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America's most uncoordinated childhood ballet and tap student before discovering that her talents were music and writing, Marakay Rogers finally traded in her violin for law school when she realized that she might make more money in law than she did performing with the Potomac Symphony and in orchestra pits around the mid-Atlantic. She has never recovered from being chewed out by Terrence Mann in public for hanging up her bow.

A graduate of Wilson College (PA), Marakay is also a writer, film reviewer and interviewer for the Wilkes-Barre (PA) Independent Gazette, science-fiction publications, and other news outlets. She's also taught college-level communications, writing, and English literature classes, has received multiple writing awards, and is listed in Marquis' "Who's Who in America". In her free time, Marakay practices law and often gets it right.

BWW Reviews: Tempesta di Mare's GREAT BOOKS Program is One for the Books
by Marakay Rogers

Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone save their audience some reading time by letting them enjoy the musical versions of several literary classics.

BWW Reviews: Piffaro Goes BACK BEFORE BACH at 2013 Philadelphia Bach Festival
by Marakay Rogers

The fourth concert of the 3013 Bach Festival presented the forerunners of J.S. Bach -- Praetorius, Lassus, Melchior Franck and Bach's own family.

BWW Reviews: Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Time Travel at PIFA to Swinging Sixties Spy Movie Music
by Marakay Rogers

The PIFA time travel theme took the Philly Pops to the birth of the James Bond film franchise... and beyond

BWW Reviews: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates the Fall of the Berlin Wall at PIFA
by Marakay Rogers

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Mendelssohn Club, and the Center for Emerging Visual Art paid tribute to one of the great events of modern history during the PIFA celebrations in a well-received performance of musical, vocal, and visual art

BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance
by Marakay Rogers

The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'

BWW Reviews: World Premiere of Michael Daugherty's REFLECTIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
by Marakay Rogers

On March 24, Philadelphia Orchestra principal tubist Carol Jantsch and the Grammy-nominated Temple University Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of Daugherty's new concerto to a receptive and enthusiastic audience

BWW Reviews: Emanuel Ax in Recital of Beethoven and Chopin Through Gretna Music
by Marakay Rogers

Noted pianist Emanuel Ax delighted the audience at Leffler Performance Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania with his performance of the 'Pathetique' and other works

BWW Interviews: Carol Jantsch of the Philadelphia Orchestra on Daugherty's 'Reflections' and on the Tuba as Solo Instrument
by Marakay Rogers

Carol Jantsch, principal tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, reflects on her instrument and Michael Daugherty's composing prior to the world premiere of Daugherty's 'Reflections On the Mississippi for Tuba and Orchestra'

BWW Interviews: Composer Michael Daugherty on 'Reflections On the Mississippi For Tuba and Orchestra'
by Marakay Rogers

Noted modern composer Michael Daugherty explains why the tuba is the centerpiece of his new work focusing on his childhood memories, and what to expect from the piece

BWW Reviews: Andreas Scholl at the Ware Center, Lancaster
by Marakay Rogers

Famed German countertenor Andreas Scholl and Israeli pianist Tamar Halperin performed works from Scholl's new song/lieder CD at the Ware Center, Lancaster, on December 5.