Marie McMarrow N.C.T.M. has performed as soprano soloist with many orchestras including the Jamaica Philharmonic Orchestra,
the San Luis Orchestra of Argentina
and the Tubingen Orchestra of Germany. Other performances include Opera, Oratorio, Musicals and solo recitals in Jamaica,
Cayman Islands, Canada, Holland
and the United States. Marie won the 1993 and 1994 Jamaica
Music Industry Awards (JAMI) for best female vocalist, classical Music and for chamber music ensemble with the group,
Musica Xaymaca,. She also won a Dutch Government Scholarship and in 1995 became the first singer in the Netherlands
to receive a grant from the Uri Egoruff foundation ... an award usually given to piano students.
Her CD recordings include her latest release Xaymaca, Songs From The Hills Of Jamaica Volume 1, an anthology
of Jamaican folk songs and songs from the Caribbean. This CD explores an historical view and comparison of the Music produced
by the Maroons, slaves on the island, and contemporary composers of Jamaica and includes one song from Trinidad. The Maroons
were escaped African slaves, Arawak and Mesquito Indians (1655) originally owned by Spaniards, who settled and lived freely
in the Eastern and Western hills of the island. They were later joined by British African slaves who also escaped. They later
fought and won their freedom from the British Army in 1739. In the East they were led at one point by a woman (later named
National Hero), called Nanny. Other recordings include: Handel’s Messiah, 2002 recording with the Grace
Church choir and orchestra of Rutland Vermont; “Portrait of an Artist” recorded at the Jamaica School of
Music; and “In the Spirit of Christmas” a video produced by the Artist for CAT TV Vermont sponsored by Adelphia.
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