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Collection Overview
Abstract
Professor of music at Calvin College. The collection includes Oratorio Society constitution, minutes, correspondence, television releases, source work, program notes, sing-along activities, photographs, press clippings, rehearsal plans, dissertation materials, and oratorio notes for the Messiah, St. Paul, Requiem, King David, Creation, St. John's Passion, The Crucifixion, St. Matthew's Passion, and Easter Oratorio. The collection also contains minutes and materials from the Grand Rapids American Guild of Organists.
Biographical Note
Howard J. Slenk was born in Holland, Michigan in 1931. He attended Calvin College and went on to earn his Ph.D. from Ohio University. Slenk taught at Trinity Christian College but perhaps is best known for his service at Calvin College as professor of music for 28 years.
From 1967-1995 Slenk taught organ and music theory as well as directing Calvin’s choirs and conducting the Oratorio Society. Slenk also served as the organist and music director for Woodland CRC in Grand Rapids. Slenk wrote A Well-Appointed Church Music in 1960. Slenk, (now emeritus professor of music) has received the honor of a scholarship named after him. He was a very active member of the Grand Rapids American Guild of Organists and served as Dean from 2006 -2008. The Howard J. Slenk Music Scholarship is awarded to Calvin College students with a music focused career path such as choral conducting, organ music, or musicology.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Oratorio Notes, 1980-1993],
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Series 2: Tapes of Past Performances],
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Series 3: Dissertation Notes and Research Materials],
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Series 4: Grand Rapids Chapter of American Guild of Organists (GRAGO)],
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- Series 1: Oratorio Notes --- 1980-1993
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Personnel records, articles, program notes
- Folder 2: Oratorio Society --- 1980-1981
- Folder 3: Oratorio Society constitution --- 1981
- Folder 4: Messiah, correspondence, society minutes --- 1981
- Folder 5: Source communications, television broadcasts of Messiah --- 1981
- Folder 6: Messiah, correspondence, release for Messiah telecast --- 1982
- Folder 7: "Messiah Sing-In," sing-along --- 1982
- Folder 8: Mendelssohn's St. Paul, correspondence, notes, society minutes --- 1982
- Folder 9: Source work on Messiah --- 1983
- Folder 10: Mendelssohn's St. Paul, correspondence, notes, society minutes --- 1983
- Folder 11: Messiah, correspondence, notes, society minutes --- 1983
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Source communications, telecasts, activities, and correspondence --- 1983
- Folder 2: Sing-along activities --- 1983
- Folder 3: H. Slenk directing Oratorio, photographs --- 1984
- Folder 4: Brahms' Requiem, notes, correspondence --- 1984
- Folder 5: Bach-Handel anniversary concer, notes, correspondence, and minutes --- April 19 and 20, 1985
- Folder 6: Messiah, notes, correspondence, society minutes --- 1984
- Folder 7: Messiah, correspondence, notes, minutes --- 1985
- Folder 8: Honeggar's King David, notes, correspondence --- 1985
- Folder 9: Messiah, society minutes, notes --- December 1986
- Folder 10: Messiah, December, society minutes, notes, correspondence --- 1987
- Folder 11: Creation, society minutes, orchestra schedule --- April 1987
- Folder 12: Elijah, society minutes, rehearsal plan, correspondence --- April 1988
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Messiah, society minutes, correspondence, reactions --- 1988
- Folder 2: St. John, rehearsal plans, society minutes --- 1988
- Folder 3: Messiah, society minutes, press clippings, correspondence --- December 8 and 9, 1989
- Folder 4: The Crucifixion, society minutes, correspondence, press report
- Folder 5: Messiah, society minutes, correspondence, press report --- November 30 and December 1, 1990
- Folder 6: St. Paul, society minutes, correspondence, rehearsal plans, program --- March 21 and 22, 1991
- Folder 7: Messiah, society minutes, correspondence --- December 2, 3, and 4, 1991
- Folder 8: Messiah, society minutes, correspondence --- December 4 and 5, 1992
- Folder 9: St. Matthew's Passion, Bach bibliography, society minutes, press report --- April 3, 1992
- Folder 10: Easter Oratorio, rehearsal schedule, correspondence --- April 10, 1993
- Folder 11: A Well-Appointed Church Music --- 1960
- Series 2: Tapes of Past Performances
- Box 4: Past performances tapes
- Series 3: Dissertation Notes and Research Materials
- Box 5
- Folder 1: First draft of PhD dissertation
- Folder 2: Final draft of PhD dissertation
- Folder 3: Reference material for PhD dissertation
- Folder 4: PhD dissertation notebook
- Folder 5: Notes for dissertation
- Folder 6: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Folder 7: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Folder 2: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Folder 3: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Folder 4: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Folder 5: Dissertation material-musical scores
- Box 9: Dissertation material file cards
- Box 10
- Folder 1: Research Material - "Christopher Plantin and the Genevan Psalter"
- Folder 2: Research Material - "Four Unpublished Documents Concerning Christopher Plantin and the Question of Heresy"
- Folder 3: Research Material - "Christopher Plantin and the States General: Some New Documents"
- Folder 4: Research Material - "An Investigation of Hubert Waelrants's School of Music"
- Folder 5: Research Material - "The Way Toward an Anglo-Genevan Psalter"
- Folder 6: Research Material - "Jan Utenhove's Psalms in the Low Countries"
- Folder 7: Research Material - "The Music of Protestantism"
- Folder 8: Research Material - "Early Polyphonic Settings of Morat's Psalm"
- Folder 9: Research Material - "Music in Antwerp Under the Calvinist Regime"
- Folder 10: Research Material - "The English Psalm Settings of Richard Byrd"
- Folder 11: Research Material - Knives
- Series 4: Grand Rapids Chapter of American Guild of Organists (GRAGO)
- Box 7
- Folder 1: History of Grand Rapids Chapter of American Guild of Organists
- Folder 2: American Guild of Organists Membership
- Folder 3: Membership Directories --- 1948, 1976, 1979, 1991, 1999. 2006, 2010
- Folder 4: “Gather at the River” Convention --- June 2005
- Folder 5: Speech: “The Future of Church Music: Challenges and Possibilities” by Paul Westemeyer
- Folder 6: Articles and Clippings
- Folder 7: Correspondence
- Folder 8: Season Concert Listings
- Folder 9: Sixtieth Anniversary --- 1997
- Folder 10: Hymns
- Folder 11: Various Concerts and Recitals
- Folder 12: Various Concerts and Recitals
- Folder 13: Celebration Service for Larry Visser – Composer of the Year --- 2010
- Folder 14: Programs for Installation of Officers
- Box 8
- Folder 1: GRAGO Council minutes --- 04 Oct 1959 – 01 Apr 1965
- Folder 2: GRAGO Council minutes --- 11 Jun 1999 – 07 Nov 2001
- Folder 3: GRAGO Council minutes --- 16 Jan 2002 – 21 Nov 2005
- Folder 4: GRAGO Council minutes --- 01 Sep 2006 – 16 Nov 2009
- Folder 5: GRAGO minutes --- 15 Feb 2010 – 19 Nov 2012
- Folder 6: GRAGO Council minutes --- 14 Jan 2013 – 05 Feb 2016
- Folder 7: The Cipher (GRAGO newsletter) --- 1997 – 2004
- Folder 8: The Cipher (GRAGO newsletter) --- 2005-2007
- Folder 9: The Cipher (GRAGO newsletter) --- 2008-2009
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Series 1: Oratorio Notes, 1980-1993],
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Series 2: Tapes of Past Performances],
[
Series 3: Dissertation Notes and Research Materials],
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Series 4: Grand Rapids Chapter of American Guild of Organists (GRAGO)],
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