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As a Violinist

Margaret graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2024 with degrees in Peformance and Contemporary Writing and Production, where she  studied under renowned jazz violinists Sara Caswell, Mimi Rabson, and Jason Annick. Most notably  she has performed alongside Mia Asano, the 8 Bit Big Band, Grace Kelly, and Sissy Castrogiovanni. In 2023, Margaret was a featured soloist in Great American Songbook: Girl on Fire—The Music of Alicia Keys at MGM Music Hall as part of the inauguration of former Berklee President Erica Muhl. 

Currently based out of New York City, Margaret works as a freelance performer specializing in musical theatre. Recent credits include Sunday in the Park at Emerson College, The Prom at the Footlight Club, The Last Five Years at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, and Come From Away at Asolo Repertory Theatre.

​In addition to musical theatre, Margaret is well versed in contemporary, classical, and religious repertoire. She plays regularly for choral performances, pops concerts, weddings, and events.

Margaret Barbour

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As a Writer

Margaret has recieved high praise from mentors and colleagues especially for her string and orchestral writing, but excels in a number of genres. Within her time at Berklee was selected to arrange for two Great American Songbook showcases—some of the largest and most anticipated productions of the 2023-24 performance season—as well for as the 2025 Commencement Concert celebrating Honorary Doctorates Sara Bareilles and André 3000. Additionally she has arranged for the Berklee Broadway Band and the Boston Conservatory Pops, among other large student-led organization. She has collaborated with a number of talented rising songwriters and composers.

 

 In 2024 she provided orchestrations for Autobiography of Red, an original musical which premiered at Boston Center for the Arts, as well as for Her Name is Barbra, an acclaimed celebration of Barbra Streisand at the Green Room 42 in New York City. In early 2025, she acted as Music Supervisor for Boston Conservatory's Rooted in Unity Cabaret. Most recently she provided orchestrations for the premier of Connecting Dot: A Kindred Revue at the Green Room 42 in October 2025.

In addition to her work as an arranger/orchestrator, Margaret is highly proficient as a music copyist.

conducting a studio session of an original orchestral work

Arranging/Orchestration Reel:

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