The Association for Recorded Sound Collections

New York Chapter

ARSC's New York Chapter meets monthly at venues in New York to host programs on topics in recorded sound.

ARSC New York Chapter meetings are open to the public and recordings of programs are made available to the public on ARSC's YouTube Channel and ARSC's Aviary Site.

To be notified of ARSC New York Chapter events by email contact ARSC New York Chapter Coordinator Seth Winner.

 View ARSC NY Chapter Playlists on ARSC's YouTube

 View ARSC NY Chapter Programs on ARSC's Aviary Site


Past Programs

December 14, 2022

Laughter at 33-1/3 RPM [video]

presented by Joseph Patrych and Seth B. Winner

November 17, 2022

The Story of ARSC's First Compact Disc Release [video]

presented by Matthew Barton

October 19, 2022

Red-Book De-Emphasis Using the iZotope RX EQ Module

presented by Gary Galo

September 21, 2022

A Walk Down Memory Lane: New York Record Shops, 1940-1987

presented by Seth Winner, Jon M. Samuels, Steven Smolian and Gary Thalheimer

May 2021

Seth Winner Studio Tour, Part 3 [video]

presented by Seth Winner and Jon Samuels

April 2021

Seth Winner Studio Tour, Part 2 [video]

presented by Seth Winner and Jon Samuels

December 2020

Seth Winner Studio Tour, Part 1 [video]

presented by Seth Winner and Jon Samuels

March 2020 [CANCELLED]

Cantorial Recordings from Berlin Before and After World War II

presented by Ralph Selig

February 2020 (Celebrating Black History Month)

The Black Swan Project

presented by Leslie Gerber and Tim Brooks

January 2020

Kovacs on Music: A Final Centenary Tribute to TV's Original Genius [video]

presented by Ben Model and Seth B. Winner

December 2019

The Art of Henri Temianka: Virtuoso Violinist, Conductor, Author and Educator [video]

presented by John Haley

November 2019

Frédéric Chopin: Transcriptions, Transformations, and Transmogrifications [video]

presented by Donald Manildi

October 2019

Harlem on the Record [video]

presented by Matthew Barton

September 2019

"Dance and Grow Thin": Joseph C. Smith and the Evolution of Recorded Dance Music [video]

presented by Ryan Barna

June 2019

Piano Competitions: Their Former Importance and Decline in Recent Years [video]

presented by Jeffrey Swann and Joseph Patrych

May 2019

The Golden Age of Latin Music [video]

presented by Gilda Mirós

April 2019

RIAA Equalization for Velocity-Sensitive and Displacement-Sensitive Phono Cartridges [video]

presented by Gary A. Galo

March 2019

Maintaining Vintage Audio Equipment in a Digital Age [video]

presented by Bob Shuster and Marcos Sueiro Bal

February 2019

Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor [video]

presented by Christopher A. Brooks

January 2019

"So Rare": The Last Days of Jimmy Dorsey [video]

presented by Matthew Barton

December 2018

From the International Piano Archives: Delights and Disasters [video]

presented by IPAM Curator Donald Manildi

November 2018

Newly Restored Treasures from the New York Philharmonic Archives [video]

presented by Seth B. Winner

October 2018

Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson: A Centennial Tribute [video]

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

September 2018

"You're a Grand Old Rag": George M. Cohan, Billy Murray, and the History of "You're a Grand Old Flag [video]

presented by Ryan Barna

June 2018

Dwight Fiske and the Birth of the Party Record [video]

presented by David N. ("Uncle Dave") Lewis

May 2018

Soloists as Collaborators

presented by Joseph Patrych and Walter Winterfeldt

April 2018

Digital Phase Correctors and Stereophonic Recordings: To Phase Correct or Not to Phase Correct: that is the Question! --and--Transferring PCM-F1 Digital Audio Tapes

presented by Gary A. Galo

March 2018

The Classical Music Recording Industry

presented by Sean Hickey

February 2018

Bobby Robinson and His Happy House

presented by Matthew Barton and John Broven

January 2018

Jeffrey Swann Remembers Renato Caccamo

presented by Jeffrey Swann

November 2017

Marking the 80th Anniversary of the first NBC Symphony Broadcasts

presented by Seth B. Winner and Harvey Sacks

October 2017

Tower Music

presented by Paul Kozel and Joseph Bertolozzi

May 2017

The International Bibliography of Discographies

presented by Peter Laurence

April 2017

An interview with Gunther Schuller on his Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee

moderated by Dennis Rooney and Tom Fine

March 2017

In Memoriam: Max Wilcox (1928-2017)

moderated by Joseph Patrych and Jon Samuels

February 2017

Richard Pryor's Laff Recordings

presented by Dan Blazek

December 15, 2016

Sixty Years of the Vocal Record Collectors Society

moderated by Joe Pearce and Seth B. Winner

November 17, 2016

KHJ's 1969 "History of Rock and Roll"

presented by Matthew Barton

October 20, 2016

Forgotten Crooner: The Extraordinary and Short-lived Career of Russ Columbo

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

September 15, 2016

Uncommon Encores of the Great Pianists

presented by Donald Manildi

June 16, 2016

The Art of the Record Cover, Part One: The History of Record Sleeves

presented by Michael Biel

May 19, 2016

Stinson Records: A Look at the Label From its Founding in 1939 to its Influence in the Late 1940s and Early 1950s

presented by Matthew Barton

April 21, 2016

Tales from the Desk: The Vicissitudes of Music Producing, A Round Table Discussion with Record Producers

moderated by Joseph Patrych, with panelists Susan Del Giorno, David Frost, Dennis D. Rooney, Jon M. Samuels, Jonathan Schultz, and Judith Sherman

March 17, 2016

"I May Be Crazy but I Ain't No Fool": The Legacy of Funnyman "Ragtime Bob" Roberts

presented by David N. Lewis and Rebecca Forste

February 18, 2016

Fritz Busch: A Career in Exile - March 3, 1933 and Beyond

presented by Gary Thalheimer

January 21, 2016

Milestones of Achievement by WNYC and WQXR

moderated by Andy Lanset, Director of the New York Public Radio Archives

December 17, 2015

The Art of Recording the Big Band

presented by Robert Auld

October 6, 2015

Revisiting the Legendary 1938 Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert, or "The Greatest Broadcast That Never Happened"

hosted by Robert Auld, with Vincent Pelote and Seth B. Winner

September 17, 2015

Earl Wild at 100: The Man; The Musician; The Personality

moderated by Joseph Patrych and Jon M. Samuels

June 18, 2015

When Summer Is Gone: The Life & Legacy of Bandleader Hal Kemp

presented by David N. "Uncle Dave" Lewis and Rebecca Forste

May 21, 2015

Preserving "Music at the United Nations"

presented by Al Schlachtmeyer and Sok-Min Seo

April 16, 2015

The Columbia Recordings of Fritz Reiner and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 1940-1947

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

March 26, 2015

The Unknown Nadia Boulanger: Recordings from The Crane School of Music Archives

presented by Gary Galo, Audio Engineer Emeritus

February 26, 2015

Mercury Living Presence: A Technical History

presented by Tom Fine

January 15, 2015

The 'Unknown' Richard Strauss

presented by Gary Thalheimer

December 18, 2014

Hollywood Two Step: How Bob Wills and his Friends Made Western Movies Swing

presented by Matthew Barton

November 20, 2014

A Centennial Tribute to Jorge Bolet

presented by Joseph Patrych and Jon M. Samuels

October 16, 2014

An Evening at the New York Philharmonic Archives

presented by Seth B. Winner

June 19, 2014

The Music from Boardwalk Empire

presented by Vince Giordano, Jazz Historian and Musician

May 22, 2014

Digitizing Analog Audio

presented by Joseph Patrych, with Adrian Cosentini, John Haley, Doug Pomeroy, Jon Samuels, and Seth B. Winner

April 24, 2014

Liberace: Entertainer at the Piano

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

March 27, 2014

"The Two Garys" - Galo and Thalheimer, on Lauritz Melchior and German Singers in Verdi Roles 

presented by Gary Galo and Gary Thalheimer

February 20, 2014

Orchestral Recording: From One Mic To Many

presented by Tom Fine

January 16, 2014

Getting Back to the Source (Or as Close as Possible)

presented by Seth B. Winner

November 2013

A Centennial Tribute to Austrailian Soprano, Dame Joan Hammond

presented by Gary Thalheimer

October 2013

The 41-CD Set "Vladimir Horowitz: Live at Carnegie Hall"

presented by Joseph Patrych and Jon M. Samuels

September 2013

The Judy Garland Legacy

presented by Lawrence Schulman and John Meyer

June 2013

John Broven: Born To Be A Record Man

presented by Donn Fileti with John Broven

May 2013

Super-Centenary of 5 Pianists born in 1903

presented by Joseph Patrych, and a Report on ARSC Kansas City

April 2013

Eugene Goossens: Conductor of the Future

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

March 2013

Jürgen Grundheber - Archivist/Pirate

presented by Gary Thalheimer: 

(and)

Tenor Helge Roswaenge

presented by Gary Galo 

February 2013

The Dawn of Digital

presented by Tom Fine

January 2013

Sports Broadcasting Highlights at the Library of Congress

presented by Matthew Barton;

(and)

Literature of Record Collecting

presented by Gary Thalheimer

December 2012

David Hall

presented by Seth B. Winner;

(and)

WNYC Online

presented by Andy Lanset

November 2012

Yma Sumac

presented by John Haley

June 2012

Arbiter of Cultural Traditions

presented by Allan Evans and Edward Herbst

May 2012

The Life and Career of Andre Kostelanetz

presented by James H. North

April 2012

Roundtable Discussion

with Adrian Cosentini, Joseph Patrych, Jon Samuels and Seth B. Winner

March 2012

An Archival Phono Preamplifier

presented by Gary Galo

February 2012

The Recorded Legacy of Serge Koussevitzky

presented by Dennis D. Rooney

December 2011

Remembering Willy Lerner and Music Masters: A Panel Discussion

presented by Gary Thalheimer, R. Peter Munves, Dan Langan, Sheldon Hoffmann, Seth B. Winner and Joel Carr

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