Marilyn Dewar is a woman who is so wrapped up in the world of music that her entire life is consumed by the art form and if she had an opportunity to do it all over again she would not hesitate.
One cannot mention music in Guyana, especially when it comes to the piano and a few other instruments, and not have her name featured. This is so because she is one of the few music teachers in Guyana who have been keeping the art form alive. It is because of Dewar and others like her, that local music students can still take the Royal School of Music in London examination. The examination helps students to become qualified and it is facilitated by an examiner who visits Guyana twice yearly to oversee the theoretical and practical aspects of it.
The Scene recently met Marilyn Dewar in the halls of her Charlotte Street music school and the encounter was a musical journey, as it were, going back to where she started. At the end of the meeting two things were certain; Dewar would not leave the world of music as long as she is alive and Guyana is fortunate to still have people of her calibre.
Dewar grew up with music as she had a mother who taught music. While she only teaches piano, she is handy with other instruments such as the violin. But her mother was not her only teacher, as she revealed that she had a “wide array” of teachers.
