Draft:UCLA Music Library

The UCLA Music Library is one of nine branch libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles. It serves the Herb Alpert School of Music and is housed within the Schoenberg Music Building.

History
The music library began in an east-west corridor of Powell Library in 1942. The starting collection consisted of roughly 8,000 orchestral and choral scores inherited from the Federal Music Project as well as 3,000 books and scores transferred from the main University Library.

Contemporary Music Score Collection
The Contemporary Music Score Collection consists of digital open access scores published as part of the Contemporary Score Edition series, the first open access new music series published by a library. The collection includes music by UCLA students, faculty, and scores commissioned by the Hugo and Christine Davise Fund.

Ella Fitzgerald Collection
The Ella Fitzgerald Collection consists of roughly 46,000 pieces of sheet music from Fitzgerald's personal collection, as well as related correspondence. It is now housed in UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections.

Studio A
Located within the music library, Studio A is an audiovisual makerspace. It is equipped with a sound booth and various recording technologies, including an audio interface, iMac Pro, piano keyboard, microphones, and studio monitors. The music library also offers music kits that include further equipment for more complex recording situations.

Events
The UCLA Music Library is known for hosting community events such as conferences, classes, and concerts, including an ongoing series of Jam Sessions in collaboration with students from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.