Meet the Staff

Darwin Scott has been the music librarian at the Mendel Music Library since April 1, 2009.  Previously he was at Brandeis University (in Waltham, MA—about 13 miles west of Boston),  where he served as Creative Arts Librarian from May 1995 until May 2007, and then as Assistant Director for Research and Instruction Services, Creative Arts and Humanities until January 2009. While at Brandeis, Darwin established and developed a collection of early music imprints dating from 1501-1650 (the Gorham Collection), which had grown to over fifty publications by the time he came to Princeton. From 1979 to 1995, Darwin worked at the UCLA music library, serving as head of technical services there from 1984-95. At UCLA, Darwin earned a masters and Ph.D. in historical musicology (1978; 1988), specializing in medieval music and writing a dissertation on the early motets of the Notre Dame Era. During most of his years at UCLA, Darwin was an active performer, playing oboe in the orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles, and later branching out into early music, playing recorders and crumhorn. In 1993, Darwin completed an MLS from the UCLA School of Library and Information Science, focusing on reference, cataloging/authority control, and, in particular, Renaissance music publication. While at UCLA, Darwin had two stints of teaching at California State University, Northridge, directing the collegium musicum there from 1983-85 and returning in the early 90s to teach graduate courses in music research and bibliography, and Renaissance music. Darwin also holds a BM from California State University, Long Beach, where he focused on music performance and musicology.

Darwin is an active member of the Music Library Association, serving as music review editor for the association’s journal Notes from 1996 until 2008, and serving on the board of the New England Library Association (NEMLA) from 2006-09 (chair in 2007/8). He has presented often at national and local chapter meetings, particularly on streaming audio resources, researching music in interdisciplinary databases, and most recently, on projects to digitize pre-1923 music publications. Darwin has served for many years on the Committee for Career-Related Issues of the American Musicological Society (AMS), and coordinates the conference mentoring (buddy) program each year at the annual meeting of the society. He is also moderator of the mail list for the Society for Seventh-Century Music.

Dan--COMING SOON!

Jenny Scro is the Circulation Supervisor/Head of Public Services at Mendel Music Library. She has been a staff member at Princeton since April 2007 and has thoroughly enjoyed hustlin' and bustlin' around the circulation desk since!

Jenny has a B.M. in Piano Performance from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Virginia and earned graduate credits as an Accompanist at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT. Between colleges she has interned for TVT Records working alongside the tour manager where she met bands, did some marketing and played "gopher" to some big music execs. Around the same time she worked for a music marketing company called "It's a Gas" gallivanting around North Jersey and NYC for minimal pay. In addition, she has tuned pianos, played piano for church choirs and was a second soprano for the Garden State Philharmonic for two years.

She has worked for libraries for nearly 13 years. She began her career in libraries with Ocean County Library in NJ where she worked for 8 different branches as a temp until she became full time. The music Gods however, had different plans for her and she stumbled upon the perfect job that she now has here at Mendel Music Library. She is currently working toward a Master's degree in Library Science from Clarion University and hopes to graduate by August 2010. Her goal is to become an orchestral/music librarian.

Maggie Capewell has been employed at Mendel Music Library since August 2008 where she oversees collection services, manages Mendel’s serials, and maintains the music library web site. In 2006, she graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in religion and a minor in art history. Not sure what to do with a religion degree, she spent some time working in the financial industry before finally stumbling upon librarianship. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in library science at Clarion University and hopes to one day begin a master’s program in eastern religion. Her career interests are primarily in archival work.

Maggie has been involved with music since she was nine years old, when she began learning to play the flute. A few years later a very serendipitous event happened when she picked up the clarinet and eventually the oboe, securing her love of music forever. During high school and college she was involved in concert band, clarinet choir, flute choir, marching band, and also played baritone horn while marching for two seasons with the Phoenix Drum and Bugle Corp.