Principal Librarian

Renee Ann Pflughaupt joined the Nashville Symphony as principal librarian in May 2022. Prior to joining the Nashville Symphony, Renee was head librarian of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra for two seasons, from 2020 to 2022, and head and associate head librarian of the Brevard Music Center in 2021 and 2019, respectively. She was assistant librarian of the National Symphony Orchestra in early 2020. During the 2018-2019 seasons, she was personnel manager of the Omaha Symphony in addition to working in the music library. Prior to Omaha, she was orchestra manager & librarian of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Renee is currently chair of the social media committee for MOLA: An Association of Music Performance Librarians and has previously written for the Marcato, the quarterly journal for MOLA.

A classically trained clarinetist and Nebraska native, Renee holds a Bachelor of Arts in Clarinet Performance and a Bachelor of Journalism, News-Editorial from the University of Nebraska‒Lincoln. In her free time, Renee enjoys reading philosophy, writing poetry, baking sourdough, running, and CrossFit.