Dr. Maurita Murphy Marx, the American clarinetist, is internationally recognized as a master teacher and performer. Her degrees are from Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University. Moreover, her students have won first prizes exclusively in international clarinet competitions. She has three CDs with Rafael Dos Santos and Michele Ramo on Spotify, Pandora, etc. Dr. Marx’s teaching career includes Professor of Clarinet at the University of Iowa, USA, for 32 years, and is the recipient of the Collegiate Teaching Award at the University of Iowa. She continues to perform and is a frequent lecturer on the Brazilian Choro.