“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
A versatile cellist and champion of current music, Maria Hadge has been described as a “stunning” and “brilliant” musician, performing with a natural spunk. Her playing has taken her around the globe, working with early-career and master composers. A resident of New York City, Hadge is an active freelance musician who feels equally at home with contemporary music, free improvisation, and musical theater. Recent credits include 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Women, Spring Awakening, Into the Woods, Bright Star, and Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish at Stage 42.
From 2014-2023, Hadge performed as a core member of Ensemble Mise-En, which regularly promotes works by emerging composers, participates in residencies and festivals around the world, and collaborates with established composers. As a member of Luminous Sounds, she plays pop arrangements and classical tunes for private events and weddings in New York City and Long Island. As a pit musician, Hadge is active regionally and also finds herself in New Hampshire surprisingly frequently, but enjoys her bouts outside the city playing theater. In early 2022, Hadge joined forces with flutist Kelley Barnett to create Spira Duo, which commissions and develops music for contrabass flute and cello.
Outside of performing, Hadge enjoys running, baking bread, and embroidering. She can be found most days at Reed-Yeboah Fine Violins as Receptionist and (self-titled) Cello Keeper.