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Maureen Catherine Murchie was raised in Sendai, Japan, where she attended Japanese elementary and secondary schools. Upon graduation from Japanese senior high school, she attended Baylor University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) and Master of Music degree. Her doctoral work was in violin performance under Peter Schaffer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently teaches both academic and applied music at EIU, and serves as concertmaster of the Eastern Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Murchie has served as concertmaster of the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, Baylor Opera Theater, the University of Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and UI Opera Theater. She also served as Assistant Concertmaster of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Principal Second Violin of Opera Illinois and the Sugar Creek Opera Festival, and as a member of the Sinfonia Da Camera. Recent solo performances include Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto with the University of Illinois Chamber Orchestra and the principal viola solo in a performance of Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote with the Danville Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her widely ranging orchestral experience, Ms. Murchie is also in demand as a chamber musician, both on violin and viola. She performs regularly with Kansas City-based Trio Fontana.
email: mcmurchie@eiu.edu
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