MAUREEN MURCHIE

VIOLIN

Maureen Murchie is an active performer on violin and viola, in demand as a soloist, leader, chamber musician, and teacher. She is concertmaster of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Youth Orchestra, and a member of the Handel and Haydn Society. Having grown up in Japan and attended Japanese schools, Maureen speaks, reads, and writes Japanese at a native level. For over a decade she lived in New York City and worked as a Japanese translator, interpreter, and marketing manager while maintaining a freelance performing career that included Broadway pits, Harry Connick Jr., the baroque and contemporary orchestras of Trinity Wall Street, and many period ensembles across the United States. Maureen holds degrees from Baylor University (magna cum laude) and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she wrote a dissertation on the history of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. Dr. Murchie has held teaching positions at Eastern Illinois University, McLennan Community College, University of Illinois, University of Mary, and Bismarck High School. In August 2024 she was appointed Assistant Dean of Humanities, Arts & Sciences at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota. For more info, to view her performance calendar, or to order a copy of her album Gospel Hymns for Violin & Piano (with jazz pianist Paul Johnston), please visit maureenmurchie.com.