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.

RCS Researcher Rachel Drury at the Two Moors Festival

Opera for Babies?  Why, Yes!

 RCS researcher Rachel Drury has been interviewed for the official Two Moors Festival Blog.  We spotted the blogposting and thought we'd share it with you here!

An Interval with Rachel Drury of BabyO

Rachel's doctoral research was on Kodaly music education, and she has also played saxophone in 'The Farmer's Cheese', a musical work for use with hearing impaired children.  See both her thesis and the music score here in the Whittaker Library (book details).

What goes around, comes around

Choral training: Whittaker and Kodaly

From Glasgow University website

Image from Classical.net

It's well-known that the Whittaker Library is named after one of our early Principals, William Gillies Whittaker.  (That explains the name of this blog, too: Whittaker Live.)

How nice to think that after all these years, Whittaker's editions of folk song sight singing books should again be requested for choral use.  Well done, Professor Whittaker!  (We've actually got a lot of his editions, not just in the choral collection.  Take a look here ...)

Whittaker's choral training books are being used alongside the better-known Zoltan Kodaly materials. 

• We've got a lot of Kodaly choral training materials, too!
• Books on the Kodaly method (as opposed to the choral training materials) : click here.
• British Kodaly Academy: http://www.britishkodalyacademy.org/
• http://www.kodaly-method.com/