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Noisy Library The Arts-Multimedia Center was a Department of Ellender Library at Nicholls State University. It is It still houses scores as well as audio and visual materials.

Arts-Multimedia was located on the third floor of Ellender Library at Nicholls State University. Until 30 June 2013, it will continue to house musical instruments and technology to help people in the Nicholls community learn how to read music, play new instruments, study music in its full context, and to incorporate musical instruments in teaching/instruction. The Center houses Western Art (includ

ing historical) and world music instruments. FREE workshops, concerts, lectures, and other learning opportunities have been provided throughout the year. Materials in the Space are funded by a Louisiana Board of Regents'-Enhancement University Grant plus an Institutional Technology Match. Materials (for example, DVDs and models) are being moved downstairs to purposely have a negative impact on departmental statistics.

01/30/2013

"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about."

11/09/2012

Though the Space for the Teaching/Learning Music still exists on the 3rd floor, there have been plans to "disband" the Multimedia Department. Final pictures of students using the Center will be posted soon. This page will continue to exist, but the name of the page and its purpose will change soon. The arts need to continue to have successful advocacy at Nicholls. The instruments, as you will see in the upcoming pictures, were much more than "paperweights," as described by certain powers that be.

THE ADVENTURES OF “FRED.”Reference librarians Melissa Goldsmith and Tony Fonseca sing a song and play music with “Fred” ...
10/20/2012

THE ADVENTURES OF “FRED.”

Reference librarians Melissa Goldsmith and Tony Fonseca sing a song and play music with “Fred” the skeleton and “Monkey Boo Boo” Friday morning in Ellender Memorial Library in Thibodaux.

Magnetic music boards and a variety of instruments available for students to use in the Arts-Multimedia Center at Nicholls State University. Check it out.

“Fred” also is available for students to check out for two-hour time periods.

Students come by regularly to play piano, learn to read music, or play other instruments at the center. This student, wh...
10/02/2012

Students come by regularly to play piano, learn to read music, or play other instruments at the center. This student, who was taking a study break, asked questions about reading music.

Another view of our dhol. Sydney Shaw Photography.
10/02/2012

Another view of our dhol. Sydney Shaw Photography.

Our other instrument from India (more specifically the Punjab region from North India and Pakistan) is a dhol. Ours has ...
10/02/2012

Our other instrument from India (more specifically the Punjab region from North India and Pakistan) is a dhol. Ours has goat skin heads and is very colorful! These are the drumsticks to be used with the instrument. A more secure strap is certainly needed, since the one it came with is also part of the instrument's decoration. If you scratch and sniff at your computer monitors long enough, you can smell the goat. Photo credit: Sydney Shaw Photography.

As mentioned earlier, the tabla set has 16-bolt tuning. Here is a side view. Photo credit: Sydney Shaw Photography.
10/02/2012

As mentioned earlier, the tabla set has 16-bolt tuning. Here is a side view. Photo credit: Sydney Shaw Photography.

This is our tabla set in its case. We tie the covers on both drums to protect their drumming surfaces. Notice, too, the ...
10/02/2012

This is our tabla set in its case. We tie the covers on both drums to protect their drumming surfaces. Notice, too, the two cushions are placed with the tabla in the case. Photo credit: Sydney Shaw Photography.

This photograph shows the drumming surfaces of the tabla. Thanks to Sydney Shaw Photography. The middle of the drum, whi...
10/02/2012

This photograph shows the drumming surfaces of the tabla. Thanks to Sydney Shaw Photography. The middle of the drum, which is black, is made from crushed train rails that have been burned (where the dark color comes from).

Here is a student exploring our tabla set. The drum on his right is the tabla. The one on his left is a brass bayan. Our...
10/01/2012

Here is a student exploring our tabla set. The drum on his right is the tabla. The one on his left is a brass bayan. Our set has 16-bolt tuning. He is sitting near the computers, so he can play along or watch lessons on YouTube. Here he is just playing on his own.

To Be Continued . . .
09/27/2012

To Be Continued . . .

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