NEFilk (Convention)

 Organization

Parallel Names

  • ConCertino (Convention)
  • ConCerto (Convention)
  • Contata (Convention)
  • Conterpoint (Convention)

Biography

NEFilk is the filk convention of the northeastern United States. It rotates among different locations and hosting organizations, under the names ConCerto, ConCertino, Conterpoint, and Contata. This page provides a nexus for information on these conventions, and for other filk activity in the northeastern U.S. The name NEFilk has been used since 2000, and provides a unifying identity for the conventions.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cassette Tapes, June 8-10, 1990

 File
Scope and Contents

Audio recordings of interviews, panel discussions, and filk music performances from the 1990 ConCerto. Some interviews have been transcribed. 13 cassette tapes (Numbered 1-14, Tape 3 is missing).

Dates: Creation: June 8-10, 1990
Found in: Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives / Jennifer Donaldson Milewski Collection of Filk Research Material / Filk conventions and events / ConCerto

ConCerto, June 8-10, 1990

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

Materials relating to the 1990 ConCerto, a yearly filk music convention held in the northeastern United States. Includes the official convention program with schedules and sheet music, and recordings of filk performances, interviews, and panel discussions. Also included are Milewski's personal notes from the convention, as well as transcripts from some of the interviews she conducted.

Dates: Creation: June 8-10, 1990
Found in: Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives / Jennifer Donaldson Milewski Collection of Filk Research Material / Filk conventions and events

Concerto in A filk minor A, Jun 8-10, 1990, 1991

 Item – Reel 07
Contents Holiday Inside the Inn (Tom Padwa) -- The Guitarist (Jack Carroll) -- Freddy Trufan's Cat (Jane Sibley) -- The Filker Lay-a-Dying (Greg Baker) -- I Don't Want to Mow the Lawn (Marc Glasser) -- Red Sun Rising (Jennifer McGowan and Paul Butler) -- Legends (Linda Melnick) -- Domesticated Alien (Roberta Rogow)-- Everything Happens (Jean Stevenson) -- Newhart Review (Kathy Mar) -- Shapeshifter (Paul Butler and Jennifer McGowan) Recording information...
Dates: Creation: Jun 8-10, 1990; Publication: 1991
Found in: Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives / Wail Songs Collection

Folder 2: Programs, Notes, and Interview Transcripts, June 8-10, 1990

 File – Box 1: [Barcode: A11362167170], Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Contains Milewski's personal notes and interview transcripts from the 1990 ConCerto, as well as an official program from the convention.

Dates: Creation: June 8-10, 1990
Found in: Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives / Jennifer Donaldson Milewski Collection of Filk Research Material / Filk conventions and events / ConCerto