New music ensemble Counter)induction plays premieres by Columbia student composers, on Monday 12/5 at 8pm, in 301 Philosophy. The concert is free and open to the public. See the full list of composers and performers at this link. […]
Happy Thanksgiving! and library hours
The Music & Arts Library will observe the following hours over the Thanksgiving break: Wednesday 11/23 9am-5pm Thursday 11/24 – Sunday 11/28 Closed Regular hours will resume on Monday, 11/29. Happy Thanksgiving! […]
Music & Arts Library hours: Election Day holidays
The Music & Arts Library will observe the following schedule around the Election Day academic holidays: Saturday 11/5 12-5pm (normal schedule) Sunday 11/6 1-9pm (normal schedule) Monday 11/7 9am-5pm (abbreviated hours) Tuesday 11/8 9am-5pm (abbreviated hours) Regular semester hours will resume on Wednesday, 11/9. Enjoy your mid-semester break, whether you’re catching up on sleep, study, […]
“Silent Music” by Prof. Susan Boynton – Book Release & Panel Discussion
Congratulations to Prof. Susan Boynton on her new book, Silent Music: Medieval Song and the Construction of Eighteenth-Century Spain, published by Oxford University Press (2011). There will be a book release and panel discussion taking place on Monday, October 31, at 6:30pm, in the Skylight Room of the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. (at […]
Night of the Living Daed! Wednesday, Oct. 19, 10pm
Don’t miss this late-night concert of Haydn and Dvorak, from the Daedalus String Quartet! The event takes place on Wednesday, October 19th, from 10pm-12 midnight, in 301 Philosophy. Full details can be found at this link (http://music.columbia.edu/mpp/event/396). The event is sponsored by the Music Performance Program, where the Daedalus Quartet is currently serving as a […]
Daphne Oram, 1950s British electronic music pioneer
NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday ran a brief piece today on Daphne Oram, a pioneer of electronic music in Britain in the 1950s. Oram worked as Director of the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop, and developed her own system/technique called “Oramics”, which involved painting waveforms and control signals on film, which was then used to control the exposure […]
Columbia Classical Performers – Sat 10/8, 7:30pm (with cake!)
Treat yourself to some fine musical confections, at the Columbia Classical Performers concert on Saturday, 10/8, at 7:30pm in 301 Philosophy. The concert will include works by Debussy, Beethoven, Bloch, Fauré, Ravel, and Vivaldi. See their Facebook event page for full details. Come out to support Columbia’s many musical talents. Oh, and, did we mention, […]
Learn more about the Digital Music Lab!
Want to learn more about the Music & Arts Library’s Digital Music Lab? Attend an info session in October! The Lab is designed to enable users to play, compose, record, scan, notate, edit, program, and analyze digital music, audio, and musical notation. Three sessions will be offered, providing an overview of the resources of the […]
Reminder: Renew any older semester-loan items by 9/30/11
Reminder: Items checked out with the previous semester loan due date of 9/30/11 will be due by that date. The new semester loan due date is February 15, 2012. Items may be renewed online under “My Library Account” in CLIO, or by bringing them to any library circulation desk. Questions, problems? Contact us at musiclibrary@columbia.edu. […]
George Lewis and Sam Pluta @ Roulette, Thu 9/22, 8pm
Columbia’s own George Lewis, Sam Pluta, and the Wet Ink Ensemble will perform at the venerable experimental music outfit Roulette, at their new Brooklyn location, on Thursday, 9/22, at 8pm. Lewis will perform his “Exercices spirituelles” (2010), and he and Sam Pluta will join in an improvisation. A recording of “Exercices…” is available in the […]