Diehn Composers Room

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

New Materials!

We have received several new items! Below are just a few interesting items to check out.

Mary Poppins: The New Musical (Vocal Selections)

M1508. S54 M37 2007

Julia Fisher & Daniel Muller-Schott: Brahms Violin Concerto in D and Double Concerto in A minor

M1012. B77 op. 77 K74

Jubilate volume 1
Jubilate volume 2
Jubliate volume 3

M14.3 J83 2007 vol. 1

Mendelssohn Lieder for high and medium voice (urtext)

M1620. M46 L54 2008

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 (Mariss Jansons)

M1001. S56 op.113 2005

Tchaikovsky: Vespers & Three Sacred Choruses (Russian Chamber Chorus of New York)

M2015. C43 V482 2004

Helen Callus: A Portrait of the Viola

M224. C35 P67 2002

Northern Cree: Red Rock

M1669. N67 R43 2008

Monday, June 1, 2009

In support of the fifth annual John Duffy Composers Institute sponsored by the Virginia Arts Festival, an exhibit will be available for public viewing at the Diehn Composers Room, 189 Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center, through November 1, 2009 (8am-5pm, Monday-Friday). Funding for this exhibit is provided by a grant from the Norfolk Foundation. For more information, contact Jessica Mirasol, Librarian Archivist for Music Collections, at 757-683-4175.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

LOTS OF NEW MATERIALS!

We just received lots of new materials, here are a few interesting items:

M 1508. W55 C58 2000

M1040. B44 T75 2003

M 1200. I6 I5 2001

ML802. R491 L4 2002

M1010. R33 C66 2003

M22. R23 P52 2000

M1630.18. N48 1999 No.3

M1500. W34 R56 2004 v.3

Friday, April 3, 2009

Extended Hours this Saturday!

The Diehn Composers Room will be open from 9 AM to 5 PM this Saturday, April 4th. The Reading Room will not be available due to a special event, but feel free to come and study in the Listening Room.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Student Concert of Music for Film, Theatre, and Dance

Students of Old Dominion University music faculty member Dr. Andrey Kasparov will present a concert entitled “Incidentally Speaking: Music for Film, Theatre, and Dance.” The event will take place on Thursday, March 26, 2009, from 12:30pm-1:15pm in the Diehn Composers Room. The concert will include works by Andrey Kasparov, Dinos Constantinides, Brian Robison, John Corigliano, and Yann Tiersen. Lisa Relaford Coston will perform as guest soloist on a work written by Andrey Kasparov.

Andrey Kasparov’s manuscripts are a part of the Contemporary Music Research Collection and Brian Robison’s compositions are held in the New Music Performance Collection of the Old Dominion University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room.

Dr. Kasparov is Professor of Music at Old Dominion University, where he also directs Creo, the contemporary-music ensemble.

The University Libraries’ Diehn Composers Room is located in Room 189 of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the F. Ludwig Diehn Music Fund of the Norfolk Foundation.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Hogue, Instruction and Music Collections Librarian, at 683-4131.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

2008 Paul Revere Award Winners Exhibit

The Diehn Composers Room of the University Libraries presents an exhibit featuring the 2008 Paul Revere Award Winners from the Music Publishers Association. These awards honor outstanding examples of graphic design, acknowledging music publishers for their efforts to create art for the music industry.

The exhibit combines winning scores in several categories, with historical background on the use of engraving, lithography, typesetting and woodcut blocks for music reproduction.

The exhibit will be available for public viewing in the atrium of the Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center through February 17, 2009.

For more information on the Paul Revere Awards, please go to the Music Publishers Association's website.