The Cleveland Composers Guild
The Cleveland Composers Guild is one of the nation’s oldest new music organizations, and has had over 200 composer members over its more than fifty year history. Over the past half-century, the CCG has built an enviable record of supporting new music, with recordings on the CRI, Crystal, Advent, and Capstone labels, and publication series from Ludwig and Galaxy. There are currently about 40 professional composers in the Guild and each concert features a wide range of musical styles. In recent years the Guild has collaborated with the Cleveland Opera Theater, The Syndicate For The New Arts, Cleveland Ballet, the Rocky River Chamber Music Society, the Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, and with various local artists to create multi-disciplinary concerts that engage with the arts in a new way. The CCG produces numerous live concerts every season featuring the finest performers available in Northeast Ohio, and all concerts are free-of-charge. In addition to regular series programs, the Guild produces an annual Junior Concert in tandem with the Music Settlement in University Circle. Pre-college age students perform music written for them by Guild members and compose original music as well; it's a great way to encourage the next generation of musicians to love new music.
Recent & Upcoming Performances/News
Jeffrey Mumford
Jeffrey Mumford
Jeffrey Mumford
undiluted days
Ensemble Reconsil
REAKTOR
(Vienna, Austria)
February 18, 2026
floating layers interwoven in expanding brightness
Columbus Symphony
Ohio Theatre
(Columbus, OH)
February 20 & 21, 2026
expanding echoes of layered resonances
Chiraina Chamber Players
St. Mark’s Church
(Washington, D.C.)
March 15, 2026
Cara Haxo
Jeffrey Mumford
Jeffrey Mumford
A Few Figs from Thistles
UGA Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Dancz Center for New Music (Athens, GA)
February 14, 2026
Verbs of Perception
Mississippi University for Women
(Columbus, MS)
March 7, 2026
I Shall Be Taller
Whistling Hens
Central Connecticut State University
(New Britain, CT)
March 28, 2026
Chris Neiner
Jeffrey Mumford
Margaret Brouwer
Rocky River Counterpoint
Otterbein University
(Westerville, OH)
February 25, 2026
Figures with Birds
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
Praxis Fiber Workshop
March 12, 2026
Figures with Birds
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
The Cleveland Museum of Art
March 13, 2026
Figures with Birds
NO EXIT New Music Ensemble
SPACES Art Gallery
March 14, 2026
Margaret Brouwer
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Margaret Brouwer
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
James Madison University
(Harrisonburg, VA)
February 17, 2026
Pulse
Idaho State Civic Symphony
Jensen Grand Concert Hall
(Pocatello, ID)
February 20, 2026
Stephen Stanziano
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Composition Recital
Healing Music Part I and II
Piano Trio No. 1
Saxophone Quartet
Three-Song Song Cycle
Ekklesia Reed Quintet
Opus 216
Alloy 4 Saxophone Quartet
Hiram College
(Hiram, OH)
March 20, 2026
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Gerald Wilhelm Braden
Frühling - Spring
Robert Cunningham, piano
(Phoenix, AZ)
March 20, 2026
Spring Prelude
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Ceremonial Hall of the Pesti Vigado
(Budapest, Hungary)
April 26, 2026
Jennifer Conner
Jennifer Conner
Jennifer Conner
Ours to Lose
Andrew Hossler, Saxophone
Eric Charnofsky piano
Cleveland Institute of Music (Cleveland, OH)
February 17, 2026
Adam Roberts
Jennifer Conner
Jennifer Conner
SimeCircles
Perry Roth, saxophone
Hana Chu, piano
North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference
(Columbus, OH)
March 12-15, 2026
Inna Onofrei
Jennifer Conner
Inna Onofrei
Prelude for piano
Heidelberg New Music Festival and Symposium
Tiffin, OH
March 26-28, 2026
Nicholas Puin
Nicholas Puin
Inna Onofrei
The Great American Songbook
The Nick Puin Band
BluJazz Akron
(Akron, OH)
January 9, 2026
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