Nicholas Alexander Brown-Cáceres is the Acting Chief and Assistant Chief of the Library of Congress Music Division, where he oversees the collections and activities of the largest music library in the world. He is also adjunct faculty in library and information science at Catholic University and a member of the Maryland State Library Board. Brown-Cáceres served as COO for Communication and Outreach (2020-2023) and Acting Co-CEO (2022-2023) of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System. He previously worked at Washington Performing Arts and the Library of Congress, is a past president of the DC Library Association, and served in the 215th Army Band. His first book, Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100 (co-authored with David Plylar) was published in fall 2025. His career as a musician includes work as a conductor, french horn player, and choral singer in the U.S. and Europe. Brown-Cáceres received the 2021 Library Journal (LJ) Marketer of the Year Award and was named an LJ Mover & Shaker - Innovators in 2019. He holds a Master’s in musicology from King’s College London, a Master’s in library and information studies from Catholic University, and a B.A. in music (high honors) and history, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University. He lives in Bowie, Maryland, with his husband Chris and their three dachshunds.
