Jerry Pierce Papers

Jerry Pierce Papers

Pierce, Jerry

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5.00 Linear Feet

1966-1993

1898-1994

Special Collections in Performing Arts, Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301-405-9220, Fax: 301-314-7170, Email: vnovara@umd.edu

Jerry Pierce (1937-1994) was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, teacher, and writer. As a performer, Pierce played clarinet with the Virginia Symphony, Birmingham Symphony, and Anderson Symphony, and saxophone with Doug Mulligan and Russ Carlyle. From 1967 until the 1980s, he taught clarinet at Anderson University and Marion College. In 1980, he became the President of the International Clarinet Association and served until 1986. During his Presidency he started "Pierce's Potpourri," a regular column in The Clarinet that he continued until his death in 1994. An avid collector, he searched worldwide for musical scores, often unknown or obscure, and generously shared them with others. The collection consists of correspondence, writings; published programs, newspaper articles, photographs, autographs, manuscripts, and non-clarinet scores. A few letters to Linda Pierce and third-party correspondence and memorabilia are also part of this collection.

This collection is open for research.

Jerry Pierce Papers, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

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