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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, responded immediately and strongly to the events of 9/11 with a Universal Declaration of Cultural Diversity, adopted in Paris, 2001. Here’s what the preamble had to say about culture:

“….culture should be regarded as the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group, and that it encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions and beliefs.”

“….respect for the diversity of cultures, tolerance, dialogue and cooperation, in a climate of mutual trust and understanding are among the best guarantees of international peace and security.”

This year we celebrate, along with our young student-artists, the vitality that culture brings us, understanding culture to be the greater context for art music. Culture documents and reflects the interactions of community and art is culture’s most subtle, intelligent and exalted communication.

During J.S. Bach’s tenure at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche from 1723 until his death in 1750, members of the congregation received the master’s new insights on life’s drama each Sunday as portrayed through his weekly cantatas. While the cantatas met a practical and functional purpose, filling one Lutheran community’s need for reflection and worship, the cantatas were, and remain today, living, breathing, universal artistic masterpieces.

This year’s Honorary Doctorate recipient, Maestro José Antonio Abreu, designed and founded the El Sistema program of music instruction in Venezuela in 1975, succeeding in changing the lives of economically impoverished young people through intensive classical music instruction towards a clear goal. The wonderful musicians born of the El Sistema program, such as Gustavo Dudamel and renowned performing institutions such as the Simon Bolivar orchestra, remind us that art’s most joyous expression derives from the knowledge that one’s life has, in fact, been changed forever by its presence.

Here are Dr. Abreu’s words, so beautifully complementing those of the UNESCO Universal Declaration: “Music has to be recognized as an agent of social development, in the highest sense because it transmits the highest values - solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community, and to express sublime feelings.”

Venezuela’s own strong and spirited culture allows art music to be heard, appreciated, understood and loved. Perhaps one must know one’s own culture to perceive it elsewhere. In welcoming Maestro Abreu to the Cleveland Institute of Music and to Cleveland to receive his Honorary Doctorate this spring, we have the opportunity to meet and celebrate a source of deep creativity from another of the world’s culturally rich communities.

— Joel Smirnoff

On the CoverCiM Opera Theater conductor Harry Davidson during a behind the scenes look at an orchestra rehearsal in the opera pit. Read more about the Opera Theater on page 16.

is a Venezuelan pianist, economist, educator, activist and politician who is being honored with the Honorary Doctorate at this year’s Commencement ceremony for his greatest musical achievement – founding El Sistema, formally known as the Foundation for the National Network of Youth and Children Orchestras of Venezuela. Comprised of nearly 250,000 young musicians, El Sistema is a tested model of how a music program can both create great musicians and dramatically change the life trajectory of hundreds of thousands of a nation’s neediest kids. Among its graduates, El Sistema Venezuela counts Edicson Ruiz and Gustavo Dudamel, conductor of the world-renowned Símon Bolívar Youth Orchestra and music director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Born in Venezuela in the late ’30s, Dr. Abreu’s education took two paths. He earned a Ph.D. in petroleum economics and later graduated as a composer and organist from a Venezuelan conservatory. Within ten years, he utilized both his economics and music backgrounds to begin El Sistema, helping to bridge the gulf between the rich and the poor in his country. The success of the National Symphony Youth Orchestra led to the establishment of other youth orchestras in other Venezuelan States. The concept behind his work is simple: for him, an orchestra is first and foremost about togetherness, a place where children learn to listen to each other and to respect one another. He believes in a better future for Venezuela, wanting to change people and structures through music.

These beliefs and his work earned him the 2009 Crystal Award of the World Economic forum and the TED Prize. In 2001, he was honored with a Right Livelihood Award and four years later, the World Culture Open Creative Arts Award. Numerous other awards include the Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon (Japan ’07), the Glenn Gould Prize (Canada ’08), the Puccini International Prize (Italy ’08), the Q Prize with protégé Gustavo Dudamel (US ’08) and honorary memberships at the Royal Philharmonic Society (UK ’08) and the Beethoven-Haus Society (Germany ’08). In 2009, Dr. Abreu and Peter Gabriel were both awarded the Polar Music Prize, given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf.

Dr. Abreu served as Venezuela’s Minister of Culture and President of its National Council for Culture. In 1998, he received the title “Ambassador for Peace” from UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. In 2008, he received the Prince of Asturias Arts Award and the Légion d’honneur of France. He holds an honorary degree from the Metropolitana University, Caracas.

2013 Honorary Doctorate El SiStEmaDescribed as a “social movement of massive dimensions,” El Sistema is explicitly oriented towards lower-income participants as a positive alternative to drugs and crime. its approach to music education emphasizes intensive ensemble participation from the earliest stages, group learning, peer teaching and a commitment to keeping the joy and fun of musical learning and music making ever present.

According to the website, the backbone of El Sistema training is preparation for participation in orchestral ensembles, which are the soul of the community and culture. Although it has a national curriculum, including an established musical sequence, local leaders can customize their program. if a local experiment produces good results, it is shared for possible adaptation everywhere.

Both the music and musicians are nurtured in the program. Teachers provide individual attention to students and attendance is never a problem as children WAnT to be there. parents of children as young as two or three are instructed on how best to support their child’s practice schedule at home and provide feedback and encouragement. if a student gets into a youth or city orchestra, the family receives a stipend. The stipend not only honors the student’s achievement, but places a tangible value on music making for the family so that they don’t need to pull the child from the El Sistema program to go to work.

“An orchestra is much more than a mere artistic structure. For the young, playing music together is a way of deeply interacting with one another, evoking a devotion to excellence, the discipline of working together and the interdependence between sections, voices and instruments.” - José Antonio Abreu

JOSé antOniO abrEu

“ In the struggle for Human Rights, let us vigorously

incorporate children’s sublime right to music, in

whose bosom shines Beingness in its splendor and

its ineffable mystery. Let us reveal to our children

the beauty of music and music shall reveal to our

children the beauty of life.” – JOSé AnTOniO ABrEu

TABLE OF CONTENTS

News

3-5 Commencement 2013

6 The Power of 3

8 Alumni Snapshot: Irene Roberts

9 Kennedy Center Conservatory Project

9 Alumni Connection

10 Bloch Society Dinner

10 Say Yes!

12 DonorProfile:Patience Cameron Hoskins

13 CSA Black Heritage Concert

14 Daniil Trifonov Tackles To-Do List

16 Characterization: Part of Opera Process

Upcoming Events

7 Advanced Piano Trio Program Gala Concert

17 CIM@Severance

17 Lunch and Listen Recitals

18 Hundreds of Spring Concerts

Reviews

13 Black Heritage Concert

15 Set the Night to Music

16 Fall Opera

Listings

18 New Faculty: HaeSun Paik

19 Appointments

20 Faculty

21 Students

22 Preparatory

22 Alumni

23 Prizewinners

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The winner of the 2012 Martha Joseph Cleveland Arts Prize Isabel Trautwein (PS ’94) has been a member of the first violin section of The Cleveland Orchestra since September 2002. Previously she was a member of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony in Miami, the Houston Symphony and the Pacifica String Quartet.

In 2010, Ms. Trautwein was selected for a year-long fellowship program in Boston and Venezuela to study the implementation of El Sistema programs in the U.S. El Sistema is an intensive youth orchestra program that seeks to affect positive change in at-risk inner-city youth, using daily orchestral training as a tool for community building and social action. (Read more about El Sistema on page 3.) In September 2011, Ms. Trautwein launched El Sistema@Rainey, a string program for 30 children ages six through 10 at Rainey Institute in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood.

In 2006, Ms. Trautwein started an intergenerational orchestra for players of all ages called TACO, The Awesome Children’s Orchestra, which performs in community settings around town, most recently in January 2012 onstage at Severance Hall with more than 70 musicians.

Ms. Trautwein has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony

Orchestra. As a student, she toured extensively throughout Europe, Africa and India with Claudio Abbado’s European Youth Orchestra and performed chamber music at the Salzburger Festspiele and at the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. For two summers she served as concertmaster of the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge (CO).

Upon receiving an undergraduate degree from the Musikhochschule Lübeck, Ms. Trautwein continued her studies at CIM with Donald Weilerstein. Passionate about bringing classical music to new audiences, Ms. Trautwein started a series of chamber concerts, the Heights Arts House Concerts, which presents chamber music in beautiful and unique venues around Cleveland.

These events are by invitation only.

CONvOCATIONFriday, May 17, 2013 in Mixon Hall presentation of annual prizes, awards and recognition of Distinguished Alumni and Alumni Achievement Award recipientsInvited alumni should RSVP using the response card in their invitations.

COMMENCEMENTSaturday, May 18, 2013 in Kulas Hall Conferral of degrees upon graduates and dignitaries

PREPARATORY COMMENCEMENTSunday, May 19, 2013 in Kulas Hall recognizing high school seniors who made a commitment to musical education

upCOMing EVEnTS: 2013 COMMEnCEMEnT WEEKEnD

Preparatory CommencementThe Preparatory division, led by Dean Sandra Shapiro, will honor its graduating seniors in a private Commencement ceremony, complete with diplomas, on May 19. In addition to recognizing graduates, this second annual event will name a distinguished alumni, an outstanding senior and present an Excellence in Teaching award to a member of the faculty. Trustee Carl E. Baldassarre will serve as Master of Ceremony and Liza Grossman, music director of the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, will be the honorary speaker. Read more in the next issue of Notes.

Graduation 2013

Distinguished alumnus -Dr. Jesse mcCarrollDr. Jesse C. McCarroll (BM ’60, piano) was born on a farm in Dayton (AL) and grew

up in Hattiesburg (MS). He studied piano with Friedrich Wuehrer at the Mannheim School of Music (Germany), Eugene Mancini and Marianne Matousek Mastics at CIM, and Thomas Richner and Martin Canin in New York City. He received both Master of Arts and Doctor of Education degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Co-author of The Elementary Music Teacher’s Almanac: Timely Lesson Plans for Every Day of the School Year and Making Music Fun, Dr. McCarroll was on the curriculum committee of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and is a contributing author to Teaching Jazz: A Course of Study published by the National Association for Music Educators.

Dr. McCarroll is a former junior high school music teacher in the New York City Public School System. Now professor emeritus of music at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), he currently teaches part-time at the College, where he has instructed students since 1970. He is a recipient of the school’s Performance Excellence Award, was selected Scholar on Campus and named CUY Scholar. He was also named Educator of the Year by the Association of Black Educators of New York.

His commitment to music and education is evident from the many organizations he has served in various capacities. He is a board member, treasurer and membership coordinator of the African American Jazz Caucus of the IAJE. He is also on the board of advisors of the Living Encyclopedia of Global African Music, member of the advisory board and secretary of the Gateway Music Festival (Eastman School of Music) and treasurer/board member of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. He is also the National Representative of the United States to the Pan African Society of Musical Arts Education (PASMAE) and serves as Senior Advisor.

Listed in PGN International Top 100 Most Influential Leaders of 2012, Dr. McCarroll has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Black Music Caucus of New York, now the National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music (NASPAAM). He is currently the president.

PROJECT Trio, Greg Pattillo (flute, MM ’01), Eric Stephenson (cello, BM ’00, MM ’02), Peter Seymour (bass, BM ’00), is pushing the boundaries of classical music with a high-octane mix of jazz, hip-hop and rock. Acclaimed as “packed with musicianship, joy and surprise” by Downbeat Magazine and hailed for their “wide appeal, subversive humor and first-rate playing” by the Wall Street Journal, the Trio performs more than 70 concerts a year, playing to fans of all ages in venues around the world. They are an internet sensation with more than 71 million views and 78,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel.

Highlights of this season include concerts with the Charlotte Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Walla Walla Symphony, the Britt Festival and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Internationally, they will make their second tour of Germany, and their first tour of the former Soviet Union as part of American Music Abroad sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

The Trio is dedicated to arts education, inspiring a whole new generation of concert going music lovers. They are in their second year of residency with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as Family Concert Artists in Residence, and will

perform and lead master classes in schools, universities, festivals and other venues in over a dozen cities across the U.S.

PROJECT Trio’s chart-topping discography includes five recordings, Winter in June, PROJECT Trio, Brooklyn, Random Roads Collection and their most recent release, When Will Then Be Now, and a DVD PROJECT Trio: Live In Concert. PROJECT Trio’s recordings are available on iTunes and CDBaby.

2013 alumni award Winnersthe Cim alumni association is proud to announce this year’s alumni award winners, Dr. Jesse McCarroll, recipient of the Distinguished alumnus award, as well as Isabel Trautwein and PROJECT Trio – alumni Greg Pattillo, Eric Stephenson and Peter Seymour – who received the alumni achievement awards. the Distinguished alumnus award is typically given as a lifetime achievement award for a body of work over a number of years. the alumni achievement award is given in recognition of recent outstanding accomplishments. both awards are presented based on recommendations of Cim alumni and faculty.

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“When I held auditions, I wanted preformed trios that already wanted to work together and really explore the repertoire with one another,” Ms. Robinson said, because she knows just how important chemistry is in a small ensemble. “It’s important to have fun and mutual respect for each other – musically and as people. We [Laredo and Kalichstein] all just want what’s best for the music. We are able to give one another corrections and not take it personally. We have a strong respect for each other as musicians and we have FUN together.”

APT lessons go beyond the music. Ms. Robinson knows that working in trios will teach these students more than what they’d learn “in a million private lessons.”

“It’s about working with people, and that’s an art. I want the mutual respect for my young trios that I have in mine. I want them to learn how to work through things together.” She encourages all her young musicians to read with people they love and mesh with musically. “I also want them to get out of the practice room and socialize with other members of their trio…go out to dinner, really enjoy each other’s company,” she says, knowing that has been the recipe for Kalichstein-

Laredo-Robinson’s decades of success. Although the APT program is still in its infancy at

CIM, Ms. Robinson is already thinking of ways to grow the program “one day.”

“Our Trio has commissioned some 25 works,” she said. “I’d love to have a class or seminar on some of those works. As musicians, we can’t call up Dvořák and ask for a specific interpretation, but I could’ve called Leon Kirchner before he passed. I hear other trios perform [Kirchner’s] works now, but never the way he taught it to us or performed it for us himself.” When a work is commissioned for KLR, the trio has exclusivity for a period of time, but after that, it can be performed by other trios, she explained.

Ms. Robinson feels that working directly with a composer on his intent for a piece is a valuable experience for musicians. “I encourage all young trios to contact composers about the works they want to play. They don’t realize that emailing a composer is an option…or that [understanding of a composer’s wishes] is a valuable part of performing a work.”

Ms. Robinson places such a high value on working directly with a composer, whenever possible, that each of her cello students has to commission a work each year from the composition students of Keith Fitch as part of their degree requirements. “Nothing long, just a short piece,” she said. “But they develop it together and then the work gets a premier at a composition or cello recital.”

uPCOminG EVEntAdvanced Piano Trio ProgramGala ConcertTuesday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m. Mixon Hall

3the Power ofCIM Launches Unique Piano Trio Program with Sharon Robinson

Cellist Sharon Robinson always wanted to start a piano trio program for young musicians. It’s no surprise that piano trio repertoire and dynamic are close to her heart – she’s been a member of the renowned Kalichestein-Laredo-Robinson Trio for 36 years. (The Trio opened the Mixon Hall Masters Series this fall and will perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at Severance Hall on April 17. See story on page 17.)

“I kept trying to develop a program,” she said. “But after seven years at Indiana University, it just never materialized.” When she and husband violinist Jaime Laredo came to CIM last fall, she pitched the idea to President Smirnoff.

“There are very few – if any – trio programs at other schools,” Ms. Robinson said. “I think there is something similar at New England, but not quite like this. It’s really something special.” Without hesitation, President Smirnoff agreed, warmly embracing the concept.

Hoping to create an in-depth look at great piano trio repertoire, Ms. Robinson patterned the Advanced Piano Trio program after the success of CIM’s long-running Intensive String Quartet Seminar (ISQS) program. The trios focus on composers or thematically linked repertoire while growing together as a chamber ensemble.

The first semester, students in the program focused on Beethoven and performed as part of the Concert Series in

December. This semester, students

focus on Dvořák and Mendelssohn.

When asked for her favorite trio repertoire, she

quickly referenced “the big romantic stuff,” but called Brahms her “desert island guy.”

“He really makes me happy and his language speaks to me,” she said thoughtfully. “Students need to trust the composers when it comes to Beethoven and Brahms. Brahms wrote what he meant, he was so careful and such a strong editor.”

“It’s my job to show students the tradition, how the works have been done in the past, but no one should feel that’s the only valid interpretation,” she explained. The instruments work together, developing a dialogue that gets passed along. Each member learns from one another and they can’t help but gain a deeper understanding of other instrumentation interpretations.

Partnering with piano faculty members Anita Pontremoli and Kathryn Brown, Ms. Robinson coached five trios last semester. Just like students in the ISQS who learn from CIM’s Cavani Quartet, APT students benefited from additional master classes with those in a premier trio ensemble - Jaime Laredo and Joseph Kalichestein.

triO OF Our timEthe Kalichstein-laredo-robinson trio’s commitment to bringing new works to life has led it to develop lasting relationships with numerous composers and presenters. Here are just a few of the works they helped bring to life.

Richard Danielpour“A child’s reliquary” for piano Trio (2000)*Commissioned by Hancher Auditorium/University of Iowa+, Tisch Center for the Arts of the 92nd Street Y.

David Del Tredici “grand Trio” (2001)Commissioned by University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center+ with support from Rockefeller Foundation.

HaflidiHallgrimsson“Metamorphoses Op. 16 for piano Trio” (1993)Queens Hall, Edinburgh+, Commissioned by Young Musician’s Trust of Edinburgh In memory of John Tunnell.

Leon Kirchner“Trio no.2” (1993)*Commissioned by Abe Fortas Memorial Fund of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Tisch Center for the Performing Arts at the 92nd Street Y+, Chamber Music America, Purdue University Lively Arts Series.

Ott“Triple concerto” (1997)Commissioned by Indianapolis Symphony (+with Raymond Leppard).

Arvo Part“Adagio for Violin, Cello and piano” (1992)*Commissioned by Helsinki Festival+ in memory of Oleg Kagan.

Andre Previn“piano Trio no. 2” (2012) Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, NY+, May 6, 2012, Commissioned by Music Accord consortium of presenters.

Ned Rorem“Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra” (1998)Commissioned by Indianapolis Symphony (+with Raymond Leppard).

Stanley Silverman “in celebration” (1989)*Commissioned by Tisch Center for the Performing Arts at the 92nd Street Y+ and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

Joan Tower“For Daniel” (2004)Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, MA+. Commissioned by: The Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Society in memory of Daniel MacArthur.

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich“Triple Concerto” (1995)*Commissioned by The Minnesota Orchestra (+with Zdenek Macal), the New Jersey Symphony, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Duluth-Superior Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra and the Trio (assisted by the “Meet the Composer/Reader’s Digest Commissioning Program” in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund).

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich“Trio” (1987)*Commissioned by Abe Fortas Memorial Fund of the Kennedy Center, Tisch Center for the Performing Arts/92nd Street Y, San Francisco Performances +.

*recorded by members of the Trio+ indicates World Premiere

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What brought you to Cleveland?During my last year of college, I learned that getting the most out of graduate school is all about choosing the right teacher to study with. I chose to attend CIM because I had heard wonderful things about Dr. Mary Schiller and wanted to work with her.

How did going to CIM affect you as a musician? As a person? I was fortunate enough to have several performance opportunities while I was at CIM and those all contributed to my development as an artist. It can be quite difficult to stand in front of hundreds of people, now thousands, and be totally present in the moment and not get caught up in performance mistakes or staging surprises. I don’t think I would have developed the comfort I now have onstage were it not for the supportive environment I was able to work and practice in at CIM.

Who are your heroes, musical or otherwise? Why?Honestly, I draw my inspiration from so many people and experiences. My parents have always given me unconditional support and encouragement to follow my passion. I can confidently say that without them I would not be where I am now. They will always have my admiration and eternal gratitude.

What is your favorite piece of music? That’s a difficult question to answer. I think I would actually have to go with Tchaikovsky’s ballet, Sleeping Beauty. I realize that I should probably choose an opera, or piano concerto even, considering I spent more than 20 years of my life studying piano, but I have very early and fond memories of the music from Sleeping Beauty (thanks to Walt Disney, as well). Whenever I listen to a recording of it, I am reminded of imaginative dances and song that I would create to accompany the composition - I have a feeling this is where it all began.

irEnE rObErtS made her Carmen debut to much acclaim with the Fresno Grand Opera last season. immediately after,

she received three offers from the metropolitan Opera for the 2012/13 season and joined the roster of Opus 3 artists. a passionate cook, she finds peace in bringing her electric griddle, chef ’s knife, chopsticks and other cooking essentials when she travels for performances. She even brings Chinese herbs to help her maintain her health and deal with a singers’ worst nightmare – the occasional sore throat or cold. “i love planning a menu, shopping for the right ingredients, the preparation itself and the final presentation. Similar to the steps i take when preparing for a show,” she explains.

Alumni Snapshot

INSTRUMENT: Voice, mezzo-soprano

DEGREE AND YEARS: MM ’08

INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Mary Schiller & Dr. Dean Southern

CURRENT OCCUPATION: Opera Singer

PERSONAL MOTTO: Always do your best.{

If you had not chosen music, what else might you have done with your life?Before attending college for an undergraduate degree in vocal performance, I was planning on moving to San Francisco and teaching yoga and running my own esthetician business. My parents are both acupuncturists and I was brought up with Chinese medicine and acupuncture. I wanted to incorporate these interests into a livelihood that also engaged my other interests.

Please tell us about your life now as a musician and educator – what makes you unique? What are your hopes for the future?I live in New York City now and am currently in rehearsals at the Metropolitan Opera. I am pretty lucky to be working where I live right now. It’s quite a gift to wake up in my own bed, and then just walk to work rather than waking up in a hotel room somewhere and having to take time to adjust to a new city and a new routine. Normally, I spend three to five weeks somewhere working on a show, then come home for a few days or weeks (depending on my schedule) and squeeze in voice lessons and coachings to get ready for the next show.

What makes me unique? That’s not an easy question to answer… I don’t focus on that as much as I focus on what I am working towards. I love that there will always be room to grow in what I am doing. I can always be better, I can always work harder and I can always learn more.

I hope to continue working as I am now. There really is no greater gift than being able to follow my dreams while sharing my passions, and make a living while doing it!

alumni Connect through new Facebook GroupWhen one door closes, another opens and it just so happens, this door is even better!CIM had been using my.cim.edu as an online alumni community for several years. Last year,

the Alumni Association analyzed the website usage, and found there was only minimal usage. It was neither an effective way for CIM to reach out to its alumni, nor a convenient way for alumni to stay in touch with each other or the school.

After researching a number of options, CIM has started a new Facebook group, Cleveland Institute of Music Alumni. Launched in late 2012, the new Facebook group currently has nearly 600 members, many of whom are posting regularly. Other information which might be important to alumni, including transcript information and upcoming events, is also posted.

Register now to access all the important information available exclusively to CIM alumni. When you request to join the group, CIM’s alumni office will confirm that you attended and approve your request – within one business day. Upload photos, catch up with classmates, share news about what you’re doing, find out what’s happening at CIM – it’s all there for you when you join. And the best part – it’s easy! No more going to a separate website to check in. When you log on to Facebook, CIM is already there and waiting for you.

Need more information? Have ideas about what you want to see on this page? Contact Char Rapoport Nance, Development Officer, Alumni and Parent Relations at crn17@cim.edu or 216.795.3169.

Kennedy Center Conservatory Project Hosts Cim for ninth YearIn April, CIM students performed as part of the John F.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Conservatory Project in Washington, D.C. for the ninth consecutive year. (The performance, as well as past performances, is archived on the site.)

CIM representatives on the Millennium Stage include violinist and pianist Mason Yu (Joel Smirnoff and Ivan Zenaty), guitarist Chaconne Klaverenga (Jason Vieaux) and a piano trio featuring cellist Hyug-Rai Kim (Stephen Geber), violinist Suliman Tekalli (Joel Smirnoff) and pianist Pin-Hsuan Huang (Anita Pontremoli).

“We are delighted to have an opportunity again to present some of our outstanding students on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. This is a wonderful platform for our students to represent all that is good about CIM as they showcase their talents and represent our students and our faculty,” said Conservatory Dean Adrian Daly. “We also look forward to re-connecting with our local area alumni at

the concert, and hope that those who may be in the greater Washington, DC area will be able to attend.”

The Conservatory Project began in 2004 as part of the Kennedy Center’s Performing Arts for Everyone initiative and aims to develop 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.

Conservatories and schools of music that also participated include The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory and Curtis Institute of Music. Each school was responsible for selecting performers and 60 minutes of programming for their evening. The format is designed to distinguish each school by allowing them to select and feature talented students who are ready for the exposure and experience provided by this opportunity.

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Voice student David Fair receives scholarship aid provided by CIM’s Annual Fund. A tenor from Baltimore, David came to CIM to study with Clifford Billions, earn his Professional Studies diploma and put in the hard work necessary to build a career in voice.

But after working with students from the Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA) in preparation for the 2012 performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” as part of CIM’s “Celebration of Community” at Severance Hall, he made a discovery.

“Working with the CSA students has changed my life,” he says almost apologetically, knowing how this sounds like a cliché. In the process of helping CSA students, he expected to gain important experience in conducting and honing his private lesson techniques, but he also discovered a passion for teaching; a passion that excites him knowing that teaching is more than “just paying the rent.” It is a passion so rich he knows that he will never give up even as he continues pursuing his performance career.

Teaching has also informed his professional growth as he perfects the pieces he takes to auditions throughout the country. “Teaching helps me hold myself more accountable to perfecting my craft. If I expect it of my students, I must demand it of myself.”

When you say yes, you provide CIM the opportunity to give its students the experiences that make a positive difference in their lives in so many ways.

President Joel Smirnoff offered a warm welcome to more than one hundred guests at this year’s Bloch Society dinner at CIM in late October. The Bloch Society, named in honor of CIM’s first president, Ernest Bloch, was created to recognize donors of $1,500 or more to the Annual Fund. The annual dinner and concert pays tribute to the Bloch Society donors for their generous support of CIM.

With a slight twist from the usual concert highlighting Conservatory students, this year’s performance featured a quintet of prominent CIM alumni. Performing together as Trout, the alumni ensemble included:

• Mark George (BM ’82, DMA ’89, Eunice Podis-Weiskopf and Jack Radunsky), is also a former faculty member, and is currently president of the Music Institute of Chicago, and board chair of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. As Director of Distance Learning at CIM, Dr. George established his program as a national leader in adapting interactive videoconference technologies for music performance and teaching. Also a pianist, Dr. George was named the 2011 Chicagoan of the Year in classical music by the Chicago Tribune.

• Elliott Golub (BM, Distinguished Alumni ’10), one of Chicago’s leading violinists, is a musical ambassador who travels the world exposing audiences to the “classical” American composers. He was concertmaster of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque Orchestra for 35 years, and is now concertmaster emeritus.

• Lawrence Neuman (’90-’91, Robert Vernon), a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1991, is also on the faculty of Roosevelt University and former violist for the Miami String Quartet.

• Kenneth Olson (BM ’04, Richard Aaron) joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal cello in 2005. His other awards include first prize in the Nakamichi Cello Competition at the Aspen Music Festival and second prize at the Holland-America Music Society competition.

• Rick Robinson (BM ’86, Larry Angell), a 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship winner, arranges, writes and performs personally expressive music driven by 23 years of experience as a bassist in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In 1995 he began CutTime Players, an eight-piece ensemble, to perform his transcriptions of famous symphonic repertoire for distant communities.

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Patience Hoskins Ensures musical Programming at JudsonLegacy Society members are connected to the Cleveland Institute of Music in unique ways. Here is the story of one member.

Looking back, the roots of Patience Cameron Hoskins’ love of music can be traced to her elementary school in Norwalk (CT) where in the first grade, she had the opportunity to take violin lessons. The “beautiful sounds” made a lasting impression on the young student who experienced “the love of music and the importance of music education.”

In addition to violin studies, she added flute lessons to her musical education, becoming a member of the school band, orchestra and Norwalk Symphony Orchestra.

Though as an adult she stopped performing, focusing on a non-musical career with its own challenges, her love of music remained.

A move to Cleveland Heights in 1977 brought her closer to the arts. Her new home was just up the hill from CIM and the University Circle area, with its wealth of arts and cultural opportunities – including performances by talented CIM students and faculty.

It wasn’t long before she became a member of the Legacy Society and was responsible for the creation of an endowed flute scholarship. She also supported the campaign for expansion of CIM’s facilities.

Now, as a resident of Judson Park retirement community in Cleveland Heights, she and other residents regularly enjoy musical performances by CIM students. These performances keep residents connected to Cleveland’s cultural community without ever having to leave their homes.

Ms. Hoskins recently became aware that while students on “work study” received a modest stipend for their performances, other student performers did not. With the help of the Development Office, she created the Patience Cameron Hoskins Student Performance Fund at Judson Park to help these students, while continuing a program that enriches the lives of Judson residents.

Thank you to Patience and all of CIM’s Legacy Society members whose forethought, generosity, creativity and interest in CIM have contributed to the endowment. They have created named scholarship, prize and special purpose funds which help ensure the growth of CIM, classical music and classical music education.

For more information about the Legacy Society, please contact Steven Pike, Development Officer for Individual and Planned Giving at 216.795.3168 or steven.pike@cim.edu. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

Legacy Donors Lunch with Students They SupportOn Thursday, April 25, CiM will host the annual Legacy Society and Scholarship donor luncheon.

This event recognizes donors who have included CiM in their estate plans, created an endowed scholarship, special prize fund or life income gift.

Featuring musical selections by CiM Conservatory and preparatory students, and a presentation by a graduating student, this popular event highlights for guests the positive impact their gifts have for students and CiM, as well.

As Legacy Society member Robert Brooks said, “i enjoy coming to the Legacy Luncheon not only to hear the performances, but also to have the opportunity to speak with the students. it gives me great satisfaction to know how my gift will continue to help CiM’s continued growth and help students achieve their goals.”

#Givingtuesday Culminates with CSa black Heritage Event

CIM brought a new twist to this year’s Black Heritage Concert, which features ensembles from the Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA). The event culminated CIM’s eight-week #GivingTuesday campaign, which raised $1,721.50 and collected several thousand dollars worth of musical instruments, cases, sheet music, metronomes and other much-needed musical supplies for the CSA students.

Now in its 22nd year, the concert is always a highlight of the winter season in Cleveland. It was especially meaningful to the CIM community this year, as Vice President of Institutional Advancement Karin Stone made the #GivingTuesday presentation to the CSA staff.

“We truly appreciate CIM’s effort on our behalf,” said Andrew Koonce, principal of CSA. “Every dollar, every musical instrument, every accessory we

receive as a donation goes a long way to helping our students realize their dreams.”The #GivingTuesday campaign, which launched on November 27, was

created to put the “giving” back into the giving season. The campaign aimed to support the next generation of classical musicians training at CSA (part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District). CIM staff, faculty and students regularly teach, coach and mentor the young musicians at CSA and see firsthand the value of arts education, as well as the challenges the school faces with funding and supplies. CIM has coordinated efforts to provide much-needed musical instruments, accessories, books, lessons and more to the school and its students.

A. Grace Lee Mims, who sits on the CIM board and teaches CSA voice students at the Music Settlement, was pleased to see CIM reaching out to CSA in this special way. “It’s excellent,” she said. “It’s a marvelous approach to assisting those young people who may someday have careers in music.”

“We’re very proud of this first #Giving Tuesday effort,” said CIM President Joel Smirnoff. “Our commitment to the community is an important piece of the CIM culture. It was great to see the entire CIM family working together toward this common goal.”

“ Our commitment to the community is an important piece of the CIM culture.”

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William Woods, Director of CSA’sR. Nathaniel Dett Concert Choir

Chandra Turner, CSA ’08

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Cleveland Photo SocietyThe Cleveland Photographic Society (CPS) is currently presenting their third annual exhibit at CIM. Nearly two-thirds of the photographs were taken in Northeast Ohio. Among them is a print by CIM’s Financial Director Kristie Gripp, who is also a CPS member. Prints, including several that are musically themed, are available for purchase. CIM will host the exhibit through Commencement. For more information about CPS, please visit clevelandphoto.org. For information about a print, please see CIM security.

library receives Generous Donation of Opera mediaThanks to a generous donation by opera lover and Cleveland Institute of Music supporter Dr. Tom Rose, the Media Center in CIM’s Robinson Music Library was able to acquire a large selection of new opera productions on DVD and Blu-Ray, including The Met HD Live, for the collection. In addition to being educational, the recordings are an enjoyable resource.

Materials in the Robinson Music Library are available to all CIM students, including Preparatory and Continuing Education, as well as faculty, staff and alumni. Visit the Library Policies page on cim.edu to learn more.

Daniil trifonov tackles to-Do listbe featured in The New York Times – twice.Sign with major record label.

make recital debut at Carnegie Hall. Winner of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition

pianist Daniil Trifonov made his triumphant return to Carnegie Hall in his solo recital debut February 5, just one day after signing with Deutsche Grammophon. (Previously, he’d performed at Carnegie with the Mariinsky Orchestra.)

Of the performance, Vivien Schweitzer of The New York Times wrote,

“His soulful artistry and virtuoso chops were in full evidence as he writhed on the seat, his wiry frame often bent low over the keyboard. He offered plenty of distinctive touches in phrasing, dynamics and shadings, the fugue and finale an extremely fast (and clear) whirlwind.”

Deutsche Grammophon will release a recording of this debut concert on their classical music label. It will include Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Chopin’s 24 Preludes.

Of Mr. Trifonov’s three encores, which included Medtner’s “Four Fairy Tales,” Op. 26, No. 2 and Rachmaninov’s arrangement of the Gavotte from Bach’s Violin Partita No. 3, it was his final piece that garnered the greatest praise from Ms. Schweitzer and others (including Paul Pelkonen of Superconductor):

“He concluded with a jaw-dropping, explosively colorful performance of Agosti’s arrangement of the ‘Danse Infernale’ from Stravinsky’s ‘Firebird’.”

Several leaders from CIM—including CIM President Joel Smirnoff, Vice Presidents Eric Bower and Karin Stone and CIM Trustees as well as Mr. Trifonov’s teacher/mentor, renowned pianist Sergei Babayan—traveled to New York to witness the milestone in the young musician’s career.

the legendary roberta Flack at Severance HallIn January, CIM Set the Night to Music with Roberta Flack in a benefit concert presented by the Women’s Committee. Check out the summer 2013 issue of Notes for the article. Ms. Flack posed after the performance with President Joel Smirnoff and his wife, acclaimed violinist Joan Kwuon.

Cim thanks CaCCIM is grateful for the substantial operating support provided by a 2013-2014 General Operating Support Grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. CAC’s mission is to inspire and strengthen the community by investing in arts and culture. Grants are funded from a dedicated tax approved by residents of Cuyahoga County.

CAC’s General Operating Support Grants provide two years of unrestricted support for established arts or cultural organizations that benefit the public and are artistically or culturally vibrant. In October 2013, CAC convened a panel of independent arts and culture experts from outside Northeast Ohio to evaluate and score each of the applications. When results of the application process were announced in November 2012, CIM was one of 57 organizations selected to receive an award and will receive $716,270 each year for 2013 and 2014.

Through this partnership with CAC, CIM will continue to offer free world-class concerts to citizens of Cuyahoga County and beyond, and will continue outreach programs that bring performances by CIM students and faculty to senior centers, hospitals, detention centers and schools throughout greater Cleveland.

CIM students, faculty, staff, administration, and all in our community who benefit from CIM’s programs are grateful for the ongoing support of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Thank you!

Min-Kyeong Kim (soprano) with John Simmons, piano, performing in Mixon Hall on March 8, 2013, for soprano Christine Brewer in her Mixon Hall Masters Class

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CHaraCtEriZatiOn: Part of the Opera Process

Like any actors, opera singers must inhabit the roles they are playing and convey their characters vividly.

CIM Opera Theater director David Bamberger teaches students how to do just that utilizing research. Vocalists learn about the opera and study the time period in which it is set. They investigate the “lives” of their characters. Usually, the characters are fictional, but in cases like this season’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, the singers may portray real people.

To help students truly understand the order of Carmelite nuns, Dr. Bamberger invited Sister Barbara Losh, Prioress (superior) of the Carmel of the Holy Family in Cleveland to speak with them.

Gentle and soft-spoken, she was modestly dressed though not in a habit. While many Carmelite nuns still do wear variations of a traditional uniform reflecting their life of obedience, not all do, she explained.

She began by sharing a history of the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Formed early in the Crusader period on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land, the group informally known as the Carmelites was composed of only men. They were hermits, she explained, keeping to themselves to lead a life dedicated to prayer and meditation. Even today, theirs is a contemplative order, devoted to prayer and intercession.

In the course of just 20 minutes, she led the class through the first centuries of the order including the major reform in the 16th century when women joined. She told the story of the French Revolution and Reign of Terror based on the perspective of the martyred nuns who are the subject of Dialogues. A vision of the Carmelite sisters entering heaven in glory had been passed down from generation to generation.

The Carmelites of the Compiegne monastery in France came to believe the visual was intended for them—that they would offer themselves as a sacrifice to God (at the hands of the Revolutionaries) to bring about peace and an end to war.

“It’s a concept—self sacrifice of that kind—that seems very foreign to us today,” she said, visibly moved by the beauty of their devotion.

The discussions with Sister Barbara, who is herself dedicated to the same beliefs today as those who lived and died 300 years ago, provided a dramatic and moving connection between the order of the Carmelites and the CIM students who would portray the members.

CIM Applauds Joe & Ellen ThomasDonor Generosity Allows Fifth Severance ConcertThanks to the generosity of donors Joe and Ellen Thomas, CIM students will perform in the home of The Cleveland Orchestra for a fifth time this season.

“We know that the opportunity for CIM students to play in Severance enhances their CIM experience and their musical careers,” they explained. “We felt that our sponsoring an additional concert would enhance these objectives.”

The Thomas’s know that the atmosphere and international reputation of Severance makes it magnificent for both the audience and the performers.

If the splendor and incredible acoustics of the hall weren’t enough, the April 17 performance is special for another reason. That day, the CIM Orchestra will be joined by the world renowned Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Faculty violinist and Trio member Jaime Laredo also conducts. The program features two great works from Beethoven’s middle period – Triple Concerto, Op. 56 and “Eroica,” his third symphony.

Joe and Ellen Thomas are active members of both CIM’s Bloch and Legacy Societies. Joe has been a Trustee since 1996 and Ellen is a member of the Women’s Committee who served as a board member. They stay involved with CIM because they have a dream for the future – a hope that the fine attributes of classical music will be more widely appreciated worldwide. Help them realize their dream and thank them for their generous support by attending the final CIM@Severance series event this season.

Tickets are just $5 general admission. Call 216.231.1111 to order.

Fall OperaNovember 7-10, 2012, the CIM Opera Theater presented Domenico Cimarosa’s Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) in Kulas Hall. As with all productions, it was dual cast and performed in the opera’s original language of Italian with projected English text provided. Cimarosa’s opera buffa is filled with secrets and misunderstandings. In this scene by the Wednesday/Friday cast, Carolina (Min-Kyeong Kim) and her older daughter Elisetta (Allyson Dezii) express a bit of sibling rivalry related to the announcement of Elisetta’s arranged marriage to a Count (despite the fact that Carolina is secretly married) while the girls’ Aunt Fidalma (Lyndsay Moy) is caught in the middle of their feud—literally.

Lunchtime Concerts Return in JulyThe CIM Alumni Association will once again offer the summer’s annual Lunch and Listen recital series at CIM. These recitals will take place the first four Tuesdays of July [2, 9, 16 and 23]. This year’s concerts will feature alumni from the classes of 1966 – 2012, and will include:

• JULY 2 - A Jazz event featuring pianist MarshallGriffith (BM ’75, MM ’77, Donald J. Erb, Eugene J. O’Brien, Olga Radosavljevich), flutist Linda White (MM ’89, Jeffrey Khaner) and Friends

• JULY 9 - A cello/piano duo featuring Paul Kosower (BM ’66, BM ’67, MM ’68; Henry Fusner and Ernest Silberstein) and Anita Pontremoli (BM ’73, Ruth Edwards).

• JULY 16 - Violinist Ariel Clayton (BM ’10, MM ’11, David and Linda Cerone, Stephen Rose) with cellist Andris Koh (BM ’11, Melissa Kraut)

• JULY 23 - CathyWeinfield(MM ’07, John Mack) will be coordinating a program with a few of her oboe and English horn colleagues from around the country.

The Lunch and Listen series is presented by the CIM Alumni Association.

Visit cim.edu for concert updates.

CIM@SEvERANCEWednesday, April 178:00 p.m. at Severance Hall

Jaime Laredo, conductorKalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio

Joseph Kalichstein, piano, guest artistJaime Laredo, violinSharon Robinson, cello

BEETHOVEn Concerto for piano, Violin and Cello in C Major, Op. 56

BEETHOVEn Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55, “Eroica”

Tickets: $5 general admission.Call 216.231.1111 to order.

Audio-Technica live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM

LUNCH & LISTEN RECITAL SERIESThe first four Tuesdays in July12:30 p.m. in Mixon Hall

CiM alumni and guests will perform free concerts in Mixon Hall.

Bring your brown bag lunch to enjoy at noon on the terrace or in the lounge. Beverages will be provided.

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AppointmentsDiana Cohen1 (BM ’01, MM ’01) was appointed concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2012. Previously, she served as concertmaster of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Cohen joins her brother and fellow alumnus Alexander Cohen (BM ’06, Richard Weiner and Paul Yancich), principal timpanist. While at CIM, Ms. Cohen studied primarily with Donald Weilerstein. She also studied with William Preucil, Paul Kantor, Sheryl Staples and Joel Smirnoff. Of Ms. Cohen’s playing, the Calgary Herald said, “Showing herself to be a player of technique and refined tone, Cohen fully encompassed the musical challenges of the part, her playing fully the voice of the woman she is asked to musically represent in this work.”

Adrienne Elisha (PS ’94, Heidi Castleman) has received a residence at the MacDowell Colony, located in an idyllic rustic environment in Peterborough (NH) where she is currently expanding a solo bass piece for James VanDenmark into a collaborative work for solo bass and modern dance. Ms. Elisha, who was visiting assistant professor of composition at Vassar College in 2008, is no stranger to artist colonies and was recently nominated for five months as a resident composer at Herrenhaus in Edenkoben, Germany, where she wrote a large work for sextent and a work for solo viola. Other recent projects include a multi-media collaboration with artist/sculptor Harry Roseman at Vassar, celebrating the anniversary of the Vassar Art Museum.

Conrad Jones (BM ’11, Michael Miller) was appointed third trumpet of the Tucson Symphony. In January, he performed with the Downey Symphony as a result of a solo competition in 2012. He performed the Neruda Trumpet Concerto and Copland Quiet City.

In November 2012, Kerry Kavalo (BM ’11, Jeffrey Irvine and Lynne Ramsey) won the assistant principal viola position with the Symphony Nova Scotia. Prior to joining them, Mr. Kavalo spent his summer in Switzerland as a member of Verbier Festival Orchestra.

Published audio engineer, digital media producer and manager, Alex Kosiorek (BM ’95, Tom Knab) was appointed manager of Radio Program Productions and the KBAQ Production Studio located at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, part of Eight-Arizona PBS and Arizona State University. Mr. Kosiorek has already worked with distinguished performers and ensembles performing in Arizona such as Martha Argerich, CIM faculty pianist Sergei Babayan and the Phoenix Symphony, among others.

Faculty member Sean Schulze (chair, Preparatory piano) was invited to join the permanent artist-faculty of the Young Artist World Piano Festival which is held each summer in Minneapolis (MN). Directed by renowned teacher Paul Wirth, this festival attracts stellar young pianists from around the country and has included amongst its guest artists former Cleveland International Piano Competition Winners, Roberto Plano and CIM’s own Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Read more about Mr. Schulze and Mr. Pompa-Baldi in the Faculty listings on page 21.

Ivan Stefanovic (BM ‘89, AD ‘91, Alumni Achievement Award ‘03) was promoted to associate principal second violin of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) after previously serving as assistant principal second violin. He was the first person to hold that title in the history of the BSO. He is also principal second violin of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, a baroque violinist in Pro Musica Rara and a co-founder and co-artistic director of Chamber Music by Candelight, a series featuring BSO members. At CIM, he was a student of David Cerone and David Updegraff.

Composer Dan visconti2 (BM ’04, MM ’05, Margaret Brouwer) joined the composition faculty of the fresh inc festival, a summer program for composers and performers organized by Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble. This summer, he will also be composer-in-residence at the soundSCAPE Festival in the Italian Alps, working with composition students from around the globe. Mr. Visconti’s first full-length CD, “Lonesome Roads”, was released by Bridge Records in December, featuring compositions he wrote in his twenties, performed by members of the Berlin Philharmonic. He was recently commissioned to write a second piece for the Kronos Quartet in celebration of the ensemble’s 40th anniversary – he received his first commission from the Kronos while still a student at CIM.

The Cleveland Orchestra announced the appointment of Mark Williams (PS ’03, Richard Solis and Richard King) as director of artistic planning. In this role, he will be responsible for all planning and programming, including managing all artist relations and presentations at Severance and the Blossom Festival. Prior to his Cleveland appointment, he was with the San Francisco Symphony, where he served as artistic administrator since 2009. In that role, he was responsible for classical and non-classical programming, production of opera and concert performances and administration of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. He partnered with Disney Pixar to create and launch the sold-out Pixar in Concerts program and cast many acclaimed productions. He has also served as an artist manager for IMG Artists and Columbia Artists Management in New York.

New Faculty

HaeSun Paik Joins Faculty Fall 2013Pianist HaeSun Paik has been hailed as a “sensitive and thinking musician first and an awesome technician second” (Los Angeles Times), with a “big and individual personality” (New York Times), whose performances are “a wonder – elastic, mercurial, charged with meaning, surprising” (Boston Globe). Having won top prizes at international piano competitions including the Queen Elisabeth, Leeds, William Kapell and the Tchaikovsky, Ms. Paik has performed concerts around the world in solo recitals, concerti with orchestra and as a chamber musician.

A superb collaborative artist, Ms. Paik has performed with many distinguished artists including cellists Anner Bylsma and Mischa Maisky, violist Nobuko Imai and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. Her recent recording with cellist Laurence Lesser of the complete works by Beethoven for cello and piano has been released by Bridge Records. Her debut and subsequent solo recordings can be heard on the EMI label.

One of the most sought after pedagogical influences in Korea, Ms. Paik was the youngest pianist of her generation to be appointed as a music professor at Seoul National University, where she taught for ten years. She is artist-in-residence at Catholic University of Daegu and serves as the Artistic Director of the Busan Music Festival in Korea. She gives master classes at institutions and festivals worldwide and has served as a juror in many international competitions including the Bosendorfer, the Cleveland and the Honens international piano competitions. HaeSun Paik’s artistic development has been influenced by her studies with Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun, and through her studies at the International Piano Foundation in Lake Como (Italy).

Join the audience:Hundreds of Concerts for the Community this Spring

Countless hours of lessons and time in the practice room can certainly lead to technical mastery of music. But a true musician, a complete musician, needs more components to thrive – including the energy that comes from performing for an audience. Musicians at CIM are no exception.

Each semester, CIM students perform in solo and small chamber recitals as part of their degree requirements. Each recital is an opportunity for musicians to share their art with the community around them, while at the same time, absorbing the reaction of the audience to help shape their future performances.

The greatest gift you can give to a student musician is being an engaged member of the audience.

The spring semester features hundreds of recitals – several each day. Visit cim.edu to see the student recital schedule. You can search for events by date, student, instrumentation or even by faculty member. Best of all – these performances are offered at no charge.

CIM invites you to join the audience of today’s rising stars!

pictured: Matt Allen, winner of the gaspar Cassado international Cello Competition performs with international Tchaikosvky Competition gold Medalist and grand prix winner, pianist Daniil Trifonov.

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FacultyPianist Sergei Babayan3, CIM’s John D. Gilliam Artist-in-Residence, performed in recital with the legendary Martha Argerich for the first time, kicking off the Bösendorfer and Yamaha US ASU International Piano Competition at the Herberger Institute in Tempe (AZ) in January. Ms. Argerich and Mr. Babayan performed Rachmaninov’s tempestuous Suite No. 2 and other works for two pianos. The international competition, in which both Ms. Argerich and Mr. Babayan were judges, ran January 6 through January 13. A total of 198 pianists from 31 countries applied to compete. Forty-two were selected to advance to the semi-final and final rounds for prizes including more than $50,000 of cash awards, engagements with the Phoenix Symphony and recital performances in the United States, Austria and Germany for the winners.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Arild Remmereit conducting, premiered a new orchestral work by former CIM composition department head Margaret Brouwer, Caution Ahead – Guard Rail Out, which they commissioned in May 2012. In January 2012, her Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, commissioned by the Dallas Symphony, was premiered with solo violist Ellen Rose. Ms. Brouwer’s first children’s symphonic drama, Daniel and Snakeman, was a success at CityMusic Cleveland when it premiered in May 2011. She was honored with a Meet the Composer Commissioning/USA award to compose Path at Sunrise, Masses of Flowers, which was premiered by the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra in April 2010. BREAKDOWN, a collaborative work with video/sound artist Kasumi, premiered at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall by the American Composers Orchestra with George Manahan conducting, as well as Leonard Slatkin conducting Rhapsody for Orchestra with the Detroit Symphony. Margaret Brouwer’s new chamber music ensemble, Blue Streak, has been touring the country performing her music, as well as other new music and classics. In 2011 they performed Brouwer’s new Lonely Lake and Shattered Glass. Blue Streak has upcoming performances at Symphony Space in New York City as well as at Lakeside, the Chautauqua on Lake Erie. Ms. Brouwer is currently composing a new work for solo piano, commissioned by the American Pianists Association, premiering in April 2013.

Bruce Egre (head, audio recording), received a Grammy Nomination for the Brentano Quartet’s recording of Beethoven String Quartets, Op. 127 and Op. 131. The category was “Best engineered album, classical.” The Grammy Awards were held in LA in February.

Theory Professor MarshallGriffith (BM ’75, MM ’77) had a busy semester, teaching and continuing a robust freelance career. In November, he performed as part of an Elderclass through the Beachwood Board of Education. Elderclass programs afford mature residents an opportunity for learning and entertainment with excellent lunches and stimulating programs. The following month, he performed as music director for the Temple Ensemble, with fellow alumni and music director of Klezmer U ensemble Steven Greenman (BM ’89, MM ’91, Bernhard Goldschmidt) during the second annual winter concert by the Temple Arts Program. In January, Dr. Griffith spoke to a Masonic group about the mysteries, secrets and hidden Masonic connections contained in The Magic Flute. In April 2013, he will appear as part of the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s Piano Paloozas, festive events featuring food, drinks and entertainment in unique venues. He’ll perform an evening of Jazz in the home of hosts Zeda and Bill Blau.

In January, Kimberly Meier-Sims (director, Sato Center for Suzuki Studies) was a guest clinician at the Denison University Suzuki Program Winter Festival in Granville (OH) teaching master classes and group lessons and conducting parent lectures.

Merry Peckham (cello, chamber music) taught at the Perlman Music Program’s Winter Residency in Sarasota (FL) where she oversaw and coached all of the chamber ensembles. In February, Ms. Peckham performed as cellist in the Elysian Piano Trio at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, where the ensemble is in-residence. In May, Ms. Peckham will be an adjudicator for the Junior Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, will teach at PhoenixPhest, a chamber music festival in Ann Arbor (MI), and then will be returning to Shelter Island (NY) for the summer to teach and perform as the director of the Chamber Music Workshop and teacher of chamber music and associate director of the Perlman Music Program.

Antonio Pompa-Baldi4 (piano) performed the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto with Alison Balsom, conducted by Benjamin Zander, at the Santo Domingo Festival on March 12. Mr. Pompa-Baldi has two discs coming out: a live recital with music of Czerny, Liszt and Rachmaninov, as well as the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Ohio Philharmonic and Maestro Domenico Boyagian (MM ’09, Carl Topilow). This summer, among other engagements, Mr. Pompa-Baldi will perform Rachmaninov Concertos 1, 2, 3 and Paganini Rhapsody in South Africa, and be on faculty at the prestigious Music Fest Perugia.

Lisa Rainsong5 (music theory) is the featured speaker at Crown Point Ecology Center’s April 5 benefit program Musical Lessons from Earth’s First Musicians. This event includes two of her presentations: The Musical Elements of Birdsong and Birds Aren’t the Only Ones Singing: the music of NE Ohio’s amphibians and singing insects. The program includes many of Ms. Rainsong’s own field recordings and photographs, and she will also play recorded examples of her own music. In addition, Ms. Rainsong has been invited to present her bird song identification workshop, Birdsong Ear Training Techniques: Sorting out the Singers in the Chorus, at the Biggest Week in American Birding for the second year in a row. This annual ten-day birding festival, May 3-12, attracts thousands of participants from the entire Great Lakes region and beyond. Ms. Rainsong will again teach a series of five bird song identification technique classes at the Holden Arboretum this spring and early summer, adding an amphibian song class to this year’s offerings. Visit holdenarb.org for information.

Sean Schulze (chair, Preparatory piano) was invited by both the Columbus Music Teachers Association as well as the Central District of Ohio Music Teachers Association to present master classes in Columbus (OH) this past winter.

CIM horn department head Richard Solis6 (’65-’69, Myron Bloom) retired from his position with The Cleveland Orchestra after 41 years. He spent 18 of those years as principal horn.

The newly-formed duo of faculty members (and alums) Yolanda Kondonassis (head, harp) and Jason vieaux7 (head, guitar) received praise from critics during their first few months of touring together. The Plain Dealer’s Don Rosenberg wrote, “Kondonassis and Vieaux deserve to be termed magicians for the way they shaped phrases with natural fluidity, grace and, when required, fiery drama . . . their program was a joy from top to bottom.” The Buffalo News heard “what was only Kondonassis and Vieaux’s second tandem concert – a fact that is startling, given the pair’s chemistry . . . there was one great intangible apparent throughout the program: the intuitive synchronicity of Kondonassis and Vieaux.” The duo is scheduled to perform more concerts in the U.S. during the coming season.

Richard Weiner, recently retired principal percussionist for The Cleveland Orchestra, presented a Symphonic Glockenspiel performance at PASIC (The Percussive Arts Society International Convention) in Austin (TX) in November. In January, he presented a Symphonic Snare Drum Clinic at the Percussive Arts Society Ohio Day of Percussion at Wright State University in Dayton (OH). In addition, he and other notable percussionists performed his piece Perpetual Motion for Four Diverse Snare Drums at the closing concert that day.

Violinist Ivan Zenaty8 made his Carnegie Hall debut December 3. The program included works by Dvořák, Janáček and Smetana. Mr. Zenaty, who joined the CIM faculty this season, will perform in 2013 with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and Prague Symphony Orchestra where he is the resident soloist for 2013-14. In addition, he tours Spain and the U.S. and will release a new CD of Czech concertos.

StudentsStudent Ensembles Committed to Building Audiences

Violinist Audrey Sproule, a student of Ivan Zenaty, received funding from the Saskatchewan Arts Board to do a three-week “Rural Residency” tour with her ensemble the Crimson String Quartet (CSQ)9. The tour focuses on performing classical music in Canada in rural venues such as schools, community centers, churches, halls, bars and more. The Quartet aims to inspire critically listening to music of all kinds, encourage Saskatchewan communities to integrate live music performance in their lives, cultivate curiosity about string quartet music in children and build active and dedicated audiences. This will be the second year that the ensemble tours Saskatchewan. Last year, the Crimson Quartet performed 25 concerts in two weeks, promoting critically listening to music of all kinds utilizing the string quartet genre. In 2012, CSQ released “Crimson Sunrise” on McGill Records, an album that brings together different perspectives in chamber music.

3. Martha Argerich & Sergei Babayan

4. Antonio pompa-Baldi

6. richard Solis 7. Yolanda Kondonassis & Jason Vieaux

8. ivan Zenaty

9. Crimson String Quartet

5. Lisa rainsong

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The Kyōdai Brass9 has been awarded the Aspen Quintet Fellowship for the summer of 2013, where they will work and perform with the American Brass Quintet. Comprised of two sets of brothers (Kyōdai meaning “brothers” in Japanese) the Jones’ and the Tanakas, the group is best known for its eclectic programming, exciting performances, diverse repertoire and commitment to educating audiences of all ages about live music. Most recently, the ensemble was the fellowship brass quintet at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, working with members of the Empire Brass and New York Brass Quintet. In 2010/11, Kyōdai received a grant from the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, resulting in a number of sponsored outreach performances in public schools, private schools and juvenile detention centers in the Greater Cleveland area. The group consists of trumpeters Conrad Jones (BM ’11, Michael Miller) and Hayato Tanaka (Michael Sachs), Gary Jones (former trombone student of Massimo LaRosa), Doug Jones (tuba, Ron Bishop) and Hirofumi Tanaka, a horn student at University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

PreparatoryGabe Napoli, student of Stephen Sims, won first prize in the string division of the Chinese Professionals and Entrepreneurs Association Talent Scholarship Competition, which took place on November 4, 2012. The competition was judged by Cleveland Orchestra musicians Wei-Fang Gu and Katherine Bormann.

Fifteen-year-old Megan Lee, a piano student of Sean Schulze, advanced to the national finals of the MTNA performance competition for high-school pianists. Miss Lee competed in the national finals in California in March.

Fourteein-year-old Megan Zhao10 was named the first prize winner of the Solon Philharmonic Young Artist Concerto Competition. In addition to a cash prize, she performs with the ensemble May 19 as a soloist.

This season, Preparatory division students competed for the chance to perform with the CIM Orchestra. The winners performed in a showcase conducted by President Smirnoff. Congratulations to Isabelle Durrenberger (violin, Joan Kwuon and Jaime Laredo), William Zhang (piano, Sean Schulze) and Grant Zempolich (cello student of Pam Kelly)

On Sunday, January 20 the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies held its 6th Annual Concerto Afternoon. Twenty students from the ages of seven to 15 played movements of concertos by Bach, Haydn, Vivaldi and Telemann in Kulas Hall. The orchestra, conducted by Sato faculty member Dr. Stephen Sims, was comprised of Sato faculty, Conservatory students and Sato advanced students. All members of the orchestra donated their time for this event. Annie Fullard, of the Cavani String Quartet, conducted “Concerto Etiquette” sessions with the performers to instruct them in how to walk on stage, how to address the audience and how to convey the character of the piece. The audience, made up of mostly family and friends, exploded with applause after each performance. Each student came on stage, with no rehearsal prior to the performance and played beautifully! Kulas Hall was filled with joyful music making, proud parents and supportive teachers.

AlumniAriel Clayton (BM ’10, MM ’11) and Carlos Javier (MM ’09, PS ’11) are making the dream of Hallie and Eric Kogelschatz a reality with the new musCLE house initiative. musCLE provides one hour of music education to Cleveland school children in exchange for one hour of community service. Students pay for their lessons – just not with their wallets. Instead, the students help enrich their neighborhoods and the Greater Cleveland area. “It’s service to their own neighborhoods,” said Ms. Clayton, “so it’s hopefully a way to improve the social quality of their lives in their own communities.” Ms. Clayton studied with David and Linda Cerone, as well as with Stephen Rose. Mr. Javier was a student of Stephen Geber.

Heather Engebretson11 (BM ’10) has accepted a fest (a fixed, full-season contract in the German opera system) position with Staatsoper Hannover for the 2013-2014 season during which she will sing seven lead roles including Musetta in La boheme. While in Germany, she will also perform the soprano solo in Verdi’s Requiem with the Euro-via Festival in Landsberg am Lech. This month, Ms. Engebretson makes her Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium debut as the soprano solo in Schubert’s G Major Mass, performs Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with pianist Earl Buys as a part of the New York Irish Historical Society’s recital series, and competes as a semi-finalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition. Recent critically praised performances include the soprano solo in Verdi’s Requiem with Kirchenmusik St. Sebald, in both Nürnberg and Erlangen, Germany. At CIM, Ms. Engebretson was a student of Mary Schiller and David Russell.

The Boston Cello Quartet released its first album, Pictures, in February. Founded in 2010, the ensemble includes Adam Esbensen (BM ’98), Blaise Dejardin, Mihail Jojatu and Alexandre Lecarme. Since their collaboration began, the quartet has opened for the Grammy Award-winning band Train, recorded a soundtrack for the video game Of Orcs and Men for Xbox 360 and has performed countless engagements in New England.

Oswaldo Iraheta12 (BM ’12) performs the lead tenor role of Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini with the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera in April. At CIM, he studied with Vinson Cole.

Artina Hunter-McCain (MM ’06) released an album “I, Too” of African American art songs and spirituals on the University of Texas at Austin’s Longhorn/Naxos label with soprano Icy Simpson. Dr. McCain was a student of Kathryn Brown.

Metod M. Milac, PhD, (BM ’57, MM ’60) recently published “A Land Bright With Promise: A Refugee of World War II Reflects on His Life in America.” Dr. Milac describes his first impressions of America in 1950 New York City, the rebuilding of his life in Cleveland and memorable moments of his career at Syracuse University. “I consider my years at the institute as a significant and helpful step toward my later professional life,” he said. “Chapter 7 is dedicated in entirety to my study at CIM.”

In 2012, Society of Engineers, International (SAE) presented John J. Moskwa (’69-’71) with the Edward N. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering Innovation. SAE establishes standards worldwide for the automobile industry. This is SAE’s most prestigious award for automotive innovation, and Dr. Moskwa is the first university professor in the world to receive this accolade in the award’s 34-year history. Professor Moskwa studied trumpet with Bernard Adelstein, played principal trumpet with conductor James Levine in the University Circle Orchestra and Cleveland Concert Association and even lived at former Dean Kurzban’s home for a semester when he first arrived. Dr. Moskwa still loves playing the trumpet, and has also been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering for 25 years after receiving his PhD from MIT.

Case Scaglione (BM ’06) made his New York Philharmonic subscription concert debut in November. He was joined on stage by CIM artist-in-residence (and graduate of the CIM Young Artists Program), cellist Alisa Weilerstein at Avery Fischer Hall in Lincoln Center. Mr. Scaglione was a student of Richard Stout.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dean Woods (BM ’00, bassoon) performed with the Army Band Pershing’s Own during the presidential inaugural parade in January. He joined the band in 2000 and is currently principal bassoon of the Alexandria and the Fairfax Symphonies (VA). He also performs with the National Symphony. Sgt. Woods plays guitar and mandolin in a group he started called The Army Bluegrass Group.

Prizewinners

The Aeolus Quartet13 was named the recipient of the 2013 Educator Award from the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association. Members (violinists) Nicholas Tavani14 (BM ’09, William Preucil) and Rachel Shapiro ( BM ’09, Linda Cerone), (violist) Gregory Luce (MM ’09, Mark Jackobs) and (cellist) Alan Richardson (BM ’09, Richard Aaron) founded the ensemble in 2008 at CIM. Since then, they have been awarded prizes in nearly every major competition in the U.S. Their most recent award recognizes educational outreach work of Fischoff Competition alumni who have demonstrated outstanding and imaginative programming for youth in the U.S. The Aeolus Quartet won the silver medal in the 2011 Fischoff Competition.

Cellist Cicely Parnas, student of Sharon Robinson, was named as a winner of the Young Concert Artists competition in New York. Artists compete against a standard of excellence, not each other. The competition has “acquired a special status in the musical world, and deservedly so,” says The New York Times.

A recent addition to the cello faculty, Sharon Robinson was presented with the 2012 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts by the Vermont Arts Council. She was presented with the award at the 2012 Vermont Arts Award Gala at the Latchis Theatre. She will perform with other renowned performers in the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the April CIM@Severance concert, featuring the CIM Orchestra. Read more about her on pages 6 and 17.

9. Ky dai Brass

11. Heather Engebretson

12. Oswaldo iraheta

13. The Aeolus Quartet

10. Megan Zhao

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