Madeline Clara Cheng is an American composer, saxophonist, and pianist from the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied composition at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, graduating as a Presidential Scholar. She was a Luna Composition Lab Fellow (2019–20), and her music has been performed by ensembles including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, and at the Bergen International Festival. In 2025 she premiered her one-act opera From Scratch at USC. Luna Composition Lab
Her works include Ceiling Stars, Sliced Fruit, Crystalline, like a Frog, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, Love Loved Love and From Scratch
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