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  • Music, Adjunct Faculty (Strings)
School of Arts & Sciences

SWAG视频 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鈥檓 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. 鈥淭ips for Running a Foreign Language Document Review: It鈥檚 Not All Greek,鈥 Corporate Counsel, ALM|Law, 2018.

Translation (English to Japanese) of David Murchie鈥檚 鈥淭he Role of Music in Corporate Worship,鈥 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

Featured Content

To learn more about me, hear clips of my playing, view my performance calendar, or order a copy of my recent album (Gospel Hymns for Violin & Piano) with jazz pianist Paul Johnston, I invite you to visit my professional website, .