MTNA to house distinguished composer of the year archives at UC.

MTNA to house distinguished composer of the year archives at UC. MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)and the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] (UC) have reached anagreement to house MTNA's complete Distinguished Composer of theYear archives in the University of Cincinnati Libraries. Each year, MTNA presents the Distinguished Composer of the YearAward to the composer of the outstanding composition submitted as astate-commissioned work. MTNA first awarded this honor in 1969. Thearchives are composed of all entries from candidates from 1987 topresent and include both scores and recordings. A few earlier scores arealso available. "For more than twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. , the Archives & Rare BooksLibrary has held the historical records of MTNA, dating to the 19thcentury," said Victoria A. Montavon, dean and university librarianat UC. "This continuing accession underscores our commitment tocommunity partnerships, and provides important researchopportunities." The scores will be housed in the Archive & RareBooks Library, while the recordings will be held at theCollege-Conservatory of Music Library, both part of the University ofCincinnati Libraries system. Douglas Knehans, dean and Thomas James This article is about the English librarian. For the English sea captain, see Thomas James (sea captain).Thomas James (c. 1573 - August, 1629) was an English librarian, first librarian of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Kelly professor of music atCCM CCM Contemporary Christian MusicCCM Critical Care MedicineCCM County College of Morris (New Jersey)CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi (political party, Tanzania)CCM CORBA Component Model , is excited about the addition to the libraries. "We aredelighted to be the recipients of this extensive collection of raremanuscripts and recordings of some of America's finest composers.This gift enhances UC's capacity to deepen our research into andcommitment to new music and to using the archive in a meaningfulway--hopefully as the core of a newly invigorated in��vig��or��ate?tr.v. in��vig��or��at��ed, in��vig��or��at��ing, in��vig��or��atesTo impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her"performance seriesreflective of this gift. We are both honored and humbled by the faiththat MTNA places in us as the stewards of this unique archive." As funds become available, MTNA plans to digitize all the cassetterecordings. Anyone interested in contributing to this project cancontact MTNA.