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Dr. Marjory Serrano is one of the founding members of Argot. She began her violin studies at age 7 studying at the Aragua Symphony Foundation in Venezuela and the Academia Latinoamericana de Violin with Jose Francisco del Castillo and Sergio Celis. She the came to the U.S. to study at the Shenandoah Conservatory under Marc Ramirez and Akemi Takayama. While at Shenanoah, she also completed an Artist Diploma in Quartet Studies under the guidance of Doris Lederer and C. Thomas Shaw. She then finished her studies at Catholic University where she completed her doctorate under Jody Gatwood.

She has attended several festivals including Union de las Artes (Venezuela), Curso de Violin (Venezuela), Las Vegas Music Festival, Idyllwild Music Festival, Shenadoah Performs Music Festival, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Castleton Music Festival Orchestra under Lorin Maazel. Dr. Serrano has also performed in various solo and chamber master classes with Midori, Anne Akiko Meyers, Christoph Wyneken and pianist John O'Conor.

In addition to Argot, Dr. Serrano maintains a busy schedule performing with the Ars Nova Chamber Players, and serves as concert master for both the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Greater Washington and the National String Symphonia.  She is also serving as Adjunct Violin Professor at Frederick Community College.