Festival Market Report

Please note that the 2009 UK Festival Market Report is in the UK Festival Handbook at Oversize 338.4791 UKF.  The Oversize section is after Quick Reference on the 1st floor of the Library.  In addition we have: Continental Drifts: Artists, Music, Production: International Performance and Production Directory, Vol. 9 – Oversize 338.4791 CON, and International [...]

ABRSM Sight-Reading Books

We now have a large number of ABRSM books for a wide variety of instruments at different grades.  These include sight-reading tests, new pieces and scales & arpeggios.  They can all be found in the Oversize section of the Library on the first floor.  Use the catalogue to identify the exact number or ask for [...]

New Jamey Aebersold Jazz Books

We now have some new Jamey Aebersold Jazz books in stock: Wayne Shorter Jazz Classics Classic Songs from the Blue Note Jazz Era Billy Strayhorn Lush Life Autumn Leaves The Brecker Brothers All of these are in the main Library collection at 781.65 AEB.  Look out for more titles coming in soon.

Fundraising Books now in…

For students on Jonathan Little’s module MUL321 ‘Fundraising in Music’, the books on the reading list are now coming in.  Please check the Library catalogue for details or ask the Music Subject Librarian.

Just in…

New books just in.. The complete fundraising handbook 5th ed. (2007) – N. Botting 361.70681 BOT Effective fundraising: an informal guide to getting donations and grants (2003) – L. Fitzherbert  361.70681 FIT This business of music marketing & promotion Rev ed. (2003) – T. Lathrop 780.6 LAT

New Books

Over the vacation we have been ordering many new books and scores for the new Music modules, so have a look at the New Music Books link (on the top right of the blog) to see the latest titles that have arrived in the Library. Many more will be coming in over the next few weeks so keep checking [...]

Aria Repertoire Guide

As you’ll see from the previous post and the link on the right to New Music Books, the library has just received a copy of the Guide to the Aria Repertoire – Mark Clark  782.109 CLA This is a great resource for young opera singers with a discussion of the audition repertoire followed by a [...]

COPAC links to Google Book Search

For those of you who use COPAC to widen your searches for books, you will now see links to Google Book Search where a record contains an ISBN (a book identification number) in the Full Record Display.  The link should appear on the right of the Full Record Display screen.  The links may not show in [...]

New Book Display

Click on the New Music Books link on the top right of the blog under New Book Display to see a selection of the new Music books that have just arrived in the Library. Once you’re in the book display, you can see new books from other subjects by clicking the library link on the top left.   Have a look around [...]