Marylyn Varriale is a published writer, composer/arranger, and educator. Among her creative credits are the score and lyrics to Turn Off! an anti-drug musical play developed at New York's High School for the Performing Arts; the soundtrack for Simon and Schuster's CD ROM Millennium Mantra, and various Radio/TV commercials for which she has received both local and national recognition.

Her most recent creative endeavor is Letterville, a unique musical approach to a phonics program – published by the National Reading Styles Institute (NRSI, Inc.).

Trained in the Lincoln Center Aesthetic Education model, Marylyn is a Teaching Artist at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Long Island University. She also has a private studio where she coaches aspiring performers and composers.