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Current Announcements

6/21/2011 Summer Session II Hours: M-Th, 8-6; Fri., 8-5; Sat. & Sun., closed.

Past Announcements

6/15/2011 1,529 new albums now in Music Online! See the full list here: http://clmu.alexanderstreet.co​m/WhatsNew ECU affiliates can access scores, recordings, and video via Music Online from anywhere with your pirateID & pw Log on at: http://media.lib.ecu.edu/erdbs​/erdbs_description.cfm?id=5742/14/2011 New exhibit: Celebrating the Women of Mahler's Life 100 Years After His Death

5/17/2011 Summer Session I hours: M-Th, 8-6; Fri, 8-5; Sat., closed; Sun., 4-8 pm.

3/25/2011 Have a question? Try the our "Chat With a Music Librarian" service: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/musi​c/index.cfm

1/20/2011 New exhibit: Looking to the East: Celebrating the Centennial of Alan Hovhannes.

12/15/2010 See our hours page for winter break hours.

10/8/2010 Fall break hours: Sat.-Sun., Oct. 9-10: closed; Mon., Oct. 11: 8a-5p; Tues., Oct. 12: resume regular hours

9/14/2010 Try our new One Search beta tool to find books, scores, recordings, and articles in a single search. http://web.lib.ecu.edu/onesearch/

6/28/2010 The library is closed Monday, July 5, in observance of Independence Day.

5/11/2010 The library is closed Tuesday, May 11 for staff development.

5/10/2010 The library catalog will be down today, Mon., May 10.  Alternatives: search in our backup catalog or WorldCat Local.  Note that some information may not be current and some functionality will be unavailable. 

4/05/2010 Music Online now includes over 60,000 jazz audio tracks via an added subscription to "Jazz Music Library."  Listen online from anywhere with your PirateID and password.

3/16/2010 Listen to "Fate" by Rafael Valle, the winning composition in the Music Library's 35th Anniversary Composition Contest, as premiered at the ECU New Music Festival Feb. 27, 2010. 

3/09/2010 The Music Library's Technology Lab is closed Tues. Mar. 9 and Wed. Mar. 10 for painting.  The lab may be partially open by Wed. afternoon.

2/11/2010 Stop by the Music Library and see our new exhibit celebrating the NewMusic@ECU Festival: "Tomorrow Starts Here: A Decade of New Music At ECU"

12/17/2009 Watch "PeeDee's Big Adventure" in the ECU Music Library, a virtual tour of the Music Library starring none other than PeeDee the Pirate!

12/16/2009 Break hours posted 
Vist our hours and exceptions page for hours during the winter break.  Regular semester hours resume Jan. 8, 2010.

12/02/2009 Composition Contest Winner Announced
The Music Library is pleased to announce graduate composition student Rafael Valle’s piece titled “Fate” as the winner of our 35th anniversary composition contest.  Scored for a twenty-piece chamber orchestra, the piece incorporates thematic ideas from the 1974 hit song “Kung Fu Fighting.”  The Music Library was in its first year of operation when this song made its meteoric rise to the top of hit charts all over the world.  The piece will be premiered on Saturday, February 27, at 3 pm in the Fletcher Recital Hall as part of the 2010 NewMusic@ECU Festival.

11/23/2009 Listen to Naxos Music Library on your iPhone or iPod Touch 
Now you can do listening assignments from anywhere!  Complete instructions for downloading the app and creating playlists are available here: http://naxosmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2009/11/naxos-music-library-iphone-app-is-live.html 
Note to professors: the way you create ECU-wide playlists to share with your students has changed.  Contact the Music Library for assistance.

Music Library 35th Anniversary - Composition Contest entries due November 20
The Music Library is holding a composition contest for a piece celebrating our 35th Anniversary.  The winning composition will be premiered at the 2010 NewMusic@ECU Festival and added to the Music Library's special collection. Visit our 35th Anniversary web site for official rules and information on other anniversary events and exhibits.

New Library Catalog Interface:
Joyner Library and the Music Library have a new library catalog interface. 
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Please contact the music library if you need assistance locating materials or for questions and comments.  252-328-6250, musiclib@ecu.edu

9/11/2009: Music Library Resumes Regular Hours Sept. 19 (Note new, earlier date!): The Music Library is happy to announce the reinstatement of its normal operating schedule beginning Sat., Sept. 19.: Mon.-Thurs, 8a-10p; Fri., 8a-5p; Sat. 12-5p, Sun., 1-10p.6/30/2009

Online renewal problems: Update 7/20/09: online renewals are now functional.  Patrons can always contact the music library for questions/problems related to the online catalog.

5/20/2009: Where did the audio/video/scores databases go?:
You can now search Classical Music Library, Classical Scores Library, Opera and Dance in Video in one easy step via Music Online.  Find scores, video, and audio recordings all at once!  The links to the individual databases on the music library's home page have been replaced by one link to Music Online.

What is Music Online?  It contains over 50,000 audio recordings, 200 dance and opera videos, and 12,000 scores which you can listen/view from home with a pirate ID and password.

4/27/2009: Library exam hours: The Music Library is open regular hours through Wednesday, May 6. All Music Library hours and exceptions.  Need a place to study later? - Joyner Library is open 24 hours during most of exams.

4/6/2009: Easter break hours: Thursday, April 9: 8-5 ; Friday-Saturday, April 10-11: Closed ; Sunday, April 12: 4-8pm. All hours and exceptions.

3/31/2009: Music Library reference area unavailable Sunday, April 5: The Music Library is hosting an event (donor recognition) this Sunday, April 5 from approx. 1-5 pm. The library will be open during the event; however, it may be noisy and the reference/group study area will be unavailable.

3/24/2009: The library catalog will be unavailable for some periods 5 am - noon on Sunday, March 29, due to an ITCS upgrade.

2/25/2009: Joyner/Music Library survey Help the library and win pirate prizes.  More info...

2/23/2009: New exhibit of Paul Revere Awards features the music scores chosen this year by the Music Publishers’ Association as recipients of an award established in honor of America’s first music engraver, Paul Revere.  The award acknowledge publishers' efforts in creating art for the music industry.

The exhibit is presented in coordination with the ECU School of Music’s ninth annual NewMusic@ECU Festival, which could possibly feature some of next year’s Paul Revere Award winners.

2/16/2009: ECU students, faculty, and staff can now borrow video cameras (Sony DCR-DVD710 1MP, 25x optical zoom) at the music library.  Video cameras circulate for 3 days, and may be renewed 3 times.  We have also increased the loan period to 3 days and 3 renewals for our other a/v equipment: video iPods, portable stereos, microphones, and cassette player/recorders.

2/13/2009: Two new databases, primarily for graduate-level research (access from the Music Library homepage by clicking "More" in the "Other Information Sources" section, or use the links below)

Index to Printed Music Find musical works in scholarly anthologies including Denkmäler, Monuments, and composer's collected works.  The electronic successor to the Heyer/Hill & Stevens Historical Sets, Collected Editions and Monuments of Music.

RISM Series A/II: Music Manuscripts After 1600 Annotated index and guide to more then 620,000 music manuscripts by over 22,500 composers in over 800 libraries and archives in 32 countries.  Most of RISM is found in print in the reference section at MusicLib Ref ML113.I6, but A/II is only available online.  More details.

10/8/2008: All library web resources will be available Oct. 11 & 12, due to ITCS cancelling its planned computing upgrade.

6/26/2008 Two new databases are available to library patrons: Opera in Video and Dance in Video. 

Opera in Video contains opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon.

Dance in Video captures dance performances from the stage and brings them directly to your computer screen through online streaming video-including dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. 

5/28/2008 Call the Music Library Toll-Free Joyner Library now provides a toll-free number for its Ask a Librarian service.  We encourage music patrons living outside the local calling area to call 1-866-291-5581 for assistance using music library resources and services.  Just ask to be transferred to the music library for assistance.

5/2/2008 Grove Music Changes  Grove Music is now part of Oxford Music Online and has a new interface. In addition to Grove, Oxford Music Online contains the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. We are especially excited to have the Encyclopedia of Popular Music available online, because Grove's information on popular music was limited.

Visit the Music Library home page and click on "Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music)" to see the new interface.

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