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File consists of correspondence sent to Harvey Olnick from Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, Anton Kuerti, Claude Bissell, R. Murray Schafer, Robert Aitken, and Harry Somers.

Item is a recording of a performance by Robert Aitken, E. Rittich, P. Caston, and the Festival Singers of Canada, conducted by Elmer Iseler in the Edward Johnson Building for CBC broadcast

Performers : Mary Morrison, soprano; Robert Aitken, flute; Don Wherry, percussion

File consists of a recording of a fundraiser for New Music Concerts (NMC) that was held at Gallery 345.

Subseries consists of records, including correspondence with composers and reports to and correspondence with granting agencies, for works commissioned by Esprit Orchestra. Esprit received commissioning support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Laidlaw Foundation.

Commissioned composers include: David Adamcyk, Robert Aitken, Istvan Anhalt, Sergio Barroso, Bob Becker, John Beckwith, Norma Beecroft, Allan Gordon Bell, Roger Bergs, Rose Bolton, Walter Boudreau, Brian Cherney, Brian Current, Omar Daniel, Paul Dolden, Tomas Dusatko, José Evangelista, Harry Freedman, Paul Frehner, Scott Good, Denis Gougeon, Chris Paul Harman, Vincent Ho, Peter Paul Koprowski, Harry Kucharzyk, Larry Lake, Michael Longtin, Alexina Louie, Raymond Luedeke, Andrew P. MacDonald, Bruce Mather, Maxine McKinley, Phil Nimmons, John Oswald, Alex Pauk, Yannick Plamondon, John Rea, André Ristic, James Rolfe, Erik Ross, Jeffrey Ryan, R. Murray Schafer, Ana Sokolovic, Harry Somers, Barry Truax, Owen Underhill, and John Wyre.

File consists of a recording from New Music Concerts' performance on December 7, 1974, dubbed on October 5, 1976:

• Hommage / Alexander R. Tilley (Susan Prior, alto and bass recorders ; Betty McBurney, tenor recorder ; Nancicarole Monohan, double bass ; John Hawkins, harpsichord)
• Riffs / John Weinzweig (Robert Aitken, flute)
• Carillon / Bengt Hambraeus (Pierret Le Page, Bruce Mather, pianos)
• The last rag ; Graceful ghost / William Bolcom (Bruce Mather, piano)
• Frescoes / William Bolcom (Pierrette Le Page, piano and harpsichord ; Bruce Mather, piano and harmonium) [first 9 minutes only]

File consists of excerpts from New Music Concerts' performances, created as an audition tape for NMC's 1976 Spring tour. Recordings include:

• Ancient voices of children / George Crumb [performed February 24, 1972 and March 30, 1974]
• Nouvelles aventures / Gyorgy Ligeti
• Correspondences : excerpt / Vinko Globokar [performed April 13, 1972]
• 3 Cavatinas / John Hawkins [performed May 4, 1972]
• Rasas III / Norma Beecroft [performed January 19, 1974]
• Lalita / Robert Aitken [performed April 12, 1975]
• Arcana : excerpt / R. Murray Schafer [performed January 19, 1974].

File consists of a recording of Lullabies for an angel by Peter Paul Koproski, performed by the Lyric Arts Trio (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, alto flute ; Marion Ross, piano), from a concert featuring Milton Babbitt on December 15, 1979.

File consists of recordings from a rehearsal performance by Valerie Tryon, piano, and a New Music Concerts' performance on February 23, 1980 featuring Harrison Birtwistle. The latter concert included:

• Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum / Harrison Birtwistle (Robert Aitken, flute ; Harry Sargous, oboe ; Barry Thomson, clarinet ; James McKay, bassoon ; George Stimpson, French horn ; Michael Malone, trumpet ; John Dowden, trombone ; Adele Armin, Fujiko Imajishi, violin ; Paul Armin, viola ; Peter Schenkman, cello ; Peter Madgett, double bass ; Marc Widner, electric piano ; Beverley Johnston, marimba ; Harrison Birtwistle, conductor)
• Why patterns? / Morton Feldman (Robert Aitken, flute ; Morton Feldman, piano ; Jan Williams, percussion)
• For O, for O, the hobbyhorse is forgot / Harrison Birtwistle (Russell Hartenberger, Bob Becker, John Wyre, Beverley Johnston, David Kent, John Brownell, percussion).

File consists of an unpublished recording of Robert Aitken's piece Lunenburg (Shadows VII) for voice, flute, and string quartet, composed in 2017.

Fonds consists of the administrative records of New Music Concerts (NMC), from its first concert in 1972 to 2020. Records consist of administrative and financial records, including correspondence with composers, performers, and concert venues, budgets, grant applications, and board meeting minutes; concert planning documents, including touring records; and promotion and publicity documents, including programs, brochures, posters, reviews, advertisements, and press releases. The fonds also includes select audio and video recordings of NMC concerts.

File contains records from the NMC concert on October 6, 1985.

File contains records from the NMC concert on March 8, 1986.

File contains correspondence, musicians list, and other materials from the NMC concert on November 6, 1988.

Item is a recording of the premiere performance by Dianne Aitken and Robert Aitken, flutes as part of the "Let's Hear it from Beckwith" concert, presented by New Music Concerts (NMC).

File is a dubbed recording for CBC.

File consists of a recording of the concert, which took place in Walter Hall.

Performers: Robert Aitken, flute ; Bianca Chambul, bassoon ; Serouj Kradjian, piano ; Shannon Mercer, soprano ; Judy Loman, harp ; James VanDemark, double bass ; Weinzweig Centenary Chamber Strings with Victor Feldbrill, conductor ; The University of Guelph Chamber Choir ; Curated by Soundstreams Artistic Director, Lawrence Cherney.

Program:

• Refrains (1977) for Contrabass, Piano ; Trialogue (1971) for Soprano, Flute, Piano ; Interlude in an Artist's Life (1943) for String Orchestra ; Am Yisrael Chai (1952) for Choir ; Shoppin' Blues (1985) for Choir ; Prisoner of Conscience (1985) for Choir ; Divertimento No. 1 (1946) for Solo Flute, String Orchestra ; Divertimento No. 3 (1960) for Solo Bassoon, String Orchestra / Weinzweig
• Dear John / Andrew Staniland.

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 as a fundraiser for New Music Concerts (NMC), which featured various composers associated with NMC performing music of their choice.

Performers: Brian Current, Adam Sherkin, John Beckwith, Bruce Mather, pianos ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Andrew Staniland, guitar ; Scott Good, trombone ; Adam Scime, contrabass.

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 celebrating the music of Daniel Foley.

Program:

• Monograph (Robert W. Stevenson, bass clarinet)
• Oiseaux excentriques. The Mockingbird ; The Sparrow ; The Nightingale ; The Buzzard (Richard Herriott, piano)
• Saint George blues (Anthony Rapoport, viola ; Joseph Petrič, accordion)
• Retrospectives (Richard Herriott, piano)
• Lament for a nation (Tiina Kiik, accordion with tape)
• Hommage à Henri Roussau. Le rêve ; Clémence (The Riverdale Ensemble: Joyce Lai, violin ; Stephen Fox, clarinet ; Ellen Meyer piano)
• Chanterelle (Trio Poulet: Ivana Popoviĉ, violin ; David Olds, cello ; Perry Maher, piano)
• Organum triplum (world premiere) (Robert Aitken, Dianne Aitken, flutes ; Scott Good, trombone).

File consists of a recording of a concert at Gallery 345 with Katherine Watson, Tristan Durie, and Terry Lim, flutes, and Darren Creech, piano. The flute trio performed works by Steve Reich, Sahba Aminikia, and Robert Aitken; Creech performed works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Janacek, Scriabin, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Ginastera.

File consists of recordings from New Music Concerts' performance at York University, featuring music by Quebec composers:

• Madrigal IV / Bruce Mather (Mary Morrison, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; Marion Ross, piano)
• ...le sifflement des vents porteurs de l'amour / Gilles Tremblay (Robert Aitken, flute ; John Wyre, percussion)
• Trois poemes d'Alain Fournier / Michel Gonneville (Pauline Vaillencourt, soprano ; Robert Aitken, flute ; James Campbell, clarinet).

File contains correspondence relating to the NMC concert on April 12, 1975 with guest conductor Lukas Foss and guest composers Lukas Foss, Robert Aitken, and John Wyre. The concert took place in Walter Hall, University of Toronto.

File contains correspondence and other records from the NMC concert on January 22, 1983.

File consists of correspondence, rehearsal schedules, and stage plots for a performance by Robert Aitken, flute and James Avery, piano on February 26, 2006. The concert featured premiere performances, including the Canadian premiere of Charles Wuorinen's Duo Sonata.

Composers: Robert Aitken, Zara Nelsova, Steven Staryk

File consists of sketches, the manuscript score, and master ink transparency parts for a piece commissioned by the Toronto Arts Council. The title page is designed by Mary-Lou Payzant with an illustration derived from the marble carving of a flute player on the side panel of the Ludovisi Throne (ca. 460 B.C.). The work is dedicated to Robert Aitken. The work consists of three movements:

1. Pan and Syrinx
2. Narcissus and echo
3. Orpheus and Eurydice.

File consists of John Beckwith's notes for the orientation staff-student meeting at the beginning of the academic year (September 16, 1971).

Item is a recording from a performance by New Music Concerts (NMC) with Robert Aitken, flute ; Keith Atkinson, oboe ; Raymond Luedeke, clarinet ; Kathleen McLean, bassoon ; Joan Watson, horn ; James Spragg, Michael White, trumpets ; Gordon Sweeney, trombone ; and Mark Tetreault, tuba. The performance was part of a concert of music by John Beckwith and was broadcast on the CBC Radio program "Two New Hours" on March 9, 1997. World premiere performance.

Item is a recording from a concert by New Music Concerts titled "Pioneers! Oh Pioneers!," which included the premiere performance of John Beckwith's A New Pibroch, commissioned by NMC. Performers were Michael Grey, Highland pipes ; Trevor Tureski, percussion ; Fujiko Imajishi, Annalee Patpatanakoon, Jennifer Thompson, violins ; Jeewon Kim, Javier Portero, violas ; David Hetherington, cello ; Roberto Occhipinti, bass; and Robert Aitken, conductor.

Item is a recording of the premiere performance at a New Music Concerts' (NMC) concert, as broadcast on the CBC radio program "Two New Hours" on June 29, 2003. Item includes a radio interview with John Beckwith. Performers were Michael Grey, Highland pipes ; Trevor Tureski, percussion ; Fujiko Imajishi, Annalee Patpatanakoon, Jennifer Thompson, violins ; Jeewon Kim, Javier Portero, violas ; David Hetherington, cello ; Roberto Occhipinti, bass; and Robert Aitken, conductor. Broadcast