The opening will feature a guided poetry walk to sites on campus associated with Holmes's work. Selected poems will be read at each landmark. The walk will be open to the public and begins at 5 p.m. in front of the Campus Center. Since it originated in the Music Department many years ago, the Music Library has been in the basement of Cohen Auditorium. Stuffed from wall to wall, and having expanded from stairwell to stairwell with burgeoning collections, it has reached a housing crisis.
Hope is in sight.
The plans presently call for the Music Library to double its space in the new building. The extra room is very much needed, as the book, score, and CD shelves are crowding out the students who would like to use these materials. The collections are developed to support the curriculum of the Music Department, whose programs offer something of interest to everyone. While a project of this size and complexity will take several years for all its phases to be completed, nonetheless the excitement it is generating has created a tremendous positive energy throughout the department and the library. All rights reserved.