Mary Dell Jenkins has been a Music Reader Services Librarian for the NLS Music Section since 2005. Previously she worked in the Phoenix Public Library at the Special Needs section. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Hardin-Simmons University and a Master of Music in French horn from Texas Tech University. Following a period of teaching and performing in the Dallas area, she ‘headed south’ to Mexico where she performed at the Fine Arts Palace (Palacio de Bellas Artes) in Mexico City with the Opera/Ballet companies for some years. Upon her return to the U.S., she completed two more Masters Degrees in Educational Psychology from Northern Arizona University and Information Resources and Library Sciences from the University of Arizona. With her music background and love of libraries, she feels fortunate to have the best of both worlds in her current position.
Most Recent Posts
- American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: Q-R (Part 2–Quincy Jones and Richard Rodgers) June 11th, 2020
- New BARD Additions: April 2020 April 30th, 2020
- What’s in a Song? Well….a lot! March 19th, 2020
- The Rich Legacy of African-American Musicians February 6th, 2020
- Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot? I Think Not! December 26th, 2019
- New BARD Additions-November 2019 November 28th, 2019
- Remembering Herbert Howells, 1892-1983 October 17th, 2019
- Hello From the Planet Earth September 5th, 2019
- On This Day in History (of Rock and Roll and Folk Festivals) July 25, 1965 July 25th, 2019
- American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: (Part 2–Kauflin, Justin and Kern, Kevin) June 13th, 2019