Dylan Marney

Dr. Dylan Marney is Chair of the Division of Fine, Applied, and Literary Arts and Associate Professor of Music at Culver-Stockton College. Dr. Marney received his DMA from the University of Arizona, majoring in Piano Performance under Dr. John Milbauer, with a minor in Music Theory. His final research involved the application of musico-rhetorical theory to J.S. Bach?s The Art of the Fugue. He received both his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance at Central Washington University, studying with Dr. John Pickett, and was awarded 1st place in the Steinway & Sons piano competition for Washington State. Dr. Marney also holds a Master of Science degree in Music Technology from the IUPUI School of Music in Indianapolis. His final project for the degree was an original film score for live piano and electronic accompaniment to the 1922 silent film Nosferatu by F.W. Murnau. A proponent of collaborative arts efforts, Marney has worked for Opening Minds through the Arts and continues to research and compose electro-acoustic works for film. He is a frequent soloist and performs throughout the region and nationally, having served as an Artist-in-residence at the Lake Chelan Bach Fest in Washington state. As a collaborative pianist, Marney was rehearsal pianist for the University of Arizona Opera productions and acted as string studio accompanist at Central Washington University. He received additional piano studies with Peter Longworth at the Kairos Chamber Music Festival and Rebecca Penneys at The Chautauqua Institution.