Tag Archives: work experience

Concerts, tea, and Postman Pat

Posted on 17 March 2017 by hrs38

I started my work placement at the Pendlebury Library of Music on Monday 6th March, coming from Witchford Village College. I was quite excited to find out about the library and what sort of tasks I would be set as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Digital scanning, picnics, creating displays, tours and sample lectures: Work Experience Students 2016

Posted on 22 July 2016 by hrs38

These past two weeks, the Pendlebury Library of Music has once again played host to some Year 10 work experience students who are studying at local schools.  Here’s a taste of what they got up to…

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Moving Images

Posted on 28 June 2013 by Clemens Gresser

Near the end of our annual Shelf Check Week (this year 24th to 28th June) at the Pendlebury Library, we wanted to share with you the changes we have made in the library. The following paragraphs already give you a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Autumn maintenance: weeding the open shelves

Posted on 12 October 2012 by hb281

For the past fortnight, Flora has joined us at the Pendlebury on a work experience placement from a local school.  She has been helping out with a project to relocate older material within the Library.  Happily, her enthusiasm hasn’t been … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Highlights from 2011-2012

Posted on 17 August 2012 by AP

This year was the second full year of the music pilot project. One of the things I now do every August is sit down and write not one, but two annual reports and it is quite interesting to see how … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Work experience at the Pendlebury Library

Posted on 20 July 2012 by hrs38

At this time of year, the Pendlebury Library plays host to work experience students, most of whom have been 15 year old pupils from local schools. This is the third year that the library has taken students, sometimes coming to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Dresdner Kreuzchor

Posted on 2 March 2012 by musicb3

Whenever I hear the Choral Evensongs in Kings College Chapel or Trinity College Chapel, I am reminded of the choirs in my hometown Dresden (Germany). In both cities are old traditions of choir music and a high quality of sound. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Work experience at the Pendlebury – their story/our story

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Clemens Gresser

This is the second year that we have had Year 10 students from local schools for work experience at the Pendlebury Library. Catherine and Tom spent two busy weeks at the Faculty of Music: one part of their time they … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Music Library Work – a Swiss perspective

Posted on 28 June 2011 by musicb3

My name is Federica Rusconi Castellani and I have spent four month at the Pendlebury Library of Music, working part-time on a project. In this blog post I’m sharing my impression of the work experience here. I come from Switzerland … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment