On Wednesday, October 28th, the Melville Library Galleria was full of students who took a moment to stop and create a mini Zen Garden to take with them. A total of 96 little gardens were made! CAPS, the Counseling and…
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Highlights from the Lessard Concert
The concert tribute to the life and music of John “Jack,” Lessard took place on Thursday night, October 22, before an audience of nearly two hundred in the Staller Center’s Recital Hall. Music Department Chair Perry Goldstein welcomed the audience,…
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It’s Time to Go Back to the Future!
Did you know that today holds a special place in the heart of Back to the Future aficionados? In Back to the Future II (1989), Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel all the way into the future…to October 21, 2015!…
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It’s time for the Fall 2015 Buy a Bag of Books Sale
Thursday, October 15, 2015, is the Stony Brook University Libraries Buy a Bag of Books Sale! Pay $2 for a bag and then fill it with books from the Book Sale. We’ve got books on a wide range of subjects. Don’t…
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Concert Celebration
The Music of John Lessard, composer and foundng member of Stony Brook University’s Music Department, will take place on Thursday, October 22 at 8 pm in the Staller Center’s Recital Hall. Come hear performances by the Music Department’s faculty, students…
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SBU Libraries’ Concert Series: “The Art of Violin”
SBU Libraries’ hosted our first concert series of the semester on Wednesday, September 30th! Graduate violin students from the studio of Jennifer Frautschi presented “The Art of Violin”, a concert of works for solo and accompanied violin. Featuring music by…
Special Collections and University Archives Open House September 25, 2015
Special Collections and University Archives hosted an open house on Friday, September 25, 2015. The event began with a presentation that highlighted the department’s collections, curatorial activities, outreach and engagement initiatives, and teaching partnerships. A viewing of the university’s rare…
Gisele Schierhorst is teaching MUS 520, “Introduction to Research,”
MUS 520, “Introduction to Research,” is a seminar specially designed for the interests and needs of new students in the Music Department’s DMA Program in Performance. It is taught by Associate Librarian/Head of the Music Library, Gisele Schierhorst.
Matthieu Cognet’s published transcription of Ravel’s “La Valse” available in Music Library
Matthieu Cognet, DMA candidate in Piano Performance, recently published his own transcription of Ravel’s “La Valse,” and was pleased to find that we had added several copies to the Music Library’s collection. Congratulations Matthieu!
Faculty Exhibition features collaboration between Music Department and the Library
Margaret Schedel, Associate Professor of Composition and Computer Music, and Patrice Scanlon, Multimedia Resources Specialist for the Library’s Technology, Discovery and Digital Initiatives, collaborated on an interactive work entitled “A Train of a Thousand Wings,” which allows the listener to manipulate…
