about
Maggie began playing the piano at the age of 7, learning by ear for a year before beginning lessons. At age 16, she was accepted 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 also runs a piano studio in Shaker Heights and serves as Co-Chair of Student Activities for the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers Association.
Maggie enjoys composing along with her performing and pedagogical aspirations. She is a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild and recently won the Young Organist Prize in the 2026 American Guild of Organists Woman Composer Sunday Competition.
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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, was published online and in print by the American Guild of Organists in 2026.
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.