about
The Cym Music Library
The CYM Music Library is now owned and administered by Trinity College of Music and located at the Greenwich Commercial Centre, 49 Greenwich High Road. It holds a very large collection of choral, orchestral, band and wind chamber music scores, available for use not only by CYM but by schools, colleges, choral societies, youth and amateur orchestras and bands nationwide.

The Library originally comprised the collection built up by the London County Council and the Inner London Education Authority. When ILEA was abolished, it became the CYM Library and major additions have been made since then: notably the late Alan Cave's very large collection of band, orchestral and chamber music and a number of generous donations of choral music. Printed catalogues covering most of the Library's stocks are in the CYM office and are available on-line at www.tcm.ac.uk.

A modest hire charge is made for loans other than for use by CYM and Trinity College: e.g. £12 per month for a set of vocal scores of a major choral work and £15 for an orchestral set. There are smaller charges for wind band sets, minor choral works and chamber music. There is no hire charge for loans for CYM use.

The Library is run by Tony Lynes (an ex-CYM parent) who is usually there on Tuesday afternoons and Fridays. He can be contacted by telephone (at the Library on 020 8691 9337 or at home on 020 7733 7235) or by email: tony.lynes@virgin.net. Tony would be delighted to hear from any potential users of the Library.