Marleen
Bachelor of Music
A local resident of Parramatta, Marleen began her music education at the age of
4 – first on piano and then flute, before finding the cello. She has studied abroad
in France, Austria and Belgium with international cellists Maria Kliegel and Robert
Cohen at the 2010 Euro Music Festival and throughout her undergraduate degree,
toured extensively throughout Australia and Asia with electric string trio Maske.
Marleen has also performed in masterclasses and participated in private lessons
with Hans Jorgen Jensen of Northwestern University as part of the 2009 Australian
String Academy.
At the age of 17, she was the recipient of the Nils Korner Memorial Scholarship
to the Australian Chamber Music Camp at Wollongong University. Marleen has taught
cello since 2004, with teaching positions at The Pittwater House School, Carlingford
West Primary School and the Sydney Youth Symphony Orchestra. She plays on a cello
from Kligenthaal, Germany, made in 1790. Her life ambition is to complete her Masters
and eventually hold a Doctorate in Music.
