As a Performer
As a violinist, Margaret has been praised for her classical technique and uniquely warm tone. In her early years she studied with Sheri Neubauer, concertmaster of the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra, and Rossitza Goza, concertmaster of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. In 2019 she was a finalist in the Bartlesville Young Artists Concerto Competition, as well as a selected participant for a masterclass with world famous violinst Rachel Barton Pine. In 2020 she was the winner of the Tulsa Youth Symphony Concerto Competition.
Margaret graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2024 with degrees in Peformance and Contemporary Writing and Proudcting, 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.
Based out of Brookline, MA, Margaret currently works as a freelance performer in both greater Boston and New York City, 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, Connecting Dot: A Kindred Revue at the Green Room 42, 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.
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As a Writer
Margaret's first compositional recognition was at age 16, when her original string quartet earned awards from both the University of Tulsa and the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association. While at Berklee, she earned a scholarship award for exceptional achievement within the Contemporary Writing division upon nomination by her professors. She has received 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, worked as a copyist for the premier of Howard Godfrey's Locker No. 89, and was featured as an orchestrator and copyist for Maestra's "First Takes: Classic Broadway Reimagined". Most recently she was the orchestrator and copyist for Connecting Dot: A Kindred Revue at the Green Room 42 in October 2025.
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