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Performing Arts and Music

We collect, serve, and preserve performing arts materials documenting performance practice, instruction, and scholarship. We are here to help you with archival sources in support of your scholarly or genealogical research, program unique performances, or create new works.

The International Piano Archives at Maryland is an important resource within this collecting area. This is a unique resource for the study, appreciation, and preservation of the classical piano repertoire and its performance.

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Collection strengths

Music education history
American band history
Local theatre and dance
American theatre history
Popular music
Washington, DC-area punk rock
Solo, chamber, or method repertoire for flute, clarinet, oboe, trombone, or percussion
UMD performing arts faculty papers

Collection Holdings Score Collection Archival Collections Digital Collections

Research Guides

Music Education Collections Band Collections Theater Collections Performer and Scholar Collections Dance Collections More Guides

Access

Most material is non-circulating and only accessible in the Lowens Room in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. Some material is available digitally.

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