Maggie Twining has lived most of her life in the great Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She began playing cello at age ten, double bass and violin at age twelve. She attended Michigan Technological University for two years before transferring to Northern Michigan University to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. While in high school and college, she studied with Laura Deming of the Chicago Lyric Opera House and Tracy Geissler. After graduating and teaching a year of general music and beginning orchestra in the public school, her family relocated to the Copper Country where she has been teaching cello and violin and has been director of the Preparatory Strings (Beginning Orchestra) and the Keweenaw Youth Symphony Orchestra for the past ten years.
In high school and college, she participated in many musical venues including chamber ensembles, Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, Marquette Symphony Orchestra, University Theatre musicals and even took up the trombone to play in the Marching Band at NMU.
Maggie currently resides in Cedarville, MI, with her husband, Tim, her son, Daniel (who also plays the cello and piano), and their family cat, Streak. When she’s not teaching, she enjoys homeschooling her son, hiking, gardening, and running. She enjoys working with students of all ages and especially loves that her profession allows her to see her students grow and develop year after year.
