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File consists of a summary report on the Seminar for Graded Educational Music, and full transcripts of some of the sessions

File consists of an overview of the plans for the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project, submitted by Keith MacMillan, executive secretary of the Canadian Music Centre.

File consists of photographs from the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. Photographs are not labelled.

File consists of newspaper clippings of articles and reviews of the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of photographs from the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. Some of the photographs are labelled and include the following individuals: Anne Eggleston, S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté, and John Weinzweig. Photographs by Legg Brothers Limited.

File consists of blank registration cards; forms for chartered vehicles; program for the policy conference, "Towards New Music in Education"; and attendance list.

File consists of 3 photographs from the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project, held in Toronto. The photographs show Harry Freedman, Jim Bray, and Alfred Kunz working with students. Photographs by Jack Mitchell. File also includes 14 photographs of Harry Somers and Norman Symonds working with students. Date and location of photographs is uncertain.

File consists of a blank registration form, completed registraton card, and program for the Concert Demonstration Program (March 5, 1965) in MacMillan Theatre for the second seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of a paper by Keith MacMillan, "The John Adaskin Project: Towards New Music for Education," written for the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of the minutes and related correspondence for a meeting of the John Adaskin School Music Project held at the Canadian Music Centre on October 10, 1963 with Keith Bissell, C. Laughton Bird, and John Adaskin, on the planned seminar to be held November 10-16, 1963.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding the first seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of correspondence and reports following the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project in Toronto. File includes material from Robert "Bob" Fleming, R. Murray Schafer, Anne Eggleston, and John Adaskin. File also includes notes from talks given during the symposium, including preliminary remarks by Keith Bissell; "The Composer in Music Education" by C. Laughton Bird; and Adaskin's draft final report.

File consists of press materials for the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project, including the press release, overview of composers in attendance and their works, itinerary, school directory of the Township of North York, and maps showing participating schools.

File consists of newspaper clippings of articles, reviews, and advertisements for the first symposium of the John Adaskin School Music Project.

File consists of newspaper clippings of articles and reviews of the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Project.

File consists of handwritten submissions for resolutions at the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project. File includes submissions from Mrs. Goulden, Talivaldis Kenins, Nipper Cole, Wolfgang Rottenberg, Maurice Dela, Peter Clements, Pearl Greer, Jim Bray, and Frank Daley.

File consists of typeset speeches given at the third seminar of the John Adaskin School Music Project: "Widening Horizons in Music Education To-day" by George Little, Head, Music Division, Department of Education, Quebec, and "Pelcican Ink and Pestalozzi" by Ezra Schabas.

File consists of a draft untitled paper for a presentation by Patricia Shand on the John Adaskin Project.

File consists of correspondence between Patricia Shand and Lorne Watson regarding a guest lecture that Shand gave for Watson's class at Brandon University, Manitoba. File also includes Shand's notes for her presentation.

File consists of drafts and notes for a paper by Patricia Shand on the John Adaskin Project, written for the Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) journal: "The John Adaskin Project (Canadian Music for Schools)."

File consists of drafts and related correspondence for an article by Patricia Martin Shand on the history and current status of the John Adaskin Project, in honour of its 30th birthday in 1991. The article was written for the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) of Ontario's Notations.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with commissioning composers and about commisions for the John Adaskin Project. Correspondents include: Hilda Morgan, Graham Coles (Berandol Music Limited), George Andrix, Thomas Baker, John Beckwith, W.H. Belyea, Keith Bissell, Dean G. Blair, Alexander Brott, Morley Calvert, Donald Coakley, Maurice Dela, Joe Macerollo, Quenten Doolittle, Margaret Dryman, Mario Duschenes, Harry Freedman, James M. Gayfer, David Keane, Talivaldis Kenins, David Ford, R.E.J. Milne, Lois Kivesto, Dermott O'Reilly, Irene Pasch, Peter H. Riddle, Godfrey Ridout, David W. Murray, R. Murray Schafer, Harry Somers, Mrs. G. A. Steele, Paul Sweetman, and James Whicher.

File consists of a document on "suggestions for teachers wanting to commission a composer to write for student performers."

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence from the early stages of the John Adaskin Project, between John Adaskin and Peter M. Dwyer and Ann M. Coffin of the Canada Council regarding funding for the project.

File consists of sample letters to teachers regarding the John Adaskin Project.

File consists of guidelines created by the John Adaskin Project for the assessment of Canadian music for strings, brass, and winds.

File consists of print-out sales reports for mail orders of John Adaskin Project publications annually from 1991 to 1997.

File consists of a report, written by J.W. Spitzer, chairman of the project.

File consists of a report on the John Adaskin Project by Keith MacMillan, executive secretary of the Canadian Music Centre, including a brief catalogue of "Canadian instrumental works suitable for school use." The catalogue includes the composer, title, instrumentation, duration, and availability (manuscript or publisher) for each piece. The report also includes a bibliography of reference sources on the John Adaskin Project and other aspects of new Canadian music in education.

File consists of annual reports on the joint Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) and Canadian Music Centre (CMC) John Adaskin Project: Canadian Music for Schools. The reports were submitted to the CMEA at their annual Board of Directors' meetings.

File consists of lists of sources of information on the John Adaskin Project (1967-1990) and copies of the following articles:

• Glen Brown, "The John Adaskin Project : A History," in The Recorder, vol. 29, no. 4 (June 1987)
• Patricia Shand, "The John Adaskin Project (Canadian Music for Schools," in Canadian Music Educator, vol. 27, no. 3 (March 1986)
• Glen Brown, "Canadian Music : The John Adaskin Project," paper for McMaster University (December 1986).

Series consists an overview of commissions by the John Adaskin Project and correspondence relating to these commissions, including letters from various Canadian composers. The commissioning of Canadian composers to write additional music for schools was part of Phase 3 for the John Adaskin Project (see information sheets in Series D).

File consists of correspondence and Patricia Shand's notes regarding the Contemporary Music Project (CMP) of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), in particular its correlations to the John Adaskin Project.

File consists of information sheets in French and English for the John Adaskin Project, including the 1979 version, written by Colleen Orr, co-ordinator of the John Adaskin Project, for the Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA), and the 1975 version, written by Patricia Shand for the Meeting of Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) Special Representatives (June 25, 1975).

File consists of blank rating and evaluation sheet templates and objectives for evaluation sessions for the John Adaskin project, including an overview of an evaluation session for choral music on December 6, 1975.

File consists of Patricia Shand's notes for a session that she delivered at Brandon University, Manitoba on the John Adaskin Project for Music in Schools.

File consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with commissioning composers and about commisions for the John Adaskin Project. Correspondents include: Barry Cole, Nancy Vogan, Franz Kraemer, John Barron, Beverly Aronovitch, Glen Harrison, and arts councils (Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council). File also includes lists of works commissioned by the John Adaskin Project and by the Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA).

Series consists of correspondence regarding the John Adaskin Project, particularly from the early stages of the project to determine the project's parameters and funding.

File consists of annual financial summaries and statements for the John Adaskin Project, and a report on the John Adaskin Memorial Fund.

Series consists of sample forms, information sheets, brochures, and advertisements used and generated by the John Adaskin Project to evaluate music for educational use. Most of the material in this series pertains to Phase 1 of the project (as defined in the information sheets), which was the "preparation of a selective Guidelist of recommended published Canadian music suitable for performance by student bands, choirs, orchestras, string orchestras, and chamber ensembles."

File consists of a guide for composing choral music suitable for elementary and secondary school students, compiled by Keith Bissell for the Canadian Music Centre's Graded Educational Seminar, with copies of sample scores for reference:

Elementary school, unison:

• Let us now praise famous man / Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Petit Jean / Claude Champagne
• Lullaby / Keith Bissell

Elementary school, SA:

• Don't leave me / Bela Bartok
• Only tell me / Bela Bartok
• Simple gifts / Aaron Copland

Elementary school, SAB:

• As Jimmy went a-hunting / Richard Johnston
• Noel / W.H. Parry

Elementary school, SSA:

• Balulalow / Benjamin Britten

Secondary school, SSAA:

• Russian folk songs / Anton Liadov

Secondary school, SSA:

• Balulalow / Benjamin Britten

Secondary school, SATB:

• Lilly Germander and sops in wine / Adrian Cruft
• Make me merry / Healey Willan
• Who is at my window / Welford Russell.

Series consists of drafts and sales records for publications by the John Adaskin Project. Publications, issued by the Canadian Music Centre, were part of Phases 1 and 2 of the project (see information sheets in series B) and consists of one-page evaluations of each selected piece (published and unpublished). The evaluations provide guidance to teachers regarding musical elements (style, mood, form, compositional techniques), degree of difficulty, technical challenges, and other useful pedagogical aspects of the selected compositions.

File consists of notes, schedules, and handouts used at the Canadian Music Educators' Association (CMEA) convention in Kingston.

File consists of an overview of commissions by the John Adaskin Project, including published and unpublished works, and commissions in co-operation with other organizations. The report, written by Patricia Shand, includes a list of titles.

File consists of correspondence regarding the John Adaskin Project, including incoming and outgoing correspondence with Nan Allin, chairman of choral section, Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA); Sir Bernard Heinze; Douglas How, Reader's Digest Association (Canada) Ltd.; Soeur M.-Jacques-Rene, Ecole Vincent D'Indy; A. Philbrook Smith, Publisher; Malcolm E. Smith; and Mother M. Cecile-Therese, Loretto College School.

File consists of draft advertisements for the John Adaskin Project guidelists for Canadian music.

File consists of three versions of the brochure (1993, 1994, 1995).

File consists of drafts originals of the free graded lists and guides created for the John Adaskin Project:

• Patricia Martin Shand, A graded list of unpublished Canadian band music suitable for student performers (1985)
• Patricia Martin Shand, A graded list of unpublished Canadian brass chamber music suitable for student performers (1985)
• Patricia Martin Shand, A graded list of unpublished Canadian string music suitable for student performers (1985)
• Karen A. Maxwell, A guide to solo Canadian trombone literature available through the Canadian Music Centre (1985)
• Trombone guidelist
• Patricia Martin Shand, Guidelist of unpublished Canadian string orchestra music suitable for student performers (1986).

File consists of an overview of reference materials published by the John Adaskin Project, blank order forms for teachers, and promotional blurbs on John Adaskin Project publications, including that for the annotated guidelists released in honour of 1986 as the International Year of Canadian Music.