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Category: From the Director

New audio recordings by Ethan Uslan

2016/07/262021/01/12 kpleonard

I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA now has recordings of more than twenty individual pieces as well as multiple cues from Read More …

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SFSMA wins a GRAMMY Preservation Grant

2016/04/072016/04/08 kpleonard

The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program has awarded the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive a 2016 Preservation Implementation grant. The Read More …

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SFSMA Recording Project Wins Society for American Music Sight and Sound Subvention

2016/03/152016/03/15 kpleonard

The Society for American Music has awarded its 2016 Sight and Sound Subvention to SFSMA director Kendra Leonard for the Read More …

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Chaplin mania

2016/02/29 kpleonard

We’ve just posted new music by and about Charlie Chaplin! Many thanks to Terry L. Baldridge for donating scans of Read More …

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New: The Music of the Silent Films by Ben Model

2015/11/25 kpleonard

SFSMA is delighted to celebrate the publication of Ben Model‘s new book, The Music of the Silent Films (New York: Read More …

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Seeking sheet music

2015/09/08 kpleonard

SFSMA generally tries to post complete books and collections. This means that that until we have all of the pieces Read More …

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New music from Joel Everett

2015/05/29 kpleonard

SFSMA is delighted to announce a new donor to the collection! Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Everett has very generously offered Read More …

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Music donations from Greg Breed

2015/03/24 kpleonard

Last week, SFSMA got an email from San Diego-area theatre organist Greg Breed, who shares the Archive’s love of silent Read More …

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Not-for-profit Status

2015/03/172015/03/17 kpleonard

SFSMA has just received 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status! We will now be able to begin to raise funds for an endowment, Read More …

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Bequest

2015/03/17 kpleonard

I am delighted to announce that The Silent Film Sound and Music Archive has received a bequest from the estate Read More …

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