She trained in Calgary and Austria and won the 3rd prize at the ARD International Music Competition, Munich, for duo[1] with her brother Andrew Dawes in 1963.
Marylou and Andrew played a concert for Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh during their Royal visit to Regina in July 1973.
Marylou Dawes was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, She was a pianist, harpsichordist, chamber musician, soloist,[3] teacher,[4] adjudicator and examiner[5] studied under Dorothy Hare, Terrance Fullerton and Joan Shaw in Calgary,[6] Prof. John Wustman of the University of Illinois, Prof. Lorand Fenyves of the University of Toronto and graduated with distinction from the Vienna Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria.
Toronto Globe and Mail, "Effortless technique, graceful phrasing and subtle varied tone—projects musical ideas with power and eloquence."
[8] She had warm relationships with her children, had many close friends and was an integral force in music and arts in the province she called home, Saskatchewan.