Two new electronic resources have been recently added to the Libraries’ collection: RILM Music Encyclopedias https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/11713922 A full-text compilation of 45 seminal titles published from 1775 to the present and comprising nearly 80,000 pages, the majority of which are not available anywhere else online. It provides comprehensive encyclopedic coverage of the most important disciplines, fields, […]
Digital Archives and Music Scores: Analysis, Manipulation, and Display
This month, we feature a guest post from Mark Saccomano, a PhD candidate in the Music Theory program at Columbia. Mark is currently in-residence in the Music & Arts Library’s Digital Music Lab, in the Digital Centers Internship Program. Mark’s post deals with his work exploring the analysis, manipulation, and visualization of digital music […]
REMINDER: Sound Arts event “A Not So Quiet Space” is this Friday, 10/21, 6-8pm!
Hope that you can come join us for sound art installations and performances, by students in the MFA Sound Arts program, in the Music & Arts Library on Friday 10/21, from 6-8pm. Light refreshments will be served. Thought-provoking art will be on display – come feast your ears and eyes! Details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/316834842042486 […]
“A Not So Quiet Space”: Sound Art in the Music & Arts Library, Fri 10/21, 6-8pm
The Music & Arts Library and the Sound Arts MFA Program cordially invite you to “A Not So Quiet Space”, featuring work by the current students in the program, utilizing the space of the Music & Arts Library for temporary installations and performances. Come join us for some interesting sounds and experiences! Friday, 10/21, from […]
New and upcoming, for the Fall 2016 semester
The Music & Arts Library & Asian Music Humanities faculty have recently partnered to create an Asian Music Humanities – Class Resources page, on the Music & Arts Library home page. The page currently contains links to a glossary, and to a list of suggested concerts and venues for students. Music faculty Ellie Hisama and […]
“Women, Music, Power: A Celebration of Suzanne G. Cusick’s Work”
This Spring, the Music & Arts Library has been pleased to host an exhibition curated by graduate students Jane Forner and Velia Ivanova, designed around the very successful Dec. 2015 symposium “Women, Music, Power: A Celebration of Suzanne G. Cusick’s Work” (http://www.womenmusicpower.com/), organized by Music Dept. professor Ellie Hisama, and co-sponsored by several diverse departments, […]
Storm-related closure – Jan 23-24, 2016
All, Due to the snowstorm, the Music & Arts Library was closed on Sat, 1/23/16. The CU Libraries have decided that a limited number of libraries will open on Sun, 1/24/16, but several others, including the Music & Arts Library, will remain closed on Sunday. Check the “Hours” page of the Libraries for updates on […]
You’re Invited! “Sound Art in the Library”, exhibition & reception, Fri 10/9/15, 6-8pm
You are cordially invited to a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition “Sound Art in the Library”, on Friday Oct 9, 6-8pm, in the Music & Arts Library, 701 Dodge. New works by Sound Arts MFA students Alice Baird, Dani Dobkin, Cameron Fraser, Ashley Grier, Geronimo Mercado, Chatori Shimizu, and Frank Springer will be […]
New Sound Arts MFA students exhibit their work
The first two students in the newly-established Sound Arts MFA program, Carla Cisno and Nolan Lem, presented their work in the First Year Show, at Prentis Hall, from May 4-12, 2014. The works presented were What is all (2014) by Cisno, and Dice Roll (2014) by Lem. Video […]
Exhibition: Rudolf Kurz Recordings Collection
An exhibition in the Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library highlights recordings from the private collection of Rudolf Kurz, which have been given to Columbia University and the Center for Jazz Studies. Comprising 36 recordings drawn from the 16,000 held in the collection, the show presents a selection of various types of discs, including […]