Music Collections

Musicians and music enthusiasts will discover valuable resources at the Performing Arts Centre on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library.

• A wide selection of books on all aspects of music
• Industry directories
• Printed music scores; most can be borrowed
• Canadian sheet music: songs and piano pieces from the 19th and early 20th centuries
• A large collection of original cast recordings, scores and librettos from musical theatre productions
• Song books of popular music
• Clipping files on Canadian performers and organizations
• Canadian concert programs largely from Toronto performances
• CDs and LPs of classical, jazz, musical theatre, movie soundtracks, popular and world music (for in-library use)
• Two electronic pianos for trying out music from the collection
• Bulletin board and What's On information