Music & Media Collections - Meyer Library

01/07/2022

Opera superstars!

08/27/2021

Spyres inspires!

We're adding local supersinger Michael Spyres to our opera video shelves at Missouri State University.

08/17/2021

We are gearing up for another exciting year of music, dance, and theater performances from the talented students at Missouri State University!

Meyer Library is conveniently located between Ellis Hall and Wehr Band Hall...stop by to spin some records, browse the books and music scores, knock out that music theory assignment on our Finale-enabled computers, or create music in our soundproofed VocalBooth. It's going to be a great semester.

GO BEARS!

We're proud to offer state-of-the-art music facilities at a destination campus for the arts and an All-Steinway School.Full video credits: https://blogs.miss...

07/23/2021

It's Audition time!

If you've wanted to audition for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, now is your chance. We have open positions for:

• Principal Tuba
• Section Violin 1
• Section Violin 1 (1-year position)
• Section Viola (2 positions)
• Section Cello
• Section Bass (1-year position)
• Section Percussion
• Section Percussion (1-year position)

String auditions will be held on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, and woodwind, brass, and percussion auditions will be held on Thursday, September 2, 2021. For more information on how to send in your resume, visit www.springfieldmosymphony.org/auditions

06/02/2021

MSU Community...we have the HBO film available for viewing in our media collection at Meyer Library!

Through personal stories and archival news footage this film explores the controversy surrounding the 1989 production at Southwest Missouri State University

11/19/2020

We have some great new materials ready to check out at the music library!
SCORES
• Florence Price: Fantasie 1 and 2 for Violin and Piano; The Heart of a Woman for Med-High Voice
• Dora Pejačevič: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
• Nadia Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
BOOKS
• Les Paul in His Own Words
• Music Therapy in a Multicultural Context
• Artful Noise: Percussion Literature in the Twentieth Century

We also just finished processing a fantastic donation of music theater items from Michael Casey…lots of new books and librettos are on the shelves.

10/20/2020

JUST ARRIVED AT THE MUSIC LIBRARY!
From the Backstage list of “8 Must-Read Books to Prepare for Your Next Audition” (posted February 14, 2019), we now have Neil Rutherford’s 2012 publication Musical Theatre Auditions and Casting: A Performer’s Guide Viewed from Both Sides of the Audition Table.
It’s a quick and fun read…full of personal anecdotes from Rutherford and others in the industry.
The other seven books on the list are:
• Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Michael Shurtleff, 1980)
• Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide (Joanna Merlin, 2001)
• The Audition Book: Winning Strategies for Breaking into Theater, Film and Television (Ed Hooks, 2000)
• The Audition Bible: Secrets Every Actor Needs to Know (Holly Powell, 2014)
• How to Audition on Camera: A Hollywood Insider’s Guide (Sharon Bialy, 2016)
• Audition for Your Career, Not the Job (Tim Phillips and Stephanie Gunning, 2011)
• The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors (Karen Kohlhaas, 2000)

10/15/2020

This 11-minute film from Voice of America features Ozarks musician Alvie Dooms...AND it won a silver medal this past spring at the New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards (News Features/Human Interest category).

What a nice promo for Ozarks traditional music and Monday nights in McClurg, Missouri!

Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

04/17/2019

We proudly support the innovative work at the Missouri State University "All-Steinway" Music Department! Great things are happening in the performing arts in Springfield.