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News - Spring 2008

OPAS 9 in Development

Early summer 2008 will see the next major OPAS release – version 9. You can follow development here, and we actively seek client input and suggestions on how we can make this release work better for you.

Conference Schedule

MOLA Conference -- there will be two OPAS sessions at the upcoming MOLA conference in Nashville. On Saturday, June 1 there will be an “Introduction to OPAS” session in the morning, and an OPAS users forum in the afternoon. In this latter session, you will get your first look at OPAS version 9, the new report writer and the possibilities it presents, and perhaps most importantly, we will discuss future development and ways in which we can continue to improve the program for Librarians.

You can find out more about the MOLA conference on their website.

National Performing Arts Convention: Denver, CO June 12 and 13. Booth number 918.. Conference website.

David Daniels "Orchestral Music" database updated

David Daniel's industry-standard "Orchestral Music - Fourth Edition" repertoire collection is available for use within OPAS. The collection of over 6,400 works has recently been updated with over 500 changes including.

New (new to the database, and including only the more well-known composers): works by Leroy Anderson, Antheil, Malcolm Arnold, CPE Bach, Nicolas Bacri, Bax, Berlioz, Peter Boyer, Frank Bridge, Britten, Dahl, Diamond, Diemer, Fauré, Flagello, Hanson, Harris, Hindemith, Honegger, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rouse, Shchedrin, Shostakovich, Sierra, Suk, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Zwilich.

Notable series added:

• CANTELOUBE: Chants d'Auvergne (each song individually listed)
• GENESIS SUITE: joint 1944 composition by Schoenberg, Nathaniel Shilkret, Tansman, Milhaud, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Toch, and Stravinsky (recently rediscovered and reconstructed)

There are also new additions by many other less-well-known composers, and numerous corrections and refinements in existing entries.

New Budgeting Module

The OPAS Development team is creating the specification for a new budgeting module that will allow you to track estimated against actual expenses in all areas of OPAS. Client input is actively sought regarding this new OPAS functionality and we encourage you to share your thoughts.

OPAS Online

With OPAS Online, your web browser becomes an interface for OPAS. There are a variety of different ways OPAS Online can be implemented; more information can be found here.

Ask OPAS Version 3

Version 3 of this powerful new search engine is now available. Feel free to download and test this utility.