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***Ìý The Cooper Smith Music Library Collection is now open in its new home at Rockheights Middle School, 1250 Highrock Avenue in Esquimalt. ***

Growing Music Throughout Our Community

Supported by the Administration and Board of Education of Greater ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ School District #61, music teacher volunteers, and members of their families , as pictured above, work together with Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 947 and Local 382 to preserve and manage this valuable resource for future generations of music teachers and their students.

The Cooper Smith Music Library Collection (CSMLC) holds over 9,000 sets of choral works, vocal and instrumental jazz charts, musicals, string orchestra selections, and pedagogical resources for ukulele, recorder, general music at all levels, conducting, music theory, world music, and music history.

It houses a large inventory of string instruments available for rent, two pianos, a computer work station, a synthesizer and a recording studio. It is a district library system, which saves money and advances both the implementation of comprehensive music programs taught by music specialists in the city’s schools, and by extension, the broader musical life of the whole musical community.

The library opened in 2003 and was initially limited to octavos for concert choirs. It has expanded steadily over the years and was formally named after its founders in the fall of 2013.

Cooper Smith Music Library Collection Hours Ìý

Hours: Tuesdays 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Early Closing at 2:00 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month.ÌýÌý

CSMLC Bad Weather Protocol:ÌýÌý

The CSMLC follows the same protocol as all schools in the Greater ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ School District 61, following the advisories posted on the SD61 Greater ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ website.ÌýÌý

In addition, the following bad weather protocols will be in place for the Cooper Smith Library Collection only from December 1 – February 28.ÌýÌý

On Tuesdays the CMLC will open and close 45 minutes earlier:
Winter hours of 2:15– 5:15 p.m. Borrowers must depart by 5:00 p.m. to allow the CSMLC Library Clerk time to lockup.ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Wednesday opening will be delayed by 30 minutes:
Winter hours will be 8:30 a.m to 3:00 pmÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Early Closing at 2:00 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month.

Location:

Ground Level of the B Annex in Rockheights Middle School, 1250 Highrock Avenue,
Esquimalt BC. Enter off the lower parking lot near the playing field.

To arrange a visit: Email CSMLCÌý
To learn more about the CSMLC and its contents go to About CSMLC

To access the listings from a district computer go toÌýX:\Cooper Smith Music Library

To make a donation to the ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ Foundation for the