History

Established in 1983 in a garage, the library outgrew its original home on Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River. There are many islands in this bay, and on them, some of the country's most well-known summer colonies. The bay served as portal for the one time "lumber capital of the world," namely; the city of Bangor...

 near the Bagaduce River

Bagaduce River

The Bagaduce River is a tidal river in the Hancock County, Maine that empties into Penobscot Bay near the town of Castine. From the confluence of Black Brook and the outflow of Walker Pond , the river runs about north, northwest, and southwest, forming the border between Brooksville on its left...

. It is now a resource for lending sheet music

Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...

 that is used by musicians in all 50 U.S. states

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and 23 foreign countries. The nonprofit organization

Nonprofit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 also provides music education programs including a young composer's competition and its sponsorship of the Annual Blue Hill Pops Concert, which has featured such musicians as Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan (composer)

Paul Sullivan is an American pianist and composer whose music blends jazz and classical styles. He has recorded 14 albums on the River Music label. He is also a member of the Paul Winter Consort and a regular composer for the Pilobolus Dance Theater...

, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers...

, and the local Blue Hill Brass.

External links

• The Bagaduce Music Lending Library homepage