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The Cleveland Composers Guild is one of the oldest new music organizations in the US. Regular concerts; irregular music

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

Friday, October 24, 2025, @ 6:00 PM

OPUS 216 Collaboration

Cleveland Museum of Art (Ames Atrium), 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH

Known for weaving together classical, folk, jazz, and world music traditions, Opus 216 brings an eclectic and genre-blending approach to chamber music in Northeast Ohio. 


PROGRAM TO INCLUDE 

The Cleveland Carousel Waltz by Chris Neiner

Tango del Alma by Inna Onofrei

Summer Night, Windows Open by Matthew C. Saunders

A Nuptial Promenade by Lorenzo Salvagni

Distant Cries by Stephen Stanziano

Variations on Happy Birthday by Ryan Charles Ramer

Play This At Your Wedding by Jeffrey Quick

The Joining Rite by Jeremy Piper

The Wind and the Rain by Stephen Stanziano

El Gitano by William F. Rayer

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 @ 12:00 PM

Brown Bag Series Collaboration

Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH

The Brownbag Concert Series began in 1978 in the centuries-old Anglican tradition of providing quality music and arts free-of-charge for residents, students, and workers in the acoustical and architectural splendor of a cathedral. It is now the longest-running free concert series in the Greater Cleveland area.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 3:30 PM

1776-2026: An American Mosaic

John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd, University Heights, OH

Music faculty at John Carroll University present a program of CCG music that celebrates the United States 250th birthday. Listen for songs of home, journeys, and encounters with the unknown.

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

1776-2026: An American Mosaic

John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd, University Heights, OH

Music faculty at John Carroll University present a program of CCG music that celebrates the United States 250th birthday. Listen for songs of home, journeys, and encounters with the unknown.

Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 3:00 PM

Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Collaboration

Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH

Students and alumni of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) perform original works by CCG members.

Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00 PM

Creativity: Learning through Experience XXXV

The Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH

Now in its thirty fifth year, Creativity is a festive performance collaboration between gifted student musicians and professional, local Cleveland composers. The composers create new works for the young performers, who are coached by their teachers and the composers to premiere the music. Student composers also collaborate with professional performers who perform their pieces. 

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Recent & Upcoming Performances/News

Matthew C. Saunders

Matthew C. Saunders

Matthew C. Saunders

Symphony in G, "Doxology" 

Lakeland Civic Orchestra

Rodehorst Performing Arts Center

(Kirtland, OH)

November 9, 2025 @ 4 PM



Margaret Brouwer

Matthew C. Saunders

Matthew C. Saunders

Declaration

Trio Levain

Kent United Church of Christ (Kent, OH)

October 4, 2025 


The Art of Sailing at Dawn

BlueWater Chamber Orchestra

Church of the Covenant (Cleveland, OH)

November 22, 2025

Jeffrey Mumford

Matthew C. Saunders

Jeffrey Mumford

to find in the glimmering air  . . . 

Bowling Green New Music

Bowling Green State University

(Bowling Green, OH)

October 17, 2025


resonant layers of floating light

String Orchestra of New York City

University of Mount St. Vincent 

Riverdale, New York

November 16, 2025

Keith Fitch

Matthew C. Saunders

Jeffrey Mumford

Guest Composer/Faculty

Mostly Modern Festival

Saratoga Springs, NY

June 2-9, 2025


Resident Fellow

The MacDowell Colony Peterborough, NH

July-August 2025

Eric Charnofsky

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Eric Charnofsky

Mixed Doubles

Cleveland Chamber Collective

Christian Disciples Church

(Cleveland Heights, OH)

September 21, 2025

Sebastian Birch

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Eric Charnofsky

empus fugit, memento vivere

Kent State Wind Ensemble

Kent State University

Kent, OH

April 27, 2025


Fugue

Greater Cleveland Flute Society

Unitarian Universalist Church

Shaker Heights, OH

April 27, 2025

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Margi Griebling-Haigh

The Higgler

Opera Premiere Tickets

Disciples Christian Church

(Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

June 7 at 7:30 PM


The Higgler

Opera Premiere Tickets

Disciples Christian Church

(Cleveland Heights, Ohio)

June 8 at 3:30 PM

Cara Haxo

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Margi Griebling-Haigh

Exercices
Splinter Reeds
University of South Carolina School of Music (Columbia, SC)
September 19, 2025


Ty Alan Emerson

Stephen Stanziano

Stephen Stanziano

Discoveries

Cleveland Chamber Collective

Christian Disciples Church

(Cleveland Heights, OH)

September 21, 2025


Stephen Stanziano

Stephen Stanziano

Stephen Stanziano

 Distant Cries

The Wind and the Rain
Opus 216
Cleveland Museum of Art

(Cleveland, OH)
October 24, 2025

Inna Onofrei

Stephen Stanziano

Inna Onofrei

Aura for solo piano

 A Room Full of Voices

St. Elizabeth Church (Berlin, Germany)

May 17, 2025


Be Yourself

Creativity XXXIII

The Music Settlement (Cleveland, OH)

May 18, 2025

Chris Neiner

Stephen Stanziano

Inna Onofrei

Tales of Euclid Beach Park

M.U.S.i.C. - Stars in the Classics

Praxis Fiber Workshop

(Cleveland, OH)

September 27, 2025

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