Four info sessions on the Music & Arts Library’s Digital Music Lab are being offered in March 2011. The sessions will give an overview of the available software and hardware, designed to enable users to work with digital audio, MIDI, and music notation, and will offer time for questions. Follow-up consultations are also available. These […]
John Szwed’s Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded The World is in
Prof. John Szwed’s new biography of Alan Lomax, the American folklorist and ethnomusicologist, is in, and available in CLIO, under call number ML423 L6347 S98 2010, and it promises to be a thoughtful and entertaining read. Szwed is a noted anthropologist and jazz scholar, professor in the Music Dept. at Columbia, and also Acting Director […]
Noted composer Milton Babbitt passes away at 94; WKCR offers 24-hour memorial broadcast
Noted American composer Milton Babbitt passed away on Saturday, January 29th. An obituary in the New York Times is available at this link. Beyond his many accomplishments and influence as a composer, which will no doubt be covered elsewhere, Babbitt participated in the birth and the spread of electronic music in the United States and […]
Spring Semester Hours
Welcome back to the Spring Semester! The Music & Arts Library’s regular spring hours are in effect as of Tuesday, January 18th: Mondays – Thursdays: 9am – 9pm Fridays: 9am – 5pm Saturdays: 12noon – 5pm Sundays: 1pm – 8pm Hope to see you in the library! […]
Happy Holidays!
The Music & Arts Library wishes you a very happy holidays! Our hours over the Winter Break are available at this link. You can see a schedule of all CU Libraries’ hours here. A reminder – no regular (non-Reserve) items fall due over the Winter Break! Regular hours will resume with the beginning of the […]
Research Help Available!
Looking for research help with your final projects and papers? Here are some options that may help: Ask for reference assistance at the circulation desk in 701 Dodge (directions) Email us to schedule a consultation, to sit down with a librarian to discuss your topic, or get help with library resources Check our Quick Reference […]
Thanksgiving library hours
The library will be closed Thursday 11/25 – Sunday 11/28. Regular hours will resume on Monday, 11/29. Thanksgiving hours for other campus libraries are available here. Happy Thanksgiving! […]
The Digital Music Lab in the Music & Arts Library
The Music & Arts Library is pleased to offer the Digital Music Lab, a space featuring 4 Mac workstations, 2 digital pianos, an 11″ x 17″ scanner, and a suite of specialized software, allowing users to to play, compose, record, scan, notate, edit, program, and analyze digital audio and music scores. A full list of […]
Darth Vader: What Would Beethoven Do?
STRESSED? Perhaps to take the edge of mid-terms, take a moment to watch/listen to composer Richard Grayson‘s rather amazing improvisation on the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars, as re-imagined, channeling Beethoven. One commenter imagined Darth Vader, running through a meadow… enjoy! […]
Please Note: Modified Library Hours for Election Day holidays
The Music & Arts Library will have modified hours for the Election Day holidays, as follows: Monday, Nov. 1 9am-5pm Tuesday, Nov. 2 9am-5pm Regular hours will be in effect for the weekend preceding the Election Day holidays, and our normal schedule will resume on Wednesday, Nov. 3. […]