Maureen Murchie
Viola
Maureen Murchie (violin/viola) is concertmaster of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, assistant conductor of the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Youth Orchestra, and a performing 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 while maintaining a freelance performing career that included Broadway pits, Harry Connick Jr., the baroque and contemporary orchestras of Trinity Wall Street, and many ensembles across the U.S.
Maureen holds degrees from Baylor University 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. Currently she is Assistant Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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