Marianne Ploger, M.M.

Brief Bio

Marianne Ploger, M.M., is currently Associate Professor of Music Perception & Cognition and Director of the Musicianship Program at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University.

Notable Works

Marianne Ploger is the creator of a comprehensive musicianship program that is oriented toward real-time music cognition, developed after more than 30 years of teaching experience and based on original observations concerning the perception of musical pitch, interval and rhythm. Ms. Ploger has taught at many institutions in the United States and Internationally, among them: University of Michigan School of Music; University of Minnesota; Oberlin Conservatory; Conductors Guild, the Royal Danish Conservatory, Brehmen Hochschule für Musik and Freiburg Hochschule für Musik, the Berlin Hochschule für Kunst und Musik, Brüchner Academy in Linz, Austria, University of Goteborg, Sweden. Her current position as the Director of the Musicianship Program at Vanderbilt University affords her the opportunity to teach her rigorous methodology to students of all ages.

Quotes

On the Robeson Group’s work: “What a joy to see this clip. Many thanks for sending it my way. I thoroughly enjoyed watching and learning. What a beautiful child….and FATHER. An inspiration - what teaching and learning can be.