Library Renovation – Plans unveiled

The library staff proudly unveils the floor plans for the new Robinson Music Library. A display outside the library entrance features the floor plan of the renovated library as designed by Charles T. Young PC Associates. These plans reflect over a year’s worth of consultation between the architects and library staff and reflect a commitment to improve and extend library services.

Stop by and see what is to come!

At Severance this weekend

This weekend, Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra present works by Bach, Verdi, and Stravinsky. Here is a select list of CIM recordings of the concert’s repertoire.

Johann Sebastian Bach. Suite No. 3

CDc 4890
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, harpsichord and conductor

CDc 9465
Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor

Igor Stravinsky. Movements for Piano & Orchestra

CDc 5795
Charles Rosen, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky, conductor

CDc 9630
Michel Béroff, piano; Orchestre de Paris; Seiji Ozawa, conductor

JS Bach/Luciano Berio. Contrapunctus 19 from “The Art of the Fugue”

CDc 9777
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi; Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi. Four Sacred Pieces

CDc 2088
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Robert Shaw, conductor

Library renovation – Summer borrowing

As of April 16th, the following people may borrow materials for summer use.

• Conservatory faculty and staff
• Preparatory/Continuing education faculty and students
• Doctoral students
• Students enrolled in summer classes
• Student who have paid the summer building usage fee
• Special borrowers

Summer check out will conclude on May 6th. Materials due May 1st may be renewed. Please bring these items in to the library for renewal before May 1st. The summer due date is September 4, 2007.

For conservatory students, all materials are due by May 1st. If you have a recital or paper after this date, we will grant extensions if you have no outstanding fines. If you would like to request an extension, please bring your materials in before May 1st and speak with a member of the library staff.

As of May 7th, the book and score collections will be permanently closed for the summer. Our audio and visual collections will remain open through May 11th.

Faculty may check out CDs for a seven-day borrowing period through April 27th. After this date, faculty member may check out CDs for one-day period for exams.

If you have any questions, please contact Jimmy Hilton (x216), our circulation manager, or Jean Toombs (x214), the library director.

All Schubert

Today at 8 pm a faculty recital by Daniel Shapiro (piano), Paul Kantor (violin) and Desmond Hoebig (cello and principal cello of The Cleveland Orchestra) will feature music by Franz Schubert. If you’d like to explore more of this repertoire, here is a selected bibliography based on the program.

Selected Books:

CIM Stacks MT145.Sch78Sch79
Carolyn Maxwell, ed. Schubert Solo Piano Literature. Boulder, Colo. : Maxwell Music Evaluation, c1986.

CIM Stacks MT145.Sch78R116s
Philip Radcliffe. Schubert Piano Sonatas. Seattle, University of Washington Press. 1971.

Selected Recordings:

CDc 9347
Leon Fleisher, piano
Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960

CDc 10,567
Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu, pianos
Fantasia for piano, four hands, in F minor, D. 940

CDc 9010
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center & Musical Arts Quartet
String quartet in C major, D. 956
String quartet in C minor, D. 703
Quintet in A major, op. 114, D. 667 “Trout”
String quartet no. 15 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the maiden”

CDc 7200
Alfred Brendel, piano
Piano Sonatas in G major, D. 894; B major, D. 575; A major, D. 959; B flat major, D. 960

CDc 8797
Vienna Piano Trio
Piano trio D. 898; Adagio in E flat Major, D. 897 “Notturno”
Sonata for piano trio in B flat major, D. 28

CDc 8647
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Impromptus No. 3, D. 935 & No. 4, D. 899
Marches militaires No 1
Moments musicaux No 3
Sonata in Bb Major, D. 960

May 1st Due Date

You might notice that the library’s semester due date for borrowed materials is early this year, May 1st. This is due to the scheduled library renovation between May and August, 2007. It is our goal to return as many of our scores and books to the shelves before May 7th, when our entire collection will be moved off-site for the summer.

If you have a recital or class project, we are happy to extend the due date beyond May 1st based on your need. Please bring the items in question to the circulation desk prior to May 1st and we will establish a new due date accordingly.

If you have any questions, please contact James Hilton, ext. 216, our circulation manager.

Stayed tuned for more information about the library renovation and its impact on library services in the summer of 2007.

Library Renovation 2007

In the summer of 2007, the Cleveland Institute of Music Library will be transformed into The Robinson Music Library. The library will undergo an extensive renovation, the fruition of The Campaign for CIM, a project that encompasses the completed Fred A. Lennon Education Building and a new performance wing, Mixon Hall.

In May 2007, the main phase of the library renovation will begin. There will be many exciting changes in the Library, including:

• New Media Room in the lower level with access via a staircase within the library’s main floor
• 2 new group rooms in the Media Room, equipped with 42-inch plasma screen monitors and DVD players
• 25% increase in individual listening carrels
• Double the current number of public computers
• 20% increase in study areas
• Reference area designed for in-depth research, demonstration of resources by the Reference Librarian, and easier access to the collections
• Expanded Circulation desk and Reserves shelving
• Informal seating along the East wall and a casual reading area
• New entrance towards the main lobby
• Better lighting
• Completion of the transition from the card catalog to the online catalog (the main project that library staff will be completing over the summer)

This is a comprehensive renovation and expansion of the library which requires that the library collection be moved off-site for the duration of the summer.

More details and a dedicated web page will be forthcoming.

New on the shelves – April 2007

You will find some interesting books in our recent acquisitions list for April. A new book by Peter Williams on the J.S. Bach, an exploration of Shenkerian theory by Matthew Brown, a guide to the music of Delius, biographies of Elgar, Bax & Walton and many more. A facsimile of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten is of particular note.

Take a look!

Music for Passion week

Recordings of Passion Music at the CIM Library

CDc 857
Arvo Pärt. Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem
Hilliard Ensemble; Western Wind Chamber Choir; Paul Hillier, conductor

Cdc 2744
Joseph Haydn. The Seven Last Words of Christ.
Kodály Quartet

CDc 7855
Heinrich Schütz. St. Matthew Passion.
Württemberg Chamber Choir; Dieter Kurz, conductor

CDc 7255
Marcel Dupré. Symphonie-Passion.
Ben van Oosten, organ

Cdc 9393
Johann Sebastian Bach. Sacred vocal works.
Including St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 & St. John Passion, BWV 245
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

CDc 8557
John Stainer. The Crucifixion.
Choir of Guildford Cathedral; Barry Rose, conductor

CDc 8163
George Crumb. Easter dawning.
Don Cook, carillon

Cdc 9444
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Russian Easter overture, op. 36.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano, conductor