Clarinetist Marian Liebowitz, winner of the U.S. State Department/Kennedy Center 1997 Artistic Ambassador Competition, represented the United States in Latin America that year by performing a month-long tour to seven countries. In 1998, Dr. Liebowitz revisited El Salvador where she played five performances as the American representative to the Third Annual Peace Festival. She also traveled to Costa Rica in 1998 and Chile in 1999 as a State Department "Cultural Specialist" in the Business of Music. While in Chile , Dr. Liebowitz performed recitals in Santiago and Valparaiso . Recently, Dr. Liebowitz performed as soloist with the Orquesta

Sinfónica de Maracaibo (Venezuela), the California Wind Orchestra ( Sacramento ), the Tefereth Israel Community Orchestra, the Hutchins Consort, and the SDSU Symphony Orchestra. After returning from a successful tour to Utah , she traveled in 2003 to Central America   accompanied by pianist Richard Thompson to perform in Guatemala City and Antigua . Additional domestic touring has included Oregon , Tennesee, and statewide throughout California . In May 2004, 2005 and 2006, Professors Liebowitz and Thompson toured Argentina under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires .

Dr. Liebowitz is one of a small number of wind soloists ever to be selected for the California Arts Council Touring Artists Roster. In past seasons, she performed concertos with the San Diego Symphony, the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the Monteux Orchestra, and the New Mexico Music Festival Orchestra. She is former Principal Clarinetist of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and has appeared in such prestigious festivals as the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, the San Luis Obisbo Mozart Festival, the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Sacramento Festival of New American Music, and the Colorado Music Festival. She is former Executive Director and clarinetist of the Arioso Wind Quintet, with whom she recorded 3 cds on the KOCH International label and toured extensively throughout the U.S.

Professor of Music for the School of Music and Dance at San Diego State University, Dr. Liebowitz was named to the campus "Top 25" list for 1999. She was also the recipient of the 2000 CSU Bautzer Faculty Award for excellence in fundraising and development. At SDSU, she teaches studio clarinet, coaches chamber music, and offers "Professional Orientation for Music Performers", a popular seminar for music majors. Dr. Liebowitz also created the SDSU Adams' Project, an innovative professional training program for soloists and small ensembles in music. Under these auspices, students have performed professionally throughout California since 1992 and internationally since 1998. In addition to her arts administration workshops abroad, Dr. Liebowitz has guest lectured on the Business of Music at UC Davis, CSU Sacramento , the University of the Pacific, and community colleges and high schools throughout California . Dr. Liebowitz holds the Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, the Master of Arts from Smith College, and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California.