140 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Vinyl record, 45 RPM, with songs from the Seattle children's television show, Boomerang, ca. 1975-1980
Local television show, "Boomerang," was broadcast on KOMO from 1975 to 1980 with host Marni Nixon, a Broadway star known for dubbing the singing voices of famous actresses such as Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn. The show featured a group of puppets including the star Norbert, along with his friends Libby, Melinda, Rookie, and others, all of which were designed…
ID Number:2018.5.12
Date:Circa 1975-1980
Upholstered wooden chair from the Frye Opera House, ca. 1885
Opening in 1884, the Frye Opera House was Seattle’s premier performing arts center for five solid years, featuring a wide variety of musical and dramatic performances. The Frye was completely destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. This chair is from the Opera House but the upholstery is not original, it was re-covered in the 1960s.
ID Number:2018.12.4
Date:Circa 1885
Sony MDR-7506 Studio Monitor headphones, ca. 1991
These headphones were used by radio DJs at the KISW studio in Seattle. KISW first started broadcasting in the 1950s with classical music, but switched to pop music then rock and roll in 1971. Today, KISW broadcasts on 99.9 MHz with the slogan, "The Rock of Seattle."
ID Number:2018.16.1
Date:Circa 1991
Sir Mix-A-Lot Iron Man hardhat, ca. 1988
Sir Mix-A-Lot is the stage name for Anthony Ray, a popular rapper, hip hop performer, and recording producer born in Seattle and a graduate of Roosevelt High School in 1981. Sir Mix-A-Lot's first hit single was "Posse on Broadway" released in 1987 and refers to the Capital Hill neighborhood street in Seattle. This hardhat is a promotional item for his…
ID Number:2018.16.2
Date:Circa 1988
Compline Choir vestments worn by Peter Hallock, 1970s-2000s
Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) was an American organist, choirmaster, countertenor, and composer and arranger of church music (particularly anthems, hymns, and psalm settings for Episcopal liturgy). He grew up in Kent and studied organ performance at the University of Washington. He also enrolled at the College of Saint Nicolas of the Royal School of Church Music in Canterbury, England and…
ID Number:2018.76.1
Date:Circa 1970-2000
Red flannel quilted shirt made by Outdoor Exchange, 1991
Donor Ryan Boudinot described this as his “go-to flannel while playing music and going to shows in Olympia and Seattle during the grunge years. This shirt has seen Mudhoney, Tad, Nirvana, and countless other bands.” The shirt is padded and quilted on the interior to add extra warmth.
ID Number:2018.82.1
Date:1991
Microsoft Zune HD and AV digital audio player, 2009
The Zune portable digital media player was created in 2006 and marketed by Microsoft as a competitive device to the highly popular Apple iPod. Along with the portable player, the Zune brand included a music subscription service, a marketplace for music, TV and movies, streaming services for the Xbox 360 game console, and desktop media software. The Zune made a…
ID Number:2018.Zune
Date:2009
Button pin, "19th Annual Folklife Festival," 1990
Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts.
ID Number:2019.40.10
Date:1990
Plaster of Paris decorative tile from interior of the Music Hall Theater, ca. 1929
The Music Hall originally opened as the Fox Theatre on April 19, 1929, and was located at Seventh Avenue and Olive Street. When the Clise family purchased the venue in 1936, it was renamed the Music Hall. By the 1980s, the venue was losing money for the Clises and they decided to tear it down in 1988 to make way…
ID Number:2019.50.1
Date:Circa 1929
Portrait of Cecilia Shultz by artist Ted Rand, 1965
Cecilia Schultz (1878-1971) was known as Seattle's impresario who was responsible for bringing world renowned musicians, singers, and ballet dancers to the city starting in the 1930s. At that time, she managed the Moore Theatre for 25 years, featuring her "Greatest Artists Series" until 1949. In 1965, she and her husband funded the furnishing and decorating of the "Cecilia Schultz…
ID Number:2019.65.1
Date:1965