The Audio Library is Available!

Sometimes our ambitions get the best of us and we over commit as to what can be accomplished in a specific timeframe. That’s exactly what I did in reference to two initiatives I set, the Audio Lending Library and the Music Library Blog

The good news is that you are reading this on the new blog and the audio lending library is now available. The library contains over 100 different CD titles and over 1,600 tracks of music that you can use as examples for your ensembles or to review in consideration of new performance pieces.

Borrowing is simple. Review the library's holdings on our website and send us the number and title of the recording you wish to borrow. The loan period for the audio library is three weeks

To get to the library, go to the same page where we list all of the print music in our holdings (http://www.monroe.edu/techServices.cfm?subpage=257). At the bottom of the page are the two files listing the CDs.



The two files (by CD and by Track) allow you to view the library either by individual CD with all of the tracks listed (click to enlarge):


Or by individual track with the CD where it can be found (click to enlarge):


In both cases, we are providing the following information for each track (if available):

• Title
• Composer
• Arranger
• Performing Artist(s)
• Catalog Number of the CD
• Track Number on the CD
• Type of Ensemble
• Grade/Level of the Piece
• Library Catalog Number for the Music (If We Own It)

We are also noting when a track is only an excerpt vs. a full performance. While this hasn't been an issue in the past, many of the discs now being provided by the music publishers only contain a minute or two of each title.