Maureen Murchie, DMA

Music, Adjunct Faculty (Strings)

School of Arts & Sciences

SWAG��Ƶ Me

I am a performer and a teacher. I try hard to maintain a healthy balance between those two roles because I believe that excellence in one truly can inform and enhance the other. As a string player, I get excited about beautiful performance spaces like Mary's Chapels and Heskett Hall. I collaborate with students in applied lessons, studio classes, and string methods classes. A significant part of my collaboration with colleagues occurs off-campus through my work as concertmaster of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra.

Why I’m At Mary

I'm at Mary to help students navigate the complex technical challenges of string playing; to help them develop a collection of repertoire that will serve as a useful toolbox after they graduate; to equip students with ensemble skills so they can participate in chamber and/or orchestral music for years to come; and to help them become their own teacher.

Expertise

I have extensive experience playing music from the Baroque and Classical eras, using period instruments, bows, notation, and pitches. Learning how to play Bach, Handel, and Mozart in a historically informed way changed how I approach all music. I grew up in Japan and attended Japanese schools through high school. I speak, read, and write Japanese at a native level.

Murchie, Maureen C. (2010). "A History of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, 1973-2005," [Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign].

Murchie, Maureen. “Tips for Running a Foreign Language Document Review: It’s Not All Greek,” Corporate Counsel, ALM|Law, 2018.

Translation (English to Japanese) of David Murchie’s “The Role of Music in Corporate Worship,” The Bulletin of the Institute for Research in Religious Music, Vol. 3, Tohoku Gakuin University Press, Sendai Japan, 1999.

Education

DMA: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
MM: Baylor University, 2003
BA: Baylor University, 2001

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