Educational Resources for Music Performance/Ensemble Librarianship

Public Resources

Please visit our public resources page which contains tutorials, how-to guides, and other helpful information for those new to the profession, or for librarians in non-MOLA orchestras - PUBLIC RESOURCES

Resources of Underrepresented Composers

Composer Diversity Collective
Composers Equity Project - Database compiled by Chamber Music America
Institute for Composer Diversity
Underrepresented Composers/Compositions Database [Anna Edwards] - including female composers, composers of color, or composers that are underrepresented on the concert stage
Repertoire Lists of Underrepresented Composers[Delvyn Case]
ADORE Project Accessible Diverse Orchestral Repertoire Equity Project
African American Art Song Alliance
African Diaspora Music Project
AfriClassical - African Heritage in Classical Music
Celebrating Varied Voices - Theodore Presser Company's catalog of works by composers from underrepresented groups
Music by Black Composers
The Spirituals Database
Works by Composers of African Descent - The Edwin A. Fleisher Collection
Composers from the African Diaspora - Wise Music Classical
Native American Composers[Newmusic USA]
North American Indigenous Music Resources
Latin American Orchestral Works - The Edwin A. Fleisher Collection
Latin Orchestral Music - Online Catalog
Filarmonika Music Publishing - Publisher of Music by Composers of Latin America and the Caribbean

Women Composers:

Boulanger Initiative
Ask Clara- Présence Compositrices
Explore Women Composers - Boosey & Hawkes
Works by Women Composers - The Edwin A. Fleisher Collection
Women Composers Collection - Hathi Trust Digital Library
Women Composers - Oxford University Press
Celebrating Women Composers - Wise Music Group catalog
Women's Philharmonic Advocacy
Aris Press - Publisher of Concert Music by Women Composers
Furore - Music by Women Composers
Hildegard Publishing Company - Publisher of Music by Women Composers

Beginner Resources

Introduction to Performance Librarianship:

Copyright Resources

Guides to Copyright & Streaming can be found linked below. To determine the copyright term of your territory, please check HERE:

Librarians on Performance Librarianship

Bar Talk with Elena Lence Talley by Kansas City Symphony Podcast
Behind the Scenes: A Roundtable by Symphony Orchestra Institute, Harmony
Classification of the Performance Librarian Within the Orchestra by Andrew S. Holmes, Thesis in Music
Concert Production's New Ally: A Computer Learns the Score by Marshall Burlingame, Symphony Magazine
Crisis Manager by Pierre Ruhe, The Strad
Editorial Trends and Librarians by Clinton Nieweg and Robert Sutherland, IAML Conference Presentation
Film Music in Concert by Jon Burlingame, The Film Music Society
Many Hats Behind the Music International Musician
Musician Feature on Boston Symphony Orchestra Library, Boston Globe
Musician Feature on Jimmy Dolan, LA Times Obituary
Musician Feature on Nicole Jordan, International Musician
Musician Feature on Mary Plaine, Impromptu
Musician Feature on Elena Lence Talley, KC Studio
Orchestra Librarians Are Also Essential Workers by Karen Schnackenberg, International Musician
Orchestra Librarians Keep Up in Digital Age by Karen Schnackenberg, International Musician
Routes into performance librarianship: an examination of the educational issues of performance librarianship by Katherine Crane, Thesis in Music
Settling the Scores by Joe Barron, Tempo
Staging an Orchestra Concert by Marshall Burlingame, MadAdminA
Turning the Page by Wynne Delacoma, Symphony Magazine