Cleveland Composers Guild
The Cleveland Composers Guild is one of the oldest new music organizations in the US. Regular concerts; irregular music
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.
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.
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
Cara Haxo
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margaret Brouwer
A Few Figs from Thistles
Et puis encore
hold/release,
Ripple,
says the almanac,
Shatter,
The passing of grackles
The Weft and Weave Between Us
Local 4 Music Fund
The Bop Stop
(Cleveland, OH)
May 31, 2026
Margaret Brouwer
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margaret Brouwer
The Art of Sailing at Dawn
Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra
Kresge Auditorium
(Interlochen, MI)
August 2, 2026
Century's Song
Tuscarawas Philharmonic Orchestra
Kent State Tuscarawas
(New Philadelphia, OH)
June 6, 2026
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margi Griebling-Haigh
Margi Griebling-Haigh
La Bergère des Brises de Vallée
Sortilège
Weimarer Winterszenen
International Double Reed Society
Miami University of Ohio
(Oxford, OH)
July 7-11, 2026
Casse-tête
Kent/Blossom Music Festival
Cartwright Auditorium
Kent, Ohio
July 3, 2026
From a Train Window
Monteux Memorial Festival and School
(Hancock, Maine)
July 1, 2026
Jeffrey Mumford
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Margi Griebling-Haigh
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
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Spring Prelude
The Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Vigado Concert Hall
(Budapest, Hungary)
April 26, 2026
Consolation
Xavier Suarez, piano
Chamber Concert
(East Lansing, MI)
April 11, 2026
Nicholas Puin
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
The Great American Songbook
The Nick Puin Band
Van Aken District
(Shaker Heights, OH)
July 9, 2026
The Great American Songbook
Nick Puin Band
The Old Firehouse Winery
(Geneva Township, OH)
June 13, 2026
Will Hermanowski
Will Hermanowski
Will Hermanowski
rip, run, ruin
BGSU New Music Ensemble
Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
August 3, 2026
Composer-in-Residence
Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand
August 3–14, 2026
Chris Neiner
Will Hermanowski
Will Hermanowski
The Cleveland Carousel Waltz
Opus 216
Symphony at Sunset
(Cleveland, OH)
July 5, 2026
Tales of Euclid Beach Park
Stars in the Classics
Cleveland History Center
(Cleveland, OH)
June 25, 2026
Eric Charnofsky
Will Hermanowski
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, OH)
May 10, 2026
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