File consists of programs, tickets, and newspaper clippings relating to the 60th Birthday Tribute concert (November 2, 1996) for Derek Healey at the Dublin Street United Church, arranged by Barrie Cabena. The program included the following works by Healey:
Cantata "Praise the Lord" : for SATB chorus and solos, recorders, harpsichord
In Flanders Fields : for choir and organ
The Shepherd Boy's song : for choir and organ
Sonata barocca, op. 61 : for soprano instrument, bass Baroque instrument, and clavier
Twelve preludes, op. 6 : for piano
Sonata II, op. 75 : for organ
Sonata III, op. 80 : for organ (premiered by Jonathan Oldengarm).
File consists of a scrapbook compiled for Derek Healey's 80th birthday, collected and compiled by Olive Healey with support from Jacqueline Healey. It consists contributions from family, friends, colleagues, and musicians, and includes an index of contributors and their relationship to Healey. Materials include a portrait of Derek Healey by Akwesi M. Asante in charcoal and chalk, photographs, correspondence, and other memorabilia.
File consists of advertisements for Derek Healey's orchestral works in the Symphony magazine (2004-2005); announcements in The Music Scene for performances of Healey's op. 41b, 45, 47, 48, and 53 (1977); and various announcements and advertisements for Healey's music for wind ensembles and bands, choral music, and organ music.
File consists of a copy of Derek Healey's degree as a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (RCO, 1958) and a copy of the RCO Year Book (1986-1987), which lists Healey as a life member and fellow of RCO.
File consists of programs from performances by Derek Healey and performances of his compositions at the University of Victoria, where he was a lecturer in the Music Department, teaching musicianship, aural training, and composition. He also founded and directed the University Orchestra.
File consists of the announcement of Derek Healey's appointment as a Visiting Special Lecturer at the University of Toronto (September-October 1971) and materials from his collaborations with Doreen Hall while teaching at the University of Toronto, which resulted in the educational music tape "Music for Children." Healey taught musicianship, counterpoiunt, orchestration, and band and choral arranging.
File consists of the convocation program, announcements, an excerpt from the School of Graduate Studies, and confirmation of Derek Healey's fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Music at the University of Toronto (1974).
File consists of correspondence relating to Derek Healey's time as an Academic Professor for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. He taught harmony, counterpoint, analysis, composition, orchestration, history, and aural and keyboard skills.
File consists of programs, reviews, and other materials relating to Derek Healey's career as an organist, including his time at the following institutions:
Organist and Choirmaster: St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England (1952-1956)
Organist and Choirmaster: All Saints' Church, Wandsworth, London, England (1956-1959)
Continuo organist for concerts: Maidenhead Christian Council (1968-1969)
CBC Organist in recital announcements: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1969, 1976)
Organist and Choirmaster: St. George's Church, Guelph, Ontario (1972-1973)
Interim organist: All Saint's Church, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York (August - November 1996)
Organist and Choirmaster: St. Alban's Church, Eltingville, Staten Island, New York (1996-1998)
Director of Music: St. Peter's, St. Paul's, and Out Lady of Pilar Church, Brooklyn, New York (1998-1999)
Organist and choirmaster: St. Stephen's Church, Jamaica, New York (1999-2002).
File consists of lists of Derek Healey's works that were broadcast on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), recordings by CBC of his compositions, and "Organists in Recital" broadcasts that featured Healey as a soloist.
File consists of a scrapbook (1947-1969) of newspaper clippings, programs, reports, collected by Derek Healey. The scrapbook includes comments from Dr. Herbert Howells on Healey's Royal College of Music (RCM) reports, and the program from "The President's Concert" (November 7, 1957) at RCM for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who presented medals and prizes, including the Farrar Prize for Composition to Derek Healey. Healey selected a copy of the vocal score for Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, op. 54 (Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd., 1957); the specially-bound score is also included in this file. The scrapbook also includes programs from Composers Concerts at RCM that Healey organized, often filling in for last-minute cancellations; programs and newspaper clippings from his time in Italy at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, where he studied with Boris Porena (1961-1963), and programs and newspaper clippings relating to the Cookham Arts Festival (1967) that Healey organized. A complete contents listing is included inside the front cover of the scrapbook.
File consists of a program for a football match in the Berkshire Schools' Rugby Football Union (November 13, 1950). Derek Healey played rugby for Oxfordshire in the under 15 year group. The match was at The Grove, Surley Row, Emmer Green.
File consists of a copy of the University of Durham Gazzete supplement, which includes announcements of conferred degrees, including Derek Healey's Bachelor of Music (1961); the convocation program; and certificates of Healey's examination results for the Bachelor of Music degree.
File consists of programs, copies of photographs, and copies of certificates from Derek Healey's time at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy (Summers of 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966. At the Accademia, Healey studied with Vito Frazzi (composition), Goffredo Petrassi (composition), Francesco Lavagnino (film music), and Sergio Celibidache (conducting).
File consists of charts keeping record of works by Derek Healey that were sent to publishers (2001-2007) and performers and competitions (2002-2008). Olive Healey maintained these charts following her retirement in 2001 to help promote Derek's music in various ways.
File consists of programs, Derek Healey's entrance exam result and acceptance into the Royal College of Music (RCM), copies of testimonials from his teachers, a copy of his transcript, and newspaper clippings.
File consists of programs from performances as part of Derek Healey's time teaching at various English state and private schools as a music specialist, including:
Healey formed orchestras and choirs; taught music classes to all students in each school; and conducted many concerts, including a version of The Beggar's Opera (1968) and his own opera for children Mr. Punch (1969).
File consists of programs, newspaper clippings, and an overview of the Cookham Festival. Derek Healey was the founder and music director of the national arts festival, which included the commission and premier of Malcolm Williamson's opera Dunstan and the Devil.
File consists of announcements, programs, newspaper clippings, and bulletins relating to Derek Healey's time at the University of Guelph, where he was an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor. Healey taught musicianship (harmony and counterpoint), electronic music, and world music, and formed and directed the Orchestra and the Collegium and Chamber Singers.
File consists of programs from concerts of Derek Healey's music and a representative selection of concerts by Healey's students while at the University of Oregon. Healey was appointed as an Associate Professor and promoted to full professor of theory and composition at the School of Music. He taught composition, counterpoint and ethnic music. File also includes programs from concerts at the American Guild of Organists (AGO), American Society of University Composers (ASUC), and other regional concerts.
File consists of records relating to Derek Healey's second study on the influence of African-American music on the works of Frederick Delius. The study led to a lecture (in Philadelphia and Jacksonville) and a monograph, published by The Delius Society (2003).
File includes:
Letters and e-mails (2001-2015) concerning Healey's monograph The Influence of African-American music on the works of Frederick Delius (The Delius Society, 2003).
Healey's lecture "The Influence of African-American music on the works of Frederick Delius", conference program, handouts, and related notes for a talk that Healey gave at The 44th Annual Delius Festival in Jacksonville (March 6, 2004). Healey had previously presented this lecture in Philadelphia at St. Mary's Episcopal Church for a meeting of the Delian Society (February 20, 2004).
Research notes, rough notes, and correspondence for Healey's lecture and monograph. The notes for each were previously stored in two three-ringed binders.
Reviews of Healey's lecture and monograph, as they appeared in The Delian [newsletter] (April 2004), the AAMP Calendar (June-September 2001), and The Delius Society Journal (Fall 2003).
File consists of a copy of the lecture, correspondence, and other notes for a lecture-recital at the College Music Society's 51st National Conference (Atlanta, Georgia, September 25-28, 2008), with Mei Zhong, soprano and James Helton, piano, introduced by Derek Healey.
File consists of a copy of the article and related correspondence that Derek Healey prepared for Mary Costello for her project "The Use of Indigenous Native Music in Canadian Composition," March 1, 2010.
File consists of a copy of the article and related correspondence that Derek Healey wrote for the CAMMAC Toronto Region Newsletter, February-March 2022.
Series consists of a typeset collection of Derek Healey's poetic output, including a preliminary introduction to the set, written by Healey upon compilation of the texts in 2023. The bulk of the poems were written in Maidenhead, England (1963-1968) and Brooklyn, New York (2004-present), when time permitted. Healey wrote very few poems in Guelph, Ontario and Eugene, Oregon, and wrote nothing in Victoria, British Columbia or Ruislip, England. Many of the texts were set to music. In 2004, Healey studied poetry at the Gotham Writers' Workshop in Manhattan with Mary Donnelly.
File consists of a copy of the handout, photograph of performers with Derek Healey, and related correspondence for a concert by the choir of Church on the Hill, Flushing, New York, with organist Andrew Andela. Healey presented a paper at this concert for the American Guild of Organists, Queens Chapter. The concert took place at Christ Evangelical Church, Little Neck, Queens, New York, February 9, 2003.
File consists of a copy of the unpublished article that Derek Healey wrote at the request ofMei Zhong, Professor of Voice, School of Music, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
File consists of a copy of a paper that Derek Healey presented at The College Music Society 27th Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, October 5, 1984. This was the first of two studies of the influence of African-American music on the compositions of Frederick Delius.
File consists of a copy of the article and related correspondence that Derek Healey wrote for the CAMMAC Toronto Region Newsletter, December 2016-January 2017.
File consists of an annotate draft of the script by John J. Walsh, S.J.; Derek Healey's notes; manuscript sketches and drafts for the music cues; performance announcements; and a program from the performance. "Death and the Drum Major" was a Lenten interlude written and directed by Walsh as part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of St. Joseph's, Yorkville, with live music provided by Derek Healey.
File consists of correspondence with University of Toronto Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony conductor Jeffrey Reynolds, regarding the performance of the following works by Derek Healey:
One Midsummer Morning, op. 82 (November 2002; February 1, 2013; March 29, 2018; April 1, 2023)
File consists of manuscript sketches, rough drafts, publication announcements, a program, and a copy of the published edition of the score by ECS Publishing (2007).
File consists of a copy of the published edition by Paraclete Press (2012), manuscript sketches, publication announcements, programs, and correspondence.