Marjorie Merryman

Who is Marjorie Merryman?

Marjorie Merryman is an American composer, author, and music educator. She is Dean of Academic Affairs at the Manhattan School of Music, where she is also a member of the composition faculty. She previously taught at Boston University and Macalester College.

While at BU, she was commissioned by many professional musical ensembles to write pieces ranging from small chamber works to a full opera. She has written and published pieces such as "Chinese Moon Poems", a women's choral piece based on Chinese poems about the moon. Merryman categorizes herself with other twentieth-century composers heavily influenced by Johannes Brahms—in particular, serialist composers such as those of the Second Viennese School.

In 1991, she received the Walter Hinrichsen Award, presented annually by American Academy of Arts and Letters.