We in the McKay Library are here to serve you and help you succeed in your studies. Consider the services we offer below as our contribution to fully supporting your studies with a mind towards your success!

 

 

Research Consultation

We offer research consultations to University of Utah students who need help with a music research question, assignment, or extended work. Please contact Lisa Chaufty, McKay's music librarian, to schedule a consultation.

Immediate reference service is available in person at the McKay Circulation Desk, by phone at 801-581-6691, or through our virtual reference desk.

If you need assistance outside of regular hours, please e-mail mckaylibrary@music.utah.edu and we will get back to you within 24 hours.

Musicianship, and Theory Tutoring

The McKay Library offers tutoring for free to students:

Musicianship and theory tutoring:

Virtual Appointments via Zoom, book here

For questions or concerns, please contact Dallas Herndon

Writing Assistance

McKay Library offers assistance to students who would like some writing guidance or assistance with searching the catalog/databases as well as any assistance finding resources. If you have questions about how we can help, please ask.

To sign up for a time (through Zoom or in-person) with Prof. Lisa Chaufty, McKay's music librarian, please make an e-mail appointment and we'll take care of you. Prof. Chaufty can also read your DMA document for clarity and give any guidance related to document formatting according to the Graduate School Thesis Handbook.

Student Success

The McKay Library makes student success a priority and has been actively supporting this iniative through its tutoring program (see above) and the Ideals Committee. This group, open to faculty, staff, and students of the School of Music grew out of the McKay Music Library Committee, and has a mission that centers the student experience in the School of Music through the creation and sponsorship of projects and initiatives designed to focus on student success, wellness, and social justice. Libraries have always been at the forefront of not only cultivating knowledge and disseminating information, but also providing materials and support to anyone who needs them. McKay Library is committed to this tradition as well and seeks to broaden its collections and to create a rich physical and social space that enhances learning, supports teaching and research, and provides a home to student success in the School of Music.

Wellness

With the 2017-18 academic year, the McKay Music Library began providing opportunities related to physical and emotional wellness to music students. In recent times, the impact of the pandemic on the lives of our students has prompted the School of Music and the McKay Library to increase our efforts. In the 2020-21 academic year, in part through a generous grant from the Dee Foundation, we expanded this initiative through lectures and other activities. The funding has been continued and will support the initiative through the 2022-2023 academic year.

Social Justice and Student Success

Rolling grants for lectures and performances focusing on inclusion and social justice are available for School of Music faculty and staff.  A form for submitting proposals for use of funds for the 2023-24 academic year can be found here.

Hearing Health

This guide from the National Association for Schools of Music (NASM) is one you need to read as a music student to protect your ears as you participate in making music. Please also note the following:

• The School of Music encourages safe hearing practices and awareness.
• Music students should regularly take a hearing screening test and be aware of dangerous noise levels.
• If you are unable to hear from short distances, experience a feeling of "fullness" in your ears, or have a ringing/buzzing sensation, you should limit your time in these noisy environments to prevent hearing damage.
• The School of Music offers free earplugs for students in the main office and the McKay Music Library.
• During a lecture to music students in October 2022, a doctoral student in the U's audiology program, Deyvy Armendariz, presented information about Music-Induced Hearing Loss (MIHL), which can affect musicians who do not protect their ears. Some information for recommended earplugs for musicians can be found https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/lifestyle/best-earplugs-for-musicians-1188314/

Neuromusculoskeletal Health

This guide from the National Association for Schools of Music (NASM) is very helpful when it comes to understanding the muscles and nerves in your body. The life of a musician can be very demanding on one's body. Please remember that:

• The School of Music wants to help you be physically and mentally healthy.
• Music students can prevent physical stress and strain on their bodies during practice and rehearsal through building in frequent breaks.
• Work with your teacher on your body alignment and physical technique as you rehearse and perform.
• Remember to warm up your body and musicles as you warm up your instrument.
  

Vocal Health

This guide from the National Association for Schools of Music (NASM) is very helpful when it comes to keeping your voice healthy. Consider the following when you think about your lifelong success as a vocalist:

• Work with your vocal teacher to help you maintain healthy vocal habits as you grow in using your voice. Also, set reasonable practice sessions to avoid misuse.
• Give yourself enough warm-up time. Begin warming up mid-range, and then slowly work outward to vocal pitch extremes.

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Additional Staff & Faculty Resources

Mental and Physical Health at the U, online, or in the community

Employee Assistance Program

Osher Center for Integrative Health

Resiliency Center

Suicide Prevention Resources

Wellness for University of Utah Employees

WellU

Further support for students you teach, serve, or mentor

Center for Student Wellness

Feed U Pantry

Financial Wellness Center

Mental Health First Responders

Student Health Center

University Counseling Center: Helping Students

 

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EVENTS

Academic Year 2024-25

October 2024

September 2024

August 2024

Academic Year 2023-24

March 2024

February 2024

November 2023

October 2023

 

September 2023

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Academic Year 2022-23

April & May, semester-end, Spring 2023

April 13, 4:10 to 5P, ROOM 270

"The Alexander Technique: Unlocking a Healthier Relationship with Music and Musicianship"  |  Presented by Jenna Baumgart, Instructor at Utah Alexander Technique

Open to all students, faculty, and staff

 

 

 

 

You may prompted to access this with your CIS information

 

 

 

 

March 2023

J.S. Bach's Birthday | 3/21/23 | 11A to 5P

March 21  in the library!

Join us to celebrate an incredible composer who created music that continues to influence and amaze us. We'll have a clavichord and harpsichord to try as well as assorted pastries from Gourmandise. Our golden Bachs will return!

 

 

 

Musicians and Movement | 3/30/23 | 4:10-5P | Rm 270

Guest presentation by Physical Therapist, Ashley Tanner!

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS!

 

 

 

 

March is Women's History Month!

Donne, Women in Music is an excellent resource, with the BIG LIST of Women Composers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who doesn't love a playlist? Have a listen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2023

"Palentines" Day

February 14 in the library!

Join us to celebrate with some treats in the library for our pals. . .you! Stop by.

 

 

• You will need to be logged-in with your CIS information to the Marriott Library databases @ lib.utah.edu. Contact us in McKay or drop-in if you need some assistance getting into the databases.

January 2023

 

December 2022

Stress-less in the Library: Realizing the Full Potential of Your Musicianship | December 5-9 and 12-16, 9A to 5P

End-of-semester nourishing snacks and some relaxing activities as you prepare for juries, write papers, and study for exams. Drop-in or stay a while!

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success community events in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

Tutoring Continues!

Drop-in to the library if you have questions or need more information and we can get you in touch with a musicianship/theory/music history tutor.

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success and community events in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

 

• You will need to be logged-in with your CIS information to the Marriott Library databases @ lib.utah.edu. Contact us in McKay or drop-in if you need some assistance getting into the databases.

November 2022

"Complete Creativity: Realizing the Full Potential of Your Musicianship"

Thursday, 11/10, 4:10P

Presented by Liz Lambson, artist, musician, writer, and member of Utah Black Artists Collective. Liz considers her creative work her life’s work, not differentiating between “hobbies” and professional art. Her life philosophy is that if it’s been done before, it must not be impossible, therefore she can do it too.

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success community events in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

• You will need to be logged-in with your CIS information to the Marriott Library databases @ lib.utah.edu. Contact us in McKay or drop-in if you need some assistance getting into the databases.

 

October 2022

Fall Composer Birthday Bash

Tuesday, 10/18, 11A to 2P

Come and celebrate these fall birthday composers with us . . .including Utah's own Leroy Robertson. 

 

 

Fall composer playlist:

George Gershwin (9/26/1898)

Shulamit Ran (10/21/1949)

Wendy Carlos (11/14/1939)

   Leroy Robertson (12/21/1896)

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success community events in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

 

Hearing Health Presentation

Tuesday, 10/25, 4:10P, Room 270

"Hear today and tomorrow: Hearing Health for Music Students." Presented by doctoral audiology student, Deyvy Armendariz.

 

 

 

 

• Visit the Grove Music Dictionary/Oxford Music Online because it is the place to begin your research about composers, genres, musical periods, terms, and much more!
• You will need to be logged-in with your CIS information to the Marriott Library databases @ lib.utah.edu. Enjoy!

 

September 2022

The Restocking of the hot drinks!

In McKay Library by the Globe

We've begun to restock our hot drink table with more teas, coffees, and the usual hot chocolate. Some day it will be cold again, right? We'll restock on the first of each month. Feel free to bring your own cups to save paper. The water will always be turned on even if we run out of instant coffee/tea/cocoa before the next restock.

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success initiatives in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

 

Visit the Met student access site to watch the Metropolitan Opera. Note that you will need to be logged-in with your CIS information to the Marriott Library databases @ lib.utah.edu. Enjoy!

 

August 2022

Student Social after Opening Convocation

August 23 | Convo, LGCH, 4:10P; Social, McKay, 5:15P

Enjoy some treats and refreshments with fellow students and faculty in the library after the convocation that opens a new school year!

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of community events in the School of Music and the McKay Library.

 

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Academic Year 2021-22

Library Workshops & Events for Student Success & Inclusion

April/May 2022

Stress-less in the library

April 25-April 29 & May 2-May 4 | 11A-5P

Snacks and other aids to support you during the end of the semester!

Thank you to our private and foundation donors for their support of student success in the School of Music.

Online writing café

April 27, Reading Day, 10A-2P

Did you know that writing loves company? Sign on anytime from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to work on your papers or other projects. Cameras on or off, talk or chat, we’ll check in with one another at the top of each hour, then will spend the rest of each hour in uninterrupted work time. One-on-one research and writing assistance will also be available in breakout rooms. No need to stay the entire time or come right at 10. Drop in when you're able.

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu)

https://utah.zoom.us/j/7280165160

Meeting ID: 728 0165 160

Sponsored by the Student Success, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion McKay Library Committee.

Library Movie Night!

April 29, 7-9:30P

Vote on your top two movie choices:https://linkto.run/p/MIH25YK7

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu)

 

March 2022

Happy Birthday, J.S. Bach!

March 22 in the library, 11A until gone

Can he really be 337 years old? He doesn't look a day over 300. We'll have pastries from Gourmandise and some other treats in the library to celebrate.

 

Women's History Month 2022

A 10-video playlist. A selection of pieces from Hildegard to Bonds to Frank to turn your ears and eyes to. 

https://bit.ly/Wom2022

Cool New Resource for Women in Music!

Donne | Women in Music

Go to the Big List: https://donne-uk.org/the-big-list/

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu)

 

February 2022

"Palentines" Day

February 14 in the library!

We're hoping that Omicron cases are beginning to fall by February 14 so that we can celebrate with some treats in the library for our pals. . .you! The cocoa, coffee, and tea station will return along with some other good things.

 

Black [Music] History Month 2022

A 10-video playlist with a selection of modern and historical performances to turn your ears and eyes to.

https://bit.ly/34NjiUA

 

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu)

 

January 2022

Author Visit/Public lecture

January 20, 12P to 1:30P on Zoom

This Zoom event, sponsored by the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention and campus entities, including the McKay Music Library, features the authors of Sexual Citizens, a book which has transformed current ideas and debates about how we understand relationship sexual violence. Copies of the book are available to read in the McKay Music Library. This podcast is also a great way to learn more about the book's ground-breaking study without reading it. Register for the Zoom event here.

 

University Counseling Center Presentation

January 25, 2022, 4:10 on Zoom

How are you feeling? We're beginning a new semester and still working through another COVID variant. So, how are you feeling?  This session from the University Counseling Center will present the resources available to you and its many services that you can draw upon to help make it through stressful times.

 Zoom link: https://utah.zoom.us/j/99351446220

Meeting ID: 993 5144 6220

Sponsored by the Student Success, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion McKay Library Committee.

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu)

 

End of Fall Semester, 2021

Stress-less in the library

December 6-9 and 13-17, 8A to 5P, Mon-Fri

We can't put out the puzzles quite yet, but we've got some other soothing activities to join our usual end-of-semester nourishing snacks. Come in and study or drop in for a study break.

 

Online Writing Café

December 10, 2021 (Reading Day), 10A to 3P on Zoom

Deadlines looming? Writing loves company! Sign on anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to work on your papers or other projects. We’ll check in with one another at the top of each hour, then will spend the rest of each hour in uninterrupted work time. One-on-one research and writing assistance will be available in breakout rooms. <<Snacks available in the McKay Music Library if you’re at school; or take-home snacks for the event will be available at the music library during the last week of classes.>>

Questions? Email McKay Music Library Director Lisa Chaufty (lisa.chaufty@utah.edu) or Prof. Elizabeth Craft (elizabeth.craft@utah.edu)

https://utah.zoom.us/j/95332312592

Meeting ID: 953 3231 2592

Passcode: writingday 

Sponsored by the Student Success, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion McKay Library Committee.

 

Plagiarism: What is it? & When do I Need to Cite a Source?
A recorded presentation from January 2021 by Prof. Lisa Chaufty, Director, McKay Music Library, see below.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense and its consequences can include a failing grade in a course, or expulsion from a program. In this age where so many secondary sources for research are easily accessible online, there are a variety of factors that can lead to a quick copy+paste, or a misguided paraphrase, with unfortunate results. This session will focus on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it through citation.

October

Fall Composer Birthday Bash

Wednesday, 10/20, cupcakes available from 11:30am until gone. Drop-in!

Access the playlist to sample some works by the featured composers:

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