Helen Marlais’ active performance
schedule includes concerts in North America, Eastern and
Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She is one of
the most prolific authors in the field of educational piano
publishing. Her critically acclaimed and award-winning piano
series, Succeeding with the Masters®, The
Festival Collection®, In Recital®,
Sight Reading & Rhythm Every Day®, and
The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, among others,
are exclusively published by The FJH Music Company. As well
as being the Director of Keyboard Publications for The FJH
Music Company, she is also an associate professor of piano
at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
where she teaches studio piano, directs the piano pedagogy
program, and coordinates the group piano programs. These
group programs include keyboard musicianship for university
music majors and the young beginner piano program. She has
performed and given workshops and master classes at local,
state, and national music teachers’ conventions and
her articles can be read in Keyboard Companion, The
American Music Teacher, and Clavier magazines.
Dr. Marlais has performed with members of the Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Minnesota, Grand Rapids, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and Beijing
National Symphony Orchestras to name a few, and has recorded on
Gasparo and Centaur record labels with her husband, clarinetist
Arthur Campbell. She has given collaborative recitals throughout the
U.S. and in Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Estonia,
Lithuania, Russia, and China. Her educational piano CD’s for
children are recorded on Stargrass Records®.
Dr. Marlais has also held full-time faculty piano positions at the
Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. at Potsdam, Iowa State University,
and Gustavus Adolphus College. She presents workshops at every
national convention and is a featured presenter at state conventions.
She has been a guest teacher and performer at leading music schools
and conservatories throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She
received her DM in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern
University and her MM in piano performance from Carnegie Mellon University.
