RNCM Library

We've got a brand new binding machine! This one is quieter, easier to manipulate and more versatile. Swipe for some instructions on how to use it 😊

As we're sure some of you have noticed, we have a new member of the Library team!!!
Amanda is a horn player and music librarian originally from Colorado, USA. She received degrees in Horn Performance from St. Olaf College in Minnesota (pictured: Amanda's senior recital) and Temple University in Philadelphia. Recently, she moved to the UK to pursue a Masters in Musicology at the University of Glasgow. She has worked with a variety of orchestras and nonprofits and is thrilled to be in Manchester now with the RNCM! Outside of music, Amanda enjoys hiking, thrifting, mountain biking (pictured: Slickrock in Utah), snowboarding, crafting, and traveling.
We're so excited for Amanda to be joining us as a Library Assistant, working on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays - though not for the next two weeks as she will be busy performing at a music festival in the Orkney Islands. Come and say hi when she gets back!

The results of the Library survey are in and we're super chuffed with the results - 99.5% of respondents said we were excellent/good!! Here are some of our favourite comments 🥰
We also received some really useful suggestions for things we could improve. We will do our best to act on these, or to explain to you why we can't at the moment.
As always, thank you so much for doing what you do - we are proud to be
Your Library team 💜

📢 For final year UGs and PGs, all Library items will be due on Friday 26th June, and any debts should be settled before Friday 3rd July to ensure that you will graduate.
📚 You should start gathering any items you have on loan now to check you still have them all.
🤔 If you're not sure what's on your account, come and ask us and we can let you know.
🔎 If you have lost an item of ours, don't worry! Just come and let us know so we can charge you the right amount for a replacement.
💷 If you owe us money you can't graduate so get looking and returning!!

This does not include continuing or Master's students.

Lots of love,
Your Library team xx

New colourful display just dropped!!! This one features musicals through the ages (which all seem to have gorgeous covers) - come and check it out!
Lots of love,
Your Library team xx

Message from the bees 📢
The Library will be closed this Monday for the bank holiday! Open today, tomorrow, Saturday and Tuesday as normal 🥰🐝

Lost anything recently? 📚🎶🧸
As the end of the year approaches, Tonya has collected our lost property and put it on the big table at the bottom of the Library. We would love to reunite some owners with their things - do check if any of it is yours! Anything remaining at the end of term will be added to stock, donated, or thrown away.
Lots of love,
Your Library team xx

BREAKING NEWS (this time for real) 😮🤯
A new piece by RVW has just been discovered!! A manuscript has been found by archivist Elaine Andrews, in the archives of Morley College in London, and has been verified by the Vaughan Williams Foundation. "Before the Mirror" is a setting of a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne (poshest name ever). The piece is set to be recorded in June, so you will be able to hear it!
If you're interested, you can read more (and hear an extract of the song) here: https://theviolinchannel.com/previously-unknown-vaughan-williams-piece-found-in-london/?utm_source=vc-newsletter&utm_medium=email

Have you seen the latest display in the RNCM foyer? It features the work of the incredible as well as items from the Thomas Pitfield Archive which is held here at the RNCM.
Venture Arts is an award-winning visual arts organisation working with learning disabled artists. They work with venues and artists to provide unique experiences, skills and knowledge. One of these placements involved working alongside our very own Archivist Heather with material from the Thomas Pitfield Archive to create this colourful, exuberant exhibition.

Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999) was a fascinating Bolton-born creator. The archive shows his work as a musician, composer, calligrapher, artist, poet, inventor, husband, friend, student and teacher.
After exploring themes, colours, media and identities, Venture Arts settled on approaching the curation via what emotions the collection inspired in the artists.
Artists Helena Bradley and Joanne Robinson, and everyone at Venture Arts, invite you now to explore the Thomas Pitfield Archive through feelings of happiness, calm, interest and discovery.

The Library will be closed this Bank Holiday Monday (4th May). We'll be open as normal on Tuesday. We hope you enjoy the sunshine!!
(Image: said sunshine making its way into the Library ☀️🌸)