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Robert Maggio releases “Shine Your Light”, an EP featuring five new songs
Mar 03, 2026Robert Maggio is excited to announce a new release from his singer/songwriter journey, available on all streaming platforms, featuring collaborations with friends and family, including Alfred Goodrich (producer, multi-instrumentals, featured...
Orchestra 2001 Commissions Robert Maggio as part of their ambitious project: “A MORE PERFECT UNION: Musical Reflections on Five Amendments to the U.S. Constitution”
Mar 03, 2026Orchestra 2001 has commissioned Robert Maggio to contribute a Sicilian Drinking Song (“I Saw a Skull”) scored for violin, clarinet, guitar, tuba, and drum set for their ambitious project “A...
William Ferris Chorale commissions Robert Maggio
Oct 10, 2024The William Ferris Chorale of Chicago has commissioned Robert Maggio to compose a work for chamber choir and percussion exploring what it means to live in a city and embrace...
“Bright Elegy” for string orchestra released on a new CD
Oct 10, 2024Chamber Orchestra First Editions commissioned “Bright Elegy” in 2016, now available on CD and streaming on the Centaur label. The recording also includes music by Richard Danielpour, Jay Fluellen, Cynthia...
Musical “Far From the Tree” Wins Richard Rodgers Award
Mar 03, 2024The American Academy of Arts and Letters announces the two recipients of the 2024 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater. Both winning musicals will receive funds toward their presentation at nonprofit theaters in New...
Far From the Tree excerpts to be presented by MusiCoLab’s “A Closer Look” series in Philadelphia
Feb 02, 2024On Sunday April 14 and Monday April 15 (during Philly Theatre Week), MusiCoLab will present “A Closer Look,” the first presentation in its new Spotlight Series. In this program, MusiCoLab will present substantial...
U-M Percussion Ensemble Releases “Everything I Thought I Wanted” on YouTube
Feb 02, 2024The University of Michigan Percussion Ensemble co-commissioned and premiered my new percussion quartet, “Everything I Thought I Wanted” in 2023. Their beautiful video recording of movement 6, “endless possibilities” was...
Contellation Men’s Ensemble taking Man Up / Man Down on US tour
Nov 11, 2023With a homecoming performance in Chicago at Epiphany Center for the Arts, Constellation takes Robert Maggio’s Man Up / Man Down, along with other successful premieres over its 10 years...
Where Love Is Love (EP) release date September 29, 2023
Sep 09, 2023ROBERT MAGGIO’s first singer/songwriter recording will be released September 29, 2023 on all streaming platforms. Here are the details and the lyrics: WHERE LOVE IS LOVE Where Love Is Love...
ANIARA, fragments of time and space at the Baltic Sea Festival 2023 in Stockholm
Aug 08, 2023ANIARA: FRAGMENTS OF TIME AND SPACE, music by Robert Maggio, libretto by Dan Henriksson, will be performed by The Crossing, Donald Nally, conductor, with Helsinki’s Klockriketeatern. ANIARA is a 90-minute...
