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Acc. 2012.006 was hand delivered to Special Collection on 1/23/2012. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.
Known as the Williamsburg area's premiere Gilbert and Sullivan company, Sinfonicron is student-run on every level of production, from set design and construction, to direction, costuming and administration. Members come from William and Mary's three music fraternities, Delta Omicron, Phi Mu Alpha and Nu Kappa Epsilon, and the Theater Students Association. Sinfonicron produces one show every January on a three-year rotating schedule of two Gilbert and Sullivan shows and one non-Gilbert and Sullivan show.
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A portion of this collection was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.
Sinfonicron Opera Company records, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Acc. 2012.006 accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in January 2012. Acc. 2013.081 accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in May 2013.
University Archives Poster Collection; University Archives Audiovisual Collection.
Two audiocassette tapes of the 1988 production of The Mikado have been pulled from Acc. 2013.081 and were added to the University Archives Audiovisual Collection.
This collection contains clippings, programs, photographs, and other material produced by the Sinfonicron Light Opera Company at William & Mary. Included in the records are photographs of productions such as 42nd Street, City of Angels, Gondoliers, and Iolanthe. A scrapbook of programs from the first production in 1965 through 1992 is also included in this collection. Sinfonicron is a student-run company that puts on one opera production a year, usually during the Spring Semester.
Two audiocassette tapes of the 1988 production of The Mikado have been pulled from Acc. 2013.081 and were added to the University Archives Audiovisual Collection.
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Acc. 2013.081
Acc. 2013.081
Documents, artifacts, audio-visual materials and photographs produced by the Sinfonicron Light Opera Company from roughly 1961 to 2020.
Materials include publicity, programs, merchandise (t-shirts, sweatshirt, mug, insulated travel mug), organizational documents (charter, producers' account notebook), scrapbook with photographs, sheet music, and signage used at the front of the house during the performance to explain the history of the show (large foam boards and oversized cards)
This accession is unprocessed.
1979 Scrapbook for Patience, or the Bunthorne Bride, programs, organizational records, scripts, promotional materials
Materials are in a tall Hollinger box.
Acc. 2020.068
Contains publicity materials, a breastplate costume piece, and a Mikado vocal score and chorus score. The publicity materials include posters and flyers from student productions of Camelot. Also included is a 50th anniversary memory book signed by students and alumni.