Guest blog posts

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Author: Dr. Jane Isabelle Forner, Sessional Lecturer, Faculty of Music

When I first started planning a seminar on Music, Gender, and Sexuality for Winter 2025, I knew I wanted to do something a little different for coursework. I have always experimented with forms of alternative assessment in my teaching, incorporating… read more

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Author: Madeleine Boyer, Metadata Creation Specialist – Special Formats, Robarts Library

Music scores found in our collection go through a journey before making their way to the Music Library’s shelves ready for you to use. The following is that journey in a nutshell.

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Author: Eric Yang, Student, University of Toronto

The following is a guest blog post contributed by Eric Yang, a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, featuring archival research completed at the University of Toronto Archives and Music Library. Read more in… read more

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Author: Eric Yang, Student, University of Toronto

The following is a guest blog post contributed by Eric Yang, a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, featuring archival research completed at the University of Toronto Archives and Music Library. Read more in… read more

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Author: Kristen Whittle, Student, University of Toronto
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Author: Elsa Jia, Student, University of Toronto
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Michael Colgrass
Author: Ulla and Neal Colgrass, guest contributors

Michael Colgrass left a big trail of creativity when he died on July 2, 2019 at the age of 87. I’m Ulla, his wife for 55 of those years. Our son Neal and I knew that his papers and recordings had to be preserved, because the range of his work was so… read more

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Author: Emma Colette Moss, MMus. Orchestral Conducting

When one enters the Music Library as a conducting student, it is easy to be tempted by the striking presence of "the score." Mistakenly, the score is often the first and only stop of the conductor with a busy schedule, a number of rehearsals to lead,… read more

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Photograph of Saiedeh Rajabzadeh by Ade Urbancic
Author: Saeideh Rajabzadeh, guest contributor

Large, beautiful mountains cradle the city of Kermanshah, Iran. The weather is moderate: warm days and cool nights make for pleasant weather year-round. Frequently sunny, occasionally rainy, and rarely snowy. In the countryside, you might hear… read more

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Author: Eric Yang, Student, University of Toronto

In traditional literature, transformational harmony is considered non-functional (Cohn 1996). Here, a new framework is presented to view transformational progressions with tensional areas, called levels, that parallel the system of tension and release… read more

Category: Guest blog posts