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Marvel Jem Roth (age 18) is a composer-conductor from Los Angeles, California. She is honored to be recognized by organizations including National YoungArts, Penn State Ballora-Wang Awards, and ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. She was a 2021-2024 fellow in the LA Phil Composer Fellowship Program, mentored by Andrew Norman and Sarah Gibson, and a 2024 Apprentice Composer for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA (NYO-USA), mentored by Sean Shepherd. Marvel’s compositions have been performed by the LA Philharmonic, LA Master Chorale, Kronos Quartet, NYO-USA, Juilliard School, Colburn School, Southeast Symphony, and more. Marvel is in her first year at Princeton University.