC. April 26, 1977.
From the Diary of Anne Frank. Oskar Morewetz. [2 tapes].
Memorial to Martin Luther King for cello and orchestra. Oskar Morewetz, Zara Nelsova (cello).
Lakehead Symphony. April 1970.
Heritage. (Reel 2).


Box 141

8 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Alphabet Soup, R is for Rhythm. (Dub of a dub). Enclosed letter to Boris with suggested cuts and fades, signed “PP”.
Sonata #6 in A Major (Prokoieff) … Viktor Friedman (pianist).
Piano Concert. No. 1, B flat minor. BBC Welsh Symphony.
Telemann Canary Cantata. Doreen Nagy (mezzo-soprano), John Gaszi Quartet, Philip Adamson (harpsichord). February 7, 1976.
Ballads for Orchestra. Grave Williams.
Saskatchewan Suite, Newfoundland Scene. William McCauley, Kelsey Jones. (Canadian Music Centre).
City of Gold, Steelhenge. Winnipeg CBC Orchestra (Eric Wild), Lancaster Kiwanis Steel Band, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (Skitch Henderson).
Music to Remember. February 1, 1973. 27 min. 52 sec. (BBC).


13 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter) without cases. Several reels include the following notation:

Geneva Special ex Ottawa via TV/MCR. Tape 2. June 9, 1967
RAI Tape of Broadcast. Boris Brott.
Dvorak with Piano.
Mercure Cantate.


Box 142

6 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (7” diameter).

Sea Sketches. Grace Williams. From DCCA – English Chamber (and David Atherton).
Concerts from Two Worlds: Flower Variations. John Beckwith. June 26, 1970. (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Sonatina in F for 16 winds (Strauss). Boston Wind Ensemble, Eric Simon (conductor).
Piano Pieces (Schonberg).
Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, Saga Dream Op. 39. Carl Nielsen.
Octet, Ten Sketches for Strings. Nicos Skalkottas. November 30, 1960.


8 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (10.5” diameter).

Midday Concert. June 21, 1974. Review copy. [2 tapes].
Hamilton Philharmonic (Denis Brott), Boris Brott (conductor). December 20, 1982; January 3, 1983. [2 tapes].
Llandaff Cathedral. BBC Welsh, Boris Brott (conductor). December 6, 1974.
A Somerset Rhapsody Hammersmith … (Holst). BBC Welsh, Boris Brott (conductor).
The Daughter of the Regiment. Act I, Act II. [2 tapes].


4 cassette tapes.

Schubert: Salve Regina. McGill Chamber Orchestra. Galene Gabora; A. Brott – Introd.
Brott Concordia. CBC Radio Orchestra conducted by Beaudet.
Rabinovitch, Syd. “Finjan”, “Klezmer Suite.” Odessa Bulgar. Abi Gezunt, Romenye. Kitchener / Waterloo / Guelph. Brott.
CBC. Mahler Lied. Negro Spiritual. “My Brother How Old Are You?” Triple concert. Sept. 11, 1977.


5 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (3” diameter).

Arctic Bird Calls for Thunder and Lightning, Brott. (Hamilton Philharmonic Society, Inc.)
William Wallace “Twelve Eight” for Orchestra. Jackson Festival Orchestra. O.W. Mueller, Conductor
S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatte. Fanfargfor eight brass instrements on the themes: “The Winnipeg Art Gallery Is Going to Open Today” and “Aggressive-Progressive” Played by members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (inscribed: Merry Christmas Sonia!)
“Girl on a Roller Coaster”
B. Incert. Konzert fur 2 violinen.


Box 143

11 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (10.5” diameter).

Brott to You #1: The Laugh’s on Us. 88 min. 46 sec. Aired May 4, 8:00-9:30 pm, FM Network. (CBC/Radio-Canada).
Brott to You #2: A Hit or a Myth (Opus Two). May 11, 1971.
Brott to You #4: Opera. May 25, 1971.
Brott to You #5: Style. June 1, 1971.
Brott to You #6: The Seasons. June 8, 1971.
Brott to You #7: Ives – The Barbaric Yawp. June 15, 1971.
Brott to You #8: Spaced Out. D/B June 20, 1971.
Brott to You #9: Men, Gods, & Devils. Recorded June 9, 1971. Broadcast June 29, 1971.
Brott to You #10: Elements. D/B July 4, 1971.
Brott to You #11: The Political Games People Play. July 13, 1971.
Brott to You #12: Back to Bach. July 20, 1971.


Box 144

11 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (10.5” diameter).

Brott to You #13: Berlioz. July 27, 1971.
Brott to You #14: Critics – Purge or Panacea. August 3, 1971.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #15: Brush up on your Shakespeare.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #16.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #17.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #18.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #19.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #20.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #21.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #22. Part 1.
Brott to You for Schools and Youth #22. Part 2.


Box 145

11 1/4” reel-to-reel audiotapes (10.5” diameter).

B. Brott, BBC Welsh Orchestra. 1 of 2.
B. Brott. BBC Welsh Orchestra.
Cardiff Midday Prom. BBC Welsh, Boris Brott. September 6, 1975. 13 min. 25 sec.
Israel Day at Ontario Place. Boris Brott. 1979.
30^th anniversary of State of Israel concert. Ontario Place. June 4, 1978.
Winnipeg Children’s Concert. Mostly Music att. Brott. December 21, 1979, February 27, 1980. [2 tapes].
Orchestral Concert (Llandaff Cathedral). (Recorded on site).
Oiseaux exotiques.
Fleming: Ballet introduction. November 29, 1982.
Music Heritage: dub for music department.


33 1/3 vinyl record. Fiala : Montréal, Kelsey Jones : Miramichi Ballad. Orchestra de Radio-Canada. Direction Boris Brott / Alexander Brott.

SD/HC 4 GB memory card. “1812 SFX (Canon! Muskets! Church bells!)”. July 2014.


Series 4

Sheet music and posters. – Collected by Boris Brott in 1990s-2000s. – 15 cm of textual records. – Series consists of reproductions of sheet music by Alexander Brott and publicity posters for Boris’s performances.


Box 146

F.1          Brott Orchestra della Fondazione Petruzelli. Benedetto Lupo / pianoforte. (Fondazione Lirico Sinfonica, Petruzelli e Teatri Di Bari). November 7, 2011. Col. poster : 126 cm x 90 cm.
F.2          “Oracle” Symphonic Poem (A. Brott) : Bellerive Hotel : orchestral. 0.9 cm. [Manuscript].
F.3          “Oracle” Symphonic Poem (A. Brott). 0.4 cm. [M.s. copy].
F.4          “Invocation and Dance” (A. Brott) : violin and piano : commissioned by Canadian Jewish Congress. [Negative m.s. photocopy]. 0.5 cm. Courtesy of Cultural Programing, Canadian Jewish Congress.
F.5          “Three Astral Visions” (A. Brott): string orchestra. [M.s. copy]. 0.1 cm.
F.6          “From Sea to Sea” (A. Brott): orchestra. [T.s. copy. Includes handwritten notations]. 2 cm. Purchased from Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan Inc in 1996.
F.7          [Bound m.s. photocopies of orchestral scores of 5 movements of “From Sea to Sea” : “Maritimes”, “Quebec”, “Ontario”, “Prairies”, and “British Columbia.”] 2.7 cm. Includes some notations.
F.8          [“Critic’s Corner” (A. Brott) : orchestral]. [M.s. copy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.9 cm. From the Canadian Music Centre.
F.9          Symphony No. 3 (Benjamin Lees). Toronto : Boosey & Hawkes, Music Publishers Limited, 1975.
F.10        1. Sinfonie (1947) (Hans Werner Henze). New York : Schott Music Corp. (Associated Music Publishers Inc.), 1964. Inscribed and signed by Boris Brott.
F.11        3. Sinfonie (Hans Werner Henze). New York : Schott Music Corp. (Associated Music Publishers Inc.), 1956. Inscribed and signed by Boris Brott.
F.12        5. Sinfonie (Hans Werner Henze). New York : Schott Music Corp. (Associated Music Publishers Inc.), 1963. Inscribed and signed by Boris Brott.
F.13        Mini-minus for chamber orchestra (A. Brott). Willowdale, Ont.: Leeds Music (Canada), 1971.
F.14        “Royal Tribute : Symphonie Poem for large orchestra” (A. Brott) : orchestra. April 1953. [Ts. photocopy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.3 cm. Signed by Boris Brott.
F.15        “Astral Vision no. 2” (A. Brott) : string orchestra. [T.s. copy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.1 cm.
F.16        “How Thunder & Lightning Came to Be” (To Boris & Betty & The Hamilton Brood) (A. Brott) : piano and percussion. 0.2 cm.
F.17        “Paraphrase in Polyphony” (A. Brott) : orchestra. [T.s. copy]. 0.7 cm.
F.18        “7 Minuets, 6 Canons” (Beethoven) : scored for the McGill Chamber Orchestra by Alexander Brott. [Ts. photocopy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.6 cm. Sent to Boris in 1988.
F.19        “Profundum Praedictum” (A. Brott) : orchestra. [M.s. copy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.4 cm. From the Canadian Music Centre.
F.20        “Lullaby + Procession of the Toys” (A. Brott) : trio. [M.s. copy. Includes handwritten notations]. 0.2 cm.
F.21        “Lament” (A. Brott) : string orchestra. [M.s. copy].
F.22        “Lament” (A. Brott) : string orchestra. [M.s. photocopy].
F.23        “Songs of Contemplation” (A. Brott) : voice and piano (French lyrics). [M.s. copy with taped-on lyrics].
F.24        “Songs of Contemplation” (A. Brott) : voice and piano (English lyrics). [T.s. copy].
F.25        “Triangle, Circle, 4 Squares” (A. Brott) : quartet. [M.s. copy with handwritten annotations].
F.26        “Triangle, Circle, 4 Squares” (A. Brott) : quartet. [M.s. copy].
F.27        “Israel” (A. Brott) : words and music. [M.s. copy]. Includes a letter from Suzanne, with enclosed lyrics, sent to Brott in 1996.
F.28        “Chassidic Dance” (A. Brott) : violin. [T.s. copy].
F.29        “Characteristic Dance (Chassidic Dance)” (A. Brott) : orchestra. [M.s. copy with handwritten annotations].
F.30        “A Royal Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II” (A. Brott) : orchestra. [M.s. copy with handwritten additions].
F.31        Brott Music Festival 2013. Graphic poster : 100 x 50 cm. Draft poster including some corrections.


Oversize posters

Festival Euro Mediterraneo poster. Rome. July 25, 2001. Orchestra Filharmonica di Roma.

 

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