Tag Archives: Faculty of Music

PhD Presentations Day at the Faculty of Music

Posted on 3 June 2016 by hrs38

Last month, I attended an afternoon of presentations by some of our graduate PhD students in the Faculty of Music.  Working in the Pendlebury Library, we often see these students in and around the Faculty, but don’t often get the … Continue reading →

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What’s new at the Pendlebury?

Posted on 5 February 2016 by Kate

Now that we are well into the swing of Lent Term, I thought for this week’s post I would do a quick update on what’s new at the Pendlebury Library!

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Cambridge success at the British Composer Awards 2015

Posted on 8 January 2016 by hrs38

On Wednesday 9th December 2015, the British Composer Awards 2015 took place at the BFI Southbank, in a ceremony celebrating the art of contemporary music composition.  Here at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, we were delighted to see … Continue reading →

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Michaelmas term at the Pendlebury

Posted on 20 November 2015 by hrs38

We’re well through the first term here at the Pendlebury Library of Music, so now might be a good moment to catch up on some of the new things around.  There have been changes to both room use and services, … Continue reading →

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Meet… Anna Jenkin – Outreach Co-ordinator

Posted on 16 October 2015 by hrs38

The Music Faculty welcomes Anna Jenkin, who has taken up the newly-created post (September 2015) of Outreach Co-ordinator for the Faculty of Architecture & History of Art and the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge.  This is the … Continue reading →

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Ballets and bagpipes and audible birth?

Posted on 29 May 2015 by hrs38

What do lost ballets, trans-medial machines, sonic aspects of childbirth and an Argyll piper have in common? Answer:  They all feature in current PhD research topics at the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge.

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More on Pendlebury hidden collections

Posted on 20 March 2015 by rs797

Sometimes, when the Pendlebury Library is quiet and term has ended, I disappear from my workplace to reach the secret corners of the library, rooms accessible only to library staff. A door in the library annexe separates the accessible part … Continue reading →

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Pendlebury hidden collections

Posted on 6 March 2015 by AP

Over the past 25 years the focus of the Pendlebury Library has gradually but clearly shifted from being a research intensive library owning a collection of manuscripts, concert programmes and rare books, to a faculty library primarily supporting teaching. Although music manuscripts … Continue reading →

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The early days of Pendlebury borrowing

Posted on 13 February 2015 by AP

We are all very much aware that the library and information world is changing rapidly and that library use and expectations need to be evaluated constantly. Over the summer we traditionally look at statistics which help us a little to … Continue reading →

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So many bicycles: Tour de France and the Cambridge Cycle of Songs

Posted on 14 July 2014 by hrs38

On Monday 7th July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 3 started in Cambridge en route to London.  It was a gloriously sunny day, and members of the Faculty of Music were up bright and early to help with a … Continue reading →

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