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
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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