Marguerite Cox, a double bassist from northeast Ohio, is a versatile and in-demand collaborator in numerous musical settings throughout the United States.

A recent alumna of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect fellowship, Maggie has recently appeared with Palaver Strings, Baroklyn, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, The Knights, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Ruckus Early Music and the Salt Lake Chamber Orchestra.

As an orchestral musician, she has appeared as a substitute with the Baltimore and Charleston Symphonies, held the principal bass position at Symphony in C from 2022 to 2024, and was a member of the 2023 Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, the 2025 Teatro Nuovo Orchestra, and the inaugural NYO All-Stars Orchestra.

In 2024, Maggie toured and recorded extensively with experimental folk band Big Bend in collaboration with producer and musician Shahzad Izmaily. In 2026, Relative Pitch Records released Keep Telling Yourself That, an album of original music by Goal Weight, Maggie’s project with violinist Jennifer Gersten.

Marguerite received her undergraduate degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School and her master’s at the Curtis Institute, where she was the first bassist to receive that degree. In 2016, inspired by studies within Rice’s Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities program, she founded the Ohio-based Artists for Action, through which she organizes community benefit concerts and other funding initiatives for local organizations.