APPLICATION FORM

Download: Cal Community Music Application Form 08-09

Complete and email to us at calcommunitymusic(at)gmail(dot)com

CAROLING SHEET MUSIC

• Music for Caroling can be found here in PDF format.

SHEET MUSIC

HARGROVE MUSIC LIBRARY

The Hargrove Music Library, located near Bancroft and College adjacent to Morrison Hall, is an excellent resource for locating music for your ensemble. The following is a brief guide to using the library catalog to find music:

• Go to http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MUSI/
• Under “Online Music Resources,” click on “UC – Melvyl”
• Under “Optional Limits,” select “Scores (music)” in the format field.
• If you know the exact title of the piece you are looking for, select “Title” in the search field and then enter the name of the piece (e.g.: “Toccata and Fugue”).
• If you only want music from a certain composer, select “Author” and type in the name of the composer (e.g.: “Beethoven”)
• Otherwise, select “Keywords.” If you are looking for pieces for flute, violin, and piano, you should consider searching for something like “flute violin piano” or “flute violin piano trio.” Play around with your search terms until you find what you want.
• On the results page, click on “Details/Locations” to see more information about entries that interest you.
• The full view of the record will tell you which libraries in the UC system have it and allow you to check the availability of the item by clicking on “Circ status.” If the UC Berkeley library does not have it, you can go to the music library with the appropriate information and ask them to request it from the appropriate library. If it is available, you may go downstairs to the basement of the library where the scores are kept and check it out with your student ID card.

NOTE: Please be careful in the use of the library scores, as many are quite old and have loose pages.

ENSEMBLES

CCM owns a few music books specifically for ensembles. Below is the list of classical songs:

Download: CCM Classical Ensemble Song List (excel file)

We also have a sing-along book of 150 popular oldies:

Download: 150 Of The Most Beautiful Songs Ever Song List (excel file)

To request a song, contact us with the name of the song. We will scan a copy and email you a pdf file of the song within 24 hours!

USEFUL SHEET MUSIC WEBSITES

Classical

http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Classical musician's best friend, could be most extensive collection of classical sheet music out there. A true godsend, sheet music for ensembles as well.

http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
The best website out there for choral and vocal music, both with and without instrumental accompaniment.

http://bach-cantatas.com/
Mostly Bach's vocal music

http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/start.php?l=2
The Complete Mozart Edition. Score of every Mozart work in existence.

http://www.schubertsocietyusa.org/scores.html
Sheet music for virtually every Schubert solo piano work in existence.

http://www.sheetmusicfox.com/composers.html
There's very little here that IMSLP does not have already.

http://kreusch-sheet-music.net/eng/?page=start
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/
Ditto.

www.sheetmusicarchive.net
Mostly classical, solo piano pieces.

http://www.quatre-mains.net/
Collection of 4-hands piano pieces.

Popular

http://www.azchords.com/
Guitar tabs for popular music -- Beatles, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, etc. Pretty comprehensive, and accurate too. Many of these could be accompanied by piano too, if you know how to read chord symbols and tabs.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
Overlaps with the other site a bit, but overall good.

http://pianomusicsheet.blogspot.com/
Extensive collection of popular music for the piano

http://my-piano.blogspot.com/
http://pianotte.szm.com/
Same as above

http://muzika.50webs.com/sheetmusic.htm
Some pop music sheet music and guitar tabs.

PRACTICING

MORRISON PRACTICE ROOMS

The Music Department's practice rooms, probably where most people go to practice. There is also a large lounge with pianos, perfect for ensemble practices. Morrison Hall is the red building located next to Ramona's Cafe and Hertz Hall. http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/practice.html

SMA PRACTICE ROOMS

Located in the basement of the Cesar Chavez building, Student Musical Association has 2 jazz studios and 4 practice rooms. http://ucjazz.berkeley.edu/resources/

RESIDENCE HALLS

There are numerous practice rooms in Units 1-4. Students who live in these residence halls have access to these practice rooms via their room keys.