The Performance Collection is located in Room E016, in the lower level of the Music Library.

Hours

Regular hours (September to April) are Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm.

Summer hours as posted.

Simple search tips

In the library catalogue, enter your search term(s) in the search box. Keep the option to search "Everything" and select "Music Library" to get the best results. Including the term "pecoll" in your search will limit results to just the materials in the Performance Collection.

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If you wish to search in any of the sub-collections of the Performance Collection, you can augment the "pecoll" search term as follows:

Choral music is "PECOLL-CC"

Concert band is "PECOLL-CB"

Jazz is "PECOLL-JZ"

Music education is "PECOLL-ME"

Orchestral collection is "PECOLL-OC"

On the search results page, each item has a simple description, including its title, author or composer, publisher, location ("Music Library Performance Collection"), and call number/accession number (e.g., "PECOLL-OC-0541").

On the search result page, there is a simple description (title, author, publisher) for each item and below that is the location and call number.

screenshot of library catalogue search bar

You can further refine these results using the search filters. For example, by subject, publication date, or language.

There are a number of effective ways to search the catalogue for items in this collection, so feel free to experiment. Please contact the music library or Karen Wiseman if you have any questions, or would like some assistance.

Also available in the Music Library

For single copies of choral works, search the UTL catalogue and the Sheet Music collection.
For individual orchestral parts, consult The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library (M1000 .O65).

Free sources of music in the public domain

Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

Band Music PDF library

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