Marcia Henry Liebenow
Research Assistant Professor;
Violin, Viola, Chamber Music;
Concertmaster, Peoria Symphony Orchestra
Biography
Marcia Henry Liebenow is Research Assistant Professor of Violin, Viola, and Chamber Music at Bradley University, and Concertmaster of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. She is in demand as a recitalist, chamber musician, soloist, and highly regarded as a teacher. She has appeared as soloist with the Samara Philharmonic Symphony in Russia, served as Primo Violino at Orvieto Musica in Italy, and performed in Germany, Ireland, and Wales, and with orchestras throughout the United States, including performances of Shirish Korde’s Svara-Yantra Concerto for Violin, Tabla, and Orchestra. Her performances have been broadcast nationally on American Public Media’s Performance Today.
In 2020, Marcia created a series of Driveway Concerts that were live-streamed on Facebook to provide encouragement during the pandemic, and viewed more than 25,000 times. She is a founding member of the Concordia String Trio, Peoria Lunaire new music ensemble, and the River City String Quartet. She has recorded two CDs with her Concordia String Trio, American Vistas and Viennese String Trios, and recorded the Grieg Violin Sonatas with internationally acclaimed pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi, all with Centaur Records. Most recently, the Concordia String Trio is featured in several works written specifically for them by Andrew List on a 2022 CD From the Heart of Ra.
Marcia is a faculty artist at the Red Lodge Music Festival in Montana, the Birch Creek Music Festival in Wisconsin, and has taught at the ARIA International Summer Academy in Canada and Massachusetts.
She has been recognized with the Outstanding Studio Teacher Award from Illinois American String Teachers Association, the Distinguished Alumni Award in Music from Ohio University, the 25 Women in Leadership Award by WEEK, and named an Arts Treasure for her community work by ArtsPartners of Central Illinois.Marcia holds degrees in Violin Performance from Ohio University and New England Conservatory, where she studied with James Buswell and served as his teaching assistant. www.marciahenry.com