Music

The Anne Potter Wilson Music Library (located on the 2nd floor of the Blair School of Music) will be hosting an informal breakfast on the first day of fall semester classes, August 26, 2026, from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Drop by to meet faculty, students, and staff, and learn about our… Read More

The Wilson Music Library will return to our regular evening hours for the Fall Semester on Tuesday, August 25. To reiterate, our regular hours are the following: Sunday, 2-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Read More

The Wilson Music Library will offer extended opening hours during the finals period: Friday, April 17, 2026: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2026: 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Read More

Winston the Therapy Dog will be present at the Wilson Music Library on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 1-3 p.m. Come and take a break and hang!… Read More

Due to ongoing facility upgrades in the Blair School of Music that have shut down the water to a significant portion of the building, the Music Library will be closed on Thursday, March 12, 2026. We will return to our regular Spring Break hours on Friday, March 13, 2026 (9… Read More

The online component of the Phil Schaap Jazz Collection continues to expand. As of March 5, 2026, there are nearly 5800 recordings available in Vanderbilt’s instance of the media platform Aviary. These include the following: Schaap’s regular radio shows over decades, mostly on Columbia University radio station WKCR, including… Read More

Due to adverse weather conditions, the Music Library will be closed today, Sunday, January 25-Tuesday, January 27, 2026. At this point we will resume regular hours on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, but that could easily change if conditions do not improve. We will post updates accordingly. Sadly, these changes in… Read More

The Wilson Music Library will be closed on Martin Luther King Day, January 19, 2026. We will reopen for regular hours on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Read More

Holling Smith-Borne, director of the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library at Vanderbilt University, has been elected president of the Music Library Association, the premier professional organization for music libraries and librarianship in the United States. Read More

The Music Library will be open the following hours over the Holiday Break: Monday, December 15, 2025-Friday, December 19, 2025: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, December 20, 2025-Thursday, January 1, 2026: CLOSED Friday, January 2, 2026, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Normal hours will resume on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Read More