Cleveland Composers Guild
The Cleveland Composers Guild is one of the oldest new music organizations in the US. Regular concerts; irregular music
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.
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 XXXIV
The Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH
Now in its thirty fourth 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.
Recent & Upcoming Performances/News
Matthew C. Saunders
Matthew C. Saunders
Matthew C. Saunders
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
Disciples Christian Church
(Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
June 7 at 7:30 PM
The Higgler
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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