Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE
(Composer and Conductor)
"Without the availability of music libraries, I would never have got to know musical scores. They are absolutely essential
for the furtherance of musical knowledge and enjoyment."
About the Music Libraries Trust
In the absence of any formal music library education in the
United Kingdom, the Music Libraries Trust was founded by the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and
Documentation Centres (UK & Ireland Branch) IAML(UK & Irl).
Its aim is to provide unique support for the education and training of music librarians, and to encourage research into music librarianship, bibliography and related disciplines.
Music librarians are well-trained professionals who have the specialised knowledge to build and organise music collections and provide answers to wide-ranging enquiries. They link the performer with the music, the composer with the audience, the researcher with source materials, the teacher with educational tools and the producer with appropriate recordings or images.
Music Libraries are essential to the health and survival of musical life in Britain and Ireland, and offer a unique service that is all too often taken for granted.
Since 1987, the Trust has pursued its objectives through bursaries, research grants and prizes. Working in conjunction with IAML(UK & Irl) it has provided a focus for the inception of new ideas and for skills of music librarians to be re-evaluated in the context of new technologies and changing bibliographical techniques.
For further information contact:
Claire Kidwell, Secretary to the Trustees,
Jerwood Library of the Performing Arts,
Trinity College of Music,
King Charles Court,
Old Royal Naval College,
Greenwich,
London SE10 9JF.
E-mail: ckidwell@tcm.ac.uk