We are halfway through our trials of Met Opera on Demand and German music encyclopedia MGG Online. It is critical that we measure the level of your interest and need in these resources (especially MGG). So let us know by spending some time exploring these great new products. Access to both resources is automatic from on campus or from off-campus by authentication (VPN only during trial)
The outstanding German music encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart is now online! MGG Online includes the content of the 1994–2008 print edition of MGG as well as future updates, revisions, and additions. MGG Online is published in conjunction with RILM, which contributes its expertise to the design of the online database and the creation of a user-friendly platform. Read more. Please explore and get to know this outstanding resource – our trial lasts until March 2, 2017.
Please explore and enjoy our trial access to Met Opera on Demand. Access to 90+ high-definition videos, 75+ classic telecasts recorded from 1977-2003, and 400+ audio performances from the Met’s Saturday matinee radio broadcasts dating back to 1935. Don’t delay! Our trial only lasts until March 15. For more information view brochure (pdf). Too stunned to choose? Try this HD Elektra from 2016 or the historic Antony and Cleopatra from 1963. Access is automatic from on campus or from off-campus by authentication (VPN only during trial).
Jenny Doctor
UC Libraries is pleased to welcome Jenny Doctor as the new Head of the Albino Gorno Memorial Music (CCM) Library. With the agreement of the College-Conservatory of Music, she is also appointed with the academic title of associate professor of musicology.
Doctor comes to UC Libraries from Syracuse University where she had a joint appointment as the director of the Belfer Audio Archive with Syracuse University Libraries and associate professor in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications since 2012. Prior to that she was a reader in music at the University of York in the UK, and has also served as director of the Britten-Pears Library, a specialist music research library with close links to the British Library. Continue reading
UC Libraries will be closed, Monday, July 4th for Independence Day. Normal hours will resume July 5th. Have a safe and enjoyable July 4th.
Dean of University Libraries, Xuemao Wang
Over two years ago, recruitment began for my Dean’s Advisory Council, an advisory group comprised of individuals from different industries and backgrounds with a tremendous passion for higher education and lifelong learning, global experience, digital technologies and a commitment to UC and the mission of UC Libraries. This group met recently to discuss and explore the issues and goals of library space. Continue reading
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oin us Mon. April 18 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of music by Scarlatti, Schumann, Ravel and Tan performed by CCM alumna Christina Tan. View program (pdf).
Join us Tues. April 12 at 5:00 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of 20th and 21st-century music for piano performed by members of the Piano Repertoire Class. View program (pdf).
New book from CCM graduate Susan Moore Jordan More Fog, Please documents her 31 years as director and producer of high school and community musical theater in Pennsylvania. Sue is also the author of 3 novels, one of which (Eli’s Heart) is takes place in part at 1950s CCM. All of her books are available in the CCM Library.
Join us Thurs. Nov. 19 at 2:30 PM in the Gorno Library for a concert of music for viola and for viola quartet. Don’t miss this rare opportunity! View program (pdf).