From the Director

Grant from the Victor Herbert Foundation

I’m delighted to announce that SFSMA has received a grant from the Victor Herbert Foundation to assist with the transcribing, Read More …

I am delighted to announce that at last we have a beautiful and clean scan of Erno Rapee’s Motion Picture Read More …

SFSMA’s gotten a great review by Erin M. Brooks in The Journal of the Society for American Music! Download it as Read More …

The Board of the Silent Film Sound and Music Archive condemns the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Read More …

SFSMA is delighted to announce the acquisition of three new collections for the Archive. We’ll be scanning materials and creating Read More …

Thank you to everyone who has supported SFSMA this year! We appreciate your time, material donations, and financial generosity in Read More …

We’ve just added 41 cue sheets from the collection of Adele V. Sullivan, a Colorado cinema accompanist whose papers are Read More …

SFSMA Executive Director Kendra Leonard on the uses and adaptations of cue sheets for NewMusicBox: “Taking a Cue: Accompanying Early Read More …

SFSMA Executive Director Kendra Leonard has authored four articles for NewMusicBox on music for silent films old and new! Check Read More …

We’ve just digitized and uploaded almost 60 cue sheets from the Silent Film Collection at the American Music Research Center at Read More …