Ed Hartman Music Series Opus One recordings, 1980-1985
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hartman, Ed, 1957-
- Title
- Ed Hartman Music Series Opus One recordings
- Dates
- 1980-1985 (inclusive)19801985
- Quantity
- 1.79 cubic feet, (2 boxes, including 34 reels)
- Collection Number
- 6633
- Summary
- Recordings of a music series featuring Pacific Northwest composers
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access for paper-based materials. No user access copy is available for audio recordings. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Edmund "Ed" Hartman (1957- ) is an award-winning composer and percussionist who has been active in Pacific Northwest film and music communities since moving to the region in 1979. Hartman is originally from Evanston, Illinois and began his music career studying under jazz drummer Fred Silver and mallet performer Al Skinner. Additional music influences were Dan Spaulding and Randy Hogancamp from nearby Northwestern University and Don Owens from Hartman's high school. Hartman received his Bachelor of Music degree in percussion from Indiana University studying under Richard Johnson. After college he moved to the Pacific Northwest where he founded the Opus 1 music series.
During his career Hartman scored music for film, television, and radio, with credits including The Blind Side (2009), the restored 1937 silent film As the Earth Turns (2019), which Hartman was also produced; and numerous television channels such as HBO, NBC, ABC, Discovery, and Animal Planet. Hartman's style is characterized by a diversity of influences from jazz, pop, Latin, world, and electronic music, though most commonly in the domain of classical orchestral music, including baroque music and counterpoint. As a performer, Hartman has collaborated with many bands, orchestras, dance companies, and theatre companies throughout his career, and is considered a "top freelance percussionist and recording artist" in the Pacific Northwest. He also has his own bands, The Olympic Marimba Band (world music) and Northwest Passage (jazz music), and performs as a percussion soloist and one-man band at concerts, festivals, and schools. A full profile of Hartman's performing and recording credits can be found on his website, Ed Hartman Music.
Sources: "Bio/Credits," Ed Hartman Music. Accessed on November 7, 2024. "Composer/Producer Ed Hartman talks about, As the Earth Turns," Movie Music International (MMI). Accessed on November 7, 2024.
Content Description
Audio recordings and concert programs from the music series Opus One, or Opus 1, which ran from 1980 to 1985. It includes music by various Pacific Northwest composers. The collection includes 34 open reel tapes as well as concert programs, documents, and newspaper clippings related to the concert series, and photographs of some of the participating musicians.
Historical Note
Opus 1, or Opus One, was a music series founded by Ed Hartman that ran from 1980-1985. The series consisted of several concerts per year in which Pacific Northwest composers debuted and/or performed their music in collaboration with instrumentalists and vocalists. The concerts were performed at Seattle venues such as Soundwork Hall, Washington Hall Performance Gallery, and Broadway Performance Hall. Some music was experimental, with a quirky and humorous presentation. Some examples include: "The Carol Beers Fan Club" and a "Boom Box Symphony," where audience members were invited to bring AM or FM radios as instruments; and works using unconventional instrumentation, including an empty wine bottle and a 31-tone conduit marimba. Ed Hartman was frequently featured in programs from 1980-1985 as a composer or collaborator, alongside other regular performers such as Joel Salsman (pianist and composer), Warren Shaffer (composer and baritone, conductor, hornist), Paul Smith (composer and banjoist), Alan Youngblood (composer), Jay Hamilton (composer), Alan Hovhaness (composer), and Klaus Lendzian (composer).
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Donor grants UW Libraries a nonexclusive, royalty-free irrevocable license to exercise, and to allow others to exercise, all rights under copyright for music by Ed Hartman, AKS Edmund Hartman, Olympic Marimba Records-Publisher.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ed Hartman, July 2024
Related Materials
The Ed Hartman Music website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2025. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4224/20241105214538/https://edhartmanmusic.com/.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Opus 1 press releases and newspaper clippings; Ed Hartman correspondenceDates: 1981-1985Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Photographs of Opus 1 musiciansDates: 1981Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Original cover page and Ed Hartman tape inventoryDates: 1980-1985Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Opus 1 concert programsDates: 1980-1985Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1, Folder 4-9
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Description: Opus 1 concert at Washington Hall Performance Gallery1 7" reel
Tracks and artists listed on tape do not match the program for October 26th, 1980 Opus 1 concert
Music by David Sonella and unknown artist
Dates: 1980 October 26Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Washington Hall Performance Gallery2 7" reels
Music by Ed Hartman, David Jones (with Teresa Brown), Mark Filler, and Jason Weil
Dates: 1980 November 23Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Soundwork Hall1 7" reel
Music by Lawrence Ebbert and Joel Salsman
Dates: 1981 March 29Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Soundwork Hall2 7" reels
Music by Harvey Stein, Craig Coleman, Klaus Lendzian, and Ed Hartman
Dates: 1981 September 27Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Soundwork Hall2 7" reels
Music by Jay Hamilton and Ed Fleming, Ed Hartman, and Steve Smith and Christopher David Kunkel
Dates: 1981 October 25Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Soundwork Hall2 7" reels
Music by Eric Tingstad, Jean Gearman, Paul Smith, Glen Lutzenhiser (with Warren Shaffer and Karen Janes), Tom Miller (with Jeroen Van Tyjn, Grady Swaffert, and David Hinz), and Ed Hartman
Dates: 1981 November 22Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church1 7" reel
Music by Alan Youngblood, Ed Hartman, and Bill Gibb
Dates: 1982 June 20Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall2 10.5" reels
Music by Bill Gibb (with Paula Bridges, Eric Jensen, Larey McDaniels, and Joyce Gibb), Paul Smith, Klaus Lendzian, Alan Youngblood (with Gary Hixson and Paul Youngblood), and Glenn A. Lutzenhiser (with Karen Janes, Valerie Harris, Peggy Mannix, Larry McDaniels, and Phyllis McDaniels)
Dates: 1982 October 10Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall2 10.5" reels
Music by Robert Ramsay (with Randy McCarty, Lisa Bergman, and the Hazen High School Percussion Ensemble: Scott Holms, Jeff Slade, Jana Yankeh, Joe Kinne, David Hensel, and Ed Hartman, conductor), Tim McKamey and Mark Filler, Warren Shaffer (with Joel Salsman), Joel Salsman, Warren Shaffer (with Randy McCarty and the Quixotic St. Ensemble: Kathleen Baginski, Jay Hamilton, Herb Levy, John Marshall, Stephen Smith, and Warren Shaffer, conductor), Jay Hamilton (with Quixotic St. Ensemble, Jay Hamilton, conductor), and Lawrence Ebert (with Thomas Golleeke, Laurie Lake, [?Jaymie?] Randall, [?Pam?] Newby, Yukio Tokoro, Phillip Hanson, and Tim Bozarth)
Dates: 1982 November 14Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall1 7" reel
Music by Ed Hartman and Danny O'Brien, Greg Short, Paul Smith (with Robert Kotta and William Pint), Alan Hovhaness (with Joel Salsman and Ed Hartman), Joel Salsman, and Jim Lyon (with Paul Varn)
Dates: 1983 MarchContainer: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall1 7" reel
Music by Janice Giteck (with Thomasa Eckert and Roger Nelson), John Verrall (with Joel Salsman), and Jeff Morris (with Matt Kocmieroski)
Dates: 1983 April 17Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall1 7" reel
Music by Gloria Wilson Swisher (with Susan Dolacki and Joel Salsman)
Dates: 1983 May 15Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall2 7" reels
Music by Jeff Morris (with Matt Kocmieroski and Ed Hartman), Ed Hartman and Klaus Lendzian, Bern Herbolsheimer (with Kelly McPherson), Jerry Piger (with Joel Salsman), Kelly Bogan (with John Pilskog and Joel Salsman), and Ron Pilcher (with Warren Shaffer, Helen Maronec, Lavert Woodard, and Nancy Cobbs)
Dates: 1983 November 20Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 and the Alliance for the Performance of Contemporary Music concert "New and Improved (no preservatives added) Festival Orchestra", directed by Warren Shaffer, at Broadway Performance Hall1 7" reel
Music by Alan Hovhaness (with Joel Salsman), William O. Smith, Patrick Purswell, Greg Short, Robert Ramsay (with Bun-Ching Lam), and Warren Shaffer
Dates: 1984 January 22Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 Alan Hovhaness "Birthday Concert" at Broadway Performance Hall2 7" reels
Music by Alan Hovhaness (with Deede Cook, Joel Salsman, Matt Kocmieroski, Ed Hartman, Howard Greene, Chris Bard, Sue Gilbreath, Jarrad Powell, and David Beck)
Dates: 1984 March 18Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall3 7" reels
Music by Clement Reid (with David Ritt), Randall Plut, Greg Short, Howard Aylmer (with Eric Meng, Frances Walton, and Barbara Solowan), Dell Wade (with Rebecca Morgan), and Robert Ramsay (with Benita Lenz, Barbara Solowan, Doug Solowan, Sasha Van Dassow, and Shannon Hill)
Dates: 1984 November 11Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall2 7" reels
Music by Robert Suderburg (with Stuart Dempster, Doug Solowan, Mike Bisio, and Rick Pressley) and William Bergsma (with Warren Shaffer, Valerie Yockey, Carol Sams, Shelby Lash, Marcia Bellamy, Signe Cook, Paul Lash, Steven Wall, Skylar Carroll, Ed Hartman, Naomi Kato, Rebecca Morgan, and Dan Shelhamer)
Dates: 1985 February 26Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Opus 1 concert at Broadway Performance Hall1 10.5" reel
Music by Robert Suderburg (with Stuart Dempster, Doug Solowan, Mike Bisio, and Rick Pressley) and William Bergsma (with Warren Shaffer, Valerie Yockey, Carol Sams, Shelby Lash, Marcia Bellamy, Signe Cook, Paul Lash, Steven Wall, Skylar Carroll, Ed Hartman, Naomi Kato, Rebecca Morgan, and Dan Shelhamer)
Dates: 1985 February 26Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Opus 1 "Improvisors Concert" at Broadway Performance Hall1 10.5" reel
Music by Pete Leinonen Jazz Ensemble, University of Washington Contemporary Group, Whistlestop Dance Company, as well as the premiere performance of "Easter Morning" by Warren Shaffer, and the premiere performance by Opus 1's own Weird Group.
Simultaneous events occurred throughout the Broadway Performance Hall building, including music performed in the bathrooms and elevator. The finale of the evening was the world premiere of the "Boom Box Symphony" (or "Third World Briefcase Music") featuring the audience, who were requested to bring an AM or FM radio.
Dates: 1985 March 17Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Opus 1 demo1 7" reel
June 1982: Unnamed piece by Alan Youngblood; "Partita in D minor", chaccone, by Ed Hartman, vibraphone and marimba; excerpt from "Unicorn" by Bill Gibb. November 1981: "The Walrus" by Paul Smith, banjo; "Suite for Horn and Piano", three movements, by Glen Lutzinhiser; "Hot Sauce" by Eric Tingstad. October 1981: "Dance of the Trolls" and "The Chase" by David Mesler; "Foolish Woman" by Marla Nonken; excerpt from"Untitled" by Steve Smith/Christopher Kunkel, 31-tone conduit marimba. March 1980: Excerpt from "3 Paragraphs" (flute and piano) by Lawrence Ebbert; "Dervish Dance" by Joel Salsman; excerpt from "Parangtritis" by Tom Miller, guitar and [?gleckid?] (from gamelan). November 1981: "The Carol Beers Fan Club" by Ed Hartman.
Dates: 1980-1982Container: Box 6633-001 Box 1 -
Description: Opus 1 demo "Soundwork Voices"1 7" reel
"Toccata for Banjo", "Fantasia on Grey Eagle", and "The Wheel" by Paul Smith; "Fresh Piano Fruit" by Ted Allen; 4 excerpts. Includes announcements of music.
Dates: 1980-1985Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2 -
Description: Compositions by Warren Shaffer for Opus 1 (demo)1 7" reel
Side 1: "Cor Copia" for 6 horns and "Soft and Fleecy" for piano (played by Joel Salsman). Side 2: "A for Piano" (played by Joel Salsman) and excerpts from "Mrl 7", movements 1, 2, 4.
Dates: 1980-1985Container: Box 6633-001 Box 2
