| Demetrius Project |
|
|
|
 The Demetrius ProjectNamed after the founder and the first chief librarian of the Royal Library at Alexandria, The Demetrius Project is an NEA-supported endeavor to collect and preserve choral music on a global scale. Founded in 2000, the library of music created by The Demetrius Project has grown to include over 2,000 titles and approximately 200,000 individual copies of music. The Project has received eight consecutive NEA grants and has acquired music from Yale University, Georgetown University, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, the U.S. Army Chorus, Colgate University, Davidson College, Lafayette College, Temple University, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington. Included in the Project Library are original works and arrangements for men’s chorus by Charles Ives, Fenno Heath, Darius Milhaud, and Marshall Bartholomew. Music has been loaned to groups throughout the United States and around the world and an online database of music in the collection is constantly being updated and upgraded to allow for more functionality and ease of use. Recordings Preserve the Music of the LibraryAn ongoing recording schedule helps to preserve and promote the various “classics” that comprise The Demetrius Project library. Brothers Sing On! (Gothic Records: released March 2006) was the first recording in a series of glee club classics recordings and has already been featured several times on NPR and classical music stations around the country. The Camerata has already begun recording the second volume of this CD series. This new CD will include Hassler’s Cantate Domino, Amo Amas I love a lass, works by Stephen Foster and Steven Sametz, and the first recording of the newly-commissioned work by Lee Hoiby, Private First Class Jesse Givens. Become an Honorary Librarian
You can become an Honorary Librarian and support The Demetrius Project with a donation (which is tax-deductible). To donate, click on the orange “Donate” button in the image on the left.
Why The Demetrius Project?
Demetrius of Phaleron (Demetrius Phalerus) was an Athenian orator and student of Aristotle. He traveled to Alexandria and met Ptolemy II of Egypt. Historians
believe that Demetrius conceived of a great library and convinced
Ptolemy to begin building the collection of scrolls that eventually
became the Royal Library of Alexandria. When
the Royal Library was destroyed by fire, historians lamented that the
knowledge lost set civilization back a thousand years.
Demetrius
is considered to be the first Head Librarian/Administrator of the Royal
Library and his illustrious place in the history of preserving
information for generations to come is the inspiration for calling our
endeavor The Demetrius Project.
|
| < Prev |
|---|