MUSIC DIRECTING AND ORGANIST INFORMATION

Marie has worked as an organist and music director in churches across the mid-Atlantic east coast for almost eleven years. She is currently a member of the American Guild of Organists as part of the Baltimore, Cumberland Valley, and Annapolis chapters, as well as the American Choral Directors Association, and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians.  Marie has played in more than ten churches during her time as an organist, and in those churches she has done substitute work, choir directing work, cantor work, handbell choir directing work, and choir + instrumental ensemble work. When working in Baltimore city, Marie has been the music director of Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Epiphany Lutheran Church, and Govans Presbyterian Church. Marie's active composition work thrives in the churches she works for; she has written more than 80 organ pieces in her time as a church musician including arrangements and orchestral transcriptions, following in the footsteps of her former organ teacher, Jeremy Filsell. Marie has also written many choral pieces, both featured by the Epiphany and Govans Chancel choirs. To listen to some of Marie's church work, including contemporary service singing and piano playing, scroll down to view some video footage below. 

Marie currently runs a concert series at Govans, which hosts a residency for musicians who are a part of the series. Musicians who receive a residency are featured in church services, written about in the newsletter, and perform multiple concerts throughout the season. You can find out more about the music at Govans by visiting their website here: