I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA now has recordings of more than twenty individual pieces as well as multiple cues from Read More …
Category: From the Director
SFSMA wins a GRAMMY Preservation Grant
The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program has awarded the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive a 2016 Preservation Implementation grant. The Read More …
SFSMA Recording Project Wins Society for American Music Sight and Sound Subvention
The Society for American Music has awarded its 2016 Sight and Sound Subvention to SFSMA director Kendra Leonard for the Read More …
Chaplin mania
We’ve just posted new music by and about Charlie Chaplin! Many thanks to Terry L. Baldridge for donating scans of Read More …
New: The Music of the Silent Films by Ben Model
SFSMA is delighted to celebrate the publication of Ben Model‘s new book, The Music of the Silent Films (New York: Read More …
Seeking sheet music
SFSMA generally tries to post complete books and collections. This means that that until we have all of the pieces Read More …
New music from Joel Everett
SFSMA is delighted to announce a new donor to the collection! Emmy Award-winning composer Joel Everett has very generously offered Read More …
Music donations from Greg Breed
Last week, SFSMA got an email from San Diego-area theatre organist Greg Breed, who shares the Archive’s love of silent Read More …
Not-for-profit Status
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 …
Bequest
I am delighted to announce that The Silent Film Sound and Music Archive has received a bequest from the estate Read More …