Mary Sue Fielding Sklarevski (1917-2007) was an avid musician, composer, and poet in the Baltimore area. Passion for music was shared in her family, with her father-in-law being Alexander Sklarevski, head of the piano department at the Peabody Institute. She played violin in the Gettysburg Symphony, but focused much of her energy on writing, composing, and teaching. She attended the Johns Hopkins University to earn her BS in 1938. She then returned to the John Hopkins University to earn her BM in Music Education in 1966, while also studying composition at Peabody Institute. Sklarevski remained an active donor and member of the Peabody and John Hopkins community, participating as a lifetime member of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association.

In her career, Sklarevski taught music at a handful of local schools including Towsontown Junior High School and Cockeysville Junior High School. A talented composer, Sklarevski published countless works and had them performed in the community. Performances include those done by the Allegany Community College Singers as well as her own students. One particular song, At the Inn, was picked up by Voice of America and broadcast around the world.

Many of Sklarevski's poems have also earned her acclaim. As a distinguished member of the International Society of Poets, Sklarevski published several poems in a national anthology of poetry.

In 1965, Sklarevski worked with visual artist Marjorie Joy Turner Mele to create a color chart of the Bach inventions. The chart shows the duration and relationship of the melodic and harmonic lines in a piece of music. Sklarevski and Mele copyrighted the “Quarter-Tone Scale” which was used to enhance various half-tone scales.