Social Media Networks Are Music's Curse and Salvation

"In the golden age of the record album, friends would gather around the hi-fi system to share the latest music, most of them not paying a cent. Today, music fans do pretty much the same thing — online, in social networks."

For the full article, please see Wired.

Orchestras need to program a new business model

"Is this the end for American orchestras? Hardly.
But is it the beginning of the end for the American orchestra in the form we've come to accept? It's starting to look likely."

For the full article, please see the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Love Streaming? Try the New Music Online!

Do you want to save some time and search several streaming audio and video databases at the same time? Try our new database Music Online. Music Online searches American Song, Classical Music Library, Dance in Video and Opera in Video in a single search! A link to Music Online may be found in the "Streaming Audio and Video" drop box on the Music Library's homepage.

Pianist Gould foresaw tech role in music

"Forty-five years ago this week, the great Canadian pianist Glenn Gould stepped off the stage of the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and became the prophet of a new technology."

For the full article, please see the Los Angeles Times.

Photo by Duchamp.

The world's 10 most inspiring orchestras

"After Gramophone’s recent and very widely discussed poll to determine “The world’s 20 greatest orchestras”, many readers responded that they would like something to follow that would specifically focus on the inspiring social role that orchestras can play. We agree. At a time when bands are seeing their funding threatened left, right and centre, and one suspects that governments are covetously eyeing their arts budgets, it is not at all a bad idea to remind ourselves of the hugely positive role that music can play in society."

For the full story, please see Gramophone.

New at the Music Library

The list of new books, scores, CDs, and DVDs added to the collection in March has been posted. Highlights include Lee's "Chinese Opera in Singapore", Johnson's "Dark Side of the Tune: Popular Music and Violence", Queen Latifah's "All Hail the Queen", the "William Primrose Collection", "Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz", and much more. To view the full list and past lists, please see About the Music Library.


Also new this month, the Music Library has added changed the location Music Stacks to reflect the floor location of each item. The new location Music Library Upstairs is located in Room 113 and houses items M1 through ML410. Music Library Downstairs is located in Room 15 and houses items ML411 through Z. We hope these new locations will save you time when searching for materials.

Linda Ronstadt hails Gustavo Dudamel in testimony on Capitol Hill

"In a remarkable testimony by Linda Ronstadt to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Tuesday, the pop singer made an impassioned plea for government support of the arts. And Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's soon-to-be music director, was her poster boy."

For the full story, please see LA Times.