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How Well Do You Hear?

Last fall, one of our Trustee couples, Gail and Elliott Schlang, arranged for representatives of CIM to meet with the head of development for University Hospitals (UH) to learn about the opening celebration of the hospital’s new Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Institute. At the meeting, there were immediate and obvious connections that motivated us to develop a collaboration to celebrate the inspired work that UH had been doing for many years—previous to the opening of the new institutional infrastructure.

As musicians, we were touched by the description of the medical technique and procedure performed with success and expertise at UH by Dr. Cliff Megerian and his staff. This procedure permanently endows cochlear implant recipients with the ability to hear with great subtlety—positively and profoundly changing their lives.

We attended the celebration in the beautiful Seidman building at UH and furnished music for the occasion. Following that, UH staff and 100 of their former cochlear implant patients (and some very recent ones) came to Severance Hall for a concert by our student orchestra. Our orchestra plays four to five concerts at Severance each year, in addition to those performed in Kulas Hall at CIM. These concerts are free and open to the community, and our listeners are challenged, at times, to distinguish our students’ accomplishments and performances from those of their teachers in The Cleveland Orchestra.

As the evening unfolded, a deep and common bond emerged from the understanding of a shared mission between the doctors and the musicians: the mission of enabling people to improve and refine their ability to hear, through which meaningful communication and, in the case of music, the perception of beauty may be realized. The common purpose of the work of both those amazing doctors and of our own faculty permeated the evening. These very thoughts were articulated at the celebration at UH, from the stage of Severance Hall and over the live radio broadcast on WCLV that evening.

The moving performance of Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto by our young virtuoso, Natalie Lin, was made even more meaningful by the knowledge that the luminescent beauty of her performance was shared that night with those cochlear implant recipients whose hearing had been so recently restored. That night, every person in the hall and in the radio audience gained, or regained, a heightened awareness of something which even we musicians often take for granted—the ability to hear well.

— Joel Smirnoff

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Graduation 2012

3 Honorary Doctorate: Van Cliburn

4 Alumni Dignitaries

6 Inaugural PreparatoryGraduation

News

7 CIM named Top Fulbright Producer

9 Ivan Zenaty Joins Faculty

10 Distance Learning Launches Apprentice Program

11 Students Perform at Kennedy Center

16 Alumni Snapshot: Jim Brickman

Events

4 Graduation Weekend

9 Great Scenes from Great Operas

10 Student Recitals

13 CIM@Severance: Mahler

Listings

7 Prizewinners

8 Faculty

10 Students

12 Community Impact

14 Preparatory

17 Alumni

18 Appointments

19 In Memoriam

Thoughts fromthe President

Cover: Brian Sweigart with members of his Eurhythmics class. Article on page 15.

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The competition was designed to demonstrate Soviet cultural superiority on the heels of the Russian Sputnik launch the year before—but after an eight-minute

standing ovation, the American-born Cliburn was announced the winner. Returning from Moscow, Mr. Cliburn received a ticker-tape parade, the only time a classical musician was ever honored with the highest tribute possible by New York City. In May 1958, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine with the headline “The Texan Who Conquered Russia.”

Mr. Cliburn became a household name to people of all ages and, most significantly, in homes with no previous connection to classical music. Tickets for his first U.S. appearance after the Tchaikovsky victory outsold any previous event in the (then 67-year) history of Carnegie Hall. He set attendance records at Madison Square Garden, in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and in the Hollywood Bowl—all at the highest prices ever charged for such events. The Boston Symphony Orchestra was forced by demand to schedule a repeat performance and, with Mr. Cliburn as soloist, it sold out as well. It is said there was a near riot in a Philadelphia department store where he was seen shopping and his fame was even acknowledged in the Peanuts comic strip.

Mr. Cliburn has performed for every President of the United States since Harry Truman and for royalty as well as heads of state in Europe, Asia and South America. He has received Kennedy Center Honors, The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and, in a 2004 Kremlin ceremony, he received the Order of Friendship from President Vladimir Putin.

In 2003, President George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2011, President Barack Obama honored Mr. Cliburn with the National Medal of Arts in a ceremony at the White House. It is the highest honor given to artists and art patrons by the U.S. Government and acknowledges the extraordinary lifetime achievements of those individuals who have made a lasting impact on the country’s cultural landscape.

Upon Mr. Cliburn’s invitation, Kiril Kondrashin, the conductor with whom the pianist had played his prizewinning performances, came from Moscow to repeat the celebrated concert program with Van Cliburn at Carnegie Hall in New York, at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and in Washington, D.C. Their recording of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, made during Kondrashin’s visit, was the first classical recording ever to be awarded a platinum record, and has now sold well over three million copies.

To honor Mr. Cliburn, the RCA Victor label created an eight-disc Van Cliburn Collection to commemorate his world-revered interpretations of great classical works. Mr. Cliburn’s exclusive contract with RCA Victor was the largest monetary contract ever awarded to any musician in the recording industry at that time. A documentary titled Van Cliburn, Concert Pianist has been featured on A&E and other venues.

Early in his career, a group of friends and admirers began the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition as a living legacy to Mr. Cliburn’s constant efforts to aid the development of young artists . The first competition was held in 1962.

For some, it is a small step between receiving an undergraduate degree and pursuing an advanced degree or professional diploma. For others, it is the final step in their formal education before taking that giant leap into the world of professional performance.

Commencement points to a future filled with seemingly endless possibilities. Of course, there will be some tears shed as students say goodbye to friends and mentors, people who have become an extended family. They also may feel some uncertainty at what lies ahead. But, through countless hours of study and practice, of rehearsals and performances in Kulas Hall as well as Mixon and Severance, sharing their gift and passion for music with appreciative audiences has become second nature.

When they step off that stage, they will become part of a new, elite group—CIM alumni. Past graduates, who have stood where they are standing, will become kindred spirits who share many of the same hopes and dreams. While CIM has been just one stop in their pursuit of musical excellence, it is a place graduates—new and past—remember fondly. Hopefully it is also a place they will return to often to share their experiences with the next generation of musicians studying at CIM.

This year, CIM also will host a graduation ceremony for high school students enrolled in the school’s Preparatory Division. Many of these young artists started their musical journey at CIM, growing up in these practice rooms, studios and performance halls. A total of 142 high school seniors will participate in this private ceremony on May 25 (see next page for story).

VAN CLIBuRN has been hailed as one of the most persuasive ambassadors of American culture, as well as one of the greatest pianists of all time. With his historic 1958 victory at the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War, Mr. Cliburn transcended politics by demonstrating the universality of classical music.

Graduation 2012

2012 Honorary Doctorate

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On Saturday, May 19, many CIM Conservatory students will step on stage in Kulas Hall for the last time.

Congratulations to both CIM Classes of 2012!

William R. Martin, (BM ‘51) musicologist and performer, was head of the Divisions of Music History and Graduate Studies in the Department of Music at Cleveland State University (CSU) from 1966 until his retirement in l993. As Professor Emeritus, he continued to teach courses at CSU, as well as at other area institutions, including CIM, on a part-time basis. He is the recipient of four university degrees, a BS in science and MA in musicology from Western Reserve University, a BM in vocal performance from CIM and a doctorate in musicology from Oxford University in England, where he researched sixteenth-century Italian music. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2010 by CSU.

Shortly after the establishment of CSU, Mr. Martin was the first faculty member to be added to the existing one-man department, a department that rapidly expanded to 40 members. There, he directed the formulation of both the undergraduate and graduate degree majors in music. As department coordinator for the planning of the new Music and Communications Facility, he was nominated, along with the architect, for a 1990 Achievement Award by Northern Ohio Live in the architecture category.

His performance career has taken two directions; one as a singer and the other as a conductor. Singing credits include experience as a recitalist and as a specialist in oratorio, both in the U.S. and England, including appearances as soloist with Robert Shaw and Louis Lane in major choral works. Performances have often featured contemporary “firsts” in the area.

As a conductor, he has had a highly diversified experience in directing both large and small ensembles. At CSU he developed the Collegiate Chorale and the Collegium Musicum. Performances by the Collegium have included many local performances as well as appearances at many other universities, national and local television, the renowned Cloisters in New York and regular invited appearances in historic Williamsburg and the National Cathedral in Washington.

Mr. Martin is a veteran of World War II. He has served on numerous boards, including the CSU Retired Faculty Association as president for three years, Young Audiences, The Cleveland Chamber Music Society, Oxford Alumni Coordinator for the State of Ohio and the CIM Alumni Association. As president of the Association, he was an active participant in the planning and funding of additions to CIM.

Memberships in music societies include Pi Kappa Lambda, Mu Phi, The American Musicological Society and a bibliophilic society, The Rowfant Club. He has filled many special lecture invitations from universities, learned societies, arts centers and The Cleveland Orchestra. His numerous publications include the Convito Musicale of Orazio Vecchi published by De Santis in Rome, contributions to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Music of the Twentieth Century— a textbook published by Prentice-Hall and a 2012 publication by Archival Research Publications—a 1590 book of motets.

Paul Schenly (BM ‘69, MM ‘71) is the head of the CIM piano department and holds the Reinberger Chair in Piano. Winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, Mr. Schenly has been soloist with major United States orchestras, including the Atlanta Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He made two tours of the U.S. with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and toured with the same orchestra in Europe.

He has appeared in many summer festivals including repeated performances at the Hollywood Bowl, the Ravinia Festival, Blossom Music Center and the Mostly Mozart Festival. He appeared in the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center and in acclaimed recitals at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Schenly has appeared with many of the world’s leading conductors including James Levine, Eric Leinsdorf, Christoph von Dohnányi, Edo de Waart, Mstislav Rostropovich, Christoph Eschenbach, Loren Maael, Michael Tilson Thomas, Zubin Mehta, Robert Shaw and Aaron Copland.

He has been artist-in-residence at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. Mr. Schenly is the artistic director of the Cleveland International Piano Competition and has served on the juries of several national and international competitions. In 1989, he founded the summer music festival “Pianofest” in the Hamptons, New York, which he continues to direct. He was born in Munich in 1948 and lived in South America before coming to the United States at the age of five. He holds a master’s degree from CIM, as a student of Victor Babin, and has recorded for Sine Qua Non and RCA.

2012 Distinguished Alumni

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GRADuATION WEEKEND 2012CONVOCATIONFriday, May 18, 2012Mixon Hall

presentation of annual prizes, awards and recognition of Distinguished Alumni and Alumni Achievement Award recipients

This event is by invitation only. Invited alumni should RSVP using the response card in their invitations.

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Carrie-Ann Matheson (MM ’99), Canadian pianist, is an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera and is a member of the MET’s select full-time regular music staff, where she works as pianist, prompter and vocal coach. She has assisted such renowned conductors as James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Daniel Barenboim, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, James Conlon, Marco Armiliato and Louis Langrée, among many others. Particularly interested in the development of emerging artists, she was staff coach of the Metropolitan Opera’s prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program; a position that was created for her upon the completion of two years as apprentice coach/pianist.

An active performer, Ms. Matheson has collaborated in recital with some of the world’s most prominent artists, including Marilyn Horne, Diana Damrau, Joyce di Donato, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Eric Owens, Barbara Bonney and Ruth Ann Swenson. A longstanding Marilyn Horne Foundation artist, she has appeared numerous times at Carnegie Hall. Her chamber music credits include performances with members of the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to her work at the Metropolitan Opera, Ms. Matheson is a faculty member at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA. She has served on the coaching staff of the Los Angeles Opera, the Cincinnati May Festival and on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival. Through her association with the International Vocal Arts Institute, she coached and performed in programs held in Israel, Italy, France, Japan, Canada and Puerto Rico. She is a sought-after clinician, giving master classes at universities and colleges across Canada and the U.S.

Ms. Matheson is a featured pianist and vocal coach in the Metropolitan Opera’s film The Audition, which documents the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, and makes a cameo appearance, as herself, in the MET’s HD release of Bellini’s La Sonnambula.

Joshua Roman (BM ‘04, MM ‘05), dubbed a “Classical Rock Star” by the press, has earned a national reputation for performing a wide range of repertoire with an absolute commitment to communicating the essence of the music at its most organic level. For his ongoing creative initiatives on behalf of classical music, he was named a 2011 TED Fellow, joining a select group of Next Generation innovators of unusual accomplishments with the potential to positively affect the world.

In recent seasons, Mr. Roman has made his debut as a concerto soloist with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt, with the Seattle Symphony, where he gave the world premiere of David Stock’s Cello Concerto and with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris as soloist and conductor. He has performed duos with Yo-Yo Ma at the State Department, the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival in a pre-concert recital at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2009, Mr. Roman was the only guest artist invited to play an unaccompanied solo during the YouTube Symphony Orchestra’s debut concert at Carnegie Hall.

This season, Mr. Roman is guest artist for the Seattle Symphony’s opening night gala, which marks Ludovic Morlot’s first concert as Music Director. He will make his Toronto Symphony debut, will perform at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, and will be presented in recital by San Francisco Performances and on the Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago. Mr. Roman is artistic director of TownMusic in Seattle where he creates programs that feature new works and reflect the eclectic range of his musical influences and inspirations. TownMusic’s 2011/12 season offerings feature Mr. Roman in the complete Bach Cello Suites, performances by Brooklyn Rider and Alarm Will Sound, and a commission for composer Mason Bates.

In addition to his solo work, Mr. Roman is an active chamber music performer. He has enjoyed collaborations with veterans like Earl Carlyss, Christopher Taylor and Christian Zacharias, as well as the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Caramoor Festival, La Jolla Summerfest and the International Festival of Chamber Music in Lima, Peru. Before embarking on a solo career, he was principal cellist for two seasons with the Seattle Symphony, a position he won in 2006 at the age of 22. Mr. Roman is grateful for the loan of an 1899 cello by Giulio Degani of Venice.

2012 Alumni Achievement Awards

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COMMENCEMENTsaturday, May 19, 2012Kulas Hall

Conferral of degrees upon graduates and dignitaries

This event is by invitation only.

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Come May, Conservatory graduates won’t be the only Class of 2012 walking across the stage of Kulas Hall to be recognized for their time at CIM.

High school seniors enrolled in the Preparatory & Continuing Education division will commence on May 25 in a private ceremony.

“I felt it was important to honor the students and families who have made a commitment to a quality musical education while balancing all of their other activities and academics,” explained Interim Dean Sandra Shapiro.

The inaugural graduation ceremony’s theme mirrors that of the Conservatory – a season of community.

Valedictorian Arianna Körting was chosen not only for her remarkable participation in the Preparatory division (from classes in theory, chamber music and private lessons to a variety of recitals) and her excellence in competitions and achievement (a recent recipient of the Davidson Fellowship), but because of her dedication to community service. Miss Körting, who studies piano with Gerardo Teissonnière, completes two to four musical service projects each year.

Although graduates won’t wear a cap and gown like their Conservatory counterparts, the ceremony will otherwise align with that of the Conservatory. The graduation will include formal certificates, musical performances, speakers and dignitaries, as well as a reception following the event.

James Feddeck, assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra was announced as the speaker for the ceremony. Cleveland Orchestra violist and past Fulbright recipient, Eliesha Nelson (BM ‘95, MM ‘99) will be recognized as a distinguished alumna. Prior to earning her Conservatory degrees at CIM, Ms. Nelson was a YAP student of David Russell.

Musical performances will include the piano Quartet Aliquet, which includes Miss Körting along with Thomas Stuart, Jessica Pasternak (both Young Artists) and Charlie Reed, and a performance by Brandon Garbo, a Young Artist who recently performed as part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project (see story on page 11.) The quartet is coached by Interim Dean Shapiro and President Smirnoff (see opposite page.)

Approximately 100 of the 142 graduating students are performers in the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony, directed by Gary Ciepluch.

“The graduates are also the audiences of the future. I want them to know how much we at CIM appreciate their hard work and all of their accomplishments,” explained Interim Dean Shapiro, who said that some of the graduates have been at CIM since they were practically in diapers, from the eurhythmics program onward. “We feel honored to have been part of their musical education during their most formative years. I hope when they look back, they’ll remember their time at CIM fondly.”

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Adeline Huss (organ, theory) will be honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2012 Preparatory Graduation ceremony.

“I didn’t want to just recognize the graduates,” said Interim Dean Shapiro. “I also wanted to recognize the teachers who have kept these students engaged and inspired to keep music as a part of their lives. Those efforts and achievements need to be recognized as well.”

Ms. Huss, the very first recipient of this new award, is an alumna of CIM with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees and has been a member of the faculty for 48 years.

“Ms. Huss has enabled our young, aspiring musicians to truly understand and hear the music they love – showing them why, in fact, they do love it,” said President Smirnoff.

Inaugural Preparatory Graduation Ceremony To Be Held May 25

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James Feddeck, SpeakerEliesha nelson, Distinguished AlumnaArianna Körting, Valedictorian

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Preparatory student Vanessa Meiling Haynes, 14, won the 2011-2012 Cleveland Suburban Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition. As winner, she performed with the Orchestra March 25. Originally from Beijing, Miss Haynes is in the Junior Young Artists Program as a piano student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Her awards in the past three years include the first prize at the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, the Gold prize at AADGT’s Passion for Music International Competition and second prize at the 2011 Arthur Fraser International Concerto Competition. Miss Haynes performed with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra last November in Columbia, SC.

Preparatory student Karissa Huang, 11, won the Lakeland Civic Orchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition and will perform as a soloist with the ensemble in April under the direction of Scott Seaton. She studies piano with Sean Schulze and theory with Adeline Huss. Read more about Miss Huang, who also plays the flute, on page 13.

Baritone Andrew Manea was awarded one of three Albert Rees Davis Scholarships in the S. Livingston Mather Scholarship Competition sponsored by The Singers’ Club of Cleveland. Fifteen singers were selected from 35 applicants to compete for only five scholarships. Mr. Manea studies with Clifford Billions at CIM.

Hannah Moses, student of Richard Weiss in the Young Artist Program, won the Frieda Schumacher Young Artist Competition and was chosen to perform the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by William Slocum, in April at Cuyahoga County College.

Ann yu was named the winner in both the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs W. Alfred Gray Competition and the Chinese Professional Entrepreneur Association Talent Scholarship for Strings Competitions this past fall. Ms. Yu studies violin with David Updegraff.

The Quartet Aliquet, a combined Advance Chamber/YAP piano quartet coached by Sandra Shapiro and Joel Smirnoff, won first place in the Junior Division of the 8th Biennial Ohio String Teachers Association Chamber Music Competition. The group is composed of violinist Thomas Stuart (YAP student of Joan Kwuon), violist Jessi Pasternak (YAP student of Lembi Veskimets), cellist Charlie Reed (Advanced Chamber student of Martha Baldwin) and pianist Arianna Körting (Advanced Chamber student of Gerardo Teissonnière).

CIM Named a Top Fulbright ProducerThe Fulbright Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program, recently announced the complete list of colleges and universities that produced the most 2011-2012 U.S. Fulbright students. CIM was among those named!

The success of the top-producing institutions was highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. Since its inception in 1946, the Fulbright Program has provided more than 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential—with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.

Recent Fulbright recipients have been highlighted in the last few issues of Notes. CIM student bassoonist Julie Ann Link is currently studying in Zurich, Switzerland, as a Fulbright Fellow. Recent graduate, composer Louis Chiappetta (BM ‘11) is studying at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Violist Felix ungar (BM ‘07, MM ‘09) is studying contemporary Taiwanese works at Taipei University of Arts in Taiwan.

Previous Fulbright recipients from CIM include Danilla Strasfogel (MM ‘03) and Lee Hancock (MM ‘04) and Cleveland Orchestra violist Eliesha Nelson (BM ‘95, MM ‘99).

Karissa Huang

The Quartet Aliquet: Jessi Pasternak (cello), Arianna Körting (piano), Charlie Reed (cello) and Thomas Stuart (violin)

Prizewinners

CIM’s Distance Learning Wins Teachers’ Favorite AwardRegional Education Service Berrien RESA has awarded a Teachers’ Favorite Award for Best Content Providers for the 2010-11 academic year to CIM’s Distance Learning department for its work with K-12 education programs. In all, 445 people from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada filled out the survey that led to CIM earning this honor. Visit berrienresa.org to find out about other Cleveland institutions that received Teachers’s Favorite Awards in other categories.

Read more about the Distance Learning Department on page 10.

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CIM’s Neighborhood Ranks High on Forbes ListUniversity Circle, Northeast Ohio’s cultural Mecca and home of CIM, was named one of “America’s Top 10 Prettiest Neighborhoods” by Forbes Magazine.

Citing museums and culture, high-end dining and institutes of higher learning, Forbes confirmed what Clevelanders have known for a long time.

Eight Cleveland-area musicians, including several with CIM ties, are featured on Brian Dykstra’s new Centaur CD Neo-Ragtime (CRC-3161/62). Mr. Dykstra composed all 29 pieces on the two-disc set and is pianist on all but two of them. Katherine DeJongh is the flutist on six of the concert rags. The other performers include alto saxophonists Greg Banaszak and James Umble, piccoloist Kyra Kester, bassoonist Barrick Stees, the Cleveland Duo (pianist Carolyn Gadiel Warner and violinist Stephen Warner) and clarinetist Robert Woolfrey. Mr. Dykstra is Professor Emeritus of Music at The College of Wooster and has composed 60 concert rags.

Double bass faculty and Cleveland Orchestra member Scott Dixon appears with the International Contemporary Ensemble in the world premier recording of Son of Chamber Symphony, composed and conducted by John Adams. Hailed as “a first recording that seems likely to remain the benchmark,” the album was released on Nonesuch in May.

“Literacy Strategies: Variations on a Theme,” an article by Paulette Goll, CIM’s English-as-a-Second Language [ESL] instructor, has been published in Education, Winter 2011. It presents pedagogical strategies using music to increase English vocabulary acquisition for ESL students who are preparing for the TOEFL exam. The article features a drawing by Helen [Ninoska] Mendez, a CIM student pianist from the Dominican Republic, which illustrates Robert Marzano’s “Six Steps to Better Vocabulary Instruction.”

Marshall Griffith (BM ’75, MM ’77) had a busy fall schedule. He started the academic year by speaking to new CIM students about the importance of “gigging” around town.

Knowing actions speak louder than words, he practiced what he preached in the following months. Along with Mark Wanich (PS ‘09, AD ‘12, baritone) and Anne Taslitz (vocalist, member of CIM’s Women’s Committee), he performed at the Rotary Club of Cleveland’s Centennial Gala in October. Later that month, he and faculty members, Linda White (flute), Don Better (guitar), with bassist Mark Better, went to John Carrol University for a midday performance of “Marshall Griffith’s Jazz Impressions of Cleveland.” As part of the Composer Connection at The Music Settlement, Dr. Griffith, Ms. White and guitarist Benjamin Kunkel (MM ’99) performed a program that included works by Jennifer Conner (MM ’87, DMA ’92). In November, Dr. Griffith was joined by Cantor Rebecca Carmi (BM ‘87, MM ‘89) and her son, Amnon Carmi, for a performance at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Cleveland. The event was in memory of both Kristallnacht and Veteran’s Day. The program included a journey through music written about Kristallnacht and included works in Yiddish as well as a medley of show tunes, ending with Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”

Erik Mann (guitar) recently released his first solo CD, Songs Without Words: Music of J.K. Mertz for Solo Classical Guitar. It focuses on music from the Bardenklänge collection, a group of romantic character pieces in the style of Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words. It was featured in ClevelandClassical’s local holiday CD guide. The recording is available on iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby.

Antonio Pompa-Baldi (piano) was the featured guest artist at the Stellenbosh Piano Symposium in South Africa in March. Mr. Pompa-Baldi performed a recital and gave master classes at Stellenbosh University. April brings performances of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto in Stockton, CA and Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto in Pensacola, FL. In May, he’ll be the guest artist of the Liszt Piano Society, Oregon Chapter, for two recitals. The second volume of the complete Hummel Sonatas will be recorded this spring, between engagements. He will be on faculty at two summer festivals in Italy (Amalfi Coast and Napoli) this July, just before embarking on a three-week tour of South Africa in August (performing Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, among others). For more information on Mr. Pompa-Baldi, visit pompa-baldi.com and “like” him on Facebook/PompaBaldiPiano.

Lisa Rainsong’s teaching schedule for her Musical Approach to Bird Song Identification classes has been busy. She has been invited to teach at the Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist statewide conference on April 28 and to present a program at the Biggest Week in American Birding festival at the Ottawa Wildlife Refuge in Ohio. She also will teach five classes at the Holden Arboretum, do a series of programs at Hamlet Village Retirement Community and give presentations at Audubon chapters throughout northern Ohio.

Faculty News

EVENTFriday April 20 – sunday April 22, 2012

7:30 p.m. on Friday and saturday3 p.m. on sunday, the only matinee of the season

Kulas Hall

We conclude our year with one of our ever-popular programs of fully costumed scenes. Don’t be surprised if you encounter another famous figure whose birthday fell on February 29—Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance!

For opera prices and ticket information, please call 216.791.5000, x411 or visit cim.edu.

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Conductor Carl Topilow appeared as guest conductor with the Hong Kong Philharmonic in December. Among the musicians were five CIM alumni, who helped Maestro Topilow feel welcome. He conducted a program entitled Bravo Broadway with singers Christiane Noll, Debbie Gravitte and Doug LaBreque, and also performed as clarinetist in an arrangement of 42nd Street, written by CWRU Head of Jazz Studies Paul Ferguson.

Pictured above: Carl Topilow, Philip Powell (bass), Ethan Heath (viola), Rachel Mellado (violin), Jonathan van Dyke (bass) and Vance Lee (bassoon)

Dr. Diane urista (music theory) was invited to chair a session on “Embodied Performance,” at the Society for Music Theory’s annual national meeting held in Minneapolis, MN, in October. Dr. Urista also was invited to speak at the second annual Cleveland Music and Medicine Symposium held at Case Western Reserve University in October. Her presentation, titled “Mind-Body Kinesthetic Relationships in Music,” was included in the session on Music and Emotion.

Jason Vieaux’s (department head, guitar) latest CD, Piazzolla, featuring music of Astor Piazzolla, was released in October 2011. It is a collaboration with bandoneonist Julien Labro and A Far Cry Orchestra. The CD features Piazzolla’s double concerto for guitar and bandoneon, the duet History of the Tango, and Labro’s arrangement of The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Mr. Vieaux also performed 28 concerts between January and March, including concerto engagements with the symphonies of Richmond, Elgin and Kitchener-Waterloo, West Coast solo recitals and an extensive tour around the U.S. with Curtis On Tour.

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IVAN ZENATyJoins Faculty Fall 2012Referred to as “the most important Czech violinist” by music critics, fellow musicians and audiences, Ivan Zenaty is a frequent guest artist with orchestras in his homeland, such as the Czech Philharmonic, the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, as well as with famed ensembles internationally, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra of London, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Symphoniker and others. He has collaborated with numerous artists, among them Yehudi Menuhin, Yo-Yo Ma, Serge Baudo and Valery Gergiev.

Utilizing his exceptional wealth of repertoire (including more than 50 violin concertos from Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, the complete works of Mozart, Stravinsky and Britten), Mr. Zenaty reaches a broad public without abandoning the world of classical music. In addition to the technical perfection one would expect from an artist of his reputation, he also is appreciated for his taste, style and captivatingly beautiful tone.

His recordings have aroused the enthusiastic acclaim of listeners and music critics. His areas of concentration have included the complete works of such great composers as Telemann, Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schulhoff, Dvořák and Grieg recorded for Dorian Recordings in New York. His new complete Dvořák recording has attracted extraordinary attention, as has his recording of both violin concertos by J. B. Foerster with the BBC SO London and its music director Jiri Belohlavek.

His early influences include Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci and Andre Gertler, and a major change to his musical thinking was initiated by Professor Bezrodny at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Of even greater impact, perhaps, were his private lessons with Josef Suk and many subsequent years of their collaboration, climaxing with performances at the Würzburger Mozart-Festspiele and the Prague Spring Festival and with a recording of the complete works of W. A. Mozart.

He will join CIM’s faculty in the fall of 2012.

Michael Ferri (left) and Ivan Zenaty during a master class in Mixon Hall.

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Student News

Six CIM students were accepted into the 43rd New York String Orchestra Seminar, culminating in a December performance at Carnegie Hall conducted by Jaime Laredo. The Seminar brings students to New York City on full scholarships and includes intensive orchestral rehearsals, master classes and chamber music workshops.

The New York String Orchestra Seminar was designed to offer professional training to highly gifted string, wind, brass and timpani students at an age when their musical understanding and professional goals are developing.

Jaime Laredo was named artistic director and conductor of the Seminar in 1993. He and his wife, cellist Sharon Robinson, have been appointed to CIM’s faculty, effective fall 2012.

Student Recitals in Full SwingHundreds of Performance Presented at No Charge

For CIM students to reach their ultimate potential, it takes more than hours of practice, training with acclaimed instructors and technical prowess. Passion and technicality simply aren’t enough.

Professional musicians also have to be comfortable on the stage, connecting with audiences.

To fulfill their degree requirements, CIM juniors, seniors and graduate students must perform in several recitals. Hundreds are performed each year, with the majority occurring in April and May.

One of the very best gifts you can give a CIM student is to be a member of an appreciative audience. These events are presented at no charge and the community is encouraged to attend and witness the results of the musicians’ dedication and hard work. Student recitals are day and night – sometimes three or four a day.

Oswaldo IrahetaJaime Laredo

CIM has launched a new Apprentice Program as part of its Distance Learning (DL) department. The purpose of the program is to teach CIM students the basics of teaching and how to actively engage with audiences, focusing primarily on educational programming for K–12 students.

DL provides music instruction without boundaries, utilizing videoconference technology to transmit educational classes with a musical component to K–12 classrooms, both nationally and internationally. These courses are taught by staff and faculty members, and feature student performers. The new Apprentice Program aims to improve and expand on that premise. CIM’s DL programming is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Key Foundation. A portion of that funding was used to develop the Apprentice Program.

“When you look at truly successful professional musicians, they all engage in some form of teaching,” explained Distance Learning Education Coordinator Heather young Mandujano, who developed the Apprentice Program. “Whether it’s regular teaching in a studio, or the occasional master class or clinic, most professionals teach. Forty members of The Cleveland Orchestra teach right here at CIM. This is a clear indicator that teaching skills are a vital component to well-rounded musicianship.”

Essentially, Mrs. Mandujano developed the Apprentice Program to instruct CIM musicians how to teach and engage their audiences while simultaneously improving the DL program and supporting the community.

“The performance portion of our K–12 program is always fantastic, but we wanted to add an educational component to it. Too often, our students would perform beautifully but struggle to make their performance relevant to the far-end audience and effectively answer their questions,” she said. “My goal is to make our programming more interactive for our audiences, while giving our students real professional teaching skills.”

In the fall, she recruited seven students to pilot the Apprentice Program. As part of their training, the future Apprentices attended three sessions with Mrs. Mandujano where they learned how to write lesson plans, relate to audiences of various ages and make the lessons engaging and interactive for audiences. In addition to these sessions, trainees completed homework assignments, group work and hands-on activities to prepare them for their K–12 presentations to real students on the other end of the videoconference

After several successful presentations by the Apprentices in the fall, Mrs. Mandujano expanded the program – selecting 17 CIM trainees for the Apprentice Program this spring.

“This program gives the department the ability to utilize its best resources – passionate, talented CIM students.” said Greg Howe, director of the department. “We’ve been able to harness their knowledge. All they needed was the confidence and tools to teach and engage others.”

Students Accepted at New york String Orchestra Seminar

STuDENT RECITALSFor a complete listing of student recitals, visit cim.edu and click “student recitals” on the left below the mini calendar.

You can search for events of interest by student name, instrument or instructor.

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ACCEPTED CIM STuDENTS:

Evan Antes, violaAnthony Bracewell, violinThomas Carpenter, celloDorothy Ro, violinHayato Tanaka, trumpetErica Tursi, violin

Distance Learning Department Launches New Apprentice Program

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In February, CIM students performed as part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Conservatory Project in Washington, D.C. for the eighth consecutive year. Their performance was streamed live on kennedy-center.org. (Past performances are also archived on the site.)

The Conservatory Project began in 2004 as part of the Kennedy Center’s Performing Arts for Everyone initiative and aims to develop and present young talent from the nation’s leading conservatories. Washington audiences are introduced to young performers with extraordinary talent in classical instrumentation, vocals, jazz, musical theater and opera – the next generation of professional musicians.

CIM representatives included collaborative pianist, Samantha Biniker (student of Anita Pontremoli), violist Tegen Davidge (student of Jeffrey Irvine), clarinetist Nikola Djurica (student of Franklin Cohen), trumpeter Kyle Dobbeck (student of Michael Sachs), mezzo-soprano Samantha Renea Gossard (student of Vinson Cole) and

violinist Natalie Lin (student of Paul Kantor.) CIM’s Preparatory division was also represented by Young Artist Brandon Garbot (violin student of William Preucil).

This year, 17 conservatories and music schools participated in the Project, including The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. Each participating school was responsible for selecting performers and 60 minutes of programming for their evening. The format is designed to distinguish each institution by allowing them to select and feature talented students who are ready for the exposure and experience provided by this opportunity.

Watch videos from the Conservatory project and

past performances from the Kennedy Center online at

kennedy-center.org.

from left: Samantha Biniker, Tegen Davidge, Nikola Djurica, Kyle Dobbeck, Samantha Renea Gossard, Natalie Lin and Brandon Garbot

Mr. Howe said his department was eager to participate in community outreach efforts this year. The programs conducted by his department are often streamed to rural communities that lack music programs and the Apprentices teaching the programs perform in the Cleveland area as well.

“When they go out to do their community outreach presentations locally, they’ll have an increased social comfort level, as well as tools of engagement,” Mr. Howe explained. “Providing students with these tools is essential to growing the future of classical music and making it accessible to all.”

The Apprentice Program is not offered for course credit—it’s something students elect to do on their own. “We had so many applicants that we had to do interviews to narrow it down,” Mrs. Mandujano said. “They do get paid when they perform during Distance Learning classes, but the majority of the students who signed up did it simply to improve their public speaking and teaching abilities. They have a genuine desire to communicate and teach others about their passion. Many of them would do it for free!”

“I decided to participate in Distance Learning’s apprentice program because I would like to be a teacher in the future. The program gave me Education 101, prepping me with the basics of how to teach children,” said harpist Joseph Rebman. “After taking the program, I feel much more capable of providing a quality music education to any harp students I will have in the future.”

“The Apprentice program also gave me an insight into my own education from a teacher’s point of view,” he continued. “Many musicians encourage performers to study at least a little composition, to better understand the music they perform from another perspective. I think this applies to being a student as well. By having a better understanding of how my professors do their work as teachers, I can better do my job as a learner.”

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Distance Learning Department Launches New Apprentice Program

Kennedy Center Conservatory Project Hosts CIM for Eighth year

Community Impact

Drumming up AwarenessPercussionists Join Global Drummers Alliance for Hunger Relief

At precisely 3 p.m. ET on January 14, one singular rhythm beat steadily from drums around the country. CIM faculty and students, along with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, joined together as drummers from across the country performed to “Beat Down Hunger.”

Cleveland’s participation was led by Richard Weiner, retired principal percussionist of The Cleveland Orchestra. More than two dozen percussionists performed in Kulas Hall to focus attention on world hunger.

The free performance was sponsored by CIM and featured, in addition to Mr. Weiner, Cleveland Orchestra principal timpanist Paul yancich. Mr. Yancich and Mr. Weiner are co-heads of CIM’s percussion and timpani department.

CIM faculty members Brian Sweigart (head of eurhythmics) and Jamey Haddad (world music), along with Conservatory students Jeffrey Deroche, Evan Mitchell, Dylan Moffitt, David Newton and John Sullivan, performed the revolutionary fife and drum piece “The Three Camps.” The piece replicates the kind of drumming used by army camps during the Civil War to communicate with each other. They were joined by Preparatory students and other local percussionists, including Jake Nissly and Mark Damoulakis, both members of The Cleveland Orchestra.

“I’m delighted that CIM participated in this important national initiative to highlight global hunger awareness,” said Dean Adrian Daly. “It is critical for our community to be involved in local, national and international efforts, and this event gave us a chance to be part of larger social initiatives to affect global change and demonstrated that through musical and artistic persuasion, social change can occur.”

Prior to the 3 p.m. “Beat Down,” a marimba quintet, led by local percussionist and former Cleveland Orchestra member Joseph Adato, performed arrangements including Bizet’s Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite.

The idea for the hunger beat-down came from Marv Dahlgren, a nationally known percussionist from the Twin Cities.

“I’m concerned that the world is not paying enough attention to the incredible famine that exists in Africa and other countries across the world,” Mr. Dahlgren said. “I want to keep beating the drum to make sure we don’t forget about the thousands of children who are losing their lives every day to starvation,” Mr. Dahlgren said. He worked closely with Twin Cities percussionist David Stanoch to organize the hunger beat-down and then contacted Mr. Weiner.

Mr. Dahlgren hopes to make the event annual.

young Artists at Cleveland Clinic Young Artists, juniors Hannah Moses (cello) and Haruno Sato (violin), performed in concert at The Cleveland Clinic in January. Following a performance of Bach, Gliere and Handel-Halvorsen, Miss Moses, a former patient at The Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital, was

the featured speaker at the Clinic Child Life staff meeting. She shared her personal insights about ways in which the staff can make lengthy hospital stays more bearable for children.

Both Miss Moses and Miss Sato discussed their passion for making and sharing music in a hospital setting and explained the healing properties of music for both performers and listeners.

Just one year after it became the first university to launch a mobile app on all three phone platforms (iPhone, Android and Blackberry), CIM did something even more monumental.

CIM became the first university or conservatory to live video stream a major concert event on both web and mobile platforms.

This “first” featured rising piano phenom Daniil Trifonov, a then 20-year-old student of Sergei Babayan and winner of the Grand Prix, Gold Medal and Audience prize at this year’s International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Mr. Trifonov performed for a sold-out crowd as part of the Mixon Hall Masters Series in November. In addition to the adoring audience attending the performance, fans world-wide were able to watch and listen as he played.

“Trifonov charmed the crowd…In many respects, he demonstrated why juries at the various competitions voted enthusiastically in his favor,” raved Plain Dealer critic Donald Rosenberg. “His playing is virtuosic and sensitive, combining remarkable command of the keyboard with an abiding joy of music-making.”

CIM was able to offer the streaming service through a partnership with InstantEncore, led by Margo Drakos, a CIM alumna and Trustee.

Ms. Drakos, co-founder of InstantEncore, shared, “We were honored to collaborate with CIM to bring this concert from spectacular Mixon Hall to a global audience. Congratulations to CIM for cultivating the next generation of artistic leaders while utilizing the medium of our time, technology, to cultivate the audiences of tomorrow.”

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In early January, NASA Glenn Research Center hosted a special event honoring Astronaut Catherine “Cady” Coleman. Ms. Coleman has logged more than 4,330 hours in space, including two missions aboard the space shuttle Columbia and six months on the international Space Station as the lead robotics and science officer with the Expedition 26/27 crew.

Despite the fact that astronauts are restricted to limited luggage in space and allowed only a small ration of personal effects, Ms. Coleman brought four flutes. They included a penny-whistle belonging to the Irish music group The Chieftains, a flute belonging to Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, as well Ms. Coleman’s personal flute. In an interview from the space station with NPR, Ms. Coleman said it’s very different performing in space. She told interviewers she often played with her eyes closed.

It seemed only fitting for NASA Glenn to reach out to CIM for a flutist to perform during Ms. Coleman’s visit.

Seventh-grader Karissa Huang, a Preparatory student of Katherine DeJongh, was selected to perform the National Anthem at the event on January 3 at NASA’s Visitor Center at the Great Lake Science Center and International Women’s Air and Space Museum.

After her performance, Miss Huang was awarded a certificate by Ramon Lugo II, director of NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center.

“It was such a wonderful experience,” said Ms. DeJongh, who also attended the event. Ms. DeJongh is the principal flutist of the Canton Symphony, the ProMusic Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Cleveland Pops, in addition to being Miss Huang’s flute instructor at CIM. Miss Huang is also a piano student of Sean Schulze and a theory student of Adeline Huss.

This was not Miss Huang’s first experience with NASA. Last year, then 10-year-old Miss Huang participated in the NASA-sponsored WING competition. She and her team designed an experiment to be carried out in a weightless environment, such as space. Only a dozen experiments were selected and theirs was one of them.

Read more about Miss Huang on page 7.

This season’s CIM@Severance Series culminates on April 18 with a celebration of community. This event is fitting as CIM has an institution-wide Community Impact focus this season, collaborating or partnering with various organizations throughout Cleveland.

This concert pays homage to a special, long-standing relationships that CIM has with the Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA), where CIM students and faculty teach, coach and mentor to young performers.

For more than 20 years, the R. Nathaniel Dett Concert Choir and other CSA ensembles, led by William B. Woods, have called Kulas Hall “home” for their annual Black Heritage Concert.

CIM even honored Mr. Woods with an Honorary Doctorate in 1999.

The Dett Choir, along with voices from Antioch Baptist Church choirs and the Singers’ Club of Cleveland, with the CIM Orchestra and special guest conductor President Joel Smirnoff will perform Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection.” The 87-minute piece will be performed without intermission.

“Our work with CSA has been largely behind the scenes, but it’s work we are extremely proud of,” said Chris Haff Paluck, director of performance and community programs. “Our students take great joy in helping the

younger musicians at CSA and it’s an honor for them to be able to perform side-by-side with their protégés. In addition, this is an amazing opportunity for our students to work with some of the incredible voices from our community, thanks to the participation of Melvin Unger’s Singers’ Club and Dr. Wood’s Antioch choirs.”

Like all events in the series, this event is presented at no charge, but tickets are required (and going quickly!) Call the Severance Hall Box Office at 216.231.1111.

With support from Audio-Technica, this performance will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. on April 18 on WCLV 104.9 FM in Cleveland and streaming on WCLV.com.

CIM@SEVERANCEWednesday, April 18, 20128:00 p.m. at severance HallA CElEbrAtion of CoMMunitY

CIM ORCHESTRAJOEL SMIRNOFF, guest conductor

CsA’s R. NATHANIEL DETT CHOIRMembers of ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHuRCH CHOIRS

WILLIAM B WOODS, directorSINGERS’ CLuB OF CLEVELAND

MELVIN uNGER , directorKISMA JORDAN, sopranoSAMANTHA RENEA GOSSARD, mezzo-soprano

MAHlEr symphony no.2 in C minor,“resurrection”

Free tickets required. Few remain.Severance Hall Box Office 216.231.1111

broadcast live on WClV 104.9 FM and WClV.com with support from Audio-technica.

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EVENTA Stellar Performance from a CIM Rising StarPrep Student Plays for Flutist Astronaut

Community Celebration Features Mahler’s Second Symphony

William Woods directs CSA ensembles in rehearsal for 2012 Black Heritage Concert held in Kulas Hall.

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On January 28, four Preparatory piano students performed in a public master class for Peter Takács, professor of piano at Oberlin College, in an event hosted by the Preparatory piano department at CIM. Pictured on the right.

Arianna Körting, 17, piano student of Gerardo Teissonnière, performed in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall as part of the Fifth Annual ABC Gala Concert for the Alexander & Buono International Foundation. Miss Körting made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2007, after winning First Prize in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition.

In January, 14-year-old Megan Lee (student of Sean Schulze) won second prize at the Hope College Young Artist Piano Competition held in Holland, MI and won a cash award. Lisa Peng, student of Olga Radosavljevich, was also a finalist in this event.

Violist Jessi Pasternak (YAP student of Lembi Veskimets) and cellist Hannah Moses (YAP student of Richard Weiss) were featured soloists with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, performing Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 6, along with ASO principal violist Zachary Collins (master’s student of Robert Vernon) and ASO principal cellist Michael Debruyn (BM ‘07, MM ‘09, student of Richard Aaron and Desmond Hoebig). The concert, “World Class Begins At Home,” was part of the Akron Symphony’s 60th Anniversary season. In conjunction with the concert, sponsored by Summa Health Systems, Miss Pasternak and Miss Moses also performed for patients in the Chemotherapy Infusion and the Palliative Care Units at Akron City Hospital as part of Summa’s Healing Arts Program.

Chloe Thominet, a YAP viola student of Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Viola Jeffrey Irvine, was the soloist with the Southwest Florida Symphony in January. She performed the second movement of Walton’s Viola Concerto with Michael Hall conducting. The 16-year-old winner of last season’s Concerto Competition was praised for “her terrific bow arm and accurate left-handed leaps” in a review by NaplesNews.com. Before coming to CIM last fall, Miss Thominet studied with CIM alumna Lisa Mattson.

Twelve-year-old Lewis Zou has been accepted into the Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition that will be held in Salt Lake City in June. The Bachauer Foundation auditioned more than 300 young pianists in New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Moscow, Seoul, Hamburg and Salt Lake City and selected 30 young pianists to participate in the contest, held every four years. This is generally considered the most prestigious international contest for students ages 11-13. Mr. Zou studies piano with Sean Schulze and theory with Jennifer Conner.

Preparatory

Preparatory students Vikram Shankar, Arianna Körting, James Du and Siwei Wang with Peter Tackács

Prep Division Hosts Inaugural Concerto ShowcaseEach semester, students in the Conservatory compete in CIM’s Concerto Competition for the opportunity to perform as soloists with the CIM Orchestra and on conductor’s recitals. This winter, the CIM Preparatory & Continuing Education department held its own competition.

The Prep Division Concerto Showcase is a new initiative designed to give students an opportunity to rehearse and perform a movement of a concerto with the CIM Orchestra, giving them a taste of performance at the Conservatory level. Unlike the Conservatory competition, however, the Concerto Showcase will be only once a year.

Nineteen students competed in the inaugural Concerto Showcase, held on January 7. Judges for the event included Cleveland International Piano Competition executive director Pierre Van Der Westhuizen , CIM conducting students Rhett Lei, Melisse Brunet and Nelson Wong, President Joel Smirnoff, cellist with The Cleveland Orchestra and Prep faculty Martha Baldwin and Dean of Preparatory & Continuing Education Sandra Shapiro.

At the end of the nearly three-hour Showcase, four students were selected as winners. On Friday, April 27, the winners will have readings of their movements conducted by CIM graduate conducting majors.

Congratulations to the winners of the first Concerto Showcase!

Arianna Körting, piano student of gerardo teissonnière

Jasmine Lee, marimba student of brian sweigart

Megan Lee, piano student of sean schulze

Helen Peyrebrune, cello student of bryan Dumm

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In that room, with the highly polished wood floor (and “no shoes” rule), Brian Sweigart and Anthony Slusser teach music through movement. A method of instruction known as Dalcroze eurhythmics, or simply eurhythmics, this “art of expressing musical ideas by means of bodily movements” has been part of CIM’s curriculum since 1922. Developed by Swiss composer, musician and educator Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, this technique was, according to some sources, a part of Ms. Lennox’s musical upbringing and the inspiration for the band’s name, demonstrating the impact eurhythmics can have.

Eurhythmics at CIM offers an introduction to the basic elements of music through movement and sound, including the early development of locomotion skills in children as young as three. Taught in a group setting, children develop sensitivity to musical moods and structure using creative imagination.

In a Saturday morning class, cute kids with boundless energy and bare feet are taught to recognize and demonstrate the time value of music notes by walking, hopping, skipping, galloping and running. The concepts are reinforced with chalk board lessons that are copied down by the children in a coloring exercise.

The young students then learn to distinguish between major and minor keys through a game of “pretend.” Mr. Sweigart has the children imagine they were eating an ice cream cone while walking, skipping or running forward according to the rhythm he is playing on the piano. This is a happy experience that he identifies with music in a major key. When he switches to a minor key, he tells the children to pretend that they’ve dropped their ice cream on the ground—which would make anyone sad—and so he has them walk, skip or gallop backwards with their pretend ice cream cone turned upside-down. He alternates playing music in

major and minor keys, asking the children to react without offering them any verbal queues, thus beginning rudimentary aural recognition or ear-training.

Eurhythmics is taught to CIM Conservatory students as well, focusing on allowing students to gain physical awareness and experience of music through all of the senses. CIM also offers a program to train Conservatory students as eurhythmics instructors, who will educate the next generation of CIM musicians.

to learn more about eurhythmics

classes and other CiM offerings for

children, visit cim.edu/preparatory.

Eurhythmics: Music in MotionIf the word “eurhythmics” only conjures sweet dreams of the 80s British pop band fronted by platinum blonde Annie Lennox, it’s time for a quick trip back to school—to Studio 113 at CIM, to be specific.

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What brought you to Cleveland?I grew up in Cleveland. As a music student, I always appreciated the fine reputation of CIM and was so happy to be a student there.

How did going to CIM affect you as a musician? As a person?Being somewhat rebellious in my musical preferences, I was encouraged to find my sound while learning and understanding the fundamentals of the great composers. I gained confidence not only as a musician, but as a professional and a communicator.

Who are your heroes, musical or otherwise, and why?I am most inspired by Walt Disney and Jim Henson. Their creativity and ability to think outside the box are motivating factors in both my career and personal life.

If you had not chosen music, what else might you have done with your life?I have always loved traveling and learning about the customs and geography of each city I visit across the U.S. and foreign countries. I would make a great tour guide, teaching people all the interesting and little-known facts.

Please tell us about your life now as a musician and educator – what makes you unique? What are your hopes for the future?I plan to keep composing and performing. There are so many themes that inspire me, that I want to explore and create in different styles. I would love to write a musical for the Broadway stage.

Anything else you’d like to add about your time at CIM or Cleveland in general?I’m so proud to tell people that I’m an alum of CIM. Cleveland is vastly under-rated. Anything I can do to boost its image is great. The arts are so rich here, and the opportunities are plentiful.

isn’t just an American songwriter and pianist – he’s been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his

albums receiving Gold and Platinum status. He’s known for his solo piano compositions, multiple Grammy nominations and his pop-style instrumentation and collaborations. Mr. Brickman’s career is multi-faceted; in addition to a busy touring schedule, he’s an avid supporter of PBS, having starred in four concert specials. In 1980, he founded his own advertising music company. He’s partnered with American Greetings to provide music for their best-selling e-cards and is also featured on StarGreetz. The author of two best-selling books, Mr. Brickman even hosts a popular weekly radio show featuring celebrity interviews and popular music from the 70s-90s.

Last year, Mr. Brickman named CIM as the recipient of two one-year piano scholarships in his name. The scholarships were awarded to International Tchaikovsky Competition winner Daniil Trifonov and Kang-Eun Cho, a graduate of Seoul National University.

Alumni Snapshot

INSTRuMENT: Piano

EDuCATION: Student of Marshall Griffith, Olga Radosavljevich and James Tannenbaum 1980-1983

CuRRENT GIG: Songwriter / Performer

PERSONAL MOTTO: “If You Believe...”{JIM BRICKMAN

CIM Named Beneficiary of New ScholarshipAudio-Technica, the company that supports CIM’s live broadcasts on WCLV 104.9 FM, officially kicked off its 50th Anniversary Year with a special gala event in January, featuring longtime Audio-Technica user Jim Brickman. In commemoration of the event, Brickman decided to donate his $10,000 performance honorarium to his alma mater CIM, creating the Jim Brickman/Audio-Technica scholarship.

“It is particularly gratifying that Jim has chosen CIM as the beneficiary of this wonderful gift, since he is one of our own, having studied here with Marshall Griffith and Olga Radosavljevich,” said Conservatory Dean Adrian Daly. “It was their teaching that helped transform Jim’s future life, and through this gift, CIM will be able to continue transforming lives. In consultation with the piano faculty, the scholarship will be awarded to a student who possesses the special qualities that helped Jim develop into the wonderful musician, artist and entertainer that he has become. We are also extremely grateful to the people of Audio-Technica for their connections with Jim Brickman, and for their ongoing support of our institutional mission of providing a world-class educational and transformative experience for our students, and for those with whom we interact.”

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The premiere of composer Evan Fein’s (BM ’07) first opera “The Raven’s Kiss,” with libretto co-written by Icelandic dramatist Thorvaldur David Kristjansson, was given in concert at The Juilliard School in May 2011. For their achievements in promoting cultural exchange, they were recognized with grants from the American Scandinavian Society.

February 2011 brought the world premiere of “Summer of Love,” commissioned for Chelsea Friedlander (BM ’10), music by composer Evan Fein (BM ’07), with text by Joyce Kilmer. Ms. Friedlander performed the set at her master’s recital in Greenfield Hall at the Manhattan School of Music. Earlier, she was given an Encouragement Award at the 2011 Metropolitan Opera Competition in the Connecticut District.

Richard Glazier’s (Alumni Achievement Award ’07, DMA ‘95) newest television show premiered nationwide in March on PBS stations. “From Ragtime to Reel Time : Richard Glazier in Concert” featured Mr. Glazier telling fascinating backstage stories and playing an arrangement of songs by a host of Golden Era composers, including Gershwin, Arlen, Rodgers and Kern. This is the second of such television programs for Mr. Glazier – in March 2010, “From Gershwin To Garland” aired nationwide.

The acclaimed 1999 album “Jim Hall & Pat Metheny” was reissued for the first time on Nonesuch Records in November. Mr. Hall (BM ’55, Distinguished Alumni Award ’95) has been called the “father of modern guitar playing.” The Los Angeles Times called the album “extraordinary.”

MaryLou Roberts (MM ’86), a registered Suzuki Teacher Trainer for the Suzuki Association of the Americas and the European Suzuki Association, conducted teacher training courses in Peru, Ireland, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S. this past year. She worked with students, teachers and parents to build communities developing excellent guitar programs. She was also a clinician at the Suzuki Autumn Festival in Melbourne, Australia, and is the Chair of the International Suzuki Association Guitar Committee. She teaches at the Ann Arbor Suzuki Institute, and her students will perform in a concert at Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan in May.

Opera Fayetteville in Arkansas just successfully completed its inaugural opera, Mark Adamo’s Little Women. In addition to Tamara Ryan (MM ’09, AD ’10), who helped start the company and performed the role of Amy, several other CIM voice alumni were cast in the production. Sarah Gardener (MM ’09) performed the role of Alma March. Megan Hamm (PS ’11) performed Beth.

Lindsey Anderson (MM ’09) sang the role of Meg and Chelsea Coyne (MM ’09, AD ’10) performed as Jo.

This past December, Derek Tywoniuk (BM ’10) was featured as a soloist with the Colburn Orchestra under maestro Gerard Schwarz in Toru Takemitsu’s “From Me Flows What You Call Time.” Mr. Tywoniuk also performed with the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra this past September in several concerts with maestro Pierre Boulez that included two of Boulez’s own compositions, “Eclat/Multiples” and “Pli selon pli.” He is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at The Colburn School.

This season, the music of Dan Visconti (BM ’04, MM ’05) will be performed by some of New Music’s biggest names. Sextet eighth blackbird has programmed Mr. Visconti’s “Fractured Jams” several times on their international tour, playing it at New York’s SONiC festival, the Sydney Opera House and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art. At London’s Wigmore Hall in January, the Kronos Quartet revisited Mr. Visconti’s “Love Bleeds Radiant,” a work commissioned in 2005 as part of the quartet’s Under 30 Project. Cellist Joshua Roman and pianist Andrius Zlabys (both CIM alums) will present Mr. Visconti’s “Americana,” as heard recently on WFMT’s Impromptu, at upcoming recitals

in Akron, Chicago and San Francisco. In May, the Da Capo Chamber Players and soprano Lucy Shelton will premiere a new work at Carnegie Hall commissioned by the Naumburg Foundation. An upcoming CD of Mr. Visconti’s chamber music recorded by members of the Berlin Philharmonic will be released later this year on Bridge Records.

Chosen as Album of the Week on WQXR, Michi Wiancko’s (BM ’98) new solo record consists of works by Émile Sauret, released by Naxos and recorded in Toronto’s legendary Glenn Gould Studio at the CBC. The album also features Dina Vainshtein on piano. Ms. Wiancko’s arrangement of Geminiani’s “La Follia” Variations for String Orchestra received a glowing review in The New York Times and appears on the debut album of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), released in January by E1 Music (formerly Koch). The year 2011 was an exciting one for Ms. Wiancko’s non-classical project, Kono Michi, with two new releases (“One More Day” and “My Monster”) as well as her Le Poisson Rouge debut and a five-city UK tour. Check out her new site at Konomichimusic.com.

Alumni Snapshot

Alumni

MaryLou Roberts Derek Tywoniuk Michi Wiancko

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Charles Morey (Prep violin), was appointed as concertmaster of the Ashland Symphony in September 2011. Prior to this appointment, he served as concertmaster of the Solon Philharmonic. He is also currently a member of the Canton Symphony. Mr. Morey recently received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from CIM under the instruction of William Preucil.

Eugene “Doff” Proctor (MM ’80) has been appointed artistic director of the Alabama Choir School after serving on its faculty for more than a decade. The school is comprised of six choirs for young singers in grades 1–12.

Eric Shin (BM ’03), student of Richard Weiner and Paul Yancich, won the principal percussion position of the National Symphony Orchestra. CIM is now represented by three members of the section, including principal timpanist, Jauvon Gilliam (’01-’02) and assistant timpanist Charles Wilkinson (BM ‘77, MM ‘78).

Gerardo Teissonnière (piano) will join the Artist Faculty of the 13th Amati Music Festival in New York this summer, and will travel to Beijing, China, to conduct master classes as a member of the Festival’s faculty.

CIM students, alumni and faculty have won positions in every major orchestra in the world. Here are just a few recent appointments.

Appointments

Eric Shin Gerardo Teissonnière

Charles Morey

Celebrating Del Tredici’s BirthdayIn February, the CIM Orchestra, guest conducted by Steven Smith, celebrated composer David Del Tredici’s 75th birthday with a performance of his work, “In Memory of a Summer Day,” featuring faculty soprano soloist Jung Eun Oh.

The performance, based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” tales, received rave reviews. Mr. Del Tredici himself called it the “best-rehearsed performance of this piece ever.” ClevelandClassical said “the standing ovation at the end was well deserved,” and “all involved did themselves proud.” The Plain Dealer called the performance “a wondrous immersion into Del Tredici’s explosive imagination.” Ms. Oh was praised for her “impressive radiance and assurance” and was said to be “brilliant in carrying out the impossible demands of Del Tredici’s writing.”

The composer was in-residence at CIM for several days prior to the performance, hosting a symposium, attending rehearsals and meeting with students.

Albers Trio Master ClassArnaud Sussmann (violin) joined members of the Albers Trio—sisters Julie and Rebecca Albers (cello and viola, respectively)—for a master class in Mixon Hall on Monday, January 30. Mr. Sussmann stepped in for pregnant violinist, third sister Laura, who had to bow out on orders from her doctor. The musicians coached CIM quartets in the art of chamber music. The Trio was also in town for a Cleveland Chamber Music Society performance at Fairmont Temple in Beachwood on Tuesday, January 31.

CIM Quartet left to right: Paul Kim, violin; Michael Duffet, violin; Nathan Watts, cello and Jossalyn Jensen, viola

David Del Tredici

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Jennifer Bourianoff (BM ’91), assistant concertmaster of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, passed away suddenly in December. The ASO released statements that they “would miss her dedication, vibrancy, warmth and comforting smile, as well as her musicianship and concern for overall sound. She contributed so much personally and musically to the artistic profile of our city and the awards she received for that gift were a small indication of what she accomplished.” Ms. Bourianoff was honored at two memorial concerts by the ASO in January.

Donald Busarow (MM ‘64) lost his battle with leukemia in October. Dr. Busarow was the director of the Wittenberg University Choir, a position he held from 1982-2010. His tenure at Wittenberg was marked by hundreds of acclaimed concerts throughout the U.S. and Europe. Additionally, he was a noted composer of church music, having published 25 works of Lutheran concertos and was a concert organist. Dr. Busarow maintained extensive involvement in organ consultation and design and was in demand as a lecturer, clinician and performer for church music workshops. A memorial service was held in November 2011.

Edward Keith Hawkins (BM ’86) died in November at his home in Nashville. Before becoming a research chemist for Vanderbilt University, he worked at CIM as a piano tuner.

John E. Rippin (BM ’72) passed away in November. He studied at CIM and graduated from CWRU, attending the Manhattan School of Music for graduate studies. He was a pianist for numerous ballets, including the American Ballet Theatre and Joffrey Ballet School in New York. He had his own piano studio, teaching students in the Dayton, Ohio area. He was also active in musical theater.

InMemoriamGAy CuLL ADDICOTT

CIM Trustee Gay Cull Addicott traces her love of music back to when she was a child – her family would gather to sing as her mother played the piano. A Chicago native, the family moved to Shaker Heights when she was 13. She continued her life-long love affair with music after studying voice for two summers at Interlochen. Upon her return, Ms. Addicott and a friend purchased their own tickets to The Cleveland Orchestra – the first step in her support of music institutions in Cleveland.

Her involvement with CIM began in the late 1990s when she was approached by a good friend and Women’s Committee member, Edith Miller. A well-known interior designer, Ms. Miller wanted to use Ms. Addicott’s home for a Committee musical luncheon. That day, like everyone who discovers CIM, she glimpsed the future of classical music.

Ms. Addicott and her late husband Bob Cull were active supporters of various cultural institutions, including The Cleveland Orchestra where Mr. Cull was on the board. Ms. Addicott took over his seat when he stepped down. Together, they created a foundation which continues to support arts institutions today.

As a Trustee of CIM, Ms. Addicott serves on the Building Committee, the Development Committee and the Governance Committee. She also serves on the board of Hiram College and is past president of both the Cleveland Restoration Society and the Music and Drama Club of Cleveland.

Daughter Elizabeth is a marine ecologist at the National and Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington. Son Stephen works for Nuveen Investments and lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two sons, ages 11 and 7. Both Elizabeth and Stephen share their mother’s love of music. Elizabeth was a member of The Cleveland Orchestra’s Children’s Chorus and Stephen was a member of the Princeton Nassoons, later starring opposite Brooke Shields in the Triangle Show.

Shortly after Mr. Cull passed away, Ms. Addicott was invited to a wedding in Cincinnati. Not wanting to drive by herself, she asked for a ride. Ed Addicott drove her to the wedding and the two married several years later. Their common interest? A love of classical music and active support of CIM.

Ms. Addicott believes society has had a continued interest in classical music over the last generation, but she is concerned about the future and wants to make sure that good music and fine musicians are available for future generations.

Thank you to the Addicotts and all of the members of the Legacy Society for the foresight and generosity to secure the future of CIM and help students fulfill their dreams!

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