Assistant Professor, Music Education Coordinator / Strings / Instrumental

Dr. Marilyn Seelman received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Miami-Coral Gable, Florida and her Master of Music in viola from Boston University. She has held the position of director of orchestras and violist at Trinity University in San Antonio, the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque and Georgia State University. Dr Seelman has served as Georgia All-State Conductor, East Tennessee All-State Conductor and will be traveling to Alaska in November 2006 to conduct the Alaska All-State Orchestra. She has been a faculty member at the Interlochen Arts Camp, has presented viola masterclasses at Vanderbilt University and at the 2005 American String Teachers Association with NSOA National Convention and presented a session on viola pedagogy at the 2004 ASTA National Convention. She is past-president of the Georgia American String Teachers Association. Dr. Seelman is the conductor and music director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestras of Atlanta which, under her leadership, have performed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, New York's Carnegie Hall, Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, the Georgia Music Educators' Conference in Savannah and in April, 2006 performed in Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai, China. She maintains an active viola studio, adjudicates festivals, conducts and gives clinics throughout the United States.

Office: 606 Haas Howell

Phone: (404) 413-5930

Fax: (404) 413-5910

E-mail: musmms@langate.gsu.edu