Heitzeg Collection

Heitzeg Collection, 3rd Floor, Library

 Come check out our Heitzeg Collection located on the 3rd floor near our music scores.We are continuing to add new scores and ecoscores as they are made available to us. The collection is a gift from the Emmy Award-winning musician and 1982 Gustavus graduate, Steve Heitzeg. He is best known for his music written in celebration of the natural world. He has amassed a large body of works that address social and ecological issues with vision and compassion.

 An advocate for the “peaceful coexistence of all species through music”, Heitzeg has written compositions for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, ballet and PBS films. His music has been performed by leading orchestras and ensembles.

 An environmentalist, Steve Heitzeg has been writing ecoscores, which are intimate works with inventive musical syntax that seek to honor nature and promote peace, for over a decade.Two of those works include Peace March for Paul and Sheila Wellstone (composed in the shape of a peace sign) and American Symphony (Unfinished)  (ten chords that honor famous American peace activists, superimposed on an unfinished American flag). He also constructs and includes naturally-found instruments in his compositions to symbolize the interconnectedness of humans with nature.

 For more information see Heitzeg's website http://www.steveheitzeg.com/bio.html

Sort New Acquisitions by Collection

Our  New Acquisitions page will now allow you to sort by the collection code. You will appreciate this new feature if you want to find our newest DVDs, children's books or Special Collections, etc.

Thanks to Jessie Twaddle and Billy Visto from GTS.

Children's Collection - Now With Noise!

Over touring week, the library's children's collection did some traveling of its own - from the third floor to the lower level, where it now occupies a cozy nook at the south end of the floor. Though originally it seemed to make sense to place this collection near the education books, we realized that little kids - or bigger kids rediscovering a favorite from the past - might have trouble keeping the noise down. So now the collection resides on a floor where quiet is optional.

If you were used to studying in that space on the lower level, don't despair - we have kept some cozy study nooks.