Marianne Parker’s playing has been described as, “a cut above... her sympathetic fingers offering well-sculpted phrases and impassioned pealing” (Chicago Classical Review). Her work can be heard on three albums, Pages intimes (2019), Pyano Sa (2020), and Currents in Time (2020, PARMA/Navona Records). Marianne is curator for the Anthology of 21st century works for solo piano through NewMusicShelf Publishing.

An active chamber musician, Marianne’s first foray into new music was with L+M Duo, which she co-founded in 2016 along with marimbist Laurel Black. Marianne is in demand locally, regionally, and nationally as collaborator and new music specialist. Marianne has been a featured performer at the Bowling Green State University New Music Festival, James Madison University Contemporary Music Festival, Nief Norf Summer Festival, and many others. She serves as President of New Music Chicago, an organization that serves the city’s vast ecosystem of new music creators. Marianne is a 2022 graduate of the Global Leaders Program, an executive arts leadership program preparing professional musicians to become socially impactful organizational leaders.

Marianne has performed with many ensembles across the Midwest, including The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee’s Present Music, Chicago’s Access Contemporary Music, Fourth Coast Ensemble, Crossing Borders Music, and more. She served as the principal pianist for the Chicago Civic Orchestra from 2013-2015, during which time she worked with longtime Chicago Symphony, Pianist Mary Sauer and Chicago Symphony Creative Consultant, Yo-Yo Ma.

Marianne’s work is driven by her passion to communicate the vibrancy and variety of classical music, especially to those who have yet to discover it.