Cleveland Composers Guild
The Cleveland Composers Guild is one of the oldest new music organizations in the US. Regular concerts; irregular music
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.
Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
An American Mosaic
John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd, University Heights, OH
The Cleveland Composers Guild is presents An American Mosaic in collaboration with John Carroll University. This program explores American cultural traditions through themes of place and migration, pairing new works for voice and piano with American classics performed by the JCU Wind Ensemble.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
"Speech of Chief Seattle" by Ryan Charles Ramer
"Mamma mia, dammi cento lire" by Lorenzo Salvagni
"Ganz Alleine" by Matthew C. Saunders
“All The Colors” by Stephen Stanziano
"Romance" by Robert Rollin
"Auswandererlied" by Jeffrey Quick
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.
PROGRAM TO INCLUDE
Six in Four by Nicholas Puin
Obscure Words by Ryan Charles Ramer
Mechanical-Type Love by William Hermanowski
Six Lullabies by Inna Onofrei
Meditation II by Matthew C. Saunders
Cheburashka by Margi Griebling-Haigh
Pulled Apart by Owen Axelberd*
*Winner of the 13th Annual Collegiate Composition Contest
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
Recent & Upcoming Performances/News
Jeffrey Mumford
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Margaret Brouwer
for Clare
eight aspects of appreciation II
of ringing and layered space:
to find in the glimmering air . . .
a buoyant continuity of layering blue
undiluted days
fleeting cycles of layered air
Bargemusic
Brooklyn Bridge Park
(New York, New York)
May 24, 2026
expanding echoes of layered resonances
Chiraina Chamber Players
St. Mark’s Church
(Washington, D.C.)
March 15, 2026
Margaret Brouwer
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Margaret Brouwer
Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers
Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
(Pittsburgh, PA)
April 19, 2026
Rhapsody, Concerto for Orchestra
Akron Symphony
E.J. Thomas Hall
(Akron, OH)
May 9, 2026
Timespan
CityMusic Cleveland
St. Stanislaus Church
(Cleveland, OH)
May 31, 2026
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Consolation
Xavier Suarez, piano
Chamber Concert
(East Lansing, MI)
April 11, 2026
Spring Prelude
The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Vigado Concert Hall
(Budapest, Hungary)
April 26, 2026
Symphonic Dances
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra
Hahn Hall
(Santa Barbara, CA)
May 30, 2026
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
From a Train Window
Cleveland Chamber Collective
Disciples Christian Church
(Cleveland Heights, OH)
April 12, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Sinfonia for Choirs of Oboes
John Mack Oboe Camp
(Little Switzerland, NC)
June 12, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Sebastian Birch
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Sebastian Birch
Dance
Greater Cleveland Flute Association
Judson Manor
(Cleveland, OH)
April 26, 2026
Migrations
Greater Cleveland Flute Association
Judson Manor
(Cleveland, OH)
April 26, 2026
Nicholas Puin
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Sebastian Birch
The Great American Songbook
Jazz Impact Spring Concert
Lakeland Community College
(Kirtland, OH)
May 3, 2026
The Great American Songbook
The Nick Puin Band
Van Aken District
(Shaker Heights, OH)
July 9, 2026
Chris Neiner
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Tales of Euclid Beach Park
Stars in the Classics
Cleveland History Center
(Cleveland, OH)
June 25, 2026
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Ritha’ – For that Walk Back Home
Greater Cleveland Flute Society
Judson Manor
(Cleveland, OH)
April 26, 2026
Cara Haxo
Pablo D. Gómez-Sandro
Eric Charnofsky
I Shall Be Taller
Whistling Hens
Central Connecticut State University
(New Britain, CT)
March 28, 2026
Eric Charnofsky
Ryan Charles Ramer
Eric Charnofsky
Everyone Sang
Master Singers Chorale of Northeast Ohio
First United Methodist Church
(Cuyahoga Falls, OH)
May 17, 2026
Fantasy for Saxophones and Piano
Church of the Western Reserve
(Pepper Pike)
May 10, 2026
Everyone Sang
Master Singers Chorale of Northeast Ohio
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
(Akron, OH)
April 18, 2026
Ryan Charles Ramer
Ryan Charles Ramer
Ryan Charles Ramer
Homage to Haydn
Greater Cleveland Flute Society
Judson Manor
(Cleveland, OH)
April 26, 2026
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