“Free Movie Night at the Diehn Composers Room: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho”

To coincide with our exhibit Scoring for Suspense: Music for the Movies, the Diehn Composers Room is hosting a free movie night on Monday October, 26, 2009. A short program about the use of music in suspense films will be presented by Jessica Mirasol, Music Archivist, prior to the start of the movie.

Popcorn, candy, soda, and water will be served.

Seating is limited. This is an informal event where use of the floor space is encouraged. You are welcome to bring pillows and blankets to sit on the floor. Halloween costumes are also encouraged, but not necessary.

189 Diehn Fine and Performing Arts Center

Monday, October 26, 2009

7:00pm-9:00pm

Even More New Materials!

Arban's Famous Method for Trombone (Platinum Edition)



















In Rainbows (Radiohead)




















Spring Awakening (Vocal Selections)























The Caribbean Jazz Project

















Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers (CD)

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

Scoring for Suspense

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.

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

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.

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.