Reception for Bagaduce Music Lending Library Exhibit at the Blue Hill Library

Blue Hill, Maine - Bagaduce Music Lending Library will hold a reception at the Blue Hill Public Library for their current exhibit, Bagaduce Music Lending Library: 30 Years, on Thursday June 13th from 3:00 to 6:00 PM.  The exhibit includes items from the Library’s collection and photographs from the 30 years of its history.

The Bagaduce Music Lending Library, now one of the largest music library collections in North America, began with 250 pieces of music in 1983. Today there are over 250,000 different titles in a great variety of musical genres, with over a million pieces housed in Blue Hill. The library’s music is available world-wide for education, performance and research.

The exhibit, Bagaduce Music Lending Library: 30 Years is in the Roland Howard Room cases upstairs and will run through the end of July. The exhibit includes vintage sheet music with colorful and artistic covers; music written by children from throughout the state of Maine; and photographs from the Young Composers Competition and Festival, the Annual Pops Concert and other events from the Library’s history.

The exhibit is available during library hours subject to the Howard Room meeting schedule. For more information call the Library at 374-5515.