Michael Marcades, Ph.D.

Author, Editor, Choral Music Professional, President and Executive Editor of PENIEL UNLIMITED, LLC

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Dr. Michael Marcades completed his PhD in Fine Arts (Choral Conducting) at Texas Tech University in May 1999.  His dissertation, Benjamin Britten’s Ad majorem Dei gloriam (AMDG):  A Musico-poetic Analysis and Performance Guide for the Choral Conductor, was nominated for the 1999 Julius Herford Prize and is housed on request in the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh, England.  Throughout his career, he has served on the School of Music faculties at Texas Tech University, Columbus State University Schwob School of Music, and Southern Union State Community College. Presently, he serves as Adjunct Professor of Music Education / Chair of Doctoral Dissertation Committee at Liberty University.

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Additionally, he has devoted extensive time to in-depth research and publishing about the tragically mysterious life and death of his mother, Melba Christine Youngblood Marcades, aka Rose Cherami.  Cherami is known to the worldwide President John F. Kennedy assassination community as the woman who knew in advance and tried to warn authorities about the pending assassination plot.   Marcades has authored and published two books titled  ROSE CHERAMI: Gathering Fallen Petals (Revised Second Edition, 2019).

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Michael and Kelly own and operate PENIEL UNLIMITED, LLC, a publishing company that publishes the work of outstanding authors. Kelly is a music professional in her own right as well as a Texas Certified Music Educator, EC-12. 

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Michael and his wife, Kelly, live in Kendalia, Texas, with their two dogs, Molly and Sadie.

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