Video conferencing
- Using Zoom with Audio software and Digital Audio WorkstationsYouTube demo video showing you how to use Zoom with audio applications and Digital Audio Workstations like ProTools.
Online scores
- Art Song Transpositions This link opens in a new windowA digital sheet music database of thousands of art songs and arias, available for the first time in any key and an on-demand publishing service, delivering new transpositions based upon user requests.
- Babel Scores This link opens in a new window"BabelScores® looks into and selects the works of the most creative, original and innovative composers of the past few decades offering a wide catalogue and setting up a powerful circulation platform addressed to instrumentalists, ensembles, orchestras, composers, musicologists, conservatories, universities and festivals throughout the world."
- Henle Library App This link opens in a new window
The Henle Library app combines G. Henle Publisher’s reliable Urtext and the latest technology – on your tablet computer.
To set up your Henle account, you need to be on campus. Make sure that your device is connected to the campus wifi.
- Step #1:
- Download the Henle app to your tablet or iPad.
- Step #2:
- While on Curtis wifi, click the link above to be taken to the Henle Library webpage. (You might need to sign in to your Curtis Microsoft account first. Use your Curtis email address and password.)
- On the Henle Library App page, scroll down to "Create your account." Use your Curtis email and create a password.
- After clicking send, you should be taken back to the Henle Library page.
- Scroll back to “Create your account” section to confirm that your account has been created. You should receive an email from Henle saying your account has been created.
- Step #3:
- Go back to the app and sign in using your Curtis email and the password you used in step 2.
To revalidate your account, you need to be on Curtis wifi:
- Click the link above and login with your Curtis email and password. (You might need to sign in to your Curtis Microsoft account first. Use your Curtis email address and password.)
- You should be taken to the Henle Library webpage. Scroll down the page until you see “Revalidate Your Account.”
- Enter your full email address and password and click OK.
- You should see a message that your account has been revalidated. You may need to scroll back down the page to see this.
- If you have forgotten your password, go back to the app and click on “Forgot password.”
- Close the app, reopen it, and sign in again.
- IMSLP (free public domain music) This link opens in a new window
The International Music Score Library Project contains free public domain music including full scores and parts and recordings. - Nkoda This link opens in a new windowNkoda, the digital sheet music library, provides access to a wide range of copyrighted online scores from publishers including Bärenreiter, Boosey & Hawkes, and Ricordi. You can mark up your music, save it for offline access, and share your markings with your colleagues.
Online audio/performance recordings
- Wiener Staatsoper
A daily streaming opera from the Vienna State Opera
- Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall This link opens in a new windowStream live and pre-recorded concerts from the Berlin Philharmonic along with numerous interviews with conductors and composers. To access, you will need to set up a personal login from on campus or via the proxy. Periodically, you will need to re-confirm that you are affiliated with Curtis.
- CIMOAR: Curtis Institute of Music Open Archives and Recitals This link opens in a new windowCIMOAR is Curtis's online repository of recorded performances, archives, and special collections. Some resources are available only to the Curtis community.
- Database of Recorded American Music This link opens in a new window
A scholarly resource for recordings, including CD quality audio, liner notes and essays. It contains a diverse catalogue of American music from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond. - Met Opera on Demand: Student Access This link opens in a new window
Online streaming access to hundreds of Met performances. - Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming access to the largest online classical music collection. Standard and rare repertoire is included as well as some jazz and world music recordings. - Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive streaming audio collection of world music. It currently provides streaming access to over 42,000 tracks from the Smithsonian archives and world music archives in Asia and Africa, and is growing regularly as new recordings are added.