MARGI
GRIEBLING-HAIGH
Margi Griebling-Haigh
is an American classical composer
with large and varied works list,
many important commissions,
publications, recordings, and reviews.
UPCOMING & RECENT EVENTS
RECENT NEW WORKS & RELEASES
MAY
17
2026
GRUSELIG KINDERREIME
Olivia Merolla, mezzo soprano
The Music Settlement
11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
3:00 pm — free admission
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APR
26
2026
JEUX DES JUMEAUX
for two pianos
Mixon Recital Hall
The Cleveland Institute of Music
11021 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH
3:00 pm — free admission
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APR
12
2026
FROM A TRAIN WINDOW
Emily Cornelius, Violin; Brian Slawta, viola;
Jeff Singler, cello
Disciples Christian Church
3663 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
3:00 pm — freewill offering
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NEW
RELEASE
Breaking Through
music for bassoon & piano
featuring Amy Pollard and Greg Hankins in Sortilège
​To purchase a physical copy of the CD, click this link:
https://markcustom.com/markcustom_new/Menu2_ViewAlbum.asp?CDNum=57925-MCD
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NEW
WORK
2026
GRUSELIG KINDERREIME
three diabolical German nursery rhymes written for the
2026 Cleveland Composers Guild
Creativity: Learning through Experience Junior Concert
NEW
WORK
2025
MAR
29
2026
FEB
4
2026
DEC
3
2025
JUN
7
8
2025
SIGHTINGS
Ethan Morris, tuba
Moore Musical Arts Center
Bowling Green State University
420 Willard Dr., Bowling Green, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
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NEW
RELEASE
CHEBURASHKA
Cleveland Composers Guild "Brownbag Concert"
Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Terry Orcutt, oboe • Christopher Blaha, tuba
Megan Denman, piano
ALEGRÍAS
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
featured at the final event of a year long celebration of bicentennial of the city of Akron, Ohio​​
NEW
WORK
2024
NEW
WORK
2022
2024
The Higgler
WORLD PREMIERE of OPERA
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Steven Smith, music director
Marla Berg, director
Randall Fusco, repetiteur
Gabrielle Haigh, soprano (Mary Sadgrove)
Elizabeth Wangermann, soprano (Sophy Dawes)
Denise Milner Howell, mezzo soprano (Mrs. Witlow)
Brian Skoog, tenor (Harvey Witlow)
Elizabeth Frey, mezzo soprano (Mrs. Sadgrove)
Koen Antal, treble (Toby)
Fiona Thackaberry Stevens, treble (Margaret)
Joseph Hollings, narrator
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LINKS to Premiere Performance:
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"The Higgler": Act I https://youtu.be/6AXRFripFyA
"The Higgler": Act II. https://youtu.be/rJWXK_CORDY
NEW
WORK
2024
NEW
WORK
2023
NEW
WORK
2023
Voices from the Other Side
Recording Release on the Navona Label
of music for soprano & 8 cellos
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To purchase a physical copy of the CD,
click this link:
https://www.musicalligraphics.com/alphabetical-listing-of-music-for-sale
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Click this link to download the music and read the program notes and bios:
https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6662/#listen
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ELEVENSES
single movement trio commissioned jointly by the
International Double Reed Society and Stetson University for the Veritate Trio
LUFTHALTENLIEDER
1. Liebs’ Liebschen
2. Ein Weib
3. Hälfte des Lebens
4. Wandrers Nachtlied
soprano, clarinet, horn, piano
composed for Gabrielle Haigh
Lyrics by Heine, Goethe,& Hölderlin
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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
also arranged for double bass and piano
QUATOUR ROYAL
trumpet, horn, trombone, & piano
four movement suite inspired characterizing
face cards in a deck of cards
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
2021
NEW
WORK
2021
NEW
WORK
2021
APR
9
2025
FEB
25
2025
QUATUOR ROYAL
Factory Seconds Brass
[Jack Sutte, trumpet; Jesse McCormick, horn;
Rick Stout, trombone; Christina Dahl, piano ]
San Diego State University
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Voices from the Other Side
CD release recital
in collaboration with the Cleveland Cello Society
and Federated Church of Chagrin Falls, OH
https://www.fedchurch.org/pas/
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NEW
WORK
2021
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
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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.
FEB
16
2025
SIEBEN ZUNGENBRECHER LIEDER
Loren Reash-Henz, baritone; Scott Haigh, double bass
Megan Denman, piano
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River
Cleveland Composers Guild
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NEW
WORK
2021
COMPUTATIS MALEDICTIS
commissioned by the International Society of Bassists
required semi-final piece for the
2021 ISB convention solo competition
JAN
21
2025
BOCADILLOS FLORIDIANOS
Scott Erickson, oboe; Samuel Magrill, piano
University of Central Oklahoma
100 East 5th St., Edmond, OK 73034
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NEW
WORK
2020
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
JUL
22
2024
JUL
7
2024
International Double Reed Society Convention
ELEVENSES (world premiere)
Recipient of an IDRS 50/50 commission
Veritate Winds: flute, oboe, & clarinet
Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ
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Kent Blossom Music Festival
Trocadillos
oboe, bassoon, & piano
Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
2:00 pm
NEW
WORK
2020
NEW
WORK
2019
NOVELETTE
for violin and piano
commissioned for Cleveland Composers Guild junior concert project
Creativity: Learning through Experience XVIII
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CHEBURASHKA
for oboe, tuba, and piano
commissioned by oboist Danna Sundet
three movement trio inspired by 1960s
Soviet Era children's animated cartoon program
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JUN
2
2024
SheScores Festival 2024
Local 4 Musicians Fund
Triskaidekaphilia
Ken Johnston, Emily Cornelius, Leah Goor-Burtnett, violins
Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
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MAY
19
2024
SIEBEN ZUNGENBRECHER LIEDER
Anderson Rambler, bass-baritone
Eric Charnofsky, piano
The Music Settlement
11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH
WORLD PREMIERE
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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
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MAR
20-23
2024
ROMPECABEZAS
for guitar duet
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BOCADILLOS IBERIANOS
for double bass & piano
These pieces have been selected for inclusion in the American String Teachers Association
New Music Reading Sessions
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
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OCT
15
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
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JUL
15
2023
Casse-tête
Kent Blossom Music Festival
flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, & horn
Hudson Library & Historical Society: Hudson, Ohio
JUNE
3-4
2023
MAY
19
2023
APR
2-4
2023
FEB
14
2023
FEB
1
2023
JAN
29
2023
AUG
24
2022
AUG
11
2022
JUL
29
2022
JUN
25
2022
JUN
24
2022
MAR
25
2022
MAR
06
2022
OCT
07
2021
SEP
19
2021
JUN
8
2021
SheScores Festival 2023
Local 4 Musicians Fund
Windrush Madrigals
for oboe, clarinet, and piano​
¡De Chiripa!
for two guitars and English horn
Drinko Recital Hall, Cleveland State University
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The Higgler (Act II, Scenes 3 & 4)
Cleveland Composers Guild collaboration with
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
Steven Smith, music director
Elizabeth Wangermann, soprano (Sophy Dawes)
Sue Wallin, soprano (Mrs. Witlow)
Brian Keith Johnson, baritone (Harvey Witlow)
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory: Berea, OH
Usonian Games
Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, flute • Kathleen Carter Bell, oboe
Conor Bell, bassoon
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Rosenbaum House: Florence, AL
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​Roberts Recital Hall
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University of Alabama: Huntsville, AL
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​Middle Tennessee State University: Murfreesboro, TN
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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
Cheburashka
Charles Guy, tuba • Risa Okina, piano
Anna Hendrickson, oboe
Crane School of Music
S.U.N.Y. Pottsdam, Pottsdam, New York
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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
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SORTILÈGE
Amy Pollard, Principal Bassoon
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Ramsey Recital Hall
University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
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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
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
CHEBURASHKA — WORLD PREMIERE!
SheScores Festival
Harkness Chapel, Case Western Reserve University
Terry Orcutt, oboe • Christopher Blaha, tuba
Megan Denman, piano
ATTEGGIAMENTI — WORLD PREMIERE!
Burning River Baroque
Cleveland Composers Guild
Fynette Kulas Recital Hall
Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
Malina Rauschenfels, cello • Paula Maust, harpsichord
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LITTLE IRONIES
arr. for full orchestra
WORLD PREMIERE
Lakeland Civic Orchestra
Matthew Saunders, music director
Lakeland Community College
USONIAN GAMES
The Elicio Trio
"featured at the College Music Society
64th National Conference
Eastman School of Music
A LITTLE MOMENT AT THE END OF ALL
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra meets
Cleveland Composers Guild
WORLD PREMIERE
Bop Stop: 2920 Detroit Road, Cleveland
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!
