Marguerite Cox is a double bassist from Northeast Ohio. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studies with Hal Robinson and Edgar Meyer. A recent graduate from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, she was a student of Paul Ellison and worked closely with Tim Pitts. 

​As a soloist, Marguerite has appeared in recitals for the Curtis Student Recital Series, Illuminate Women’s Music, the International New Music Festival, Bass Players for Black Composers, and Sound Off: Music for Bail. Marguerite has performed as the guest principal bass with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a guest musician with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and with Houston-based ensembles KINETIC and Loop38.

​Marguerite has spent her summers at the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Sarasota Music Festival, Domaine Forget International Academy, and the Wabass Institute. In 2022, Marguerite was a fellowship recipient at the Spoleto Festival USA and Aspen Music Festival, where she worked closely with Edgar Meyer. In August 2022, Marguerite completed a residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute where she recorded a new work by composer Ted Babcock. Marguerite has played under the baton of many noteworthy conductors, including Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, Stephen Deneve, Elim Chan, Thomas Ades, and Larry Rachleff. Her teachers and mentors have included Hal Robinson, Edgar Meyer, Paul Ellison, Tim Pitts, Craig Knox, Tracy Rowell, Henry Peyrebrune, and Bryan Thomas.”