Southern Alberta Music Performance Library  

Now open!

Visual & Performing Arts (VP Arts)
TFDL 3rd floor

• Main service desk for the SAMPL: Southern Alberta Music Performance Library
• SAMPL service hours are the same as those of Visual & Performing Arts Hours however a more basic level of service is offered weekends and evenings.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

We gratefully acknowledge the generous donation from The Calgary Foundation that has helped make this project possible.

Music LibGuide

• To learn about other music collections and services available in Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary

SAMPL: Southern Alberta Music Performance Library service launched!   
We welcome your participation!

 The Collections:

The University of Calgary Department of Music  is generously sharing their performance collection of over 4,000 choral, jazz and wind ensemble, and orchestral music works to form the basis of the lending library. To further develop the collection, SAMPL will accept donations of performance music for sharing from other performing and educational institutions and/or individuals.

Reference scores and choral octavos are available for review in Visual & Performing Arts during regular hours.

 Access:

1,500 of the jazz and wind ensemble and choral works in the Department of Music's performance library are currently being catalogued on the University of Calgary Library Catalogue at http://library.ucalgary.ca or use search box above.  See What's in the SAMPL Collection tab above for details on searching for music in this collection. 

NOTE: 

• See Circulation Policies tab above for details on obtaining a SAMPL borrower's card.
• Non-UofC performing groups may borrow music in this collection that has already been catalogued on the Library Catalogue.
• University of Calgary choir, jazz and wind ensemble, and orchestra directors may continue to access the entire collection however please request in advance to allow for cataloguing prior to borrowing.
• An index to the base SAMPL collection has been  posted as an Excel file under the What's in the SAMPL Collection tab above until Library Catalogue records are available for the entire collection.

 About the SAMPL service model:

The SAMPL service model was developed collaboratively with representatives from community music ensembles and educational institutions in the Calgary area.  See composition of Steering Committee under Mission/Background.  

The SAMPL service is hosted, coordinated and managed by Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary, in partnership with the Department of Music, University of Calgary, with pilot project funding from The Calgary Foundation Community Grants Program.

Donations of music scores and parts suitable for performing ensembles (choirs, orchestras, bands...) and, of course, monetary donations are welcome!

Donated material must be in good condition.

For further information, contact Marilyn Nasserden, Chair, SAMPL Steering Committee, (403) 220-5324.