Library News
Spring 2009
Library to host American Chamber Trio
A free concert by the American Chamber Trio will be performed on Sunday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Christopher Center. The Trio, VU's Chamber Ensemble in Residence, will perform works from Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Stephen Foster as part of the Valparaiso University's 150th Anniversary Celebration. The works have been chosen because they might have been heard in 1859 in a chamber music setting.
The Trio members include June DeForest, Daniel Morganstern, and Nicole Lee. Ms. DeForest has served as Concertmaster for the Joffrey Ballet and the Canadian Opera. She has served as the Drushel Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music and the College of Wooster and is currently on the faculty of Valparaiso University.
Mr. Morganstern has been praised as a 'first-rate cellist' in the New York Times and has plaed at Carnegie Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City. He has served as Principal Cellist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the American Ballet Theatre at New York's Metropolitan Opera House for over thirty years.
Playing with the Trio, Ms. Lee has performed as soloist at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Sarasota Opera House, and with several symphony orchestrats including the Vancouver Symphany Orchestra, the Florida West Coast Symphany Orchestra and the New Westminster Symphony.
The Trio will also premier an arrangement by William Ryden of Stephan Foster songs commissioned for this concert. William Ryden, in addition to his work as composer, arranger, conductor and performer, he is the editorial director for Bourne Co./International Music Company. He received his training at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago; the Mannes College of Music, New York; and in private study with the late Hungarian maestro, Tibor Serly. Mr. Ryden's work covers the full spectrum of vocal, choral, solo, chamber and orchestral music.
The Trio will be playing Brahms's Trio in B Major, Op. 8. As Karl Geiringer says in Brahms: His Life and Work, this is an early example of his chamber music which exhibits "youthful freshness and tenderness of conception." Mendelssohn's Trio in D minor, Op. 49, which is one of his most successful chamber works, will also be performed.
Library Award for Undergraduate Research
Stay tuned to find out the recipient of this year's Library Award winner! Be sure to attend the VU Authors Reception, Thursday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the Christopher Center Community Room for the announcement.
The Library's Award for Undergraduate Research winner for 2008 is Kiersten Camp. Kiersten's winning essay may be viewed by clicking here. Congratulations to Kiersten and all of the participants of our first annual award.
VU Authors Reception
Please join Library Services at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 16 in the Christopher Center Community Room as we honor VU Authors for books published in 2008. Visit our VU Authors page to see the honorees for this and previous years or to submit your book project for entry.
Events & Exhibits
Be sure to visit our Events & Exhibits Calendar to see all of the wonderful art exhibits that take place all over the Christopher Center. Most exhibits will be in the Hall that connects the Christopher Center and the Union.
Library Blog Created for Your Information
Be sure to keep current with the latest from Library Services by visiting our blog, Spotlight. Suggestions and questions from Ask Us! will be answered here.
Galileo Toolbar Download
If you use Mozilla Firefox, you'll want to take advantage of our new toolbar utility. If you want to be able to easily search our catalog without going into our catalog, go to this page: http://www.valpo.edu/library/plugin.html and click on the download link, and then you will be set. It's that easy!
Hey VU! Whatcha Reading?
Visit our READ poster site to see what students are reading these days. Each week we will add new posters of students who are involved in campus life. Want to get your organization recognized? Contact Becky Byrum or call x5771.
New features makes JournaLocator even more easy to use! JournaLocator, a database of current journal / periodical subscriptions owned by VU, has just recently received a search feature of its own. Once you know the title of the journal you need, an easy search in JournaLocator will display results indicating whether we own it in print or microform (Christopher Center Print Holdings) or through a database (display of database name with link). Your results reflect print, microform, and online journals within databases. For more step-by-step information, check out the Accessing Journals & Periodicals user guide.
Database Trials
Our current database trials are available here.
New Titles
Christopher Center's New Titles lists are available online.