One box of programmes and prospectuses from the Civic Hall, from 1962 to 2002. The collection includes a few press cuttings.

The majority of items in the collection are from orchestral or choral concerts. These are largely from concerts given by the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra. However, there is also a large number of programmes from the Guildford Choral Society, as well as a number of programmes from the Guildford Symphony Orchestra. The collection includes a number of concert diaries from the Guildford Corporation, which contain details of performances by various performing groups including the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Choir and the Proteus Choir.

Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically.

1962 - 2002

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Not Specific

• Guildford choral society -
• Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra -
• Guildford Symphony Orchestra 1919 -
• Proteus Choir (Guildford) -

• Civic Hall, Guildford
• Guildford

• 20th century - late 1971-1999
• 20th century - mid 1931-1970
• 21st century

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The Centre for Performance History was created in 2004 through the amalgamation of the Department of Portraits and the Museum of Instruments (see the separate entry for the Museum. The College has acquired portraits throughout its history since 1883 and the Centre posseses the most comprehensive collection of portraits of musicians in the UK, amounting to some 346 original portraits and 10,000 prints and photographs. In addition to the iconographical collections and their documentation, the department houses other categories of source material - most notably the largest collection of concert programmes in this country, comprising some 600,000 items dating from 1780 to the present day.