Marj Cooke

Music Conservatory
of Sandpoint

Marj Cooke

Instruments played: Pipe organ, piano, viola, folk harp, carillon, mandolin family, Dobro, recorders, and other miscellaneous instruments.
Education: BA degree in Music and French, Master’s in Music Theory and Composition.
Work Experience: Elementary School classroom teacher for 33 years; taught music for entire grade level or entire school before Music Specialists were hired; was Technology Teacher in school for last 5 years prior to retirement.
Musical organizations: Professional Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America; member Classical Mandolin Society of America; violist with Sandpoint New Horizons Orchestra and Pend Oreille Chamber Orchestra.
Music Experience:

Began piano lessons at age 3 with mother who was a piano teacher.
Studied violin for 5 years as a child.
Participated in various choral groups through school and beyond.
Studied Classical Pipe Organ for 6 years.
Worked as Church Organist for many years for various denominations.
Studied Carillon in graduate school passing professional exam in 1969.
Enjoys arranging and composing music.

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