tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32254685391545608312024-02-22T06:39:17.364-08:00UWM Music LibraryUWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-37737005892365702722017-01-17T14:40:00.001-08:002017-01-17T14:41:16.356-08:00The UK Theatre / Opera / Dance scene comes to Milwaukee!
Coming Soon to the
Do you love to see good theatre, opera, and dance ? Well, the Downer Theatre will be screening plays from The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre Live series, opera & dance from The Royal Opera House and La Scala.
Music Library Intern Isabel Arenivar has put together a display hi-lighting the operas that will be presented. Here are a fewUWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-41772126204391003722016-12-14T09:21:00.002-08:002016-12-14T09:21:31.408-08:00New Bulletin Board explores the meaning of IdentitySarah Solomon, our intrepid bulletin board designer, has come up with something really terrific this month. What does identity mean? How do we talk to children about it? Come browse the board and check out a book or two!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-46868087955759710242016-12-14T09:17:00.000-08:002016-12-14T09:17:14.147-08:00Is It Cold Enough For you?How about thinking some warm thoughts... or at least about some music from warmer climes?
Our new display in the front case is music of Latin America.
Curated by Musicology/Ethnomusicology MM student Isabel Arenivar. Come take a look at the breadth of our holdings!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-89755036244570925402016-09-30T09:22:00.002-07:002016-09-30T09:22:51.929-07:00You say you want a revolution... Hey, did you know there was an election coming up? Did you know that there are some amazing things in the Music & Curriculum stacks about elections and politics? Come take a look at our displays and check out some things to take home with you to learn more... because the more you know... the better you can apply your voice.
Sarah Reynolds Solomon has outdone herself again with this terrific UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-15419451818103411372016-02-15T12:40:00.001-08:002016-02-15T12:41:34.813-08:00New Displays! Mysteries and Musical Tributes to Boulez & Bowie
Do you like a good mystery?
Well the Curriculum Collection has a something for you!
Sarah Reynolds, our resident master bulletin board maker, has collected a selection from our stacks for you to peruse... take a look at the photos and then stop up to check some out both figuratively and literally!
Death and the Music Student
Within 5 days of one another, we UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-58267213181124505262015-12-02T12:35:00.003-08:002015-12-02T12:35:48.364-08:00The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records ! You're invited!The UWM Music Library has been gifted with a remarkable addition - both volumes of the Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, which are historically significant collections that document the record company headquartered in Grafton, WI.
We are having a small celebration to thank our donors this Friday, 4th December 2015 at 4pm in room E-281 just off the Music Library.
To accompany the UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-3514139558256014282015-12-02T12:28:00.002-08:002015-12-02T12:28:36.330-08:00Come count with us! New display hi-lights the math-related books in the Curriculum CollectionThe Curriculum Collection has a broad range materials for a broad range of users... math texts for kids, fun counting books for younger ones, math in science for the older ones. Come take a look!
Student worker Sarah Reynolds and SOIS Fieldwork student Stevie Curl have created a terrific display to whet your appetite.
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-47320348644887237722015-09-23T13:04:00.003-07:002015-09-23T13:23:42.216-07:00New Displays for the start of School!
Welcome to the 2015-16 school year!
To get you all started this year we have FOUR new displays.
The first one is from the Curriculum Collection about emotions - always in a heightened state as school begins, with a selection of books to help you think about them (we have copies of the bibliography on the shelf, come pick one up!)
The Second looks at pop UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-56055255474863217522015-09-23T12:38:00.003-07:002015-09-23T12:38:49.693-07:00A visit from the Slovenian Ambassador!On Monday, 14 September 2015, the Slovenian Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Božo Cerar, visited the UWM Libraries as part of a visit arranged by the UWM Slovenian Arts Council.
He stopped by the Music Library to learn about the diverse collection of Slovenian music materials that we have and then was given a tour of the American Geographical Collection Library. All of this was followed by aUWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-89510607409684866972015-05-08T14:13:00.003-07:002015-05-08T14:13:35.250-07:00April Showers...
A terrific pair of spring displays by Sarah Reynolds and Jennifer Meixelsperger hi-light the fact that spring is finally here and how robust our collections are in reflecting that.
April Showers
Bring May Flowers
Can you pick out which flower is which?
This might help!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-5801508609103277562015-02-02T15:03:00.003-08:002015-02-02T15:05:11.707-08:00Graphic Novels? really? YES! The Curriculum Collection has about 200 graphic novels scattered throughout the shelves.
A sample of them are on our display shelves for you to peruse...
Thanks again go to Sarah Reynolds for her innovative display!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-60357687654217097362014-12-19T11:11:00.002-08:002014-12-19T11:11:19.104-08:00Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream Dream, Dream... All I want to do is Dream...I know that when I'm stressed out, all I want to do is sleep... perchance to dream?
Come see how dreams figure into music and children's literature... A Bulletin Board and two display cases filled with a plethora of dream-inspired titles.
Here are a few photos
And, as usual - a great shout out to Sarah Reynolds and Jennifer UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-12484790175221429972014-09-22T08:17:00.000-07:002014-09-22T08:17:04.676-07:00It's Ban(ne)d Book Week! Literature and Music are all about playing one thing off against another... so we're motivated by a little play on words... In Music / CCM we always expand Banned Book Week (http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek) to include music and musicians that have been challenged over the years.
This year we've taken it a little further... in our title... Here are a few photos, come on upstairs UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-48807950448584370462014-09-19T08:42:00.000-07:002014-09-19T08:42:10.593-07:00September 21st is the International Day of Peace... Check out our displays!For the month of September, the Music & Curriculum display areas are given over to the International Day of Peace ... books for young and old and music related to peace fill our cases and bulletin boards.
Here is a sample, come up and visit to see more!
Thanks to Jennifer Meixelsperger and Sarah Reynolds for yet another amazing display!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-4262322553646426822014-06-05T14:47:00.004-07:002014-06-05T14:48:50.052-07:00Ground Control to Captain Nemo - new exhibits in Music & CurriculumTwo exhibits - one about space as represented in music and another about life under the sea have been mounted in the Music & Curriculum Library cases and bulletin boards.
Come take a look!
Ground Control
To Captain Nemo
Once again, thank you to the outstanding Jennifer Meixelsperger (Ground Control) and Sarah UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-28684186183256632322014-04-11T14:55:00.002-07:002014-04-11T14:55:37.841-07:00New Books Bulletin Board - Music AND ...Music and musicians work inter-disciplinarilly (not sure that's a word... well it is now !). We always have.
Take a look at a few new books that show how...
(Much thanks to Eleanor Peterson & Brittany Nielson for the great work!)UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-70151133397060653042014-04-11T14:32:00.000-07:002014-04-11T14:56:28.067-07:00Jazz iz... National Poetry Month
Virtually everyone knows that April is National Poetry Month. But did you know that it's also Jazz Appreciation Month ?
The Music & Curriculum Students have done a bang-up job of putting together a display that brings together the two and shows how interrelated they are. Browse the pictures here, but even better... stop by the 2nd Floor East Wing and take a look! Maybe check out a book UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-61013233872290947532014-02-10T14:15:00.003-08:002014-02-10T14:16:24.955-08:00Dissonance in Music - so many meanings
Our 'new book' bulletin board is featuring musicians who created dissonance in some way, whether through the music they wrote or their place in the world. Stop by throughout the semester as we add new titles to the list.
If you know of something new that comes out, pass the information on to Rebecca, or to Eleanor Peterson, our Music Librarianship student who made this board.
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-27711040651417227822014-02-10T14:12:00.001-08:002014-02-10T14:12:03.930-08:00Look Local - Music in Milwaukee & WisconsinThere is lots of amazing music coming out of Milwaukee and Wisconsin - Classical, Popular, you name it. Dating back a long way!
Music Librarianship student Jennifer Meixelsperger shows us the way !
The Milwaukee Region
And Wisconsin-wide!
Come visit and learn a little about music in Wisconsin!
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-47054061783918441932014-02-10T14:03:00.004-08:002014-02-10T14:15:55.789-08:00Inventors & Inventions
Good, Bad, or Useless... you decide!
A new display in the Curriculum Collection looks at the history of inventors and their work.
Music & Curriculum student Sarah Reynolds did a lot of research in putting this amazing display together! Come see what was invented here in Milwaukee, and browse the books.
UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-61044242177501756352014-02-08T09:26:00.000-08:002014-02-10T12:56:30.598-08:00Valentine's Day watchalong of David Tennant & Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing
Join the UWM Libraries Staff Association and the UWM Music Library in a worldwide Valentine's Day watch-a-long
of the David Tennant & Catherine Tate production of Much Ado About
Nothing from Digital Theatre.
When: Friday, 14th February, beginning at 1pm
Where: Library Room E-281 (2nd Floor East Wing)
Stay for the whole thing, or stop by to see just a little of it and have a UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-37993112838595089902013-12-18T09:07:00.001-08:002013-12-18T09:09:40.231-08:00New edition of AmeriGrove is here and it's got articles by UWM authors!The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd Ed, which we call AmeriGrove has arrived!
It contains articles by three members of UWM's Faculty/Staff
Senior Lecturer in Music Martin Jack Rosenblum wrote the article "Music in Milwaukee"
Associate Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology Gillian Rodger contributed a three long articles on
Burlesque, Variety, and Vaudeville
as UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-36013501676042759802013-09-26T19:33:00.001-07:002013-09-26T19:33:13.150-07:00A little more for Banned Book WeekThis is the bulletin board that goes along with the "Paddy Wagon"
Thanks again to Sarah Reynolds for her great work on this exhibit!!UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-70029182077798983622013-09-21T07:01:00.001-07:002013-09-21T07:06:26.625-07:00Banned Book Week 22-28 September 2013 - Come Liberate a book or two from our "Book Jail"This week, 22-28 September, is national Banned Book Week. The American Library Association has lists, lots of lists, of the top 10 most frequently challenged books in any one year - 2012, 2011, 2010 and the entire list back to 2001. They also have lists of the most challenged books by decade 1990-1999 and 2000-2009.
There's this terrific interactive 30 year time-line too.
The Music & UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3225468539154560831.post-31696362292269932512013-09-20T14:28:00.004-07:002013-09-20T14:28:50.711-07:00Music Research in Sonata FormAre you new to doing research about music for you history classes? Are you confused?
Well, Jennifer Meixelsperger, the Music Library Intern for 2013-14 has created a display to teach you the research process through examination of Sonata From...
Semester Sonata... a guide to research
The Exposition - Researching in the stacks
The Development - Online resources, New Grove, UWM Music Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06969596134549815028noreply@blogger.com0