Notes From the Music Library

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on January 25, 2024. View some highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the… read more

February is Black History Month, which is a time to honour the lives of Black people. In the Music Library, we are highlighting the achievements of Black musicians, composers, and movements in our display this month. We encourage you to come in and… read more

This is final part of a 4-part series called "Tips from a Library Science Student." If you missed some of the earlier posts, in which I take you through some of my top tips I’ve learned as a library science student in the Faculty of Information, you… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since our last Recent Acquisitions post on November 30, 2023. View some highlights in the… read more

Hello and welcome back to the Music Library!

This is part 3 of a 4-part series called "Tips from a Library Science Student." Check back each week in January for a new blog post, in which I take you through some of my top tips I’ve learned as a… read more

Hello and welcome back to the Music Library!

This is part 2 of a 4-part series called "Tips from a Library Science Student." Check back each week in January for a new blog post, in which I take you through some of my top tips I’ve learned as a… read more

Hello and welcome to the Music Library!

This is part 1 of a 4-part series called "Tips from a Library Science Student." Check back each week in January for a new blog post, in which I take you through some of my top tips I’ve learned as a… read more

You may have noticed that we have a new display up in the Music Library. We are so excited to feature some of the queer stories we have in our collection – including queer musicians, queer composers, and queer movements.  

Queer is a term… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last three weeks. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores,… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last two weeks. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores, … read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last two weeks. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores, … read more

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

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last two weeks. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores, … read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last two weeks. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores, … read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves over the last month. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new scores, … read more

Welcome (back) from the Music Library! For those of you new to U of T, an especial welcome! We look forward to meeting you and helping you along in your academic journey. The Music Library is the largest music research library in Canada and part of the… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since the last "Recent Acquisitions" blog post on May 29. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the list of new scores… read more

Join us this Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 1:00 pm at the University of Toronto Music Library for the official launch of the Stratton-Clarke collection.

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Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since the last "Recent Acquisitions" blog post on May 15. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new… read more

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

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since the last "Recent Acquisitions" blog post on May 8. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new… read more

Check out the new books, scores, and recordings added to our shelves since the last "Recent Acquisitions" blog post on April 10. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library or jump to the complete list of new… read more

Check out this week's new CDs, books, and scores. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library. Jump to the complete list of new scores, books, eBooks,… read more

Check out this week's new CDs, books, and scores. View our weekly highlights in the New Arrivals display at the library. Jump to the complete list of new scores, books, CDs,… read more

Welcome to the second part of my “top ten” list of ways I use the library. I hope you were inspired to explore the stacks since part one was published. This second part features many online resources – and there might be a bonus at the end!

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