For Good Measure

MADELINE CLARA CHENG is a composer, saxophonist, and pianist from the San Francisco Bay Area, studying composition and business law as a Presidential Scholar at the University of Southern California. She is a 2023 YoungArts Award Winner and a recipient of the ICEBERG New Music and Lift Up Our Voices scholarships. As an alumna of Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid's Luna Composition Lab, Madeline has been awarded commissions by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's May Festival and the UUCWC Crossing Chorale.

Madeline’s compositions have been performed by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Bergen International Festival, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. She is an alumna of the Tanglewood Institute, for which she received a full scholarship, as well as the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program. When she’s not composing, Madeline can be found music directing a show or building escape rooms.