Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Blog Artist Awards

We've just been informed about a great opportunity for artists, practitioners, students and freelance performance makers. Have you come across TDPT? (It stands for Theatre, Dance and Performance Training.) There's a TDPT Journal, and a TDPT Blog, but now it gets even better - there are TDPT Blog Awards too. We'll let the TDPT team tell you all about it: read on!
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http://theatredanceperformancetraining.org/

The TDPT blog was launched last year to encourage a growing community of artists, academics, practitioners and researchers to share practice and debate issues that are currently alive within the disciplines of theatre, dance and performance training. In November to mark the one year anniversary of the launch of the site we will be launching a series of blog posts supported by the new TDPT Blog Artist Awards.

One of our aims was to engage a new audience for the TDPT journal while also creating an online space that encourages spontaneous and productive conversation and debate. We are grateful to everyone who has posted their work on the site to date and we are looking to further grow our network of artists, researchers and performance-makers. The blog currently has around 1000 visitors a month from around the world.

There's Cash!

We are keen to encourage artists, practitioners, students and freelance performance-makers to engage with the blog and are launching the TDPT Blog Artist Awards which aim to facilitate those not in full-time employment and students to be able to contribute to the site and the community. We have small pots of money (£50-150) to support artists who pitch an idea for a contribution to the site, either audio-visual, text-based or audio that disseminates an area of performer training that may be of interest to the wider community.

But You Have to Apply!

To apply, please write a short proposal (no more than 300 words) outlining your suggested submission, format and any media you intend to use. You should also include in your statement how you intend to disseminate your post to your networks and help build new audiences for the blog. Please email proposals to the blog editors:-

• Laura Bissell l.bissell@rcs.ac.uk, 
• Maria Kapsali M.Kapsali@leeds.ac.uk
• Bryan Brown B.Brown@exeter.ac.uk.

Streaming Classical Audio? Supercharge Your Classical Music Library Skills

The Whittaker Library subscribes to two of the top music streaming services for classical music - Music Online: Classical Music Library (produced by Alexander Street Press), and the Naxos Music Library.  They're a bit like Spotify, but our registered staff and students don't have to pay a subscription, and there are no adverts!  Add to that the useful background information about the music, and you've got a very useful resource.

Here are some useful podcasts about Music Online: Classical Music Library

• Using the Audio Player YouTube podcast, by Alexander Street Press
• Searching for material in music and the performing arts YouTube podcast, by Alexander Street Press
• Creating custom playlists YouTube podcast, by Alexander Street Press
• Tutorials on YouTube by Alexander Street Press

Now try a search for yourself - go to Music Online: Classical Music Library .  In the search box at the top, type Holst Planets, and hit return. Click on the first item.  See what kind of information appears down the white, left-hand panel.  Note that when you hover your mouse over the Planets title hyperlink, you get further factual info about when the piece was written etc, but you don't get a full programme note.

Training for Music Library Staff

We're putting together a useful collection of quick training links so that we can all familiarise ourselves with the best of our electronic resources.  The collection will be on the Library pages of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Mahara site, so all staff and students in the RCS community can access them.

Here's a preview of the first:- British Library Sounds

British Library Sounds is a collection of archival sound recordings.  Case-studies offer quick podcasts about different aspects of the collection.  Try Emily Worthington, a music researcher, or Paul Long on jazz. Other podcasts desribe working on accents and dialects.  Click here then choose an enthusiast!

Example of recent query: Enquirer wanted to know about an early record label.  British Library Sounds had several podcasts by an expert in recording history.

FYI: Podcast of a visit to the British LIbrary Sound Archive

Finding Stuff (without a crystal ball)

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - 1st year Musicians

 

“Digital library: Electronic Stuff” for musicians (Monday 22 October, 2 pm)

Following on from her session on 'Finding Stuff' in the library catalogue, Music and Academic Services Librarian Karen McAulay meets 1st year musicians in the Stevenson Hall again at 2 pm, Monday 22nd October.  Moving on from print, paper and plastic, this session considers electronic library material.