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.
Upcoming performances in 2025 include:
Collaborative Recital, November 14, 5pm at Kent State University
Collaborative Recital, November 15, 5pm at Kent State University
Collaborative Recital, November 15, 7:30pm at Kent State University
Solo Recital, Moonlight, November 16, 3pm at Judson Park
Collaborative Recital, November 23, 1:30pm at South Franklin Circle
Collaborative Recital, December 4, 4pm at the Cleveland Institute of Music
Collaborative Recital, December 5, 5pm at Kent State University
Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio (Organ), December 7, 3:30pm at First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland
Preview for 2026:
Premiere of Inna Onofrei’s Lullabies with Lauren Giles, Soprano
Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, featuring members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Boston Symphony
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.