Music News and Events

Naxos will be converting to the new Naxos Music Library 2.0 between Tuesday, September 9th through Friday, September 12th.  Many great new features are being added, in addition to the increased compatibility:

Microsoft Silverlight player combines various elements to create a unique, cross-platform, easy way to stream music!

An actual home page has been created to present the most recent album additions, featured new additions, and Naxos news updates.

Links to major pages of the site have now been logically grouped as a main menu on the header section of each page.  Likewise, the keyword search feature has now been made available to almost all the pages of NML 2.0.

The album page now contains additional information such as the short album description and the album information summary.  Soon we will also be offering links to the “Work” information used by each track.

Aside from the album page, the Recent Additions, Genre, Labels, and Composer List pages also have significant changes in the design.

If you're looking for a weekend getaway this summer, why not try the Texas Musicians Museum in Hillsboro, TX?

Upcoming events include the Texas Pop Fest Revisited on August 30th and 31st, featuring Johnny Winter.

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.

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-DVDs-c1716.html

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