Performing Arts and Music blog

Sunderland Year of Music is here! 365 days of music covering a really wide range of genres - make the most of this focus on music!

This is a great opportunity to celebrate the breadth of resources in the library celebrating music which support your studies and research.

Here are a few highlights to whet your appetite:

• Explore Box of Broadcasts to watch TV programmes and listen to radio show about your favourite musicians.
• Check out the Performance Library subject guide which pulls together key library resources for performing arts and music.
• Many books covering a wealth of subjects including:
  • The Cambridge companion to rhythm edited by Ryan McClelland and Russell Hartenberger (2023)
  • Music: Why it matters by Nicholas Cook (2023)
  • Music composition in the 21st century: a practical guide for the new common practice by Carl Robert (2020).
  • Queer approaches in musical theatre by Ryan Donovan (2023).
  • Sweet dreams are made of this: A life of music by Dave Stewart (2016).

Hop onto our Library Search to discover more!

We run a range of study skills events to help you complete your assignments and support your research. Keep an eye out throughout the year on our events page to keep up to date with the Masterclass workshops on offer.