Summary
Marge Rosen is a multifaceted music director, educator, and entrepreneur who blends deep musical leadership with technical and product skills developed over a diverse 12-year career. Currently directing Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble, Stardust Big Band, and Port Townsend Summer Band, she also founded Stardust Big Band and the tabletop publisher Seaport Games, whose Kickstarter-backed Pirate Party made regional retail. Her background includes executive leadership of the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra—where she built education programs, a composition contest, and the organization’s web presence—and earlier roles as a software developer and systems analyst, giving her a rare mix of artistic, technical, and operational expertise. Trained with an M.M. in Music Education and having completed AI and Ruby on Rails programs, she brings both pedagogical rigor and practical web/dev chops to community-focused arts projects. Known for building sustainable nonprofit programs and connecting music with technology and games, she is passionate about broadening access to music and civic cultural life.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.M., Music Ed, B.M., Music Ed at SUNY Potsdam
Bertelsmann Tech Scholarship Challenge Course - AI Track Nanodegree Program, Artificial Intelligence, Bertelsmann Tech Scholarship Challenge Course - AI Track Nanodegree Program, Artificial Intelligence at Udacity
Certificate of Completion, Ruby on Rails, Certificate of Completion, Ruby on Rails at Code Fellows
M.M., Music Ed, M.M., Music Ed at Ithaca College
English, music