Music Collection Development Guidelines: Collection Development Plan

Program Description:

The Department of Music develops critical thinking in music and provides training at the undergraduate and graduate levels for careers in performance and music education. Degrees are offered in three major concentrations: Music Performance, Music Education, and Liberal Studies. Graduate courses are offered in music literature, theory, conducting, instruction, composition, ensembles, and education.  Music courses are also offered as part of the general education core.

Accrediting body:

The APSU Department of Music is a fully-accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Degrees offered:

Bachelor of Music: Music Education (Choral/K-12 General Music) Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Music Education (Instrumental/K-12 General Music) Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Guitar Performance Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Instrumental Performance Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Keyboard Performance Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Vocal Performance Concentration
Bachelor of Music: Composition Concentration
Bachelor of Science: Liberal Studies Concentration
Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Studies Concentration

Graduate Performance Certificate

Master of Music  (M.M.)
Concentrations: Music Education, Music Education Concentration (Initial Licensure), Choral Conducting, Instrumental Conducting, Vocal Performance, Instrumental Performance

Undergraduate minors include: Minor in Music and Arts Entrepreneurship Minor

Overall Collecting Level Desired:

3: Instructional Support (see description of collecting levels)

Target Areas:

• Musicology / Analysis
• Keyboard
• Instrumental
• Band / Jazz / Instrumental Conducting
• Vocal / Choral Conducting
• Music Education (including dissertations for graduate research)
• Music Appreciation
• Ethnomusicology

Focus Areas:

• Ethnomusicology
• Music Education
• Music Technology (monitor for recent developments)

Related Subject Areas

• Education
• Psychology / Counseling (Music Therapy)
• Technology
• Business (Recording Industry)
• Theatre (Opera)

Languages:

The majority of items will be purchased in English , but there are some vocal pieces collected in German, French, and Latin

Geographical Emphasis:

United States and Europe; as well as regions studied in the area of ethnomusicology (ex: Africa, Caribbean, South Asia).

Chronological Emphasis:

Pre 1900 to present

Noted Publishers:

Harrassowitz, Theodore Front Music, and A-R Editions, Inc.

Preferred Dates of Publication:

2008 to present

Types of Resources:

Monographs, scores, reference materials, videos

Notes and Other Considerations:

• May purchase scores with older imprints as needed.
• Literature about popular music is collected at a general level; it is not currently a major component  of the Music Department curriculum.

Review Sources:

Choice Reviews Online, Online Resources for Music Scholars, and Gramaphone for recordings

Department of Music

Subject Librarian:
Michael Hooper

Faculty Representative:
Dr. Ann Silverberg

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