NZ Music Month
May is New Zealand Music month and your library is right behind this event - as always. A huge range of events is planned - from the piano available for all to play at Linwood Library, to performances by the Papanui High School String ensemble, to Harpist Helen Webby, there is a huge range of New Zealand music and New Zealand performers live in your library during May.
Visit the library's events page for more information.
Make your own digital music
If you're keen to have a go at creating music of your own, visit a library learning centre next month. First up is the Open Music Lab on May 1. It's a course for six- to 15-year-olds using Super Duper Music Looper. Bring your own disc or USB drive to save your masterpieces.
- 1 May 2008, 9:30am - 12:00 pm at South Learning Centre
- Event is FREE, bookings required: phone 941 7923
- This course is for 6 - 15 year olds
- A family course runs on May 20 from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. $5 per family, bookings required: phone 941 7923
Listen to music Online with Naxos
 Great news for music fans – Christchurch City Libraries now subscribes to the Naxos Music Library. This enables you to listen to a fantastic range of music from your home computer or in any of our libraries.
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. While the primary focus is on the standard classical repertoire, Naxos has a solid range of jazz classics, some blues, rock and contemporary jazz and an extensive range of world music. A bit of exploring reveals an eclectic mix - Douglas Lilburn's Poem in a Time of War and Gareth Farr's Volume Pig, for example.
Try Naxos Music Library now.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
We recommend: New Zealand Music resources
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