The Trump-et Shall Sound (Purely for the Trumpeters)

We shared all those international competitions, but they seemed rather light on brass. So - here are some trumpet competitions.  Enjoy - and good luck!

https://www.musicalchairs.info/trumpet/competitions

Courses and Competitions for Musicians

Although the Whittaker Library doesn't actively collect details of courses and competitions, at this time of year flyers seem to wing their way to us like homing pigeons.  Yesterday was a record - four flyers in one afternoon!  What can we do but share them with our friends?

Conducting, Piano, Organ, Strings, Wind, Vocal, Chamber ...!

• English Choral Experience: ECO Conducting Course, July 22-30, 2017, Herefordshire http://www.englishchoralexperience.co.uk/ (hurry, deadline for applications is 13 March!)
• Allegro Vivo Summer Academy 2017, northern Austria, 5 August - 3 September (master and youth courses, strings, piano, vocal, winds, chamber music, concerts and prizewinner concerts) https://www.allegro-vivo.at/en/ 
• Pianale Piano Academy, Germany, August 13-30 (International Academy and Competition) www.pianale.com
• 23rd Annual Leos Janacek International Competition in Brno (Czech Republic), September 14-21 (Organ and Piano) http://hfenglish.jamu.cz/leos-janacek-international-competition/

Burns Night? We Have Just One Thing to Say ...

http://tinyurl.com/BurnsSongs

(It's where you'll find all the Robert Burns materials in our catalogue!  Have a nice evening.)

Books For the Teachers

Student Teachers, Look!

Our PGCert/ Masters in Education courses are done by distance-learning.  We get e-books where possible, but sometimes they're only available as paperbacks.  If anyone's going to be in Glasgow in the near future, we've just catalogued some brand new paperbacks, (practically) hot off the press.

Did you know, the homepage of our catalogue has a link to our latest books:- click the link at the bottom of the pink square:- https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/rcs/

• Catmull, Edwin, Creativity, Inc: overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration (2014)
• Cron, Lisa, Wired for story: the writer’s guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence (2012)
• Duarte, Nancy, Resonate: present visual stories that transform audiences (2010)
• Gilbert, Elizabeth, Big magic: creative living beyond fear (2015)
• Griffith, Andy, Engaging Learners (2012)
• Griffith, Andy, Teaching Backwards (2014)

Introduction to Music Psychology? We can help with that ...

Soothing Thoughts from the Library 

Students following the Introduction to Music Psychology option have to do a presentation later this month.  The Whittaker Liibrary can help find resources to get that presentation all polished and ready to go.

Music Psychology Books

If you need books on Music Psychology – we have materials in print and electronic format.   (Check “Refine your Search” down the left side of the screen) https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/rcs/items?query=music+psychology

Electronic Resources for Home and Away

Need more?  Or need online material to use from home?

• Click the e-books link and try Sage publications. There’s an online encyclopedia with lots of good stuff – Music in the Social and Behavioural Sciences. 
• Try our e-journals.Springer Journals are good for music psychology topics.

How to Access E-Resources

• Students and staff need "institutional access" to use these resources (Look for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the list, then use your normal RCS login) 
• Lastly - when searching, look out for boxes to check for “only items I have access to”, to avoid retrieving things that we don’t subscribe to!

Deadlines? Library Help is at Hand ...

Kodaly Musicianship Assignment?

A little bird told us there's a written assignment coming up, and a practical exam shortly after that.  Here are some quick suggestions from the Whittaker library! Please don’t hesitate to contact us if we can offer any other help.

• Kodaly books (we have plenty in stock, including an e-book!) 
• Kodaly printed music (lots of that in the library, too.)
• Kodaly choral material - you'll need to ask at the desk 
• Books about Kodaly 

You might like to spread your wings a bit and try our e-journals

• Remember – when asked to login, please choose Institutional Access 
• When searching, tick the box “only items I have access to”, to avoid retrieving things that we don’t subscribe to.

Dance Competition, Barcelona

Call for Entries! Barcelona Dance Award

13 to 17 April 2017

We've been notified of an award which may interest our dancers. Further information is supplied by the organisers, as follows:-

Competition for Dance-Schools and Groups.

Call for Everybody to dance in the amazing culture capital of Europe - inviting participants, directors, choreographers, dancers, performing arts educators, teachers, arts managers and dance-theatre lovers. Everyone can participate, any division and any level are welcome. All info on: http://barcelonadance.org/  
4 days of Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Hip Hop and each other kind of choreo art, Dance Team Showcases and International performances competitions. 

Venues

By participating in our events you will perform in theatres specializing in dance productions, with all the prerequisites for your artistic success.  All theatres have spacious dressing rooms with mirrors,practice rooms and warming up spaces before the performances with dance-bars.

On the acting area there will be professional light and audio systems, support technicians and qualified personnel, curtains, dance carpet, wings, black box, cyclorama backdrops and large spaces for your performances, this is the right ways to improve the professional choreographicc arts!

Dance area specifications:

Stage totally flat;
dimensions =13 m (width) x 11 m (depth);
4 wings per side;
backstage passage side to side;
both stage sides (right and left) can be used to get in and out.

 All web info on: http://barcelonadance.org/  This is a huge opportunity for dancers, teachers, and parents to find out how to participate.  Mail the office, space is limited, so Directors should act right away.  If interested, email: barcelonadanceaward@katamail.com

Whitaker Library Trial of Medici TV

We currently have a trial of Medici TV for all of our staff and students.

Medici is a streaming service that covers concerts and archived historical concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, artist portraits, educational programs and master classes. There is so much to get your teeth into!

The events that are broadcast live are from venues such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Verbier Festival and Salzburger Festspiele.

You can access this resource at the RCS as well as at home and it is available on all digital devices including tablets and smartphones (iOS and Android).

The trial ends on the 6^th of February so please make the most of it and let the Whittaker Library know what you think!

The Library Discovery Layer: Improvements Ahead

90 Years in the Library

Wikipedia picture

Whittaker Library catalogue today

Rather to our surprise, casual conversation revealed the fact that by 2018, three of the library staff will each have been here for thirty years.  Heavens!  We've amassed a wealth of expertise, and seen the library change from using a card catalogue (imagine!) through several online systems, to the present library catalogue. 

Material for your Learning and Teaching

We're looking forward to a new library management system later this year.  It's a system already in use at the University of the Arts London.  We can't wait!  Of course, ours will be branded and designed for RCS Whittaker Library, but the underlying structure will work like the University of the Arts London catalogue.

What's a Discovery Layer?

In technical terms, we're getting a discovery layer.  So what will change?  At the moment, you either check the catalogue or you check our e-resources pages.  By the summer, you'll be able to look for online material via the library catalogue, just like you look for physical, hard-copy books, music and audiovisual content.  (Look at the UAL catalogue - they have two buttons, one for library materials and the other for database content via Articles Plus.)  

The Right Stuff, whatever the Format

We hope this will revolutionise information searching at the Conservatoire, because you'll find the right stuff for your studies, regardless of whether it's digital or sitting on a shelf.

It's not so long since we were asked, 'Where do you keep your electronic resources?' (Well, they're online ... )  But when we get our new system, the answer will hopefully be, 'Just click here ... '

Historic Dance: Quadrilles in Edinburgh

Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band

RCS tutor promotes concert and workshop

 Talitha Mackenzie is promoting a concert and dance workshop as part of a Bicentennial Celebration to honour Nathaniel Gow’s introduction of Quadrilles to Edinburgh.  The events are on 20th and 21st January 2017:-

• Concert: Friday 7.30 pm
• Quadrille Dance Workshop: Saturday 2.00-5.00pm

Edinburgh Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms Ballroom, 54 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2LR

• Concert Ticket now New Year Sale price £10!
• Workshop Ticket £15/£12 
• Combination Ticket now £20!

 “This is a brilliant and worthy project that is of great importance to our nation’s history of dance.”- Stuart Marsden.

Nathaniel Gow Dance Band - a stellar line-up of performers

Aaron McGregor Violin ~ Alison McGillivray Cello
Callum Armstrong Scottish Smallpipes, Recorder ~ Marie Fielding Violin
Featuring Simon Chadwick 18th century Clàrsach and Les Danses Antiques
led by Alena Shmakova, performing French Quadrilles and Scottish Country Dances

For more information: https://www.sonasmultimedia.co.uk or phone 0131 447 0091