ABOUT MARVIN ROSEN
Marvin Rosen earned his bachelor’s degree in music and music education from Trenton State College,
his master’s degree in musicology
from the Manhattan School of Music, and his doctorate in Music Education in 1985 from Teachers’ College,
Columbia University. His teachers have included Shirley Batchelor and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
From 1979 to 1982 he was first a piano pedagogy student and later a staff member at
the New School for Music Study in Kingston, NJ.
He has given many recitals and lecture/recitals as well as radio performances in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston as well radio intervievs.
He has presented recitals totally devoted to the music of Alan Hovhaness in Princeton, NJ, Chicago and New York.
In 1997, Dr. Rosen presented a lecture/recital on American music
at the Karlowicz Music School in Katowice, Poland, and a recital at the Szustra Palace in Warsaw.
In 1998 he performed at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.
Each year he presents a piano recital with music partially and/or totally devoted to music of living composers.
Dr. Rosen’s mission is to expose beautiful, little-known 20th and 21st-century music to audiences
through performances, lectures, teaching and his radio program.
He has recorded two compact discs of Alan Hovhaness’ piano music for Koch International Classics:
Fred the Cat - Alan Hovhaness - Half a century of piano music.
was described as “delectable” by The Washington Post:
“The four-movement sonata titled “Fred the Cat”....is a delight to
hear in this fluent performance, and it shares the disc with 10 other works (including five premiere recordings)
that are similarly delightful.”
Vision of a Starry Night - Alan Hovhaness - More - Half a century of piano music.
a recording containing eight world premieres, the British Magazine Tempo stated,
“Marvin Rosen’s commitment to and enthusiasm for this very exceptional music cannot for a moment be doubted.”
This recording was selected as one of 1995’s best CDs by Jurgen Gothe, host of CBC Stereo’s “Disc Drive.”
Dr. Rosen is the author of liner notes for a number of recordings for:
Koch International Classics - several CDs featuring music of Hovhaness, Cowell, and other American composers.
Albany Records - South American String Quartets
MMC Label - Sapphire Summer - Jeanne E. Shaffer.
He has also presented lectures at:
College Music Society’s Northeast Chapter meetings :
"Music Of Alan Hovhaness"
"Classical Radios Role in the New Millennium"
"The Fuguing Tunes of Henry Cowell"
several different organizations presenting lectures on " New Music" and "Music of Women Composers".
From 1997 Marvin Rosen is the host of the weekly radio program
Classical Discoveries
on WPRB - 103.3FM - Princeton, NJ
This unique radio program devoted to little known repertoire of all musical periods with an emphasis on
the old (Baroque and before) and "New Classical Music".
"Classical Discoveries" was the winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2005.
During the summer of 2007 hosted "Classical Discoveries goes Avant-Garde"
During the summer of 2000 and 2001 hosted an oldies show on the same station.
He is currently a full time faculty member at the Westminster Conservatory of Music teaching piano and
music history for the Young Artists Program and also teaches Musical Styles for the Piano Pedagogy Certification
Program
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