Notes From the Music Library

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on November 18, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to… read more

Happy December! It is hard to believe we are almost at the end of the year. For this month’s blog post, we are excited to showcase the jazz materials in our collection. We’ve heard from jazz students that they feel disconnected from the library – so… read more

Look up, look WAY up and see the “Heavenly Music” atop the music library entrance. 

“Heavenly Music,” by Lutz Haufschild, was commissioned and installed on 1 April 1991 for the official opening of the Rupert Edwards Wing of the Edward… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on November 4, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on October 16, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

You may remember that back in April we did a display about Earth Music for Earth Day where we featured repertoire and books from our collection that focused on the environment. Well, since then, the Music… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on August 27, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

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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October is Latin American Heritage month in Canada so our monthly display features works from Latin American artists and research from the collection.  

A very exciting announcement is that this… read more

Welcome back to the Music Library! We are so excited to be starting a new school year with you. The Music Library has been undergoing a lot of changes in the last little while and so our hope with this blogpost is to get you up to speed with them. If… read more

The Music Library begins Fall Hours on Tuesday, September 3rd and we can't wait to see you! 

If you were here last year, you might notice the space looks a little different; we are refreshing our main… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on July 26, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

Happy August! We hope you are enjoying your summer break. We are still in the midst of our renovation here at the Music Library and so… read more

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

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

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on June 27, 2024. View some highlights in the New… read more

Welcome back to the Music Library! We hope that you are enjoying your summer break. This month as renovations at the library continue,… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on April 25, 2024. View some highlights in the New… read more

This month's display looks a little bit different as the music library is currently under renovation and we do not have our usual display spot available. However, we still wanted to… read more

Last updated: September 4, 2024

Renovations on the first floor of the Music Library began on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. The renovations are nearly complete and the library continues to be open during this time. We appreciate your patience.… read more

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May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. This is a time to acknowledge and appreciate the many Asian communities that exist around the world. At the Music Library, we are specifically dedicating our monthly display to Asian composers and musicians, and… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on April 11, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

Today we are highlighting one of our biggest events of the year: the Research Showcase. We held the sixth annual Research Showcase in April, and it was a great success!

This year was unique because it was the first year we included graduate… read more