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CMA AnnouncesNew Streaming Web Page for Faculty Artist Series Concerts

The College of Musical Arts has introduced a streaming site for viewing their Faculty Artist Series online:

In conjunction with the Dean’s Office, Public Events Office and Recording Services, a new streaming page has been added to the college’s Web site, which will allow another way to enjoy the Faculty Artist Series concerts held in Bryan Recital Hall.

It would be wonderful if you could attend the FAS events in Bryan Recital Hall, but if you can’t make it to the actual event, there is now an option.

Direct your favorite browser at concert time to: www.bgsu.edu/music/about/bryan/watch.html

Make sure you have the current version of Flash Player installed.

This week will feature Charles Saenz and Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Reserve reminder and Naxos playlists

For those of you teaching classes, don’t forget that this semester, you should send your reserve requests to Susannah Cleveland.  We are in the process of filling Morgan Rich’s position and will let you know who that is as soon as we do.

Also, if you are interested in creating playlists for your class in Naxos Music Library, let us know.  We have detailed instructions we can give you, and we’re also happy to walk you through the process of setting them up.

Naxos transitions to Flash

On August 1, Naxos Music Library will transitions from Windows Media Player to Adobe Flash.  This should ease use for Mac users.  Read more on their blog:

http://naxosmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2009/07/brave-new-world-of-flash-only.html

New DRAM tutorial available

If you’ve been interested in listening to music on DRAM (formerly called the Database of Recorded American Music), but haven’t been quite sure how to get started, check out our new DRAM tutorial.  The guide was created by John Cook, a former ML/SRA employee who did his Kent library school practicum here this summer.

Naxos adds Van Cliburn competition recordings

From Naxos:

We at Naxos have some exciting news!  We’d like to officially welcome into the Naxos Music Library, the Van Cliburn competition recordings!

The recordings from the 2009 preliminary rounds are already available in the NML, with the complete competition being uploaded daily!  We’re also pleased to announce that all of the semi-finals, will also be uploaded!

You can hear the winners’ recordings by searching these catalog numbers:

Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medalists
Nobuyuki Tsujii: VCF090523D
Haochen Zhang: VCF090525F

You can hear the all of the other full length recordings inside the Naxos Music Library, as well as purchase them at our download store, ClassicsOnline.com.

Visit our “Listen Online” page to connect to Naxos and hear the recordings.

Stream Naxos using Flash instead of Windows Media Player

Naxos Music Library has added support for streaming using Adobe’s Flash Player, which should be helpful for our Mac users.  The default is still for Windows Media Player, but the option to set Flash as your default should come soon.  Make the selection of players after you select tracks and click on “Play.”

Playlists are still limited to WMP, but Flash support for those should be coming soon.

Spring Reserves – Update for Teaching Faculty

While our student and circulation supervisor position is vacant, please submit music reserve requests to Susannah Cleveland (clevels@bgsu.edu or 2-9929).  As soon as we get this position filled, we’ll update you all on contact information for various services, including reserves.  In the meantime, please be patient with us as we try to pick up the slack.

For a refresher on reserves, please see:
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/music/page38767.html

Also, when planning your listening lists, don’t forget that we have two streaming audio databases, Naxos Music Library and DRAM (see http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/music/page37943.html for more information on these).  We can create playlists in Naxos, so that you can link to the playlist from Blackboard and not have to add and update each link for each piece each semester.  Get in touch with Susannah if you are interested in exploring this feature or if you would like more information about either database.

New in Naxos: Nettwerk

Naxos Music Library has announced today the addition of the label Nettwerk to their online holdings:
On November 13, Canada’s #1 Independent Record Label, Nettwerk Music Group, Joins Naxos Music Library
469 titles from Nettwerk’s catalog, featuring artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, and Sixpence None the Richer will be available on Naxos Music Library.
BGSU students, faculty, and staff may access these recordings and many others online via Naxos Music Library.

Updated content in DRAM

DRAM, one of our streaming audio databases, is constantly adding and refining content.  In their most recent newsletter, they announce the following additions by label:

Albany Records – 393 New Albums
New World Records – 95 New Albums
Cedille Records – 71 New Albums
Mutable Records – 12 New Albums
Pogus – 19 New Albums
Open Space – 8 New Albums
Mode Records – 7 New Albums

Go hear these and thousands of other albums at:  http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000230~S0

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