Composing in the Style of Ives

Ever wanted to compose a piece in the style of Charles Ives? Now you can! Wesleyan University has created a composition contest as part of its "Ives Vocal Marathon" performance running January 29, 30, 31 & February 1, 2009. You are invited to complete Ives' unfinished work entitled "Smoke". Contest rules and the unfinished sheet music for "Smoke" may be found online at http://www.ivesvocalmarathon.com/interactive.php The winning composition will be performed at the "Ives Vocal Marathon".

Musical America

Looking for a wonderful source for music industry information? Look no further than Musical America Worldwide http://www.musicalamerica.com/ Search Musical America's database of contests/festivals and contact information for opera companies, schools of music and much more. Keep up to date with news articles on the music industry. We hope you enjoy exploring Musical America Worldwide.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text

Connect to full text dissertations and theses online through our newest database ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Content includes over 2.4 million entries with 930,000 full text dissertations and theses. Coverage ranges from 1637 to the present. Full text dissertations and theses are available in PDF format. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses can be found on the Music Subject page under the heading of "Dissertations".

New Music Library Materials

The November list of new books, CD's, DVD's, and scores has been posted to the Music Library website. Here is a sampling of what's new this month:

"Explorations of the Shadow World"
Videodisc DVD 513 v. 1-7

"Performing Arts of China the Opera"
Videodisc DVD 503

"Seattle's Most Wanted Music of the Pacific Northwest"
Compact Disc CD 10156

"From the Philip Glass Recording Archive"
Compact Disc CD 10121

Dave Brubeck "The Light in the Wilderness"
Music Stacks M2003.B88 L5 1968

Click on the "About the Music Library" link our Homepage to view New Item Lists from the past six month.

Getting to Carnegie via YouTube

From the New York Times:

Traditionally, auditioning for an orchestra means appearing alone onstage in a nerve-jangling performance before grizzled veteran musicians. In the Google way, it means posting on the company’s video-sharing site, YouTube, for online judging by the professionals and then, ultimately, the YouTube universe...

Follow the progress of the first collaborative orchestra on YouTube.

New Library Book Return

As you may have noticed, the Music Library has a new book return, located in the first floor corridor, between Rooms 19 and 21. You can return books and scores any time the Music Building is open. Please DO NOT return LPs, CDs, DVDs, or any AV material in this box. Thanks.

Digital Sales Surpass CDs at Atlantic

From the New York Times:

Since MP3s first became popular a decade ago, music industry executives have obsessed over this question: when would digital music revenue finally surpass compact disc sales?

For Atlantic Records, the label that in years past has delivered artists like Ray Charles, John Coltrane and Led Zeppelin, that time, apparently, is now...

Follow a blog discussion on the article.