Conservatory Library accessions its 40,000th CD!!

Liz Bennett, student assistant in the Conservatory Library, accessioned the library's 40,000th CD. This milestone number has been assigned to the 6-CD set titled Woodstock, 40 years on: back to Yasgur's Farm, issued by Rhino.

Title change in Periodicals

Newsletter--Institute for Studies in American Music has been renamed~the new title is American Music Review and the first issue is available in Periodicals.

Job Opening Reference Assistant – Conservatory Library (3 positions)

Description:

- Train for service at the Reference Desk

- Assist with preparation of local reference tools

- Develop your knowledge of library resources and music bibliography

Please fill out a Library Job Application, available in the entrance to the Conservatory Library. Leave the application in the box marked “Completed Applications.”

Qualifications:

- Financial Aid Eligibility Preferred

- Ability to work with people, to function effectively under pressure, and to work cooperatively as part of a team

- Willingness to continue learning and growing with the job and to accept increasing responsibility

Reliability, punctuality, and a solid music background

Application Deadline: December 6, 2009

Paid training (two-hours per week) to begin February, and the pay rate is $7.30 per hour. Beginning fall semester, the position will be five hours per week. Contact Person: Kathy Abromeit, Public Services Librarian

kathleen.abromeit@oberlin.edu

Naxos Music Library iPhone App Live!

The Naxos Music Library App is now available on the iTunes App store. Simply search "Naxos Music Library"! Information on the App can also be found here
Happy Remote Listening!

The Grove Book of Opera Singers

Covering over 1500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day, this marvelous volume will be an essential resource for all serious opera lovers and a companion to the successful Grove Book of Operas. The most comprehensive guide to opera singers ever produced, this volume offers an alphabetically arranged collection of authoritative biographies that range from Marion Anderson to Benedict Zak.

Conservatory Reference ML102.O6 G76 2008

Cleveland Public Library featuring the Oberlin Bassoon Quartet!

The Fine Arts Department is pleased to present the Oberlin Bassoon Quartet (OBQ) on October 31st, 2009 at 2pm in the 3rd floor lobby of the Main Library building (325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44114). The OBQ will perform works by Boismortier, Dubios, J.S. Bach, Tony Bruno and Peter Schickele. This program is free and open to all ages. For more information call 216-623-2848.

The first Oberlin Conservatory of Music bassoon quartet was formed in 1994 and was called "Firewood". As interest in playing bassoon quartets grew at Oberlin more groups formed. In 2002 another quartet from Oberlin called "The Black Sheep" did a short tour of China and that solidified the trend of playing bassoon quartets at Oberlin. Since 2004 there has always been a group called The Oberlin Bassoon Quartet with rotating personnel. Since 2004 the OBQ has done extensive tours of China and Italy, and has played performances in other music schools around the country.

The members of the current OBQ are 4 sophomore bassoon majors at Oberlin from different parts of the US and abroad:

• Liz Bennett, Colorado
• Shelly Li, China
• Jake Purcell, Washington
• Brittney Walker, Illinois

A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist - New in Reference!

A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist (Con Ref ML 102.F58 M33 2009) by Susan J. Maclagan presents clear and concise definitions of more than 1,500 common flute-related terms that a player of the Boehm-system flute may encounter. Fully illustrated with more than 100 images, the entries contain descriptions of words related to all aspects of the flute: flute types, flute parts, flute repair, playing techniques, acoustics, articulations, intonation, common ornaments, flutemaking, flute history, flute music books, and more.