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The day to day activities of ARSC are carried out by a variety of committee's. Committee's activities are guided by the ARSC Committee Guidelines. To join a committee, please contact the committee chair.

Image: old phonograph ARSC ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
Chuck Howell, chair

ASSOCIATED AUDIO ARCHIVISTS (AAA)
Vacant, Chair

   Sam Brylawski (University of California, Santa Barbara)
   Gene DeAnna (Library of Congress)
   Corinne Forstot (San Francisco Conservatory of Music)
   Marlan Green (Library of Congress)
   Eric Jacobs (The Audio Archive)
   Andrew Leach (Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago)
   Jerry McBride (Stanford University)
   Barbara Need (University of Chicago)
   Brenda Nelson-Strauss (Indiana University)
   Bill Schurk (Bowling Green State University)
   David Seubert (University of California, Santa Barbara)
   Steve Smolian (Smolian Sound Studios)
   Hannah Sommers (National Public Radio)
   Susan Stinson (Syracuse University)
   Sara Velez (New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
   Richard Warren (The Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University)

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE
David Lewis, co-chair
Roberta Freund Schwartz, co-chair

   Bill Schurk, Popular Music
   Dennis Rooney, Classical Music
   Dan Morgenstern, Jazz Music
   Richard Spottswood, At-Large
   Mike Biel, At-Large
   Jim Farrington, ARSC Book Review Editor
   Vincent Pelote, Ex-officio

BYLAWS REVISION COMMITTEE
Sam Brylawski (University of California, Santa Barbara), chair

CATALOGING COMMITTEE
Caitlin Hunter (Library of Congress), chair
Marsha Maguire, DACS Subcommittee Chair

   Joan McGorman
   Gerald Parker
   David Sommerfield
   Wendy Sistrunk
   Steven Smolian

CONFERENCE PLANNING
Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Conference Manager

COPYRIGHT and FAIR USE COMMITTEE
Tim Brooks, chair

   Barry Ashpole
   Bruce Epperson
   John F. Geis
   Michael Gray
   Richard Green
   Jerry McBride
   Dave Nolan
   David Patmore
   Steve Smolian
   Dick Spottswood

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Vacant, chair

DISCOGRAPHY COMMITTEE
Mike Gray, chair

   Barry Ashpole, ex-officio
   John R. Bolig
   Garrett Bowles
   Barrett Crawford
   Larry Friedman
   David Giovannoni
   Bill Klinger
   Chris Strachwitz
   Richard Warren (Yale University, Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library)

EDUCATION and TRAINING COMMITTEE
Karen Fishman (Library of Congress), co-chair
Aaron Bittel (UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive), co-chair

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Steven I. Ramm, chair

GRANTS COMMITTEE
Richard Warren, Jr. (Yale University, Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library), chairman

   Research Grants:
   Suzanne Flandreau (Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College)
   Jon Samuels (Recorded Legacy)
   Suzanne Stover (Eastman School of Music)

   Preservation Grants:
   Adrian Cosentini (The New York Philharmonic)
   Al Schlachtmeyer

   Travel Grants:
   Louise Spear, Chair (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)
   Bill Klinger
   Anna-Maria Manuel
   Ronda Sewald (Indiana University)
   Dan Shiman

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE, 2011
Jim Farrington (Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music), chair

NATIONAL DISCOGRAPHY COMMITTEE
Sam Brylawski (University of California, Santa Barbara), chair

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Matt Barton (Library of Congress)
Barry Stapelton (Ward Irish Music Archives)
Sara Velez

OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Anna-Maria Manuel, chair

    Bill Klinger
   Organization Liaisons:
   AES: Marcos-Sueiro-Bal (WNYC)
   AMIA: John Spencer (BMS / Chace LLC)
   IASA: Richard Green (Library and Archives Canada)
   MLA: Jim Farrington (Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music)
   SEM: Louise Spear (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)

OPERATIONS MANUAL TASK FORCE
Bill Klinger, chair pro temp

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
David Seubert, Chair

   Journal Editor: Barry Ashpole
   Newsletter Editor: Franz Kunst
   ARSC Publisher: Ted Sheldon
   Bulletin Editor: Marsha Maguire (Library of Congress)
   Advertising Editor: Dan Shiman
   Membership Directory: Peter Shambarger
   ARSC Webmaster: Bryan Cornell (Library of Congress)
   ARSC Board Listserve Coordinator: Bryan Cornell (Library of Congress)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Mike Casey (Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University), co-chair
Adrian Cosentini (The New York Philharmonic), co-chair

   Peter Alyea (Library of Congress)
   Marcos Sueiro Bal (WNYC)
   George Blood (Safe Sound Archive, Philadlephia, PA)
   Richard L. Hess (Vignettes Media, Aurora, Ontario, Canada)
   Eric Jacobs (The Audio Archive, San Jose, CA)
   Bill Klinger, cylinder subcommittee chair
   Chris Lacinak, (AudioVisual Preservation Solutions, New York, NY)
   Brad McCoy (Library of Congress)
   John Spencer (BMS/Chace LLC, New York, Nashville, Los Angeles)
   Konrad Strauss (Department of Recording Arts, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University)
   John Narus (Vidipax, Long Island City, NY)
   Doug Pomeroy (Pomeroy Audio, Brooklyn, NY)
   Marie O’Connell (Radio New Zealand Sound Archives/Nga Taonga Korero, Christchurch, New Zealand)
   Tommy Sjöberg (Folkmusikens hus, Rättvik, Sweden)
   Charles Van Winkle (Adobe Systems Inc, Seattle, WA)

 

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