Margie Vathauer Marrs
Pearl M. Taylor Professor of Music
Phone: 319.399.8604
E-mail: mmarrs@coe.edu
B.S., Kansas State University
M.A., Washington State University;
Royal Academy of Music, London
Margie V. Marrs has taught voice, diction, vocal literature and pedagogy courses at Coe since 1978. She is an active performer and most recently has developed themed programs of American Song. A student of Alexander Technique for more than 25 years, Prof. Marrs spent her last sabbatical working with Jane Heirich, author of Voice and the Alexander Technique.
In recent years Prof. Marrs has performed and conducted master classes in Damascus, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Hangzhou, and Hohot, Inner Mongolia. She is a Visiting Guest Professor at Shenyang Conservatory, Shenyang, China, and recently completed four years as Iowa governor of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
In addition to teaching, Prof. Marrs served as chair of the department for 12 years and in the fall of 2007 resumed that position. She was the director of music and soprano soloist at Temple Judah in Cedar Rapids and performed with the Coe College Baroque Chamber Ensemble for many years. In 1999 she edited a volume of Czech Folksongs entitled Whither Little Path.
