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Sub-series consists of audio recordings from the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes recordings of performances by the competing quartets, a commercial recording by the Dover Quartet produced through the Freeze Family Career Development Program, a commemorative CD with performances by the Dover Quartet, and the Rolston Sessions, a film of interviews with and performances by the competing quartets.

Sub-series consists of audio and video recordings from the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes audio recordings of performances by the competing quartets, a commemorative CD with performances by the finalists, and the Rolston Sessions, a film of performances in the Rolston Recital Hall by the competing quartets.

Fonds consists of material related to the planning and administration of the Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes administrative records, audio recordings (of quartet performances, events, and radio broadcasts of the competition), the scores of works commissioned to serve as the competition's imposed piece, promotional material (including programs, posters, and merchandise), photographs (of the performing quartets, jury members, and competition events), and video recordings (of performances, events, and interviews). The fonds is arranged into series for each iteration of the competition, as well as a series of general administrative material, which pertains to the competition as a whole.

Series consists of material related to the 11th Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes audio recordings of quartet performances, the score for the competition's imposed piece (String Quartet No. 3 by Vivian Fung), promotional material, and video recordings of the competing quartets.

Series consists of material related to the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition. It includes audio recordings of quartet performances, the score for the competition's imposed piece (String Quartet No. 1 by Zosha Di Castri), promotional material, and video recordings of the competing quartets performing in the Rolston Recital Hall.

Item consists of a compilation CD of performances by the finalists of the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition, as well as a film titled the Rolston Sessions 2016. The Rolston Sessions, produced by Riddle Films, consists of footage of all the competing quartets performing in the Rolston Recital Hall. The compilation CD includes:

Disc one
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor,Op. 59 No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Rolston String Quartet
String Quartet in F Major by Maurice Ravel, performed by the Rolston String Quartet
String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 by Johannes Brahms, performed by the Castalian String Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 by Robert Schumann, performed by the Castalian String Quartet

Disc two
String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1 by Joseph Haydn, performed by the Tesla Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 by Zosha Di Castri, performed by the Tesla Quartet

Item is a recording of the Dover Quartet performing works by Viktor Ullmann, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Szymon Laks. It was produced through the Freeze Family Career Development Program of the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Sub-series consists of the work String Quartet No. 1 by Zosha Di Castri, co-commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and the Americas Society to serve as the imposed piece for the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition.

File consists of various advertising material for the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition, including bookmarks, pamphlets, and brochures. The file includes information on audience ticket packages.