Music Listening Lab

Hours - Check-Out Policies - Finding Materials

Introduction

The Music Listening Lab is located in the Barnett Fine Arts Center, Rooms 101 & 103 and includes:

Music history/theory reserve recordings
Recital and concert recordings
Hundreds of LPs and CDs
Listening Facilities - 10 CD Player-equipped stations, 1 phonograph, 1 cassette player, and 1 reel-to-reel.
30 Computers equipped with Sibelius (notation software) and Practica Musica (ear training software).

Contact Wanda Perkins or Dr. Michael Kolstad for additional information.

Hours

Posted on the door of the Music Lab. Check-in is located in room 101. Music majors only.

Check-Out Policies

Listening facilitates and computers are available for all students, faculty, and staff; however, there are different check-out policies depending on a person's student vs. faculty/staff status.

Students may only check out scores and sheet music
Faculty and staff may check out scores, sheet music, and CDs (Faculty and staff wishing to check out CDs can request up to three items at a time at the Klaude Kendrick Library or by sending an e-mail request with the title and call number.

Finding Materials

The Music Listening Collection, is searchable from the Online Public Catalog with the exception of some scores. Also check out our other music resources, i.e. handouts and recommended websites.

Try the following if you want a score or recording as opposed to a book about music or a certain composers. (Books on music and musicians are housed in the Klaude Kendrick Library.)

Example: Finding a recording of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony:

Go to Builder Search
In first box type "tchaikovsky" - "all of these" - "author name"
Select "AND" then
In second box type "recording" - "all of these" - "keyword anywhere"
Select "AND" then
In third box type "symphony no. 4" - "as a phrase" - "keyword anywhere"

(These are basic instructions and can be modified, e.g. leave out steps 5 and 6 for all recordings by Tchaikovsky, or replace step 4 with "score." If you are not finding what you need ask someone, expand your search, or try a different spelling or keyword.)