Marilyn Smith ‘83 B.M. Music History and Literature

Marilyn Smith entered Wright State in 1976 as a “non-traditional” student in the Department of Music. It took a lot of perseverance, and seven years as a part-time student while raising her family, to finish her Bachelor of Music degree in History and Literature, cum laude, in 1983. Her first degree was a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Michigan in 1956.

Following graduation, she spent 12 summers at Oberlin College as a harpsichordist at the Baroque Performance Institute, and 10 summers at the University of Michigan for harpsichord workshop studies. Smith performed with