What’s New at Schaffer Library

Alexander Street’s First Annual Online Jazz Music Festival is Coming Soon! Tuesday, May 12 through Thursday, May 14 for:

* Free access to Alexander Street’s new online collection, Jazz Music Library, featuring more than 3,800 jazz artists and more than 18,000 jazz audio tracks in streaming audio

• Free music downloads
• Jazz videos from Concord Jazz
• Quizzes that test your jazz knowledge
• Links to teaching tools for jazz instructors

Check out the juried playlist contest to win CDs, flip videos, and a one-year subscription to Jazz Music Library for the library of your choice.

Labels in Jazz Music Library include—Verve, GRP Records, Impulse, Jazzology Records, American Music Records, G.H.B. Records, Black Swan Records, Solo Art Records, Circle Records, Paramount, Concord Records, Concord Picante, Concord Jazz, Fantasy Jazz, Contemporary Records, Good Time Jazz, Milestone Records, Monterey Jazz Festival Records, Original Jazz Classics, Pablo Records, Peak Records, Prestige Records, Riverside Records, Stretch Records, and more.

Looking for some entertainment for your iPhone or iPod Touch? - read this review of 10 free music games from Mashable:

Music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become wildly popular, so it only makes sense that similar games are being created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both devices have a plethora of gaming apps, but only a handful of those are free and based around music. Here are 10 - perfect for long hours stuck in airports, commuter trains, and so on.

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Free Download: Mozart’s Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K. 375

Of the three substantial wind serenades composed in Mozart’s early years in Vienna, K. 375 is probably the earliest, dating from October 1781. Originally scored for pairs of clarinets, bassoons, and horns, a revision of July 1782 added oboes to bring the instrumentation in line with the standard ‘harmonie’ ensemble.

This recording is performed by the Ensemble á Vent Français Bordeaux Aquitaine, Michel Arrignon, conductor.

Download this work now through December 22nd, 2008.

Free Download: Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

For Berlioz, success in opera was the surest route to financial reward and artistic reputation. Berlioz embarked on a search for a suitable subject, finally settling on Benvenuto Cellini’s memoirs. Initially cast for the Opera-Comique in 1834, Berlioz elevated the tone of the work and offered it to the Paris Opera.

This recording is performed by the Orchestre national de Montpellier, Lionel Arnaud, conductor.

Download this work now through December 8th, 2008.