Blayne's Skulltistic Halloween Art!

There is a competition in the UNCG University Libraries for Halloween. The talented Blayne Ziegenfuss agreed to represent the HSML this year and here is the awesomeness that he created!!!  THANKS, Blayne! (and note the lovely Halloween decorations by Eric Langer - thanks, Eric!)

I had to see it against the orange wall...pretty cool, yes?

Blayne created the piano for a previous HSML exhibit last summer and repurposed it most excellently:

The artist with his creation:

And the ever favorite aerial view:

Haydn Seek! Help us solve a mystery!

Thank you to Stacey Krim for creating a cool exhibit in the HSML. Here is my attempt to bloggize (bloggify?) it. Read on...

UNCG Libraries catalogs and provides worldwide access to the archival musical score collections of many world-class musicians. Thousands upon thousands of manuscript and annotated scores pass through our hands. Yet, there are a few enigmatic pieces that continue to taunt us. Tragically, these cryptic concertos and dreadful duos will be nearly inaccessible to researchers until they can be fully described for our catalog and finding aids.

We admit defeat and humbly ask for your help in identifying these hidden scores in our collections. We will place a copy of the mystery piece in the Harold Schiffman Music Library display case, along with what we know about the material. If you think you have the answer, contact Stacey Krim at Special Collection and University Archives (srkrim@uncg.edu) with the information. If the answer you have provided is verifiable, in addition to up holding the honor of music researchers, we will credit you in our Library catalog as the identifier or the piece.  

And here are some photos from the exhibit: 

Here is the whole shebang:

Here is the info on this case:

Here is the music:

Title Page:

So, if you have any information that could lead to an identification, please do not hesitate to contact Stacey Krim at srkrim@uncg.edu - THANKS!

Continuing to Appreciate our Student Employees with Silliness

Because "silliness is very important" and a great part of celebrating, we created a display using the photos from our last post of each of our wonderful student employees. With some help from Gianna, Eric and Whitney, MK made a display in the Harold Schiffman Music Library depicting one of the realities of working in a branch library: We Appreciate That HSMLers Wear Many Hats.   See below:

[Sorry about some of the funny angles - I was trying to avoid glare from the lights - but, hey, they kind of add to the silliness, right?]

Here are just a few of the various hats they wear:

The Display in the HSML

Evan

Brent

Gianna

Eric

Emma

Jessica

Richard

April

JP

Alaina

Malik

Blayne

Shekeina

Jasmine

David

Lauren

Our Wonderful HSML Student Employees!!!

We would never be able to do all that we do without the hard work of our student employees.  And this week we celebrate their wonderfulness in a variety of ways.  We want them to understand our deep  gratitude for their presence in our libraries and on this campus. Hopefully this blog and the display you can come see in the HSML (with enhancements - oooh la la!) will help to communicate our appreciation.

THANK YOU!!!

Here they are, the people who contribute to the Harold Schiffman Music Library by being here and being great!

Malik:

Brent:

Gianna:

Whitney:

Shekeina:

David:

Emma:

Jasmine:

Alaina:

Eric:

Richard:

Jessica:

Evan:

April:

Lauren:

JP:

Blayne:

Thank you all you totally ROCK! We so could not do this without y'all!!!