In 1996, Marse moved to New Haven, Connecticut for graduate study at Yale University where her teachers were Claude Frank and Boris Berman.
She subsequently moved to New York City, pursuing Professional Studies at The Juilliard School with Brian Zeger and the late Samuel Sanders in accompanying and Herbert Stessin in piano.
[2] Marse then moved to Boston, where she was later awarded the Doctorate in Musical Arts in Collaborative Studies from New England Conservatory.
Her first professional solo and chamber music concerts were held at the Victoria Bach Festival, where she was the New Young Artist at age 18.
Marse sings and records regularly with the Grammy nominated ensemble Conspirare, conducted by Craig Hella Johnson.