Notes From the Music Library

Welcome to new students, staff, and faculty, and welcome back to all of our returning library users! 

As of Tuesday, September 2nd we are open:

• Monday-Thursday 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
• Friday 8:30 am - 6 pm

Happy Pride season! Pride is typically celebrated between June and September and highlights the lives of queer people around the world. We are so excited to bring you materials related to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community from our collection. These materials… read more

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

June is National Indigenous History Month, and so we are once again highlighting new and old materials in our collection from Indigenous composers and musicians on Turtle Island. You can find out more about… read more

Happy May! We are doing something a little different this month and, like our blogpost in December about jazz, we are focusing on a specific discipline featured in our collection. This… read more

Check out the latest titles at the Music Library, including scores, books, eBooks, and CDs. Keep reading and drop by the library to browse some new additions to our… read more

Hi everyone and Happy Earth Month! This month we will have a series of blog posts dedicated to different topics in sustainability. They will build on each other and hopefully offer you some new ways of thinking about the Earth and our place in it.… read more

Hi everyone and Happy Earth Month! This month we will have a series of blog posts dedicated to different topics in sustainability. They will build on each other and hopefully offer you some new ways of thinking about the Earth and our place in it.… read more

Check out the latest titles at the Music Library, including scores, books, eBooks, and CDs. Keep reading and drop by the library to browse some new additions to our… read more

Hi everyone and Happy Earth Month! This month we will have a series of blog posts dedicated to different topics in sustainability. They will build on each other and hopefully offer you some new ways of thinking about the Earth and our place in it.… read more

Hi everyone and Happy Earth Month! This month we will have a series of blog posts dedicated to different topics in sustainability. They will build on each other and hopefully offer you some new ways of thinking about the Earth and our place in it.… read more

One of the first displays I made when I joined the team at the Music Library was one centered around disability and music. I was still learning the ropes, so it did not have a blog post. In part this month's display is a way to refresh that topic, one… read more

As we end the school year with final performances, as the curtain goes down and the applause fades away, it is time to return your ensemble music to the Performance Collection. If you don’t know where the Performance Collection is because you got your… read more

Check out the latest titles at the Music Library, including scores, books, eBooks, and CDs. Keep reading and drop by the library to browse some new additions to our… read more

The theme for International Women’s Day (May 8) is “For ALL women and girls Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” It is focused on making sure no one is left behind, and on creating change. You can find out more from the… read more

Check out the latest titles at the Music Library, including scores, books, eBooks, and CDs. Keep reading and drop by the library to browse some new additions to our… read more

We've been busy processing new titles, including scores, books, eBooks, CDs, DVDs, and LPs. Keep reading and drop by the library to browse the New… read more

Happy Black History Month – we are so glad you are here. This month instead of a broader view of the collection, we are focusing on the works that have been added to our collection since our blogpost last… read more

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been busy processing new titles, including scores, books, eBooks, CDs, and LPs. Keep reading and drop by the… read more

Happy January from the Music Library! We are excited to be working with the Faculty of Music and School of Cities on their event… read more

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