Giovale Library’s Tiny Library Concert series features student musicians monthly throughout the school year. The series has been run by Eleanor Scoville, a junior vocal performance major, since Fall 2024. The last Tiny Library Concert of the season featured Westminster University students, Eleanor Scoville and Michael Clark, on April 16th.
Taking inspiration from NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, the events are organized and created by Scoville.
“A couple summers ago, I was working here a lot the summer after my first year, and it was just so quiet and so empty,” Scoville said. “I was kind of bored, so I went back to my supervisors, and I said, “ What if I brought my guitar to work one day, and just played?”
Scoville was the first performer of the Tiny Library Concert series, and this is her first time performing since. The duo performed a short set, with Scoville singing and Clark, a junior music studies major, on the piano, a selection from the Reader’s Digest Songbook.
The duo has been playing music together since their first-year.
“We would just play those all the time at Eleanor’s house, and I feel this concert’s been a long time in the making, but we haven’t had the chance to actually perform any of it in front of an audience until now,” Clark said.
Many of the performers are students who “are involved with other ensembles,” said Scoville, such as some of the night attendees.
Prashun Aryal, a senior and a past performer at the Tiny Library concert, said, “I often attend almost every single one, unless I’m busy. But otherwise, I try to make every single one of them.”
Although the Tiny Library concerts are promoted on the Giovale Library’s Instagram, Scoville said that it is a combination of word of mouth, digital, and posters. “I think that word of mouth goes a long way. especially with people that you see on campus or if it’s an event that’s right here (Giovale Library),” Said Scoville.
“I knew about it because I was putting up posters for it, and I watched Eleanor’s setup. But I wasn’t planning on going until Emily [a friend] decided she wanted to go. So, of course, I’m gonna go with it.” Said Emily Weinstein, a first-year custom major.
Clark said, “I think it’s worth noting that the Music club has been a really big influence lately. Their members are some of the most frequent returning attendees and also performers. So they’re awesome.”
The Tiny Library concerts are not limited to music students. Any student who wants to perform is able to reach out to Scoville as the concert season starts.
“I would love for more people to know that you don’t have to be a music student to come and perform,” Scoville said.
