about
Maggie began playing the piano at the age of 7, learning by ear for a year before beginning lessons. At 17, she was admitted to the University of Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance with Dr. Larissa Dedova and graduated summa cum laude.
At the Cleveland Institute of Music, Maggie was awarded her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance with a concentration in Piano Pedagogy; she also received the Gilbert M. Brooks Dean’s Award as well as the William Kurzban Prize in Piano.
Next, Maggie is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the guidance of Kathryn Brown. Maggie’s ties to Cleveland go beyond her schooling, however; she is the artist-in-residence at Judson Park, delivering curated recitals to residents there. She is also a piano instructor at the Aurora School of Music and serves as Co-Chair of Student Activities for the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers Association.
onstage
news & performances
Maggie was recently awarded the Young Composer Prize for the 2026 Woman Composer Sunday composition competition hosted by the American Guild of Organists. Her winning composition, Search for a New Land, will be published online and in print by the American Guild of Organists in 2026.
Performances in 2026 include:
February 4th @ 12pm: Premiere of Inna Onofrei’s Lullabies with Lauren Giles, Soprano (Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH)
February 20th @ 3:30pm: Collaborative recital Facets of Love with Lauren Vanden Broeck, Soprano (Judson Park, 2181 Ambleside Dr, Cleveland, OH)
February 22nd @ 4pm: Solo recital at Judson Manor (1890 E 107th St, Cleveland, OH)
February 27th @ 12pm: Solo recital at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, OH)
March 1st @ 1:30pm: Solo recital at South Franklin Circle (16600 Warren Ct, Chagrin Falls, OH)
March 3rd @ 7:30pm: Solo recital at Judson Park (2181 Ambleside Dr, Cleveland, OH
March 21 @ 3pm: Featured guest artist in Piano Portraits for the Sunday Studio Series at Studio Espressivo (Studio Espressivo, 2026 Murray Hill Rd #111, Cleveland, OH)
March 21 @ 8pm: Featured guest artist in Piano Portraits for the Sunday Studio Series at Studio Espressivo (Studio Espressivo, 2026 Murray Hill Rd #111, Cleveland, OH)
March 22 @ 3pm: Featured guest artist in Piano Portraits for the Sunday Studio Series at Studio Espressivo (Studio Espressivo, 2026 Murray Hill Rd #111, Cleveland, OH)
March 26 @ 7:30pm: Solo recital at the Cleveland Institute of Music (11021 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH)
March 27-28: Performance of composition Those Who Follow at the 2026 Heidelberg New Music Festival (Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH)
TBA: Guest artist alongside the Western Reserve Chorale
new music
Maggie is an advocate for new music, as both a performer and a composer herself. She has performed new works by Reena Esmail, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and others, and she has premiered works by Dr. William Kenlon, Inna Onofrei, Robert Gibson, and others.
Most recently, Maggie premiered her own work, Those Who Follow, in recital. You can find sheet music for Those Who Follow at Sheet Music Direct and Sheet Music Plus.
As part of the avant-garde ensemble re-sound, Maggie has toured in New York and the District of Columbia. Through this ensemble, Maggie brings dramatic concert productions to life, merging classical music with storyline and live theater alongside baritone Matthew Payne and soprano Margaret Polglaze.