Meet Marianne
A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Marianne has been arranging and composing since childhood. Her background in church music, in both large and small congregations, informs her commitment to music that is both beautiful and functional.
Marianne holds a B.S. in Music Education with concentrations in piano and choral music. She has attended the John Ness Beck Foundation Composers’ Workshop and was invited to a Foundation-sponsored mentoring session with Dan Forrest in 2021. In 2023, she studied with Eriks Esenvalds at the Lehigh University Choral Composers Forum. In 2026, she attended the Forrest Fellows workshop hosted by Dan Forrest.
Her sacred and concert choral pieces have been performed throughout the U.S. and around the world. In addition to composing, Marianne hosts a private piano studio, is an editorial assistant for Beckenhorst Press, and sits on the composition committee for the California Choral Directors’ Association. She lives in sunny San Diego, California, with her husband and four children.