Margo Schwartz-Newton is a freelance pianist and coach. After earning a degree in sociology, she pursued studies in piano performance at Roosevelt University and later earned a master's degree in collaborative piano from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Margo has had the opportunity to use her skills in a variety of fields. In addition to collaborating with instrumentalists and singers, she has worked with several sacred and secular choirs and accompanied operas such as Menotti's The Medium, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and the world premiere of Wendell Logan's Doxology with the New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Margo studied at the Aspen Music Festival and School, spent a summer at the Interlochen Center for the Arts accompanying ballet and modern dance classes, and participated in the UCLA Vocal Arts Institute and Summer Songfest. She has had the honor of taking master classes with Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin, Richard Boldrey, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, and members of the Cleveland Orchestra, among many others.

Formerly in arts administration, Margo is the pianist at Congregation BJBE and managing director at Darchei Noam Glenbrook as well as a Salesforce certified administrator in addition to her varied roles with Kol Zimrah. When she has free time, it is spent enjoying the company of her extraordinarily supportive husband, Joel, and playing with their ridiculously imaginative child, Oliver.