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Notes
Summer 2007
By Any Measure, Exceptional
In this Issue:
Upcoming Events.... page 2
Smart Living.... page 13
Summer Activities.... page 14
ENCORE.... page 16
Thoughts from the President ....page 3
Appointments ....page 7
Alumni .... page 8
Preparatory .... page 10
Students ....page 11
Faculty ....page 12
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Fall is Just Around the Corner!
It May be
Summer, but
a Busy Fall
is Just Around
the Corner!
Save these dates for exciting events you won’t want
to miss this fall. More information will be available
in the next issue of Notes, or by checking cim.edu
as we get closer to the start of the fall semester.
Watch your mailbox – the 2007-08 Concert Guide
will be mailed just after Labor Day.
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CIM Orchestra at Severance Hall
The annual fall performance of the CIM Orchestra at Severance
Hall is a great start to CIM concert season. The concert is free,
but tickets are required and will be available at the Severance
Hall Box Office in mid-August.
November 10 and 11
Roger Mastroianni
September 19
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Celebration of the Completion of CIM’s
Expansion and the Dedication of Mixon Hall
Activities will include a concert and reception for major
donors, ribbon cutting and an open house with ongoing
recitals, panel discussions and tours.
November 16
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Be there for the Ohio orchestral premiere of this new exploration of
Mussorgsky’s masterpiece. Surrealist artist Natasha Turovsky has created
a set of paintings that has been animated into a short film that will
be shown as the CIM Orchestra performs under the direction of
Yuli Turovsky. The original art will be on view at CIM and throughout
Cleveland and Akron all week. Also on the program will be a performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto featuring pianist Sergei
Babayan, cellist Yuli Turovsky and violinist Eleonora Turovsky.
Tickets will be available in the fall.
December 14
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CIM is proud to host the popular national radio show From the Top
in the new Mixon Hall. Host Christopher O’Riley will shine the
spotlight on some of the top young musicians from the Cleveland
area and beyond. Tickets will be available after Labor Day.
From the Top
From the Top Comes to Cleveland
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Thoughts from
the President
I have heard it said
that “the enemy of
great is good.” I believe that to be true.
Does anyone think
that a book titled
“In Search of Mediocrity” would sell
a single copy?
When one is (as I
was fortunate to
have been recently)
in the presence of jazz icon Dave Brubeck, his
wife, Iola, son Chris and their dear friend Clint
Eastwood, one can’t help but feel that s/he has
experienced the power of “great.” Add to that
mix enormously gifted young “fellows” from
the recently inaugurated Brubeck Institute at
the University of the Pacific, along with the
charged-up philanthropic community of jazz
lovers in the Carmel, California area, and all the
more, one finds oneself caught up in an irresistible “magnetic field” of greatness.
It is a magnetic field that transcends the human
condition. Matters of age, ethnicity, gender, or
any such societal labels are simply inconsequential. What matters is that the “fire in the belly”
of the truly gifted performing artist, no matter
the genre, serves as an “endorphin” for which
there is no pharmaceutical substitute.
Of course, I witness and experience those same
musical “endorphins” when I hear CIM students
perform on the stage of Severance Hall, in a
chamber music concert, opera production or,
for that matter, in a lesson wherein the student
has discovered or unlocked the mysteries and
wonders of what is, to them, a new and fresh
musical masterpiece.
Greatness is far from common, but it does exist
all around us and takes various forms. When we
are exposed to it, we recognize its impact. In
its presence, we are excited, uplifted, inspired
and transported to a higher place. Oh, what a
wonderful place that is!
Sion Valais Competition
Keith Berr Productions, Inc.
Thoughts from the President • Sion Valais Competition • Brubeck Board • Golden Achievement Award
Cerone in Great Company on Brubeck Board
President Cerone was personally invited by Dave Brubeck to become
a member of the Honorary Board of Trustees of the Friends of the
Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific.
The mission of this
organization is
to build upon
Mr. Brubeck’s
legacy and lifelong dedication to
music, creativity,
education and the
advancement of
important social
issues. Mr. Brubeck
is a member of
CIM’s International
Council. He received an honorary
doctoral degree
from CIM in 2001
and performed at
a sold-out benefit
for CIM in 2003.
Top row (left to right): Larry Leasure, Ralph Guild,
Dennis A. LeVett, David Cerone, Tim Jackson
Seated (left to right): Larry Rose, Clint Eastwood, Dave
Brubeck, Donald V. DeRosa, David Benoit
President Cerone
is in quite distinguished company
on the board. Jazz enthusiast and performer (and actor/director/producer/writer/composer!) Clint Eastwood is Chairman of the Honorary
Board. The other members are:
Herb Alpert, Artist/Conductor/Composer
David N. Baker, Jr., Jazz Education,
Indiana University
James R. Bancroft, Partner (Retired)
Bancroft & McAlister
David Benoit, Pianist/Composer/Conductor
Ken Burns, Filmmaker
John Dankworth, Composer/Musician
Donald V. DeRosa, President, University
of the Pacific
Clint Eastwood, Director/Producer/
Actor/Composer
Georgia Frontiere, Owner and Chairman,
St. Louis Rams
Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic
Director, Carnegie Hall
Ralph Guild, Chairman of the Board, Interep
Tom Hall, Conductor, Baltimore Choral Arts
Society and Radio Personality
Al Jarreau, Producer
Quincy D. Jones Jr., Producer
Erich Kunzel, Jr., Conductor, Cincinnati
Pops Orchestra
Cleo Laine, Musician/ Actress
Norman M. Lear, Television Writer and
Producer; Businessman
Larry Leasure, University of the Pacific,
Regent; Business and Real Estate
Ramsey E. Lewis, Jr., Composer/Pianist
Dennis A. LeVett, Real Estate &
Investments
George Lucas, Filmmaker
Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist
Wynton Marsalis, Trumpeter and
Composer
Christian McBride, Jazz Bassist
Marian McPartland, Artist/Conductor/Composer
Doug Ramsey, Author and Critic
Larry Rosen, Entrepreneur, Musician
and Producer; Chairman, Larry Rosen
Productions, Inc.
Billy Taylor, Pianist, Composer, Educator
A. Earle Weatherwax, Musician/
Developer
George T. Wein, Founder, Festival
Productions
Gordon Zuckerman, Developer
Cerone Receives Golden Achievement Award
The mountains of Sion Valais
President Cerone will again serve as a juror in
the Sion Valais International Violin Competition.
The competition takes place August 16-27, 2007
in Sion, Switzerland. Maestro Schlomo Mintz will
serve as jury president. Other jurors are Professors
Itzhak Rashkovsky (vice president), Rudolf Koelman, Sung-Ju Lee, Cihat Askin and Päyvit Meller.
The Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland presented a Golden
Achievement Award to David Cerone on May 6. According to the Golden
Age Centers, the awards “honor the accomplishments of an extraordinary
group of individuals who make enormous contributions to the quality of
life we are able to enjoy in Greater Cleveland ... Honorees are selected
from categories that reflect the life-force of a city. Honorees’ contributions are directed beyond self-interest and serve as exemplary models for
others to follow.”
President Cerone was honored for his contributions to the arts. Other
honorees were John B. Schulze, business; James Mason, community;
Fr. Robert Welsh, S.J., education; Cris Branche, gerontology; and Victor
Fazio, M.D., medicine. The Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
is a private, not for profit, social service agency which provides individual
and group services for those over age 60 in the Greater Cleveland area.
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Inspires New Generation • A Lifelong Passion • Benefactor Event
Inspire a New Generation!
CIM is a tremendous resource for families throughout Northeast Ohio. More than 1,700 children and adults register for
music lessons, bands, orchestras and chamber music groups
at CIM each year. Through CIM, these students and their
audiences gain the social, intellectual and cultural benefits
music has to offer.
Consider the inspirational example of a trio of young musicians who call themselves The Cardiac Kids. These talented
young musicians desire to share their budding musical artistry in the hopes of brightening the lives of others.
A Lifelong
Passion for Music
For some, their exposure to
music at CIM at a young age
grows into a lifelong passion.
Such is the case of Robert
Brooks. As a young man in
the 1950s, Robert took piano
lessons through the CIM
Preparatory Division and says
he “remembers those days
fondly.” Since then, he has
returned to attend concerts,
recitals and opera workshops
at CIM on a regular basis.
Robert says he has “always
been impressed by the qualBrooks
ity of CIM students.” Now a
resident of Judson Manor in
University Circle, Robert says, “When CIM students come to
perform here, they take my breath away.”
Having taught French for many years in the Cleveland Municipal School District, Robert is now retired. In appreciation
of CIM and its extraordinary faculty, Robert recently gave a
generous charitable gift to CIM’s Annual Fund at the Patron
level through an IRA Rollover.
Left to right: Lauretig, Francisco and Catanzaro
At such a young age, this trio already has many accomplishments. Alice Catanzaro, a 6th-grader at St. Ann School, has
been studying flute for four years and is a student of Mary
Kay Ferguson. Alice also plays the piano. Joshua Lauretig, a
7th-grader at Beachwood Middle School, has been studying
oboe for two years and is a student of Danna Sundet. Joshua
was the first wind instrument student to participate in CIM’s
chamber music program. Benjamin Francisco, a 6th-grader
at Old Trail School in Bath, has been studying the cello for
seven years and is a student of Melissa Kraut. He has been
in the CIM Preparatory Orchestra for four years, and is its
principal cellist this year. By keeping music lessons accessible
to all, gifts to the CIM Annual Fund keep alive the musical
dreams of budding artists like Alice, Joshua and Benjamin.
Your gift will allow families to explore the benefits of musicmaking in the same stimulating environment as our conservatory students. Who knows what spark your next Annual
Fund gift will inspire!
An Exceptional Opportunity
for Your Charitable Giving
If you’re at least age 70½ and would like to make an
annual fund gift to CIM, after a discussion with your
financial advisor you may wish to consider taking
advantage of the IRA Rollover Bill. An IRA charitable
rollover allows otherwise taxable distributions of up
to $100,000 from a traditional individual retirement
account (IRA) to be excluded from gross income when
rolled over to a qualifying charity such as the Cleveland
Institute of Music by December 31, 2007. You will pay
no income tax on a direct transfer of funds from your
IRA to CIM, and your gift will count against your
required minimum distribution. Please contact Stephen
Sedam, Development Officer, at [email protected]. or
216.795.3168.
First Annual Benefactor Event
On the evening of Thursday, May 3, CIM held the first annual “Benefactor Event” at the
home of Ann and Hugh Calkins. This celebration – an elegant reception and private concert
featuring students in the CIM conservatory – was designed to honor donors to the CIM
Annual Fund at the newly created “Bloch Society Benefactor” level of $2,500 to $4,999.
(Contributors to the Annual Fund at higher levels are also invited to this special evening.)
The Benefactor Event also honored the academic achievements of CIM’s graduating seniors
who have made the Dean’s List. Attendees had a chance to meet CIM Interim Dean Catherine Jarjisian, mingle with CIM’s highest-achieving students, and enjoy a program of great
music in an intimate setting. CIM is grateful to Trustee Ann Calkins and her husband
Hugh, who graciously hosted the evening in their lovely Cleveland Heights home.
The next annual Benefactor Event will be held in spring 2008.
For more information about this very special evening please contact
the Development Office at 216.791.5000, extension 360.
CIM Trustee Ann Calkins talks with
graduating seniors Sarah Ludwig
(left) and Kim Patterson (right).
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Benefits of Your Support • Corporate and Foundation Recognition • CIM Expansion Project
Benefits of Your Support
You can play an important role in the lives of CIM students through
your gift to the CIM Annual Fund. In return, you will receive the
following benefits, including access to special events:
Donor ($50 - $99)
✸ Receive CIM’s Notes newsletter and annual Concert Guide
Contributor ($100 - $249) All of the above plus:
✸ Recognition in CIM’s Annual Report
Victor Babin Society ($250 - $499) All of the above plus:
✸ Invitation to attend a master class
Beryl Rubinstein Society ($500 - $999) All of the above plus:
✸ Invitation to CIM Orchestra concert at Severance Hall with preferred
seating and post-concert reception ~ Voting privileges & invitation
to the CIM Annual Meeting
Ernest Bloch Society ($1,000 - $2,499) All of the above plus:
✸ Invitation to Bloch Society Event
Bloch Society Benefactor ($2,500 - $4,999) All of the above plus:
✸ Invitation to Benefactor Event
Bloch Society Patron ($5,000 - $9,999) All of the above plus:
✸ Invitation to President’s Dinner at Severance Hall before CIM
Orchestra performance ~ CD of a special CIM performance
Bloch Society Founder ($10,000+) All of the above plus:
✸ Annual Recognition on the Founders Plaque
✸ Preferred seats for CIM concerts with advance reservation
To make a gift to the CIM annual Fund, please use the envelope
provided, contact the CIM Development Office at 216-791-5000,
extension 360, or visit cim.edu and click on “Donate Today!”
Jun Iwasaki stands inside the new practice room that has
been named in honor of CIM Trustee Holly Selvaggi and
her husband, Clark Harvey. Jun is a CIM violin alumnus.
Final Chance to Be
a Part of the New CIM
Expansion Project!
You can’t help but be excited upon seeing the
final phase of construction under way at the
Cleveland Institute of Music. Soon the new
school year will be here with the Performance
Wing opened and in full use.
As completion draws close, you have one final
chance to be a part of this landmark chapter
in the history of CIM. As a bonus, all gifts or
pledges made between now and June 30 will
be matched one for one, up to $400,000, by an
anonymous challenge grant for the Final Phase
of the campaign.
The Campaign Cabinet and the CIM Development Office are contacting contributors to
confirm recognition on the Donor Wall and
on a number of specially named places from
practice rooms to studios to recital hall seats
throughout the expanded facility.
Corporate and Foundation Recognition Night
On the evening of Wednesday, April 25, top executives and other representatives from the many corporations and foundations that support the
CIM Annual Fund at $1,000 and above gathered at Severance Hall for a
special concert featuring the CIM Orchestra under the direction of Carl
Topilow. The concert was followed by a reception in Severance Hall’s Smith
Lobby for CIM’s corporate and foundation supporters, who had a chance
to mingle with President David Cerone, CIM Trustees, and the magnificently talented members of the CIM Orchestra. Shown here are Carol Coppolo;
CIM Trustee Al Coppolo, Executive Vice President and Group Manager for
Enterprise Technology Operations at KeyCorp, and CIM Guitar Department
Head Jason Vieaux, soloist for the performance. Key Foundation was the
primary corporate honoree for the evening’s concert.
Among the recognition opportunities available to those who make their gift or pledge
by June 30 are the Donor Wall (starting at
$10,000), pavers along the new walkway leading to the Fred A. Lennon Education Wing
(Full Paver, $5,000; Half Paver, $2,500 or
Quarter Paver, $1,000) or a seat in the new
Mixon Hall ($5,000).
Your support means a great deal. Please consider a new or additional pledge by June 30
to help us meet this Final Phase Challenge.
Contact the Development Department at
216-791-5000, ext. 360 now. There is still time!
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Distance Learning • Cleveland International Piano Competition
What Does Distance Learning Mean to CIM?
Distance Learning is valuable to the Institute in many ways,
some surprising.
• High-speed videoconferencing enables CIM students and faculty to
regularly collaborate with colleagues around the world. In the past few
months alone, CIM has delivered and received interactive videoconference master classes with Pinchas Zukerman and National Centre for
the Arts in Canada; Yo-Yo Ma and the New World Symphony; the Royal
College of Music in London; Yale University; Texas Christian University;
the Interlochen Academy of the Arts; Temple University; and the Iceland
Academy of the Arts. These classes connect CIM to the world with an ease
we could not have dreamed of even a few years ago.
• CIM’s educational videoconferences to K-12 schools (500 annually) are
in many ways the public face of the institution, reaching all 88 counties
in Ohio and all 50 states. Tens of thousands of students, teachers and
parents, who had previously never heard of our institution, now strongly
associate CIM with musical and educational excellence.
• More than 100 CIM students (25 percent of the student body) are involved with the Distance Learning program as teachers, performers, technicians and master class recipients. These students receive an excellent
informal education in the art of teaching, curriculum design, video and
audio technology. Perhaps most significantly, our students are becoming
leaders in the growing association of classical music and new media.
Collaboration is Key
CIM collaborated with WVIZ ideastream, the Ohio Supercomputing
Center and E-Tech Ohio on two exciting spring events. On May 1, CIM
students performed a concert for guests at the Advanced Technology
Summit in Columbus, Ohio with a special technology twist. Brass students,
under the direction of trumpet faculty member Michael Sachs, performed
together in real time, despite being physically separated by 150 miles.
Two trumpeters performed in person for guests at the Blackwell Center
in Columbus, while three low brass players joined them via high-speed
videoconference from the Distance Learning studios at CIM.
CIM presented Music Modern and Moving
on May 3 from the Westfield Studio Theater
from the Idea Center at Playhouse Square.
The educational music presentation was enjoyed by a live audience of 150, as well as
dozens of schools connected via videoconference, live web streaming and selected broadcast channels. The program included performances by soprano Jung Eun Oh and a student
string ensemble, the Vesuvius Quartet.
The Cleveland International Piano Competition (CIPC) has invited 36 pianists from
17 countries to compete in Cleveland from
July 25 through August 5 at The Cleveland
Play House and Severance Hall.
Among the competitors will be three
students of Sergei Babayan: Ching-Yun Hu,
Artist Diploma; Dmitri Levkovich (B.M.,
2003, piano), and Andrius Zlabys (A.D.,
2005, piano).
Contestants’ performances were reviewed
by a Selection Jury, comprised of Paul
Schenly, head of the CIM piano department; Christina Dahl, a member of the
piano faculty at SUNY Stony Brook; and
Daniel Gortler, a faculty member at the
Buchman-Mehta School of Music at the
Tel Aviv University. Karen Knowlton is
executive director of the CIPC.
Vesuvius Quartet
Oh
Tickets for the competition range in price
from $10 to $75. Tickets to solo rounds,
performed at The Cleveland Play House,
can be purchased at the Play House ticket
office at 216-795-7000. Tickets for the
final rounds, performed at Severance
Hall August 3 and 4, can be purchased
at the Severance Hall ticket office at
216-231-1111.
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Appointments • Milhaud Prize • Race to Remember
Appointments
Raechel Alexander, voice alumna, has
been appointed vice president of public
relations for the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. Previous posts include director of media relations at the Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra; manager of
public affairs at Carnegie Hall and
senior publicist for Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts.
Yesim Alkaya (P.S., 1995, piano), student of Vivian Weilerstein, returned to
Turkey in 2004 and joined the piano
faculty of Hacettepe University, Ankara
State Conservatory. She became associate professor of piano in October 2006.
Yu Jin (B.M., 2007,
viola), student of
Jeffrey Irvine, has
been appointed
violist of the
renowned Miami
String Quartet,
quartet-in-residence at Kent
State University
Jin
and visiting quartet-in-residence
at the Hartt School of the University of
Hartford. She joins violinists Ivan Chan
and Cathy Meng Robinson and cellist
Keith Robinson; and replaces longtime
violist Chauncey Patterson. This is the
first personnel change for the Quartet
in more than12 years. The Miami String
Quartet are regular performers at the
ENCORE School for Strings and the festivals of La Jolla, Santa Fe, Angel Fire,
Blossom, Norfolk, Steamboat Springs
and Menlo. Yu Jin is also principal violist of the Canton Symphony Orchestra
and CityMusic Cleveland, and second
chair of Red {an Orchestra}. She was the
principal violist of the New York String
Seminar in 2005. This spring, Ms. Jin
traveled on the Musicians from Marlboro tour with Arnold Steinhardt.
Kevin Jones (M.M., 1990, organ, M.M.,
1993, collaborative piano), student of
Karel Paukert and Anne Epperson, has
been named director of music at Christ
Church Cathedral in Hartford, Connecticut, beginning June 15, 2007. Since
2002, Mr. Jones had served as organist
and choirmaster of Christ Episcopal
Church in Pelham, New York.
Congratulations
to the 2007 Darius
Milhaud Performance
Prize Winners
Erin Laraby Goldwasser (B.M., 2001,
violin P.S., 2003, viola), student of
Robert Vernon, has been appointed to
the viola section of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She previously held a
section viola position with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra.
First prize
Rebecca Levy (M.M., 2004, bassoon),
student of John Clouser, has been
named operations and education manager of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
Prior to her appointment in Elgin, she
was administrative assistant at Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. She also
performed as bassoonist in the Civic
Orchestra of Chicago for one season.
Second prize
Bo-Kyung Park (M.M., 2007, collaborative piano, student of Anita Pontremoli,
was appointed faculty accompanist of
the Bowdoin International
Music Festival.
Dwight Parry (M.M., 2003, oboe), student of John Mack, has been appointed
principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is now principal
oboe of the San Diego Symphony and
the New York Symphonic Ensemble. He
will join the orchestra on September 3.
Smoliar
Toplitz
Amanda Smith (B.M., 2007, violin),
student of Paul Kantor, and Jennifer Douville, Master of Music piano
student of Daniel Shapiro (Sonata
No. 2 for Violin and Piano)
David Flores, clarinet student of
Franklin Cohen in the Master of
Music degree program (Sonatine
for Clarinet and Piano)
Yu Jin (B.M., 2007, viola), student
of Jeffrey Irvine, and David Requiro
(M.M., 2007, cello), student of
Richard Aaron (Sonatine for Viola
and Cello)
Third prize
Stephan Perez, viola student of
Mark Jackobs, and Michelle Cann,
piano student of Paul Schenly
(Quatre Visages for Viola
and Piano)
Race to Remember
Rachel Smoliar
(B.M., 2007,
violin), student
of William Preucil
and Stephen Rose,
won a one-year
position with the
Grant Park Music
Festival Orchestra
for the summer
of 2007
Loren Toplitz
(M.M., 2001,
trumpet), student
of Michael Sachs,
is a member of
the Preparatory
trumpet faculty.
Mr. Toplitz has
been appointed
second trumpet
with the Lancaster Festival
Orchestra in
Lancaster, Ohio.
CIM horn students and others ran the
“Race to Remember,” raising funds for
the Alzheimer’s Association, on April 22
in downtown Cleveland. Pictured here
after the race are:
Front row, left to right: Lauren Moore;
Julie King, wife of Richard King;
Matthew Castillo, horn student of
Richard King
Back row, left to right: Jill Bartels
(M.M., 2007, horn), student of
Richard King; Richard King, horn
faculty member; Ian Petruzzi, horn
student of Richard Solis; Emily Nagel,
horn student of Richard King; and Colin
Sieg, trumpet student of Michael Sachs.
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Alumni
Rinaldi Tribute • Alumni
Elizabeth Joan Kelly (M.M.,
2007, composition), student
of Margaret Brouwer, placed
first in the 2007 Young Composers Contest sponsored by
the Ohio Federation of Music
Clubs for her String Quartet,
composed and premiered
at CIM in December 2005
and May 2006. The piece
also received the Russell and
Nancy Hatz Special Recognition Award from the National
Federation of Music Clubs.
Alumni
Forrest Covington (B.M., 1981,
M.M., 1984, composition),
student of Donald Erb, has
recently had two orchestral
works released on the anthology “Masterworks of the New
Era” on the ERM label. The
works are entitled A Winter’s
Poem and Anagoge.
The Daedalus Quartet –
violinists Min-Young Kim (P.S.
1998, violin) and Kyu-Young
Kim (P.S. 2001, violin), students of Donald Weilerstein;
violist Jessica Thompson; and
cellist Raman Ramakrishnan
– won a 2007 Martin E. Segal
Award from the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
in March. Mezzo-soprano
Kate Lindsey also won the
$5,000 award, given annually
to two rising young artists in
recognition of outstanding
achievement, to be used for
career advancement. Each
year, two of Lincoln Center’s
12 resident arts organizations are asked to nominate
an artist or ensemble to
receive the prize; this year’s
winners were chosen by the
Metropolitan Opera and The
Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center.
Fein
Evan Fein (B.M., 2007,
composition), student of
Margaret Brouwer, received
an Honorable Mention
at the ASCAP Foundation
2007 Morton Gould Young
Composer Awards for his
work Capriccio for Violin and
Orchestra. He made his New
York debut in April with his
composition Friday Night
Fortune for solo cello, which
was performed at Liederkranz Hall for the benefit
of the German-American
University Alliance. The
Canton Symphony Orchestra
premiered his new piece,
Rush Hour, on May 7. The
work, which received ten
performances on the CSO’s
education series, was the culmination of Evan’s year-long
residency with the orchestra.
Additionally, Evan and Jacob
Adams (B.M., 2007, piano),
student of Antonio PompaBaldi, won second place in
the piano duet division of
the Bradshaw and Buono
International Piano Competition. Their coach was Gerardo Teissonnière. Evan will
be attending the Juilliard
School as a graduate student
in composition this fall.
On April 29, the Paragon
Brass Quintet and the Salzedo Harp Duo, featuring
Nancy Lendrim and Jody
Guinn (M.M., 1982, harp),
student of Alice Chalifoux,
performed on the Akron
Symphony Orchestra’s 20062007 Chamber Music Series.
and percussionist Donald
Miller – Cleveland Orchestra
principals – in a concert featuring the music of Claude
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Bolling, Dvorák,
Rossini and
others on April 29 at St.
Peter Episcopal Church in
downtown Ashtabula.
Kassaba, Cleveland’s multiinstrumental world jazz
quartet, was invited to
France to perform at an
international music festival,
FIMU, in May. More than
130 groups from 30 different countries converged on
Belfort in Eastern France to
perform music from many
different genres. In March,
the group released its second CD Dark Eye, available
at several online locations
including www.kassaba.
com. The group is comprised
of Gregory Slawson (M.M.,
1997, piano), student of
Olga Radosavljevich; Candice Lee (B.M., 1996, M.M.
1998, piano), student of Paul
Schenly; Christopher Vance
(M.M., 2002, double bass),
student of Lawrence Angell;
and Mark Boich.
Monica Houghton (M.M.,
2003, composition), student
of Margaret Brouwer, is a
member of the CIM Preparatory faculty and the Joint
Music Program with Case
Western Reserve University.
Ms. Houghton has been
awarded an Ohio Arts
Council Individual Excellence
Award for 2007.
Dr. Timothy Kalil (B.M., 1974,
M.M., 1976, piano), student
of Eunice Podis and Jack
Radunsky, from Ashtabula,
joined pianist Joela Jones,
cellist Richard Weiss, bassist Maximilian Dimoff,
This April, the Klimt Trio –
Filip Fenrych (M.M., 2007,
violin), student of William
Preucil; Caroline Milot (P.S.,
2007, cello), student of
Desmond Hoebig; and Olga
Gorelik (B.M., 2005, M.M.,
2007, piano), student of Paul
Schenly – took first prize at
the Coleman-Barstow Chamber Music Association Chamber Ensemble Competition in
Pasadena, California
Tracy Labrecque (B.M., 2007,
voice), soprano student
of Mary Schiller and Dean
Southern, received a scholarship to attend Indiana University in Bloomington to study
toward a Master of Music
degree in performance.
Tampa Lann-Murphy (B.M.,
1973, Dalcroze Eurhythmics),
student of Elsa Findley, is
director of worship and music
at the Hudson Community
Chapel.
Larimer
Kassaba
In April, Jennifer Nichol
Larimer (M.M., voice, 1998),
student of Beverley Rinaldi,
was the mezzo-soprano
soloist, along with soprano
soloist Andrea Chenoweth
(M.M., 2004, voice), student
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Alumni
of George Vassos, in the
world premiere of Jonathan Sheffer’s A Red Couch
Floating in Lake Erie: A
Symphony of Songs with Red
{an orchestra}. In June, Ms.
Larimer will be participating
in master teacher Ann Baltz’s
two-week program OperaWorks in Los Angeles. This
fall, she will again be touring
the country with The New
Sigmund Romberg Orchestra
and Soloists in their much
beloved program A Viennese
Christmas. Look for her in a
city near you!
Emma Murley (M.M., 2004,
trumpet), student of Michael
Sachs, has been named to
the 2008 class of the American Symphony Orchestra
League’s Orchestra Management Fellowship Program,
She has been assigned to
manage the chamber orchestra at the Aspen Music
Festival, and her host orchestras will be Orange County’s
Pacific Symphony, Dayton
Philharmonic and Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. Since
graduating from CIM, Ms.
Murley served for a season
as artistic coordinator for
the Omaha Symphony,
artist assistant at the Chicago Symphony and artistic
intern at the Grant Park
Music Festival.
Jennifer Porto (M.M., 2002,
P.S., 2003, voice), student of
Beverley Rinaldi and George
Vassos, sang the Zweiter
Knabe with the Leipzig
Opera in April, and will be
the soprano soloist in Kampnagel Opera’s staged performance of Mozart’s Requiem
this fall.
Joshua Roman (B.M., 2004,
cello), student of Richard
Aaron, was recently interviewed in Seattle Weekly,
which said of his tenure with
the Seattle Symphony, “Last
spring, 23-year-old Joshua
Roman was chosen to lead
the Seattle Symphony’s
cello section, becoming
the youngest player in the
orchestra ... From the very
first notes of the symphony’s
season ... Roman’s playing
has proved eloquent and
uncommonly mature.”
conducting), student of
Carl Topilow, is the orchestra’s music director.
Eric Schwartz (B.M., 1999,
composition), student of
Margaret Brouwer, has recently been appointed composer-in-residence for the
Los Angeles-based Tonoi Ensemble’s 2007-2008 season.
Additionally, his Thunk!...A
Ghost Story for String Quartet was just released as part
of the two-disc “Post-Minimalism” compilation CD by
the French Trace label.
Alfred Walence (M.M.,
1982, voice), student of Irvin
Bushman, recently sang a
Sousa concert with Campbell University’s Cape Fear
Wind Symphony, then Elijah
with Church of the Good
Shepherd in Raleigh, North
Carolina.
Smith
Adam J. Smith (B.M., 2007,
voice), student of Mary Schiller, received a scholarship to
attend the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
to study toward a Master
of Music degree in voice
performance.
Schwartz Moretti
Amy Schwartz Moretti
(B.M., 1998, M.M., 2000,
violin), student of Donald
Weilerstein, has been named
director of the Robert
McDuffie Center for Strings
at Mercer University in the
Townsend School of Music.
Her appointment follows
the establishment of the
Center by Robert McDuffie,
internationally renowned
soloist who is distinguished
university professor of music
at Mercer University. In addition to her teaching and
directorship of the Center,
Amy is actively involved as a
chamber musician and as a
soloist with orchestras. Her
summer festival appearances
include the Brevard Music
Center in June, where she
will perform with the Diaz
Trio, and Chamber Music
Northwest in July, where
she will be featured with
Robert McDuffie performing
Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two
Violins.
Elisa Singer (M.M., 2007,
voice), student of Mary Schiller, sang with Opera Cleveland Outreach this season.
Visconti
The Annapolis Symphony
Orchestra announced that
four young composers were
chosen to capture the
Annapolis, Maryland spirit
in music for the city’s 300th
birthday next year. Each will
create an Annapolis-inspired
work to be performed by
the orchestra during its
2007-2008 season. Among
them is Daniel Visconti
(B.M., 2004, M.M., 2005,
composition), student of
Margaret Brouwer. José-Luis
Novo (M.M., 1994, orchestral
John McLaughlin Williams
(B.M., 1997, violin, M.M.,
1999, orchestral conducting),
student of Carl Topilow and
Martin Chalifour, has been
recording prolifically for the
Naxos label, having released
five recordings to date for
Naxos’ American Classics Series with the National Radio
Symphony of Ukraine. His
most recent recording features soloist Elmar Oliveira in
the world premiere of Nicolas Flagello’s Violin Concerto,
released in April. Also due
for release is a Naxos recording of orchestral masses by
Nicolas Flagello and Arnold
Rosner. Mr. Williams has
been actively guest-conducting orchestras, such as the
Boulder Philharmonic, East
Texas Symphony Orchestra,
and Greenville Symphony
Orchestra, and has been conducting on television for R&B
superstars Brian McKnight,
Al Jarreau and The Winans.
He was recently appointed
assistant conductor of The
Britt Festival.
Kathryn Wyatt (M.M., 2005,
viola), student of Stanley
Konopka, will conclude her
final assignment with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra just prior to the American Symphony Orchestra
League’s national conference
in June. She was one of five
participants in the 2006-07
class of the League’s Orchestra Management Fellowship
Program.
In Memoriam
Kenneth Durling (M.M., 1985, composition), student of
Donald Erb and Marcel Dick, passed away on April 4 at
the age of 54. He was a musician, composer and beloved
teacher to hundreds of student musicians in the San
Francisco Bay area.
Hazel A. Johnson (B.M., 1931, voice) passed away in
February at the age of 90. Ms. Johnson taught junior
high school in the Cleveland Public School System for 33
years, retiring in 1962.
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Preparatory
CIM Preparatory students
dominated at the OMTA
Buckeye Competition held in
April – the largest regional
contest for pre-college
students in the state. Linda
He, piano student of Sean
Schulze, won the junior division and will compete in the
state finals at Bowling Green
State University in June.
Arianna Körting, student of
Gerardo Teissonnière, was
named alternate winner. In
the elementary division,
Megan Lee, student of
Gerardo Teissonnière, won
first place. In an unprec-
Preparatory
Körting
He
Arianna Körting won first
prize in the 2007 Bradshaw
& Buono International Piano
Competition, and performed
in Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall in New York
City on May 20. Jackie Han,
Megan Lee and Stephanie
Lee, fellow piano students
of Gerardo Teissonnière,
were awarded second prize
and will perform in New
York City in a concert series
sponsored by the Bradshaw
& Buono International Piano
Competition during the
2007-2008 concert season.
Florez
edented decision by the
judges in light of the high
level of the contestants,
three students were further
recognized: Tammy Gu,
student of Gerardo Teissonnière student, was named
an alternate and Cindy Zhao
and Grace Lu, students of
Sean Schulze, were awarded
honorable mention. 14-yearold Katherine Florez, a student of Terry Moran, newly
appointed Preparatory piano
faculty member, won the
2007 OMTA Junior Scholarship Competition, held at
Cleveland State University,
with a prize of $500. Katherine attends Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cleveland Teen Trio
The Cleveland Teen Trio –
Elisabeth Evans, 15-year-old
violin student of Eugenia
Poustyreva; Megan Beus,
17-year-old piano student
of Gerardo Teissonnière;
and Erica Evans, 13-year old
Youth String Camerata cellist
– will perform at Assembly
Hall on Temple Square in
Salt Lake City on June 23 at
7:30 p.m., as part of the
Temple Square Performances.
Katrina Bobbs (Y.A.P., 2007,
violin), student of Paul
Kantor, placed second in
the Senior String Division of
the Music Teachers National
Association Competition
finals in Toronto, Ontario
in March. The competition
included all the regional
high school winners from
throughout the U.S. Katrina
was awarded $1,000.
Haldar
Bolton
William Bolton, 14-year-old
Preparatory flute student
of Laura Orazi and Lucas
Waldin, was named firstprize winner in the Junior
Division (grades 7-9) of the
2007 Central Ohio Flute
Association Flute Festival
Competition. The final round
of the competition was held
on the campus of Ohio State
University on April 21.
William is an eighth-grader
at Hawken School in Lyndhurst. Last year, he was the
youngest member of the
Contemporary Youth Orchestra. William also enjoys
playing jazz saxophone and
jazz piano.
Daniel Haldar, Preparatory composition student
of Monica Houghton, has
been recognized with an
Honorable Mention at the
ASCAP Morton Gould Young
Composer’s Competition
for his solo piano work
Sonata. In addition, Daniel
has been named a winner
in the National Federation
of Music Clubs Composition
Contest – he is one of only
five winners nationally.
Alena Merimee, Preparatory
violin student of Paul Kantor,
advanced to the national
finals of the Music Teachers
National Association Competition for the second straight
year, winning third prize in
the junior division. In 2007,
Alena also placed first in the
Ohio ASTA competition, the
Lakeland Civic Orchestra’s
Alison Chiang, Preparatory
piano student of Olga Radosavljevich and theory student of Adeline Huss, soloed
with the Cleveland Women’s
Orchestra at Severance Hall
on May 6.
Merimee
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Preparatory • Students
Students
Young Artist Competition and the Paducah (KY)
Symphony Young Artists
Competition. She made her
orchestral debut with the Paducah Symphony in March,
performing the Tchaikovsky
violin concerto. The orchestra’s executive director said
of her performance, “The
audience response was probably the most enthusiastic I
have ever heard – for ANY
performer we’ve had in the
last 27 years I’ve been associated with the Orchestra.”
Terry Moran, Preparatory
piano faculty member, presented the first in a series
of workshops designed to
focus on the technical and
musical development of the
beginning, intermediate and
advanced piano student. Ms.
Moran developed this series
of workshops based on her
experience and participation with the major conservatories for gifted children
located in Moscow and Kiev,
Ukraine. As a result of her
students’ success in Kiev, Ms.
Moran was appointed as the
U.S. representative of the Association “Art and Education
of the XXIst Century.” This
pedagogical organization
is located in Kiev, Ukraine,
and provides competitions
and festivals for gifted precollege students to be held
throughout Eastern and
Western Europe. The Northeast Regional Division of the
Ohio Music Teachers Association sponsored her presentation. In August, Ms. Moran
will return to Normandy,
France for her tenth season
as a participant in a festival
and competition designed
for collegiate and gifted precollege students. This season
her former student Olga
Krayterman will perform the
Award Recital as a result of
winning the 2006 third-annual international student
competition.
An
Ka Young An, piano student of Kathryn Brown, was invited
to play in a master class for Ludovica Mosca at the Musica
Eidentidad 50th International Music Festival in Mexico City
in March.
Cann
In March, Michelle Cann, piano student of Paul Schenly, won
the Tuesday Musical Club Scholarship Auditions in Akron.
Additionally in March, the Southampton Press in New York
had this to say of a recital she gave at the Southampton
Cultural Center: “The performance was nothing less than
brilliant and brought the audience to its feet. Ms. Cann’s
sense of timing and her digital precision were a miracle.”
Jeremy Collins, guitar student of Jason Vieaux, won first
prize in the Rantucci International Guitar Competition in
Buffalo, New York in March.
Chelsea Friedlander, voice student of Mary Schiller, won first
place in the freshman women category of the regional NATS
(National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition,
competing with singers from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and
Ontario, Canada.
Friedlander
Sherman
Ching-Yun Hu, Artist Diploma piano student of Sergei
Babayan, made her Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully
Hall on March 5. Among other performances this spring, her
recent performance of the music of Chopin at New York’s
Steinway Hall drew particular praise from the New York Concert Review: “The Chopin Rondo in E-Flat, Op. 16 was played
with elegance and flabbergasting fingerwork. Speaking in
terms of sheer technical brilliance, I don’t recall being as
amazed even by Horowitz’s performance of the same work.”
Soprano Laryssa Sherman, Professional Studies voice student
of Dean Southern, performed the role of Dora in Anton
Coppola’s Sacco & Vanzetti with Opera Tampa, conducted
by the composer at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
in February.
Faculty
This May, Music from the Western Reserve
presented concerts featuring CIM faculty
members. Orchestral keyboard faculty member Joela Jones (B.M., 1966, M.M., 1967,
piano), student of Arthur Loesser and Victor
Babin, performed on May 6. Ms. Jones is
principal keyboard of The Cleveland Orchestra. The May 20 concert featured The Family
Preucil, including Distinguished Professor of
Violin William Preucil, concertmaster of The
Cleveland Orchestra.
Sergei Babayan, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gilliam Artist-in-Residence at CIM, will be busy
this summer and fall. On June 8, he will
participate in the opening of the International Festival Sully in Orleans, France with
the Orchestra Pasdeloup. He will also be
participating in a conducting master class
with Colin Metters in St. Petersburg with
of the St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra and studying conducting
in a Shostakovich/ Bartók/ Stravinsky master
class with Maestro Jorma Panula in Slovakia.
In September, Mr. Babayan will serve as a
jury member of the Scottish international
Piano Competition in Glasgow.
This past September, Ronald Bishop, head
of the tuba department, performed as a
member of the NEOTuba Quartet at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Bishop presented a master class at the
Eastman School of Music in October. In
December, he was back in Rochester, New
York to give a presentation at the NYSSMA Convention (“The Tuba Renaissance
Since 1950”). Mr. Bishop took part in the
University of Miami Frost School of Music’s
Stamps Family Distinguished Visitor Series
in November, and in January 2007 he was a
visiting professor at the Festival de Música
de Santa Catarina in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil.
David N. Brown (B.M., 1969, organ, B.M.,
1974, Eurhythmics), student of Henry Fusner, Karel Paukert, Elsa Findlay, Loma Lombardo, John Coleman and Hilda Schuster,
is chair of the Eurhythmics department at
CIM. Mr. Brown taught a master class for 38
conducting students at Bowling Green State
University in March. The workshop was
sponsored by the Conductors Guild. In late
May, Mr. Brown was in Fairbanks, Alaska
for a week to teach. He will soon teach
workshops in Anchorage, Alaska ; Memphis,
Tennessee and Washington, DC.
The Cavani String Quartet, CIM’s quartet-inresidence, won a Chamber Music America
Residency Partnership grant of $45,000
for 2007-2010. They will be in residence at
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
One of the main initiatives of this grant will
be to begin a string program in the Carbondale public schools. The Cavani Quartet is
comprised of Annie Fullard and Mari Sato,
violins; Kirsten Docter, viola; and Merry
Peckham, cello.
Theory and Preparatory piano instructor
Karl Lo (M.M., 2001, D.M.A., 2004), student
of Daniel Shapiro, has successfully completed the cycle of Schubert piano sonatas.
Immediately following the concerts, he
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performed a solo recital in Washington, DC,
and directed a youth musical production of
Charlie Brown. This summer, Dr. Lo will revisit southwestern China on a concert tour,
and teach master classes at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
Faculty
Lisa Rainsong (D.M.A., 1999, composition),
student of Margaret Brouwer, is a member
of the CIM music theory faculty and D.M.A.
coordinator. Dr. Rainsong was chosen by
Antaeus Dance executive artistic director
and choreographer Joan Meggitt to collaborate with Meggitt on a new piece for
solo dancer and solo piano. This new work,
Stargazer, received four performances in
Antaeus Dance Company’s “Close to Home”
program for DanceWorks 2007. The performances were March 29-April 1 at Cleveland
Public Theater. Zsolt Bognár (B.M., 2005,
piano), student of Sergei Babayan, recorded
the piece for these performances.
This fall, piano faculty member Margarita
Shevchenko (A.D., 1996, piano), student of
Sergei Babayan, will travel to South Africa
for a month-long concert tour that will include solo appearances in a major cities and
concerto performances with the Cape Town
and Johannesburg Symphony Orchestras.
From October through November, she will
travel to Seoul (Korea) to perform at the
Kuhmo Foundation and give a concerto
performance with the Daejeon Symphony
Orchestra. During the tour, Ms. Shevchenko
will also present master classes at the
Seoul University.
Joshua Smith, head of the flute department and principal flutist of The Cleveland
Orchestra, compiled a series of musical
programs in March, April and May to
complement the Cleveland Museum of Art’s
Monet in Normandy exhibit. Mr. Smith was
joined in performance by Stephen Rose
(B.M., 1992, violin), student of William
Preucil, David Cerone, David Updegraff
and Sally O’Reilly, principal second violin
of The Cleveland Orchestra and member of
CIM’s violin faculty; Charles Bernard (A.D.,
1989, cello), student of Stephen Geber;
pianist Christina Dahl, baritone Chris Trakas;
Yolanda Kondonassis (B.M., 1986, M.M.,
1989, harp), student of Alice Chalifoux and
head of the CIM harp department; and Joanna Patterson (B.M., 2006, viola), student
of Robert Vernon.
Babayan
Bishop
Shevchenko
Lo
Smith
Jason Vieaux (B.M., 1995, guitar), student
of John Holmquist, is head of the CIM
guitar department. Mr. Vieaux made his
recital debut in Germany on May 28. He
participated in the IPS Koblenz International Guitar Festival, a renowned German
festival that offers a special focus on guitar
music and presents concerts, master classes,
workshops, lectures and the International
Guitar Competition. Mr. Vieaux joined a distinguished roster of some 200 performing
artists, guest lecturers and students from 44
countries around the globe. He appeared in
recital at the Rhein-Mosel Halle.
Vieaux
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Around the State • Faculty Retirements
On April 25, Judson at University Circle presented the second-annual Smart Living Awards, honoring older adults and their younger counterparts who perpetuate the dynamic atmosphere
of University Circle. CIM congratulates Legacy
Society members Hope and Stanley Adelstein,
who were awarded for Philanthropy, and Upand-Comer Brenda Pickett Watson, who was
awarded for Volunteerism.
Around the State
Hope and Stanley have sponsored scholarships
for students at CIM and provide funding for
inner-city children to attend The Cleveland Orchestra’s Saturday morning Rainbow Concerts.
They created the fund for new and emerging
playwrights at the Cleveland Play House, are
involved in the capital fund at Magnolia Clubhouse and were appointed honorary life trustees at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.
Brenda believes her work at CIM and elsewhere
is a calling – to help others. Three of her sisters
are cancer survivors. She wanted to do something to make them feel good so she organized
and performed a concert of gospel music at
Church of the Covenant to benefit the Ireland
Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland. She also performed in a jazz presentation
with the Distance Learning department that
was viewed by local soldiers stationed in Iraq.
To many CIM students, however, she is like a
second mother.
The Greater Cleveland
Chapter of the
National Coalition
of 100 Black Women
honored WCLV’s
A. Grace Lee Mims
at their 16th annual
“Women of Vision”
Luncheon on March 17.
Grace’s weekly program on WCLV, “The
Black Arts,” recently
celebrated its 30th
year on the air. She has
been a member of the
CIM Board of Trustees
for 18 years.
Mims
Hope and Stanley Adelstein
Pickett Watson
On May 5, Wesley Collins (B.M., 2007, viola), student of Robert Vernon,
performed with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and cellist Marie-Thaïs
Levesque (M.M., 2003, D.M.A., 2006, cello), student of Richard Aaron,
under the baton of guest conductor Steven Smith (M.M., 1991, orchestral conducting), student of Carl Topilow. Among the works presented
was Donald Erb’s Prismatic Variations. Mr. Erb (M.M.1953, HDMA, 1984,
theory), student of Ward Lewis, is the former head of the CIM composition department.
The Canton Symphony Orchestra presented “A Night of Mastery” on
February 17, featuring five talented soloists: Terry Orcutt (M.M., 1999,
oboe), student of John Mack; Scott Johnston, trumpet; Jun Iwasaki, (B.M.,
2004, M.M., 2007, violin, A.D., 2006, Concertmaster Academy), student of
William Preucil; Joanna Patterson (B.M., 2006, viola), student of Robert
Vernon; and Randy Klein, clarinet. Among others, the Canton Symphony
Orchestra’s 2007-08 season will include appearances by ENCORE alumnus
Zuill Bailey on Sunday, October 7 and Jeff Thayer (M.M., 2000, A.D., 2001,
violin), student of William Preucil and Donald Weilerstein, on Sunday,
December 2. Mr. Thayer is concertmaster of the San Diego Symphony.
For more information on these and other upcoming Canton Symphony
performances, visit www.cantonsymphony.org.
On May 29, The Singers’ Club of Cleveland saluted Broadway with
On With the Show!, a concert featuring actress-singer Sarah Knowlton
(daughter of Cleveland International Piano Competition Executive Director Karen Knowlton), accompanied by CIM theory instructor Dr. Marshall
Griffith (B.M., 1975, M.M., 1977, composition), student of Eugene O’Brien
and Donald Erb.
Faculty Retirements
Angell
Two longtime CIM faculty members retired at
the end of the school year. Theory instructor
Dean Guy arrived in 1965, followed by double
bassist Lawrence Angell in 1969. Mr. Guy received a Bachelor of Music degree in piano from
Converse College and a Master of Music degree
in theory from CIM, as a student of Arthur
Loesser. He did extensive work in New York with
improvisation for dance, and was affiliated with
the Lincoln Center Repertory Company. At CIM,
Mr. Guy served as head of the theory department for many years, and was honored for his
years of service at the CIM Convocation ceremony in May. Mr. Angell was appointed to the
double bass faculty in 1969 and served as head
of the department for many years. He also held
section, assistant principal and principal bass
positions in The Cleveland Orchestra from 19551995. Mr. Angell received Bachelor and Master
of Music degrees from the Eastman School
of Music. A student of Oscar Zimmerman, he
served as a faculty and artist member and music
director of the Scotia Chamber Players in Halifax, Nova Scotia, faculty member and chamber
music coach at the ENCORE School for Strings,
Florida Music Festival and Kent/Blossom. Former
students can be found in many major orchestras. Mr. Angell is married to CIM Collaborative
Piano Department Head Anita Pontremoli. CIM
thanks these two distinguished professors for
their exemplary service.
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Summer
CIM Summer
Camp Performances
The CIM Preparatory
Division offers two camps
this summer. You’ll have
the opportunity to see
what these students have
learned at these
free concerts:
CIM Summer
Chamber Music
is a ten-day festival
that culminates in a
gala concert featuring
pre-college level pianists
and string players on Friday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m.
at the CIM Shaker Branch
East, The First Unitarian
Church of Cleveland.
The CIM Young
Composers Program
is an intense week for
exceptional young composers that culminates
in two concerts of their
music performed by CIM
students. The final concerts will take place at
Harkness Chapel on the
campus of Case Western
Reserve University on
Friday, July 27 at
8:00 p.m. and Saturday,
July 28 at 12:00 p.m.
•••
• Parade the Circle
The 18th annual Parade the
Circle Celebration will take
place Saturday, June 9. Bring
the family to University
Circle to enjoy a free
celebration of the creative
spirit. Festivities begin at
11 a.m., with the parade
beginning at noon and
entertainment, food and
activities for the whole
family taking place in Circle
Village until 4 p.m. CIM will
collaborate with Lake View
Cemetery on “Movers and
Shakers,” where families can
construct colorful musical
shakers filled with sunflower
seeds and decorate them
with stickers of some of Lake
View’s famous “residents,”
including John L. Severance.
Visitors can also make their
own music playing CIM’s
percussive “Tower of
Sound.” After the family
activities conclude, music
will continue beginning
at 5:30 p.m. with the Irish
rock group The Prodigals.
Summer
Activities
This summer, Orchestral Conducting Director Carl Topilow
will be celebrating his 30th season as music director and
conductor of the National Repertory Orchestra, a summer
festival based in Breckenridge, Colorado. The following CIM
students and graduates will perform this season: Andrea
Belding (B.M., 2004, violin, M.M., 2007, violin and Suzuki
pedagogy), student of Stephen Rose; Kimiko Hamaguchi,
violin student of David Updegraff; Julia Holliday (Y.A.P.,
2004, violin), student of David Russell and Linda Cerone;
Deborah Klemme (M.M., 2005, violin and Suzuki pedagogy),
student of Stephen Rose and Michele George; Adrienne
Watkinson (B.M., 2007, violin), student of David Russell;
Jonathan Kim, viola student of Robert Vernon; Yuriy Leonovich, cello student of Stephen Geber; Adam Kiswardy,
oboe student of Frank Rosenwein; Kristin Day (B.M., 2007,
bassoon), student of John Clouser; Anne Marie Power (P.S.,
2005, bassoon), student of John Clouser; Michael Oswald
(B.M., 2006, horn), student of Richard King; Liam Day (B.M.,
2005, trumpet), student of Michael Sachs; Michael Robinson (M.M., 2005, A.D., 2007, trombone), student of Richard
Stout; and Eri Nakamura, Professional Studies piano student
of Sergei Babayan.
Studying with voice department faculty member Dean
Southern at the American Institute of Musical Studies in
Graz, Austria this summer will be: Jermaine Jackson, Caroline
Kuehn and Lynn McCormick (M.M., 2007, voice), students of
Mary Schiller.
Pompa-Baldi
Studying at the University of Miami Frost School of Music
summer program in Salzburg, Austria will be Anne Carroll,
Ann Coffman and Chelsea Friedlander, voice students of
Mary Schiller; Richard Ollarsaba and Irene Roberts, voice
students of Mary Schiller and Dean Southern; and Elizabeth
Keller, voice student of Clifford Billions.
Kristian Banatzianou (P.S., 2007, piano, and collaborative
piano), student of Daniel Shapiro and Anita Pontremoli, will
serve as accompanist at the Meadowmount School
of Music.
Piano faculty member Antonio Pompa-Baldi has a busy
schedule of upcoming engagements around the world. From
June 7 through 17, he will serve as president of the jury for
the International Russian Music Piano Competition in San
Jose, California. From July 2 through 7, he will record two
CDs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, albums number 10 and 11 in
the Grieg series. On July 10 he will play a recital in Portland,
Oregon at Portland State University for the International
Piano Festival. From July 15-22 he will conduct a workshop in
Naples, Italy.
Stees
Timothy Riley, horn student of Richard King, will attend the
Kent/Blossom Music Festival.
Barrick Stees, bassoon faculty member and assistant principal bassoon of The Cleveland Orchestra, will give a lecture
on “How to Prepare for and Take an Orchestral Audition” on
June 13 at the International Double Reed Society Conference
at Ithaca College in New York.
Richard Weiner, co-head of the timpani and percussion
department, will be returning as a faculty member of the
National Orchestral Institute.
Topilow
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Sato Center
Patty Padgett
Sato Center for Suzuki Studies
Patty Padgett
Kraut
Melissa Kraut (B.M., 1990,
cello), student of Alan Harris,
is teacher and coordinator
of cello for the Preparatory string department and
the Sato Center for Suzuki
Studies, as well as teacher
of pedagogy for the Conservatory. Dr. Kraut was a
guest clinician at the Preucil
School of Music Workshop
in Dubuque, Iowa in March.
This summer, she will return
to teach at the Meadowmount School of Music in
Westport, New York.
Kimberly Meier-Sims,
director of the Sato Center
for Suzuki Studies, conducted workshops this spring
at the Blair School of Music
in Nashville, Tennessee; in
Atlanta, Georgia; and at
Southern Illinois University
at Edwardsville, where she
Meier-Sims
received a Bachelor of Music
degree, studying with John Kendall, the first American
teacher to go to Japan and bring the Suzuki Method to the
U.S. Ms. Meier-Sims has been invited to teach workshops in
Memphis, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Cork, Ireland; and
Stanford, California this summer.
Piano Workshop
Sharon Brown Cheston, Yasuko Joichi and Tanya Groys, Sato
Center piano faculty member
Sato Center students engaged in Taiko Drum class
In February, students of Kimberly Meier-Sims performed at Rainbow
Babies and Children’s Hospital. Pictured below are Natalie Krill, Serena
Shapard, Tara Prasad, Caroline Megerian and Sam Rosenthal.
Sato Center
violinist
Sam Rosenthal
The Sato Center conducted a Piano Workshop on March 10.
Yasuko Joichi, registered
Suzuki Piano Teacher
Trainer and director
of the Suzuki Piano
at Elmhurst College,
conducted semi-private
lessons with Sato Center
students. Sharon Brown
Cheston, Ph.D., Sato
Center theory faculty,
conducted classes in
piano improvisation.
In keeping with the
Japanese traditions that
surround the Suzuki
Method, the Icho Daiko
or Taiko Drum Ensemble
was invited to conduct
drumming classes
and perform for the
students in Kulas Hall.
Guest clinician Yasuko Joichi
works with a student
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ENCORE School for Strings
Josh
Ritter
Michi
Wiancko
ENCORE School for Strings, directed by
David Cerone, enters its 23rd summer in June.
This six-week program brings the most highly gifted
string players from around the world to
northeast Ohio. Free performances by students, guest artists and faculty will take place
in the Chapel at Western Reserve Academy
and at St. Mary Church in Hudson, Ohio
from June 24 through August 4.
Christian Steiner
Cavani String Quartet
Several free concerts featuring the superb
students will take place each week. Most
student performances will be on Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. This is your chance to see what gifted
young artists are able to achieve in a six-week period
of concentrated work. Additionally, the Blue Ribbon
Concert Series will feature ENCORE alumni, faculty and
distinguished guest artists, including the Miami String
Quartet; the Cavani String Quartet; Michi Wiancko
(B.M., 1998, violin), student of Donald Weilerstein; and
a performance by Hilary Hahn, violin phenomenon and
ENCORE alumna, with singer/songwriter Josh Ritter.
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