Margaret (Maggie) Hinchliffe is a pianist, vocal coach, and educator. She is currently a staff collaborative pianist at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas in vocal and instrumental areas. As an opera pianist, Maggie has prepared Hänsel und Gretel and 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 and local causes. She has received grants from the Puffin Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, Stagetime, the Composers Guild of New Jersey, and the Paul R. Judy Center at Eastman to commission works by poets Marissa Davis, Bri Griffith, karla k. morton, Mark Sanders, and S. Yarberry, and composers Martin Blessinger, Alexa Canales, Theo Chandler, Baldwin Giang, Clare Glackin, Nevada Lozano, Ben Morris, and Nicky Sohn. Maggie has performed recital tours in New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Arkansas with flutist Michael Alampi (Works by Women and New Works for Flute/Piano) and soprano Rose Kearin (Songs about Trees). She has given lectures at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Source Song Festival. Maggie was awarded the Career Performance Grant from Sigma Alpha Iota and the Virginia Allison Collaborative Piano Award from the National Federation of Music Clubs. In addition to performing, she teaches a private piano studio and writes prose and poetry on various musical topics. Maggie studied collaborative piano at the Eastman School of Music and solo piano and pedagogy at Vanderbilt University. Outside of music, she enjoys reading and exploring the outdoors with her partner, composer Ben Morris.