MARGI
GRIEBLING-HAIGH
Margi Griebling-Haigh
is an American classical composer
with large and varied works list,
many important commissions,
publications, recordings, and reviews.
NEWS & EVENTS 2023
RECENT NEW WORKS
NOV
17
2023
NEW
WORK
2024
ELEVENSES
single movement trio commissioned jointly by the
International Double Reed Society and Stetson University for the Veritate Trio
NEW
WORK
2024
LUFTHALTENLIEDER
(additional songs added to song cycle below)
1. Hälfte des Lebens
2. Du bist mein und bist so zierlich
soprano, clarinet, horn, piano
composed for Gabrielle Haigh
Lyrics by Hölderin & Goethe
NEW CD RELEASE from the Elicio Winds
featuring Usonian Games
https://www.bluegriffin.com/cd-catalog/p/convergence-elicio-winds
NEW
WORK
2024
SIEBEN ZUNGENBRECHER LIEDER
seven short humorous songs on German tongue-twisters
written for the 2024 Cleveland Composers Guild's
Creativity: Learning through Experience Junior Concert
NEW
WORK
2023
QUATOUR ROYAL
trumpet, horn, trombone, & piano
four movement suite inspired characterizing
face cards in a deck of cards
MAY
19
2024
SIEBEN ZUNGENBRECHER LIEDER
Anderson Rambler, bass-baritone
Eric Charnofsky, piano
The Music Settlement
11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
APR
21
2024
QUATUOR ROYAL
Factory Seconds Brass [Jack Sutte, trumpet; Richard King, horn; Rick Stout, trombone; Christina Dahl, piano ] in collaboration with the
Cleveland Composers Guild
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church,
Rocky River, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
NEW
WORK
2023
A LITTLE MOMENT AT THE END OF ALL
arranged for big band + strings
requested by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
for its celebration of the 100th Anniversary of
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
NEW
WORK
2022
LUFTHALTENLIEDER
1. Liebs’ Liebschen
2. Ein Weib
3. Wandrers Nachtlied
soprano, clarinet, horn, piano
composed for Gabrielle Haigh
Lyrics by Heine & Goethe
MAR
20-23
2024
ROMPECABEZAS
for guitar duet
BOCADILLOS IBERIANOS
for double bass & piano
These pieces have been selected for inclusion in the American String Teachers Association
New Music Reading Sessions
NEW
WORK
2021
MAR
15
16
2024
A LITTLE MOMENT AT THE END OF ALL
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
New version for Big Band + Strings
Maltz Performing Arts Center in Cleveland, OH
and at Blu Jazz+ in Akron, Ohio
NEW
WORK
2021
NOV
12
2023
HAIGH NELSON ORGAN VOLUNTARY
featured on APM's "WITH HEART AND VOICE"
hosted by Peter DuBois
Todd Wilson, organ
Recorded at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, OH
NEW
WORK
2021
OCT
17
2023
DANSES RAVISSANTS
featured on APM's "Performance Today"
Merian Ensemble: Christina Smith, flute; Emily Brebach, oboe; Jessica Oudin, viola; Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
NEW
WORK
2021
OCT
15
2023
AUG
17
2023
JUL
15
2023
JUNE
3
4
2023
MAY
19
2023
APR
8
2023
Sinfonia for Choirs
of Oboes & English Horns
Guildhall School of Music
BIG Double Reed Day
Alison Teale, Director; Gordon Hunt, Conductor
https://www.bigdoublereed.com/info.php
Voices from the Other Side
Cantilena
Recording project of music for soprano & 8 cellos
with soprano Gabrielle Haigh and cellists Richard Weiss, Ralph Curry, Khari Joyner, David Ellis, Jeffrey Singler, Robert Nicholson, Julie Meyers King, and Gabe Ramos
Steven Smith, conductor
David v.R. Bowles, recording engineer & producer
Swineshead Productions
Casse-tête
Kent Blossom Music Festival
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, & horn
student performers to be announced
Hudson Library & Historical Society
96 Library St., Hudson, Ohio
SheScores Festival 2023
Local 4 Musicians Fund
Windrush Madrigals
for oboe, clarinet, and piano
Drinko Recital Hall, Cleveland State University
¡De Chiripa!
for two guitars and English horn
Drinko Recital Hall, Cleveland State University
The Higgler (Act II, Scenes 3 & 4)
Cleveland Composers Guild collaboration with
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Steven Smith, music director
Elizabeth Wangermann, soprano (Sophy Dawes)
Marla Berg, mezzo soprano (Mrs. Witlow)
Brian Keith Johnson, baritone (Harvey Witlow)
Gamble Auditorium, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory
96 Front Street, Berea, OH
7:30 pm
Hebert Variations
Brandon Waller, piccolo
Fynette Kulas Recital Hall, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory
126 Seminary Street, Berea, OH
7:00 pm
NEW
WORK
2021
NEW
WORK
2020
NEW
WORK
2020
NEW
WORK
2019
APR
2
3
4
2023
FEB
14
2023
Usonian Games
Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, flute • Kathleen Carter Bell, oboe
Conor Bell, bassoon
Rosenbaum House
601 Riverview Drive
Florence, AL
April 2, 2023 • 1:00 pm
Roberts Recital Hall
University of Alabama
Huntsville, AL
April 3, 2023 • 7:30 pm
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
April 4, 2023 • 5:00 pm
Lufthaltenlieder (world premiere)
Gabrielle Haigh, soprano • Robert Woolfrey, clarinet
Jesse McCormick, horn • Randall Fusco, piano
Weimarer Winterszenen (world premiere)
Margi Griebling-Haigh, English horn • Randall Fusco, piano
A Romantic German Valentine's Chamber Music Recital
(ein romantischer kammermusikabend zum valentinstag)
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
2757 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights
TROIS SENTIMENTS
composed for the McGaffin Carillon
Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, OH
for its first collaboration with
the Cleveland Composers Guild
ATTEGGIAMENTI
chosen by Burning River Baroque
for its first collaboration with
the Cleveland Composers Guild
A LITTLE MOMENT AT THE END OF ALL
requested by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
for its first collaboration with
the Cleveland Composers Guild
USONIAN GAMES
COMMISSION from the Alabama Arts Council
for a trio based on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
The Elicio Winds, a woodwind trio comprised of Auburn University Music Department faculty Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, flute; Kathleen Carter Bell, oboe; and Conor Bell, bassoon; received a grant to commission works celebrating distinct cultural aspects of Alabama.
COMPUTATIS MALEDICTIS
commissioned by the International Society of Bassists
required semi-final piece for the
2021 ISB convention solo competition
WEIMARER WINTERSZENEN
for English horn and piano
four descriptive movements based on impressions of
midnight, morning, afternoon, and evening scenes
in Weimar, Germany, in winter
NOVELETTE
for violin and piano
commissioned for Cleveland Composers Guild junior concert project
Creativity: Learning through Experience XVIII
CHEBURASHKA
for oboe, tuba, and piano
commissioned by oboist Danna Sundet
three movement trio inspired by 1960s
Soviet Era children's animated cartoon program
FEB
1
2023
Cheburashka
Charles Guy, tuba • Risa Okina, piano
Anna Hendrickson, oboe
Crane School of Music
S.U.N.Y. Pottsdam, Pottsdam, New York
JAN
29
2023
Kipling Songs
Gabrielle Haigh, soprano • Loren Reash-Henz, baritone Andrea Belding, violin • Kent Collier, cello
Eric Charnofsky, piano
Cleveland Composers Guild Vocal Chamber Music Concert
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River, OH
RECENT PAST PERFORMANCES
AUG
28
2022
CASSE-TÊTE
Lakeside Chautauqua
North Coast WInds
Steele Memorial Bandstand
132 Park Row, Lakeside Marblehead, OH
AUG
24
2022
AUG
24
2022
AUG
11
2022
JUL
29
2022
JUL
24
2022
JUN
25
2022
JUN
24
2022
MAR
25
2022
MAR
06
2022
OCT
07
2021
SORTILÈGE
Amy Pollard, Principal Bassoon
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Ramsey Recital Hall
University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
CASSE-TÊTE
Lancaster Music Festival
North Coast Winds
Music in the Garden: Ben Franklin Garden
1905 Spring Rd, Cleveland, OH
COQUIN'ARENA
National Flute Association Convention
Erie Waters Flute Ensemble
Hilton Downtown Chicago
720 Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
ROMANS DES ROIS
Kent/Blossom Music Festival
Laurel Lake
200 Laurel Lake Drive, Hudson, OH 44236
CASSE-TÊTE
Lancaster Music Festival
Lancaster Quintet
Christ United Methodist CHurch
Baltimore, OH
LA BERGÈRE DES BRISES DE VALLÉE
SheScores Festival
Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University
Linda White, flute & piccolo
Margi Griebling-Haigh, oboe & English horn
Eric Charnofsky, piano
https://www.local4musicfund.org/performances
CHEBURASHKA — WORLD PREMIERE!
SheScores Festival
Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University
Terry Orcutt, oboe • Christopher Blaha, tuba
Megan Denman, piano
https://www.local4musicfund.org/performances
ATTEGGIAMENTI — WORLD PREMIERE!
Burning River Baroque
Cleveland Composers Guild
Fynette Kulas Recital Hall
Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
Malina Rauschenfels, cello • Paula Maust, harpsichord
LITTLE IRONIES
arr. for full orchestra
WORLD PREMIERE
Lakeland Civic Orchestra
Matthew Saunders, music director
Lakeland Community College
7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, Ohio 44094-5198
Performing Arts Center
USONIAN GAMES
The Elicio Trio
"featured at the College Music Society
64th National Conference
Eastman School of Music
SEP
19
2021
SEP
06
2021
JUN
8
2021
A LITTLE MOMENT AT THE END OF ALL
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra meets
Cleveland Composers Guild
WORLD PREMIERE
Bop Stop: 2920 Detroit Road, Cleveland
Watch here, at the one hour mark:
https://www.facebook.com/bopstop/videos/3030199593934822
COMPUTATIS MALEDICTIS
featured on "Performance Today" with host
Fred Child on Public Radio Stations across the USA
Markus Lang, double bass • Jenny Chin, piano
COMPUTATIS MALEDICTIS
commissioned by the International Society of Bassists
required semi-final piece for the
2021 ISB convention solo competition
Markus Lang: WINNER of best performance of this piece!
