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Marilyn Taft Thomas
Marilyn Taft Thomas is Professor Emerita of Theory and Composition in the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. She recently retired after nearly 40 years of teaching, including 10 year...view moreMarilyn Taft Thomas is Professor Emerita of Theory and Composition in the Carnegie Mellon School of Music. She recently retired after nearly 40 years of teaching, including 10 years as Head of the School of Music.
Dr. Thomas is an active composer with works for orchestra, choir, piano, voice, brass band and chamber ensembles. Her compositions have been performed nationwide as well as in Santiago and Valpraiso, Chile by the Orquesta de Cámara de Chile. In 2004, Thomas was granted the Stolarevsky Lifetime Achievement Award by the McKeesport Symphony Society for distinguished service in the arts, and for excellence in and contributions to the cultural life of our communities.
In addition to her work as a composer, she has published over 20 articles and papers on composition, technology, computer music, music education and women in music. She has also authored two books, several collections of essays, poetry, and travel journals. Leadership in the Arts: An Inside View was published by AuthorHouse in 2008.
Marilyn and her husband Harry have three married children and seven wonderful grandchildren.
An unforgettable near-death experience when she was 6 years old shaped her life and led to the writing of Spiritual Moments—a collection of extraordinary stories experienced by ordinary people from a small suburban church in Pennsylvania.view less
Books by Marilyn Taft Thomas
Spiritual Moments: By the Congregation of the Greenock United Methodist Church