Allen Brings, 2013

File — Box: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This file consists of audio files (parts one and two), a typed transcript of the interview with several pages returned with subject’s corrections, correspondence, IRB form, pre-interview survey, and interview subject data form.

In part one of this two-part interview, Brings recalls his early years, growing up in Brooklyn and Queens and discovering his love for music. He discusses his musical education, meeting his wife at Columbia, and coming back to Queens College as a faculty member. Brings then goes on to share many anecdotes from throughout his wide-ranging career in education, composition and performance.

Dates

2013

Creator

Sipzner, Zachary (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Oral history audio files, transcripts and some supplemental items can be accessed through the Queens Memory Project on Aviary: https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/150/collection_resources/98193. Other items may be requested by emailing QC.archives@qc.cuny.edu. Files will be reviewed for potential redactions of personal identifying information by archives staff prior to release.

Biographical Note

Professor Emeritus Allen Brings has had a long and celebrated career in music as an educator, composer and concert pianist. After earning a BA in music from Queens College in 1955 and an MA from Columbia University in 1957, he served in the U.S. Army for two years, during which he played with and conducted a regimental band. Following his service, he earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University in 1964 and joined the faculty of Queens College. He taught in Queens' Aaron Copland School of Music until his retirement in 2001.