General resources
Schedule time in available rooms in the Music Building and Smith Memorial Hall.
Information on building use, and access to keys and instruments.
Submit an announcement or view past posts.
Building Emergency Evacuation Plans (BEAP)
Research Resources
The University of Illinois has an extensive array of offerings for the scholar and researcher.
Located within the Music Building, the Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL) is a fully staffed library that serves the specific needs of the School of Music, the Department of Dance and the Department of Theater. It is part of the University Library system at the University of Illinois, one of the largest university library systems in the world.
Located on the second floor of the A.A. Harding Band Building, the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music contains many resources that are made available to researchers in American Music. Of particular interest is the extensive collection of Sousa documents, scores and other artifacts.
Of particular interest to musicologists are the Renaissance Archives, the Hymn Tune Index, and the Ethnomusicology Archive.
The Bulletin is a peer-reviewed journal that contains research, and reviews of books of interest to the international music education profession. It provides an outlet for scholarly publication and is one of music education’s leading publications.
ISYM Library
The Illinois Summer Youth Music library contains over 6000 titles, including extensive collections of choral, band and orchestral literature. Selections used by the ensembles at Illinois Summer Youth Music are often drawn from this library. This library also includes many chamber music selections appropriate for junior and senior high level players.
ISYM Band Collection
ISYM Choral Collection
ISYM Orchestra Collection
Choral / Orchestral Library
The performing edition libraries of the School of Music Orchestra and Choral Areas. Materials are non-circulating, but may be made available for study by appointment. The School of Music maintains an internal, non-circulating library of masterworks for choral and orchestral ensembles.