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Posted by: Katie Rodda
It’s that time again– our free braille music giveaway! We’ve been diligently sorting through all of our gift scores that we’ve received over the years, and adding many of them to the collection. However, some of the books are already in our collection, and we have no use for them. Especially now that we are …
Posted in: Free Braille Music Scores, Music Education, Piano, Piano Music
Posted by: Katie Rodda
I had stumbled upon this nifty little book a few weeks ago, and thought it deserved a profile. The first thing that drew me to it was its size. Compared to most of the braille books in our music collection it is tiny: only measuring 5.5 by 7 inches! What possibly could this tiny book …
Posted in: Braille, Braille Music, Music Education, Music Instruction
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
Forty-three years ago patron Dianne Phelps earned her Music Education degree at Eastern New Mexico University. She faced difficult challenges with her partial vision at the time and struggled with some of the faculty, reluctant to award her a degree. Thankfully, she prevailed. Afterwards, she had a keyboard and was frustrated as she was not …
Posted in: Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, Performing music, Piano Music, Popular Music
Posted by: Donna Koh
“Children must receive musical instruction naturally as food, and with as much pleasure as they derive from a ball game.” -Leonard Bernstein Today, we celebrate the birthday of Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest American musicians of the twentieth century. Many of us know him as the celebrated conductor of the New York Philharmonic, the …
Posted in: American Composers, Broadway, Jazz, Juvenile Music, Leonard Bernstein, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, teachers
Posted by: Amanda Smith
A few weeks ago, I pulled a little book from the Music Section’s reference collection, An Introduction to Music Publishing: A Tour Through the Music Publishing Operations Involved in Transforming the Composer’s Manuscript Into a Printed Publication and Its Dissemination to the Student and the Performer. The front cover of this book features Beethoven as …
Posted in: Music Composition, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, NLS Music Section
Posted by: John Hanson
This following is a guest blog by Donna Koh, music reader services librarian in the Music Section. It’s still early in December, still time to think about holiday gifts. The Music Section has a great holiday gift idea that will surely pull some heartstrings. First, let me share a personal testimony that may convince …
Posted in: Music Education, Music Instruction, Performing music
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
September signifies many things to us–cooler temperatures, leaves starting to turn, and…back to school! I would like to showcase some of the items requested with increasing frequency as the semester begins. We have some new titles and some that would be helpful if you’re looking for a guide. Most of these are intended for college …
Posted in: Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Large Print Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Performing music, Uncategorized, Voyager Catalog
Posted by: Katie Rodda
Tomorrow we celebrate the birthday of one of the Twentieth Century’s most well-known composers and music pedagogues, Carl Orff (1895-1982). Although Orff may be best known for his cantata Carmina Burana, he is also quite well-known in the music education field because of “Orff Schulwerk,” an elementary approach to music he co-developed with his colleague Gunild …
Posted in: Audio, Braille, Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD, Braille Music, Choral, Juvenile Music, Music Education, Music History and Appreciation, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section, NLS Online Catalog, Talking Books
Posted by: Mary Dell Jenkins
As this post is published, I hope everyone is preparing for the July 4th celebration. Along with fireworks, grilling at picnics, sunflowers, ice cream and the patriotic significance of this date, I enjoy a parade–any parade. Especially those with floats, clowns, men with funny hats, and of course, marching bands. This most recent Memorial Day …
Posted in: Band, Blind Musicians, Braille, Braille Music, Choral, Music Education, Music Instruction, NLS Music Section