Music News and Events

From Tyler Sinclair, DRAM's Library Relations Manager

75 new albums have been added from three labels:

Mode Records: Works by Cage, Feldman, Berio, Xenakis, and Subotnick - 18 new albums / 53 in production

Lovely Music: Ashley, Reynolds, Svard, Wolff and more - 39 new albums / 71 in production

Open Space: Barkin, Boretz, Randall, Roberts and others - 12 new albums / 18 more in production

Also, DRAM's search engine has been updated and improved - it now incorporates the capacity to weight search results, so they are more comprehensive and listed according to the degree they match your query.

The Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University is having a book sale, including:

"A ton of choral octavo scores, some with multiple copies (probably priced at 10 cents per copy), as well as books and media materials on art, music, dance, theater, film, fiction, plays, and sheet music."

Thursday, May 1, 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Hawn Conference Room (near the computers on the first floor)

After 3 PM on Friday, all remaining materials will be half-off!"

From the Dallas Bach Society:

We are proud to present this year's Paul Riedo Memorial Award to Professor Lenora McCroskey of the UNT College of Music.

Saturday, May 24th, 11:30am-2:00 pm @ The Dallas Arboretum's DeGolyer Tea House
Chamber music provided by the Dallas Bach Chamber Players and James Richman
Ticket price of $75 includes Arboretum admission, Parking, Music, and Lunch (choice of BBQ Brisket or 3-Salad Sampler)
RSVP by emailing us at dallasbachsociety@sbcglobal.net or call the Dallas Bach Society office at 214-320-8700

You can read McCroskey's bio here - congrats, Lenora!

The April 2008 issue of Black Grooves has now been posted at http://blackgrooves.org/

Recent presentations by members of the Music Library at national conferences have brought delight to hundreds.

ejazzlines is one of the vendors the Music Library uses to complement our collection of jazz books and recordings - if you're interested in viewing their current offerings, see http://www.ejazzlines.com/c933/c1253/New-Jazz-CD-DVD-Book-Big-Band-Arrangement-Chart-c1707.html

The Handel Chrysander Complete Works edition is now available online, from various sources.