Matthew Vest
@noiselibrarian.bsky.social
Music librarian. Making noise about new music, open access, social justice and higher education. General Editor, Contemporary Music Score Collection.
The past few years I have made a list of good things for the past year. This year, the themes are: food, architecture, art and hiking.
25 good things from 2025 (presented in chronological order):
25 good things from 2025 (presented in chronological order):
January 1, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The past few years I have made a list of good things for the past year. This year, the themes are: food, architecture, art and hiking.
25 good things from 2025 (presented in chronological order):
25 good things from 2025 (presented in chronological order):
Another small painting of the Grand Canyon. This one is inspired by the Phantom Ranch Boat Beach, just after the Black Bridge on the South Kaibab trail.
December 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Another small painting of the Grand Canyon. This one is inspired by the Phantom Ranch Boat Beach, just after the Black Bridge on the South Kaibab trail.
My first little painting of the Grand Canyon.
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My first little painting of the Grand Canyon.
I'm excited to share this milestone. Half a million views!
The Contemporary Music Score Collection, published by the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library and Hugo and Christine Davise Fund, has reached 500,000 views on eScholarship! 🎶
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
🔗 Browse the full collection: ucla.in/47C4OVp
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm excited to share this milestone. Half a million views!
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Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
December 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Matthew Vest, a music inquiry and research librarian at the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, has received a UCLA Global Research Award for Resonate 2026, a global open access musical score project.
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
Read more about Resonate 2026 and other winning projects: ucla.in/4p9w9o1
I'm excited to announce that I've been awarded a Global Research Award at UCLA to continue work with open access music scores and conduct a study composer approaches to publishing with @deloebrenti.bsky.social. Read more about the winning projects here: newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/educ...
Awards empower UCLA members to expand university’s global reach
Winners of the inaugural Global Education Award and Global Research Award include 26 individuals across campus.
newsroom.ucla.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm excited to announce that I've been awarded a Global Research Award at UCLA to continue work with open access music scores and conduct a study composer approaches to publishing with @deloebrenti.bsky.social. Read more about the winning projects here: newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/educ...
My review of the Forbidden Music Regained score series by Donemus Publishing is out in Notes! You can read it there or the version I contributed to Knowledge Commons here: works.hcommons.org/records/2na4...
Forbidden Music Regained Review
works.hcommons.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My review of the Forbidden Music Regained score series by Donemus Publishing is out in Notes! You can read it there or the version I contributed to Knowledge Commons here: works.hcommons.org/records/2na4...
My twelve little paintings, all framed. I'll need to find their order, but for now, they are presented in the order I painted them
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My twelve little paintings, all framed. I'll need to find their order, but for now, they are presented in the order I painted them
Inspired by @katiereedwrites.bsky.social, here are 10 horror movies to get to know me:
1. Nope
2. Children of Men
3. The Shining
4. Don't Look Now
5. The Ascent (1977)
6. The Thing (1982)
7. The Descent
8. Alien
9. Suspiria (1977)
10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
1. Nope
2. Children of Men
3. The Shining
4. Don't Look Now
5. The Ascent (1977)
6. The Thing (1982)
7. The Descent
8. Alien
9. Suspiria (1977)
10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Inspired by @katiereedwrites.bsky.social, here are 10 horror movies to get to know me:
1. Nope
2. Children of Men
3. The Shining
4. Don't Look Now
5. The Ascent (1977)
6. The Thing (1982)
7. The Descent
8. Alien
9. Suspiria (1977)
10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
1. Nope
2. Children of Men
3. The Shining
4. Don't Look Now
5. The Ascent (1977)
6. The Thing (1982)
7. The Descent
8. Alien
9. Suspiria (1977)
10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Last week, I climbed my first 14er: Gray's Peak at 14,275 feet.
September 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Last week, I climbed my first 14er: Gray's Peak at 14,275 feet.
Choral directors, if you need a new piece for SA choir and piano, check out my "From the Garden," which sets a poem by Anne Sexton. Available from Theodore Front and Ficks. www.tfront.com/p-546972-fro.... and www.ficksmusic.com/products/fro...
From The Garden : For Sa Choir and Piano
With program and biographical notes. Text by Anne Sexton. Duration: approximately 4-4.5 minutes.1 choral score (10 pages); 27 cmLanguage: EnglishEdition Number: CP 002Distributor Number: CP002
www.tfront.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Choral directors, if you need a new piece for SA choir and piano, check out my "From the Garden," which sets a poem by Anne Sexton. Available from Theodore Front and Ficks. www.tfront.com/p-546972-fro.... and www.ficksmusic.com/products/fro...
I was first introduced to scholarly research when I was in grade school. My mom, completing a graduate degree in education, would have me search for relevant articles using ERIC on microform. I might not have graduate degrees or be a librarian if I hadn't had this experience. (1)
April 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I was first introduced to scholarly research when I was in grade school. My mom, completing a graduate degree in education, would have me search for relevant articles using ERIC on microform. I might not have graduate degrees or be a librarian if I hadn't had this experience. (1)
For your listening pleasure: Osterblüte (Easter Flower) by Ernst Bachrich.
youtu.be/wChDAH5y9Zw?...
youtu.be/wChDAH5y9Zw?...
Osterblüte Op. 10, II.
YouTube video by Anna Christin Sayn - Topic
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April 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For your listening pleasure: Osterblüte (Easter Flower) by Ernst Bachrich.
youtu.be/wChDAH5y9Zw?...
youtu.be/wChDAH5y9Zw?...
The exhibition, Arnold Schönberg 150 Years, is nearly complete
April 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The exhibition, Arnold Schönberg 150 Years, is nearly complete
Asparagus and egg toast! It is spring on a plate
April 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Asparagus and egg toast! It is spring on a plate
Today, we took down my favorite exhibit and started installing a new one. The new exhibit is primarily on loan from Vienna and focuses on Arnold Schoenberg
April 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Today, we took down my favorite exhibit and started installing a new one. The new exhibit is primarily on loan from Vienna and focuses on Arnold Schoenberg
A year (and 3 months) of tiny paintings. Presented in the order I completed them, top left to bottom right
March 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A year (and 3 months) of tiny paintings. Presented in the order I completed them, top left to bottom right
Tiny painting #12, inspired by a scene in Spain, the Punta de Espiela outside of Ribadeo. I set a goal of 12 paintings in 2024, but it took a little extra time
March 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tiny painting #12, inspired by a scene in Spain, the Punta de Espiela outside of Ribadeo. I set a goal of 12 paintings in 2024, but it took a little extra time
Is #severance the best tv show since Mary Tyler Moore? Yes Kier!
March 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Is #severance the best tv show since Mary Tyler Moore? Yes Kier!
Check out what we are doing at the UCLA Rubsamen Music Library!
UCLA Library has announced the 2025 Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music grantees.
Nine faculty and student music projects have been awarded between $1000 and $5000 for their potential to advance the field of contemporary music: ucla.in/3XI4qiG
Nine faculty and student music projects have been awarded between $1000 and $5000 for their potential to advance the field of contemporary music: ucla.in/3XI4qiG
March 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check out what we are doing at the UCLA Rubsamen Music Library!
Jam days at the Rubsamen Music Library are thr best days.
March 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Jam days at the Rubsamen Music Library are thr best days.
I'm getting a standing desk, so I had to clear out my whole cubicle. Before and after
March 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm getting a standing desk, so I had to clear out my whole cubicle. Before and after
Honey hoisin roast chicken with vegetables. A little sweet, imo. New cookbook recipe #5 for 2025.
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Honey hoisin roast chicken with vegetables. A little sweet, imo. New cookbook recipe #5 for 2025.
New, improved "Kier, Chosen One, Kier" video dropped. This time with organ. #severance #Kier #temperssongster @benstiller.redhour.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
New, improved "Kier, Chosen One, Kier" video dropped. This time with organ. #severance #Kier #temperssongster @benstiller.redhour.com
I'll spare you the picture of my face. This afternoon, I fell face forward on the sidewalk, scraping my face, hands and knees (and scraping my glasses and watch and tearing my pants). Lisa took me to urgent care and everything checked out. I'm just pretty sore (ego and body).
February 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'll spare you the picture of my face. This afternoon, I fell face forward on the sidewalk, scraping my face, hands and knees (and scraping my glasses and watch and tearing my pants). Lisa took me to urgent care and everything checked out. I'm just pretty sore (ego and body).