Margaret Hinchliffe

Margaret (Maggie) Hinchliffe is a pianist, vocal coach, and educator. Maggie works as a Staff Collaborative Pianist at Stephen F. Austin State University in vocal and instrumental areas and teaches a private piano studio. Maggie has prepared opera performances of The Rake’s Progress with Lakes Area Music Festival, The Bartered Bride with SFA Opera, Il Trovatore, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Bohème, and L’enfant et les sortilèges with Boulder Opera Company, among others. Maggie is an advocate for new music, especially works that engage with poetry, nature, and local causes. She has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, New Jersey Composers Guild, Stagetime, and the Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research to commission works by poets Marissa Davis, Bri Griffith, Karla K. Morton, Mark Sanders, and S. Yarberry and composers Martin Blessinger, Alexa Canales, Baldwin Giang, Theo Chandler, Clare Glackin, Ben Morris, and Nicky Sohn, among others. Along with duo partners, Maggie has toured Texas, Arkansas, New York, and New Jersey with programs such as “Songs about Trees” with soprano Rose Kearin and “Works by Women for Flute and Piano” with flutist Michael Alampi. Maggie also writes about music; her article, Trees and the Anthropocene in Art Song, is published by Sparks & Wiry Cries, and a poem, The Accompanist, will be published in June 2025 by the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society. Maggie received her MM from the Eastman School of Music and BM from Vanderbilt University. In addition to music, she enjoys reading, traveling, and exploring the outdoors with her partner, composer Ben Morris.