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Notes 

April/May 2005 

By Any Measure, Exceptional 

In this Issue: 

Mixon Hall ..... page 2 

Ice Breaking.... page 3 

Distance Learning..... page 13 

New CIM Recital Hall to 

be Named in Honor of 

Barbara and Mal Mixon 

Upcoming Concerts....page 18 

Campaign for CIM..... page 2 

Thoughts from the President..... page 4 

Alumni Achievement Awards..... page 5 

Honors/Memorials....page 6 

Faculty..... page 12 

Students..... page 14 

Alumni.... page 15 

Ensembles....page 16 

Preparatory....page 17

Daniel Milner 

Mixon Hall • Campaign for CIM 

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Barbara and Mal Mixon Pledge 

$3 Million to Name CIM Recital Hall 

Mal and Barbara Mixon 

“You might call us (the 

CIM Orchestra) the 

farm team for The 

Cleveland Orchestra…” 

said A. Malachi Mixon, 

III, CIM Board Chairman. 

Mr. Mixon was 

speaking at a gathering 

of supporters 

before a performance 

by the CIM Orchestra at 

Severance Hall. As 

trustee at CIM since 

1992 and Chairman of 

the Board since 1997, 

Mal Mixon has been 

remarkably generous 

with his time and 

resources, helping the 

CIM Board of Trustees 

plot a successful course 

for the Institute; always 

leading by example, 

and rising to every 

challenge that has 

presented itself. 

Now, in one of the most significant developments in the 

history of the Cleveland Institute of Music, the new Recital 

Hall, the centerpiece of the Institute’s facility expansion, 

will be named “Mixon Hall,” in honor of Barbara and A. 

Malachi Mixon, III. Richard W. Pogue and Barbara S. 

Robinson, Co-Chairs of The Campaign for CIM, were 

pleased to accept a $3 million pledge from Mal and 

Barbara Mixon, one of the largest pledges ever received 

by CIM. With this new leadership commitment, Campaign 

attainment is now over $33 million, or 83 percent of the 

$40 million goal. 

In making the gift, Mr. Mixon, Chairman and Chief 

Executive Officer of Invacare Corporation, exclaimed, 

“Over the past 13 years, I have worked closely with David 

Cerone, and I have come to admire his passion for CIM. 

It’s infectious! This is a challenging project, and I want to 

demonstrate strong leadership to get it completed. This 

expansion is not just important to the future of CIM, but 

to our region. We want to remain competitive with the 

top music conservatories in the country and continue to 

attract the most talented students and faculty in the 

world to 

Cleveland. 

Barbara and I 

are very pleased 

to be able to 

make a leadership 

gift to this 

fine cultural 

gem. We now 

invite the 

community to 

join us in 

making this $40 

million project 

a reality.” 

Additional 

$750,000 

Awarded to CIM 

by State of Ohio 

As the Cleveland Institute 

of Music breaks ground on 

its biggest project in 45 

years, the State of Ohio 

announced an additional 

$750,000 appropriation to 

The Campaign for CIM, 

bringing the State’s total 

Campaign commitment to 

$1.5 million. This generous 

assistance is “music to the 

ears” of Campaign leadership, 

President David 

Cerone, Co-Chairs Dick 

Pogue and Barbara 

Robinson, and Chairman 

of the Board Mal Mixon. 

President Cerone stated, 

“Through this funding, 

Governor Taft and the 

General Assembly are 

demonstrating their strong 

commitment to excellence 

in education.” With an 

operating budget just 

under $17 million, CIM 

attracts 47,000 visitors 

each year. A study by an 

independent firm, Impact 

Economics, has determined 

that, despite its small size, 

CIM has an annual economic 

impact of more than 

$90 million in Ohio. 

Not only does CIM bring 

extremely talented young 

people to our state from 

around the world, but it 

reaches many districts in 

the state of Ohio through 

its Distance Learning 

program, creating and 

delivering programs 

throughout the state 

that target academic 

proficiencies. Last year, 

CIM reached 10,000 people 

in 19 states in the U.S. and 

250 at five sites abroad 

through the Distance 

Learning program. This 

past school year, CIM 

provided more than 500 

classes for Ohio K-12 

students and teachers. CIM 

is recognized by Ohio 

SchoolNet as the leading 

distance education “content 

provider” in Ohio. 

A New 

Era at 

CIM 

Former “Tonight 

Show” bandleader Doc 

Severinsen visited CIM 

on February 17 and 18, 

2005 to conduct a 

master class, take part 

in CIM’s “ice breaking” 

ceremonies, and 

perform with the CIM 

Orchestra in a benefit 

concert presented by 

the CIM Women’s 

Committee and 

sponsored by The 

Invacare Foundation. 

Look for photos of the 

festivities throughout 

this issue of Notes. 

For more information 

about The Campaign 

for CIM, please contact 

CIM Development 

Director Cindy Einhouse 

at 216-795-3196.

3 Ice Breaking • Doc Severinsen 

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1) Chairman Mal Mixon receives a framed 

rendering of the new Mixon Hall from CIM 

President David Cerone 

2 

2) State Representative Tom Patton with 

Campaign Co-Chairs Barbara Robinson and 

Richard Pogue 

3 

3) Doc Severinsen 

addressed the audience, 

demonstrating one of 

the conducting moves 

he learned from 

Carl Topilow. 

4) Cleveland Mayor Jane 

Campbell, pictured here 

with David Cerone and 

Mal Mixon, attended the 

benefit cocktail hour. 

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5 

6) Stephen and Leslie Brown with Richard and 

Pat Pogue at the benefit 

7) CIM Trustees Jerry Hoegner, Director of 

Marketing Services for The Plain Dealer, and 

Karin Stone, Senior Vice President, Director of 

Corporate Marketing for National City Bank, 

enjoyed the benefit festivities. 

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5) David and Priscilla Moore, Marcia and David 

Handke with David and Linda Cerone at An 

Evening with Doc Severinsen 

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6 

10 

8) Carl Topilow led 

the CIM Orchestra 

and jammed with 

Doc Severinsen 

during a fabulous 

benefit concert at 

Severance Hall. 

10) The audience was blown away by performances 

by Carl Topilow and the CIM Orchestra, along with 

Doc Severinsen and his Trio. 

Photos: Daniel Milner 

9) Doc Severinsen showed the 

CIM Orchestra and the 

audience why he is a legend. 

9

H. Fair 

President • Commencement • Around the State 

4 

Thoughts from 

the President 

“Sometimes the fool 

who rushes in, gets 

the job done.” 

Everyone involved with CIM’s expansion 

project knows that this has been 

a long and involved process. We have 

made careful choices, engaged in 

thoughtful planning and exercised 

fiscal due diligence. We knew the 

success of this project would ensure 

that CIM will maintain its leadership 

position as one of the top music 

conservatories in the world. 

Now that that’s all done, though, 

the time has come to “rush in.” That 

is not to say that the people at CIM 

are fools! On the contrary, now that 

we’ve gotten the planning out of 

the way, we are fully committed to 

accomplishing the task at hand. 

We’re ready now to really get this 

project going. 

This is a lesson about time management 

– an essential skill for any 

professional, but perhaps more so 

for musicians. Students at CIM are 

learning through experience that 

preparation and planning are 

imperative, but so is the idea of 

putting their planning into practice. 

We’re aware, as they say, that the 

best-laid schemes often go awry. 

But I know that faculty, staff and 

students are ready to deal with 

changing locations, construction 

noise and all the other headaches 

that will surely come with the 

construction effort. I’m convinced 

that we have the full commitment 

of everyone on our team to rush in 

and get this job done! 

– David Cerone 

Pierre Boulez to Serve as Commencement Speaker 

This year’s Commencement exercises will take 

place on Saturday, May 7, 2005, beginning at 

10:00 a.m. We are pleased to announce that 

Pierre Boulez will accept an honorary doctoral 

degree and serve as Commencement speaker. 

Mr. Boulez, who will celebrate his 80th birthday 

shortly before visiting CIM, is a noted composer 

and conductor who has spent most of his life 

helping to make music an essential part of the 

contemporary world. He began an association 

with The Cleveland Orchestra in 1965, serving as 

Principal Guest Conductor and Musical Advisor 

from 1970 until 1972. He has returned to take 

up the baton often in the 

years since. 

Mr. Boulez remains dedicated 

to his many composition 

and conducting 

projects, as well as to the 

development of sophisticated 

electronic equipment 

for the production, generation, 

and modification of 

musical sound. 

Around the State 

Kabat 

Boulez 

Andréa Belding (B.M., 2004, violin), student of David Russell, 

is in her second year as concertmaster of the Cleveland 

Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). She made her professional 

concerto debut with the Beethoven Concerto for Violin on 

December 11, 2004, as part of the “Seasonal Music for the 

Holidays” program. 

Several recent graduates of CIM have performed with the 

Cleveland Opera Chorus this season. The chorus of “Don 

Giovanni” included Andrea Chenoweth (P.S., 2004, voice), 

James A. Hilton (P.S., Jan. 2005, voice), and Nathaniel 

Johnson (B.M., 2004, voice), students of George Vassos; and 

Melissa Arning (B.M., 2004, voice) and Angela Peterson 

(M.M., 2004, voice), students of Beverley Rinaldi. The chorus of 

“Sweeney Todd” included Chenoweth, Hilton, Johnson and 

Peterson. The chorus of “Faust” included Arning, Chenoweth, 

Hilton, Johnson; Andrew Bolden and Scott Bromagen 

(B.M., 2000, voice), students of Beverley Rinaldi. 

Madeleine (Lynne) Kabat, student of Richard Weiss who 

graduated from the Young Artist Program in 2004, gave her 

Lo solo debut with The Cleveland Orchestra on February 18. The 

High School Morning Concert at Severance Hall was conducted 

by James Gaffigan, assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra. 

Lynne began cello lessons at age 11 with Kent Collier. She studied with Mr. Weiss 

at CIM for four years and attended ENCORE School for Strings for the past three 

summers. She is now in her freshman year at Rice University on a full scholarship, 

studying with Norman Fischer. 

Theory and piano department faculty member Karl Lo is in the process of performing 

the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. His next concerts are scheduled 

for May 18 and 22 at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood.

5 Alumni Achievement Awards • Kennedy Center 

Alumni Achievement Awards 

Four graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Music will be honored at 

Commencement on Saturday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m., recognizing their 

achievements in the field of music. 

Radosavljevich Baer Moretti Rose 

Olga Radosavljevich (B.M., 1959, M.M., 1961, A.D., 1969, piano), student of Arthur 

Loesser, Victor Babin and Vitya Vronsky, will receive the Distinguished Alumni 

Award. Radosavljevich (known affectionately as Miss Olga) began piano lessons with 

her pianist mother at the age of four. 

Miss Olga was appointed to CIM’s faculty in 1960 and currently serves as a faculty 

member of CIM’s Preparatory piano department. She served as chair of the Preparatory 

piano department, head of the secondary piano department, and faculty 

member of the Conservatory piano pedagogy until fall 2004, stepping down to focus 

her energies on teaching. She was honored in 1989 with the Distinguished Teacher 

Award from The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. She served as 

executive assistant at ENCORE School for Strings from 1985 until 1988, as staff 

accompanist of the Meadowmount School of Music, and as director of CIM’s Preparatory 

piano summer program, Camp Klavier. 

Married to Vojin Gadojevich in 1962, Miss Olga is the mother of two children. Mickey 

lives in Cleveland and works for the May Department Stores Company. Katherine 

received a bachelor’s degree in violin from CIM in 1988. She plays with the Montreal 

Symphony Orchestra and is married to its principal cellist, Brian Manker. She is also 

the mother of Miss Olga’s two grandchildren, Richard and Sophie. 

Alan Baer (B.M., 1989, tuba), student of Ronald Bishop, will receive an alumni 

achievement award. Mr. Baer is principal tuba of the New York Philharmonic, having 

joined in June 2004. He was formerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony, 

Long Beach Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestras. His other performing 

credits include recordings with The Cleveland Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy 

and performances with the Peninsula Music Festival of Wisconsin, New Orleans 

Symphony, Los Angeles Concert Orchestra, Ojai Festival Orchestra (California), 

Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

Amy Schwartz Moretti (B.M., 1998, M.M., 2001, violin), student of Donald 

Weilerstein, will receive an alumni achievement award. Ms. Moretti is concertmaster 

of the Oregon Symphony. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and a master’s 

degree in 2001, both in violin performance under the guidance of Donald 

Weilerstein. She was valedictorian of her class and received the Alumni Association 

academic scholarship award every year. At the age of 23, she was appointed concertmaster 

of The Florida Orchestra, a position she held for five years before joining the 

Oregon Symphony. 

Stephen Rose (B.M., 1992, violin), student of William Preucil, David Cerone, David 

Updegraff, and Sally O'Reilly, will receive an alumni achievement award. Mr. Rose is 

principal second violin of The Cleveland Orchestra and a member of the CIM violin 

faculty. He joined the Orchestra in 1997 as a member of the fist violin section and 

was appointed principal second violin in 2002. In addition to his faculty position at 

CIM, Mr. Rose serves on the faculties of the ENCORE School for Strings, Kent/Blossom 

Music, the National Orchestral Institute, and the New World Symphony. 

CIM congratulates each of these alumni for their singular accomplishments. 

CIM Students Perform 

at the Kennedy Center 

The John F. Kennedy Center for the 

Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., 

a leader in national performing arts 

education policy and programs, 

introduced its Conservatory Project 

in 2004. Designed to present audiences 

with the best young artists 

from the nation’s finest music 

conservatories, the program is 

broadcast live on the World Wide 

Web and on National Public Radio’s 

“Performance Today.” In February, 

students from CIM performed for an 

appreciative capacity crowd at the 

Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater as 

part of this project. Stephen Fang, 

Grace Fong, Jun Iwasaki, Yu Jin, 

Alexandra Preucil and Ji-Won 

(Judy) Song gave performances 

that highlighted CIM’s outstanding 

reputation for developing leading 

artists in the classical music world. 

Ms. Fong, piano student of Sergei 

Babayan, performed Kenneth 

Leighton’s Six Studies for Piano, 

Op. 56. She also collaborated in 

presenting Pablo de Sarasate’s 

Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 along with 

Song, an 11-year-old Preparatory 

Division violin student of David 

Cerone and David Russell. Finally, 

Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4 was 

performed by Iwasaki and Preucil, 

violin students of William Preucil; 

Jin, viola student of Jeffrey Irvine; 

and Fang, cello student of Desmond 

Hoebig. After the performances, 

CIM held a reception for D.C. area 

alumni. As CIM President David 

Cerone stated, “These young people 

are destined to have significant 

careers and are being prepared to 

take their place on the world stage. 

We are very proud of them and 

appreciate this opportunity to 

showcase them at the Kennedy 

Center as representatives of the 

exceptional student body found 

at CIM.” 

Fang Fong Iwasaki 

Jin Preucil Song

Honors/Memorials 

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The Cleveland Institute of Music gratefully acknowledges the generosity of those individuals 

who honor or remember someone special through support of CIM. This report reflects 

memorial and honorary gifts received within the 2004 calendar year. Unless specified, 

donations have been designated to the Annual Fund. If you are interested in making a 

special honor or memorial gift, please contact the Development Office at (216) 795-3132. 

Honor Contributors 

In Honor of Richard Aaron 

Mr. Amir Eldan 

In Honor of Eugene and 

Helen Beer 

Mr. Denis F. Hoynes, Jr. 

In Honor of Judson Billings 

Ms. Nancy Ann Edmondson 

Mr. and Mrs. Jinsong Lee 

In Honor of Jeanne Winston 

Bradley to the David J. Cavell 

Memorial Scholarship Fund 

Mrs. David J. Cavell 

In Honor of Adelyn Bramson to 

the Rhoda Unger Scholarship Fund 

Mrs. Laura Rollins 

In Honor of Harry Cagin 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Livingstone 

In Honor of Harry Cagin to the 

ENCORE School for Strings 

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Benchell 

In Honor of Jonathan Eaton 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hicks 

In Honor of Rebecca Ensworth 

Dr. and Mrs. Morris S. Dixon, Jr. 

In Honor of Dr. Donald J. Erb 

to the Dr. Donald J. Erb 

Scholarship Fund 

Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Erb 

Dr. James C. Mobberley and 

Mrs. Laura S. Moore 

In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Edward 

Falkner 

Bernard and Mary Louise Falkner 

In Honor of Alice S. Feiman to the 

Ellis A. Feiman Memorial Fund 

Dr. and Mrs. David Feiman 

Dr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Singer 

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Simon 

Fennell to the David J. Cavell 


Mr. and Mrs. George Hornig 

In Honor of Marcia Ferritto 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Lerner 

In Honor of Liesl Hook-Langmack 

Ms. Catherine Keresen 

In Honor of Joan & George Hornig 

to the David J. Cavell Memorial 

Scholarship 

Ms. Louise Chesler 

Dr. and Mrs. Matthew N. Levy 

In Honor of Brian Huser to the 

Huser Family Scholarship Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Huser 

Mr. Cesare R. Mainardi and 

Ms. Elizabeth J. Shillington 

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Marcus 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Morris 

The Hon. Linda Rocker and 

Mr. Dan Silverberg 

In Honor of Martha J. Joseph 

Ms. Jean M. Bing 

In Honor of Paul Kantor 

Mr. and Mrs. Miles A. Price 

In Honor of Dr. and Mrs. Richard 

Kaufman 

Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Koblenz 

Mrs. Janet R. Nash 

Mr. Andy Erickson 

Mr. Paul S. Ferguson and 

Dr. Mary Kay Ferguson 

Mr. Nelson Gandarilla 

Mr. Nelson Garcia 

Dr. and Mrs. Marshall G. Griffith 

Mr. Donald L. Guilian 

Mr. Scott R. Haigh and 

Ms. Margaret Griebling-Haigh 

Mr. and Mrs. Morgan E. Hensley 

Mr. James A. Hirt 

Ms. Jean Holbert 

Mr. Jun Iwasaki 

Mr. Jeffrey Lefkof 

Mr. Don Liang 

Mr. Rich Marschner 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Marshall 

Mr. John C. McFarland 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. O’Brien 

Ms. Edith A. Paetow 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Pogue 

Mr. Pedro J. Rodriguez 

Mr. Mark Saferin 

Holly Selvaggi and Clark Harvey 

Ms. Betsey C. Stein 

Dr. John G. Suess 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Topilow 

Mr. Ivan Weinstock 

Mr. Jeffrey A. Zehngut 

In Honor of the Cavani String 

Quartet to the Cavani String 

Quartet Endowment 

Drs. Melvin S. and Miriam B. Rosenthal 

In Honor of the Cello Faculty 

Mr. and Mrs. Randall Dunn 

In Honor of David and 

Linda Cerone 

Mr. and Mrs. Andris Jakobsons 

Dr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Sidoti 

Mrs. Rosalind Silber 

In Honor of Linda Cerone 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Moench 

Mr. and Mrs. David Steinberg 

In Honor of Janis W. Christiansen 

Mr. Robert L. Wilcox 

In Honor of Dr. Gary Ciepluch 

Ms. Virginia D. Benjamin 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ely, Jr. 

In Honor of Jennifer Conner 


In Honor of Hilde Cooper 

Mr. and Mrs. August A. Napoli 

In Honor of George F. Dalton 

to The Campaign for CIM 

Ms. Alice Chalifoux Rideout 

Mrs. Barbara P. Geismer 

Mrs. Graham L. Grund 

Mrs. Charles Hickox 

Mr. John Paul Miller 

Mrs. Lawrence Pomeroy 

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

Fowler to The Campaign for CIM 

Mrs. Nancy Breckenridge McCormack 

In Honor of Lois and Julius 

Foxman 


In Honor of Mrs. Howard Frankel 


In Honor of Gracie Freireich 

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Berns 

In Honor of Theodore J. Ganger 

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Ganger 

In Honor of Jack and Barbara 

Gerson for Scholarships 

Ms. Patricia Gerson 

In Honor of Babs Glickman 

Mr. and Mrs. Norton W. Rose 

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Carl 

Glickman 

Mr. and Mrs. David Cerone 

In Honor of George Goslee to the 

George F. Goslee Prize for Bassoon 

Gregg Henegar 

In Honor of Betty Anne Gottlieb 


Mr. and Mrs. August A. Napoli 

In Honor of Elaine Gross 


In Honor of Andre Kelberg 

Mr. Robert Yurick 

In Honor of Pam Kelly 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kaufman 

In Honor of Sharon Levey 

Ms. Bertha M. Weil 

In Honor of John Mack to the John 

Mack Scholarship Fund for Oboe 

Mrs. Ellen M. Strommen 

In Honor of Herbert Marcus to the 

Huser Family Scholarship Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Jacobson 

In Honor of George Markwitz 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Spero 

In Honor of Charles S. Marston 

Mrs. H. Stuart Harrison 

In Honor of Marianne M. Mastics 

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G. Cowan 

In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. 

Alexander McAfee to The 

Campaign for CIM 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Bates 

In Honor of Ernie Mizda 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Bishop 

Mr. Todd Bredbenner 

Dr. and Mrs. Gary M. Ciepluch 

Mr. Gerald B. Davis 

Mr. George W. Diehl 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Einhouse 

In Honor of Derek Nishimura 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Turk 

In Honor of Karel Paukert to 

The Campaign for CIM 

Drs. Richard and Beth Nelson 

In Honor of the Percussion 

Students 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Ely, Jr. 

In Honor of Allan Pintner 

Mr. and Mrs. Loren F. Weiss 

In Honor of Anita Pontremoli 


In Honor of Thomas H. Poore 

Dr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Weiss 

In Honor of Eugenia Poustyreva 

Dr. Meade G. Ignacio-Franc 

In Honor of William Preucil to the 

William Preucil Endowment for 

the Concertmaster Program 

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Moench 

Dr. and Mrs. Samir R. Wahby 

In Honor of Gary Race 

Ms. Sara Elizabeth Strother 

In Honor of Olga Radosavljevich 

to the Olga Radosavljevich 

Endowed Scholarship for 

Preparatory Classical Piano 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton

7 Honors/Memorials 

In Honor of Audrey Ratner 


In Honor of Beverley Rinaldi 

Judge and Mrs. Stanley Christopher 

In Honor of Barbara Robinson 

Dr. and Mrs. Franklin H. Plotkin 

In Honor of Barbara Robinson 

to The Campaign For CIM 

Lisa Robinson 

In Honor of David Russell 

Mr. and Mrs. Miles A. Price 

In Honor of Peter Salaff 

to the Peter Salaff Chamber 

Music Guest Artist Fund 

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Strauss 

In Honor of Mary Schiller 


In Honor of Freda Schweitzer 

to the ENCORE School for Strings 

Mr. Alvin L. Gray 

In Honor of Holly Selvaggi and 

Clark Harvey 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sherwin 

In Honor of John F. Shelley and 

Patricia A. Burgess 

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Kushnick 

In Honor of John F. Shelley 

and Patricia A. Burgess for 

Scholarship Funds 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Libman 

In Honor of Judy Simon 

to the Art Song Festival 

Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Plevin 

In Honor of James A. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Moore 

In Honor of Joshua Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Loewy 

In Honor of Martin Sternbach 

to the Samuel B. Baker 


Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Schneider 

In Honor of Ronald A. Strauss 

to the Ronald and Eugenia Strauss 

Chamber Music Endowment Fund 

Drs. Sawsan and Ali Alhaddad 

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Baker 

Ms. Clurie Bennis 

Ms. Lynda Britton and 

Mr. Dick Morehead 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey D. Chokel 

Mr. Franklin R. Cohen 

Mr. and Mrs. David Cornstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Marc B. Cornstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Dolin 

Ms. Lori Fadil 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Janecek 

Mr. William R. Joseph and 

Cantor Sarah Sager 

Ms. Edith Kobler 

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Lacey 

Mr. Lawrence D. Lederman 

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Markus 

Jerome E. Moore 

Mr. Scott M. Moore and 

Ms. Michelle E.B. Strauss 

Mr. and Mrs. Perry E. Morrison 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Salaff 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Stark, Jr. 

Mr. Edward P. Strauss 

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Strauss 

Mr. Fred R. Thaler 

Ms. Isabel Trautwein 

In Honor of Dr. Paul Transue 


In Honor of Bud Urdang 


In Honor of Dee Urdang 


Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Traub 

In Honor of Jane Varella 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Libby 

In Honor of Robert Vernon 

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Reynolds 

In Honor of Frances Walker- 

Slocum 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weinstock 

In Honor of Brenda Watson 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric William Bower 


Mr. Richard H. Miller 

In Honor of Sam Weidenthal 

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Tilles Weidenthal 

In Honor of the Weinbergers’ 

Grandson 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Weinberger 

In Honor of Margaret Weiner 

Dr. and Mrs. George G. Goler 

Memorial Contributors 

In Memory of Michael and Amelia 

Ablan to the Michael and Amelia 

Ablan Award for Guitar 

Mr. Matthew Ablan 

Mr. Michael Ablan 

Ms. Nezzera Ablan 

In Memory of Rosalia Ablan 

to the Rosalia Ablan Memorial 

Prize for Guitar 

Mr. Matthew Ablan 

Mr. Michael Ablan 

Ms. Nezzera Ablan 

In Memory of Bernard Adelstein 

to the Bernard Adelstein Prize 

William D. and Cynthia M. Lawing 

In Memory of Gretchen Aquaviva 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Donald Cairns 

Chagrin Valley Rotary 

Cleveland Play House 

Commercial Wire, Rope and Supply 

Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Harvey Eigner 

Mr. and Mrs. Irwin M. Feldman 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Horner 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Kinder 

Mr. and Mrs. Walt Kosin & Family 

Ms. Julie L. Pavelich 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Price 

Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Szabo 

Mr. and Mrs. Zigmunt Walkiewicz 

In Memory of Samuel B. Baker 



Mrs. Samuel B. Baker 

In Memory of D. Robert Barber 

to the D. Robert Barber 


Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Austin 

Mr. John Barber 

Mr. Robert L. Barber 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Benkendorf 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Bialosky 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Boatright 

Dr. Lauren L. Bowen 


Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Brentlinger 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Brown 

Glenn R. Brown and 

Jeanette Grasselli Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Calkins 


Mrs. Webb Chamberlain 

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Cook 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Cull 

Ms. Helene K. Dellas 

Mr. and Mrs. Benedict R. Dilorenzo 

Ms. Patricia Jansen Doyle 

Mr. Robert Eckardt 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Einhouse 

Elco Corporation 

Mr. Leland Emerson and 

Ms. Judith Lifton 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Epstein 

Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Essig 

Mr. and Mrs. Sydney S. Friedman 

Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton Gerber 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ginn 

Mr. William D. Ginn 

Mr. Jeffrey Glebocki 

Great Lakes Science Center 

Mrs. Sally K. Griswold 

The George Gund Foundation 

Ms. Laura A. Hancock 

Ms. Zola Giles Harris 

Mr. and Mrs. George N. Havens 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Heffern 

Mr. John A. Hellman 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Hoffman 

Ms. Barbara L. Holman 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Holmes 

Ms. Ann Mitchell Hunter 

Ms. Helen L. Jacobson 

Ms. Penelope S. Jeffrey 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston 

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Jones 

Mrs. Walter C. Kelley 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Kent 

Mr. and Mrs. August Kollander 

Ms. June Kosich 

Ms. Cynthia G. Koury 

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene L. Kramer 

Ms. Evelyn Krent 

Ms. Lory A. Liberty 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. McInnes 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Melville 

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mitchell 

Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. Morgan 

Mr. Donald W. Morrison 

Mr. Bert W. Moyar and 

Dr. Marjorie M. Moyar 

National City Bank 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Nelson 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Oatey 

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Ockner 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oldenburg 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pavey 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Pender 

Mrs. Barbara S. Robinson 

Mr. David Rodgers 

Dr. and Mrs. Sam I. Sato 

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott L. Schlang 

Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Bryce Schnell 

Ms. Jewlie H. Sedlak 

Dr. and Mrs. Hans E. Segal 

Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Segall 

Mrs. David A. Seidenfeld 

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver E. Seikel 

Mr. John F. Shelley and 

Ms. Patricia A. Burgess 

Mr. Michael Shemo 

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Spencer 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Spitznagel 

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Steinbrink 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Stone 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. String 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Summers 

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Sweet 

Mr. and Mrs. Alex S. Taylor 

Ms. Judith M. Ulrey 

Ms. Deedra Uth 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Wall 

Mr. Charles M. Weeks 

Mrs. Richard C. Weiss 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Welchans 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley E. Wertheim 

Mr. John A. Wiegman 

Ms. Victoria R. Wright 

In Memory of Rev. Richard E. 

Barrett 

Ms. Deborah Price 

In Memory of Elliot Bilsky 


In Memory of Richard E. Bower 


In Memory of Irvin Bushman 

to the Irvin Bushman 

Memorial Fund 

Mrs. Pauline Cole Bushman 

In Memory of David Caplin 


In Memory of Virginia Carvell 

Mr. and Mrs. Craig G. Johnson 

In Memory of David J. Cavell 

to the David J. Cavell Memorial 


Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Altschuler 

Mr. Ronald E. Blaylock 

Ms. Sylvia Brodsky 

Mrs. David J. Cavell 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger I. Cohen 

Mr. and Mrs. David De Jong 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Gelfond 

The Robert S. Harrison Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. George Hornig 

Mr. Craig B. Klosk and 

Ms. Tricia Kallett 

Mr. James R. Levy 

Dr. and Mrs. Matthew N. Levy 

Ms. Kristin Mannion 

Ms. Patricia A. Marx 

Ms. Carol E. Schultze 

In Memory of Pasquale (Patty) L. 

Cerone to the Cerone/Brandt 


Mr. David R. Corcoran 

Ms. Kelly M. Corcoran 

Mr. and Mrs. William V. Corcoran 

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Finelli 

Ms. Kathryn Stevenson


8 

In Memory of Richard Cerone 

to the Cerone/Brandt Scholarship 

Fund 

Mr. Douglas Corcoran 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corcoran 

In Memory of Bruce Collie 

to the Bruce Collie Scholarship 

Fund 

Mr. David Fishlock 

In Memory of Nancy Danford 


In Memory of Louise French 

Dunning 

Donald J. and Cidney Walter 

In Memory of Ruth Edwards 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Lamm 

In Memory of Ray Elias 

Ms. Rusty Brown and 

Mr. William Tanner 

Mr. and Mrs. David V. Johnson 


Ms. Ann Neza 

Ms. Alyce B. Nunn 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner 

Mr. Phillip Roscoe 

Ms. Frances S. Sears 

Ms. Florence Tunison 

In Memory of Stuart Ex 



Dan and Bev Baker and Family 

David and Karen Baker and Family 

Mrs. Samuel B. Baker 

Mr. Scott L. Baker 

Mr. Martin Sternbach 

In Memory of Patricia J. Genchi 

Ms. Ruth T. Bowman 

In Memory of Ray and 

Isabel Glasser 

Judy Glaesel-Fenn 

In Memory of Harry Golland 

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bloom 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Magden 

Ms. Anne L. McCuen 

Ms. Rose Meckler 

Dr. Joan R. Mortimer 

Mrs. Rosalyn Reader 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Shannon 

In Memory of George L. Griffith 

The CIM Theory Department 

In Memory of Joan Hellman 


In Memory of Dr. William Herman 

Dr. Donald K. Herman 

In Memory of Ruth Hirshman-von 

Baeyer to the Eric von Baeyer 


Anonymous 


Gerald and Charlotte Dratch 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Jacobson 

Mrs. Fled Klestadt 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Lustig 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert E. Siegel 

Mrs. Lore Wallach 

Mrs. Ruth Wildau 

In Memory of Ann and Carter 

Kissell to the Ann and Carter 

Kissell Endowment Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hotze 

In Memory of Myrtle H. 

Kronenberg 

Sylvia K. Adler 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Goulder 

Ms. Adele Joseph 

In Memory of William B. Kurzban 

to the William B. Kurzban Prize 

William D. and Cynthia M. Lawing 

In Memory of Russell Landgrabe 

to the Landgrabe Memorial 


Ms. Diane M. Bondeson 

Ms. Eleanor J. Bondeson 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Duphorn 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Fantucchio 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Goldfarb 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Hayba 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hesselroth 

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Hoelting 

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Jones 

Ms. Elisa Kunz 

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Landgrabe 

Mrs. Karin Landgrabe 

James and Kay Moore 

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Moyers 

Florence D. Quarg 

Mr. Frank S. Sanders 

Ms. Sylvia A. Sheridan 

Mr. and Mrs. Horst H. Wenz 

In Memory of Bennett S. Levine 

to the Bennett S. Levine 

Memorial Award 

Dr. Frederic J. Levine and 

Dr. Janine Martyn 

Dr. Janice Levine and Mr. Brian Igoe 

Mrs. Lenore Levine 

Ms. Naomi R. Mesch 

In Memory of Ingrid Loebel 

to the Library Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Aaron 

Dr. and Mrs. Tom Abelson 

Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein 

Sylvia K. Adler 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Benkendorf 

Mrs. Jack H. Berman 

Ms. Marian Bonem 


Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Braham 

Mrs. Jean L. Caldwell 


CIM Alumni Association 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conrad 

Mr. and Mrs. Urvan G. Epstein 

Dr. and Mrs. Donald K. Freedheim 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Freeman 


Ms. Barbara Green and 

Mr. Jeffrey Orell 

Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hart 

Dr. Mary Feil Hellerstein 

Mr. John Houdek and 

Ms. Donna L. Lalewicz 

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Kent 

Ms. Jean Kushleika 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Lamm 

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Martin 

Mr. and Mrs. James Mayer 

Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Monnier 


Mr. Marshall I. Nurenberg and 

Ms. Joanne M. Klein 

PAND Cleveland 

Ms. Elizabeth Pastor 

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Perelman 

Dr. and Mrs. Eli Reshotko 

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin S. Rubin 

James Saks 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Saul 

Dr. and Mrs. Hans E. Segal 

Ms. Janet Selcer 

Mr. and Mrs. John Shafran 

Dr. Daniel Shapiro 

Ms. Jean M. Sommer 

Stephen and Jean Toombs 

Ms. Helen L. Wagner 

Ms. Margaret H. Weiner 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheeler 

In Memory of Laurie S. Lubick 

to the Laurie S. Lubick Scholarship 

Fund for Oboe 

Mr. Herbert Lubick 

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mann 

Mr. Robert Steele 

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Treger 

In Memory of Lillian Marron to 

the Rhoda Unger Memorial Fund 

Mrs. Laura Rollins 

In Memory of Frank A. Matis 

Mr. and Mrs. Barry A. Zimmer 

In Memory of Ernest R. Miller 

Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Hawthorne 

In Memory of Robert Milner 


In Memory of Claire Morgenstern 

Ms. Lois A. Aaron 


In Memory of Judith Morrison 

to the Maxine E. Cummins 

Memorial Fund 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. LeBrun 

In Memory of Arthur Naparstek 

Mrs. Barbara S. Robinson 

In Memory of Dr. Elaine Newman 


Mr. and Mrs. Fred Isenstadt 

In Memory of Frances Nicholas 

Ms. Sheila Markowitz 

In Memory of John E. Purcell 

to the Hudson Community 

Scholarship for ENCORE Schools 

for Strings 

In memory of John E. Purcell 

In Memory of Jack Radunsky 

to the Jack Radunsky 


Dr. Timothy Michael Kalil 

In Memory of Delores P. Rebman 

to the Delores P. Rebman 


Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Coleman 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rebman 

Dr. Diana M. Rebman 

In Memory of Vincent James Riccio 

Mr. Jonathan J. Riccio 

In Memory of Esther Berchin 

Saslaw 

Mr. Harold R. Burke 

Ms. Mary M. Case 

Ms. Ruth Crumrine 

Ms. Dorothy J. Gregersen 

Mr. and Mrs. Glen J. Hartman 

Ms. Susan Koppelman 

Mr. and Mrs. Emil S. Palik 

Ms. Virginia T. Samuels 

Ms. Mary K. Snyder 

Ms. Dorothy I. Topping 

In Memory of Harold Scibbe 


In Memory of Maurice Sharp 

for Flute Scholarships 

Dr. Lisa D. Patterson 

Dr. Susan Reed Waller 

In Memory of Leonard Shure 

Mrs. Reta Alder 

In Memory of Ruth Sihler 

to the Ruth Sihler 


Herbert A. and Carolyn Sihler 

In Memory of James Tannenbaum 

Dr. Timothy Michael Kalil 

In Memory of Caroline Taylor 


In Memory of Edward William 

“Buddy” Thiery, Jr. 



In Memory of Dr. Sheldon Traeger 

Ms. Shirley Mattlin 

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Mattlin 

In Memory of Janet Udelson 

to the Janet Udelson Scholarship 

Fund 

Dr. and Mrs. Tom Abelson 

Ms. Jeanne Ablon 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Babin 

Baumgarten & Company LLP 

Mrs. L. M. Bialosky 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Carran 

Ms. Dorothy R. Davis 

Marian Englander 

Mrs. Elizabeth Faulb 

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Felbain 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Goulder 

Mrs. Marjorie L. Grodin 

Dr. Mary Feil Hellerstein 

Mrs. David Immerman 

Ms. Alice M. Kaye 

Ms. Charlotte R. Kramer 

Carolyn C. Lampl 

Ms. Joan Levy 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mellman 

Ms. Ethel Mervis 

Mrs. Janet R. Nash 

Mrs. Marjorie Rosenthal 

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Roth 

Mr. and Mrs. Sol J. Roth 

Mr. and Mrs. Merril Sands 

Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Shafron 

Terry K. Shane 

Mr. and Mrs. Harlan E. Sherman 

Mr. Alvin Udelson 

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Weiss 

Ms. Marilyn W. Weston and 

Mr. Raymond Mendelsohn 

In Memory of Josephine Valencic 

to the Josephine Valencic 

Memorial Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. John Adams 

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Anzlovar 

Mr. Frank Azman 

Ms. Jeanette Barton 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blanchard 

Mr. and Mrs. John Cech 

Ms. Mary J. Cerer 

Mr. Rich Cesen 

Ms. Phyllis Coladangelo 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Culkar, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Darling 

Mr. and Mrs. James V. Debevec 

Ms. Pauline Debevec 

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Delach 

Mr. Louis J. Disantis

9 Honors/Memorials • Legacy Society 

Ms. Cecilia Dolgan 

Ms. Mary F. Dolgan 

Ms. Mary A. Drobnick 

Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Durjava 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Elerisch 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Elish 

Mr. David Fawcett 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortuna 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Frank 

Mrs. Dorothy Frank 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Glicker 

Dr. and Mrs. G. Edward Gobetz 

Mr. and Mrs. Matt Grdadolnik 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gustie 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Habat 

Mr. and Mrs. John Havel 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Haynosch 

Mr. and Mrs. and Frank Hiti 

Mr. Paul Hribar 

Ms. Ruth Hribar 

Mr. Daniel Hrvatin 

Mr. David Hrvatin 

Ms. Helen Hrvatin 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Hull 

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jackopin 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenko 

Mr. Allan Johnson 

Ms. Eleanor Kaporc 

Mr. and Mrs. William Katcher 

Mr. Edward Kenik 

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kocin 

Kollander Travel, Division of AAA 

Ms. Agnes J. Koporc 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Kovach 

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Kozel 

Ms. Alice Kuhar 

Ms. Erika Kurbos 

Mr. and Mrs. Nate Lambert 

Ms. Dorothy Lamm 

Mr. John Levkulich 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lisac 

Ms. Janet Loiko 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lonchar 

Ms. Genevieve Malnar 

Mr. Gene March 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Markic 

Ms. Jeanne L. Matuch 

Ms. Sophie Matuch 

Mrs. John Mauric 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Mausser 

Mrs. Rita Mihelich 

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Mihelich 

Ms. Nancy Jo Novak 

Ms. Ann M. Opeka 

Ms. Catherine Ostrunic 

Mr. and Mrs. Roman Pasicznyk 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Pecon 

Ms. Lauren Penko 

Ms. Patricia Perme 

Mr. and Mrs. Al Pestotnik 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petek 

Mr. Tony Petkovsek 

Mr. and Mrs. John Plutt 

Mrs. Mary Podlogar 

Ms. Margaret Poikvar 

Marilyn Praznik 

Progressive Slovene Women 

of America 

Progressive Slovene Women 

of America, Circle No. 3 

Mr. and Mrs. August B. Pust 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ramsak 

Ms. Sherri Robertson 

Mr. Bradley R. Ross and 

Ms. Anne Gangidino 

Ms. Betty Rotar 

Mr. and Mrs. Steven Royer 

Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir J. Rus 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Safarz 

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sasa 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Shaver 

Ms. Lori Sierputowski 

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Skrajner 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Slapnik 

Marion and Jan Slejko 

Slovene National Benefit Society 

Slovenian Pensioners Club of Euclid 

Ms. Anne M. Smith 

Ms. Cynthia M. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Spendal 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Sterle 

Mr. Bill Streck 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sumrada 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tegel 

Mr. John R. Telich, Sr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Albin J. Tercek 

Mr. and Mrs. John Terlep 

Mr. Arthur E. Tibyash 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tomsic 

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Tomsic 

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Tomsick 

Mr. and Mrs. John Toth 

Mr. Lou Trebar 

Ms. Agnes Turk 

Ms. Chris Ujcich 

Ms. Mary Umek 

Ms. Florence Unetich 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Vadnal 

Ms. Suzanne Vadnal 

Ms. Beverly Valencic 

Mr. and Mrs. Z. Joseph Valencic 

Mrs. Evelyn Vatovec 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Vrtovsnik 

Ms. Tara A. Wisniewski 

Ms. Margaret Yarcusko 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Young 

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Yuko 

Ms. Antonia Zagar 

Ms. Vida Zak 

Mr. Frank Zalar and 

Ms. Branka Santha 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Zalar 

Ms. Mary Jo Zamlen 

Mrs. Frank Zeleznik 

Ms. Ann Zlatoper 

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zupon 

Mrs. Rose Zuzek 

In Memory of Mme. Nevada 

van der Veer 

Mrs. Patricia Ruhl Rath 

In Memory of Harvey F. Watts 


In Memory of Dr. Calvin E. Weber 

to the Dr. Calvin E. Weber Award 

in Trumpet 

Mr. and Mrs. C. Scott Weber 

In Memory of Dr. Newton F. White 


In Memory of Moshe D. 

Yerushalmi 

Ms. Deborah Goeble 

Legacy Society – SAVE THE DATE 

One of the highlights of spring at CIM is the Legacy 

Society Luncheon, held to honor those individuals and 

families who have remembered CIM with a bequest, gift 

annuity, or some other form of planned gift. The event 

includes a special musical performance by CIM students 

just for Legacy Society members. If you are a Legacy 

Society member, remember to save Wednesday, May 4 for 

the 2005 luncheon. If you have remembered CIM in your 

will or estate plan, please let us know so that we may 

welcome you as a new Legacy Society member and send 

you an invitation to the 2005 luncheon. 

CIM Gift Annuity – A Creative Way 

to Give to CIM and to Yourself! 

Many Legacy Society members have created gift annuities 

with CIM – and there’s a good reason why. A gift annuity 

creates a generous gift to CIM and gives you, or a beneficiary 

you name, income for life. The amount of the 

annuity is determined by only two things: your age and 

the amount of the gift. For example, if you are age 75 

and create a $10,000 gift annuity, you will receive a 7.1 

percent annuity of $710 for the rest of your life. Over 

$450 of the annuity income will be tax free for more than 

12 years. You will also qualify for a charitable tax deduction 

of more than $4,000. Useful Tip: With CD interest 

rates consistently below 3 percent, many decide to use a 

matured CD to fund their gift annuities. CIM receives a 

wonderful gift and you receive fixed income for life. 

Highly appreciated securities are another great way to 

create a CIM Gift Annuity. Let’s take the example mentioned 

above but use appreciated securities to create the 

gift annuity: 750 shares of XYZ, Inc. valued at $14/share 

for a gift of $10,500. With an original cost basis of $1.75/ 

share, your out-of-pocket expense to create the annuity is 

only $1,312! A portion of your gift, $5,240, is reported as 

capital gain income over 12 years. You receive a 7.1 

percent annuity of $745 for life and CIM receives a very 

generous gift. 

If you would like more information about CIM’s 

Gift Annuity program, please contact Jim Kozel at 

216-795-3168 or james.kozel@case.edu.

David Cerone 

Offbeat • Web Site • Corporate 

10 

Susan M. Schwartz 

Asheville Symphony 

Over the last ten years, CIM has 

enjoyed a collaboration with the 

Asheville Symphony Orchestra in 

North Carolina. 

Each February, as part of the 

Orchestra’s Masterworks Series, one 

CIM student is chosen to perform as 

soloist. This year, on February 12, 

Israel Getzov (M.M., 2001, orchestral 

conducting) served as guest 

conductor with soloist Juliana 

Athayde, violin student of William Preucil. Athayde, the first participant in 

CIM’s new Concertmaster Academy led by William Preucil, performed the 

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, with Beethoven’s “Overture to the Creatures of 

Gil & Orli Shaham 

(left to right) Jerome Gratry, Barbara Gratry, 

Betsy Bolton, Tom Bolton, Juliana Athayde 

and Israel Getzov 

Prometheus” and Dvorák’s ˇ Symphony No. 8 rounding out the program. 

Asheville Symphony Executive Director Steven Hageman summed up the 

collaboration, 

ˇ 

“We have always appreciated and enjoyed the talented young 

artists who come here from the Cleveland Institute of Music. We have a wonderful 

time with the students, and have found that each of them comes to 

enjoy the spirit of Asheville. We were honored to have CIM’s representatives 

visit us this year. We look forward to continuing this relationship for many 

more years, and to having CIM’s students return to play with us again.” 

In honor of the collaboration’s tenth anniversary, CIM President David Cerone 

and CIM trustee Barbara Gratry, along with Jerome Gratry, CIM Assistant to the 

President Frank Caputo, and music theory faculty member Jo Anne Caputo, 

attended the February concert. 

The Ashville Symphony enjoys the support of Thomas J. Bolton of Asheville, 

President of the Board of Directors of the Asheville Symphony, John B. Bolton 

of Andover, Connecticut, and The Payne Fund of Cleveland. 

Renowned musicians and siblings Gil Shaham (violin) and Orli Shaham (piano) held 

a fascinating and informative master class in Le Pavillon on November 9, 2004. 

Corporate 

Match-Making 

Are you taking advantage of your 

employer’s Matching Gift Program? 

Many companies will match donations 

to CIM, allowing you to double your 

support! Call your Human Resources 

department to see if a Matching 

Gift Program is offered through your 

company, or to receive the appropriate 

matching gift forms. 

We are pleased to salute the following 

corporations that have matched 

their employees’ contributions to 

CIM. This list represents contributions 

received July 1, 2003 through 

December 31, 2004. 

American Express 

Ball Corporation 

BP Amoco 

The Caterpillar Foundation 

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 

CNG Foundation 

CSX Corporation 

Eaton Corporation 

Eli Lilly and Company 

Ford Motor Company 

Harris Bank 

The Home Depot Foundation 

Household International, Inc. 

IBM Corporation 

Kerr-McGee Foundation 

Key Foundation 

Lamson & Sessions Company 

Mizuho USA Foundation 

NACCO Industries, Inc. 

Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation 

The Progressive Insurance Foundation 

Rockwell International Corporation Trust 

SBC Foundation 

The Lubrizol Foundation 

The SIFCO Foundation 

The Xerox Foundation 

UBS Financial Services Inc. 

W.W. Grainger, Inc. 

Wachovia Securities 

Wells Fargo 

Offbeat 

The first season of CIM’s radio program, “Offbeat,” has been a great success. 

The show, hosted by Cavani String Quartet cellist Merry Peckham and broadcast 

on WCLV 104.9 FM Saturdays at noon, has been featured in publications including 

The Plain Dealer. We have received many complimentary 

reviews from listeners, but we welcome more 

comments. The program is scheduled to run through 

April 9, so if you haven’t had the chance you still have 

a few opportunities to hear it for yourself. If you do 

not live where you can hear it live, you can listen on 

the Internet! WCLV streams all of its programming live 

at www.wclv.com. For more information, visit the CIM 

Web site and click on the “Offbeat” icon. 

’Net Gain 

The Cleveland Institute of Music’s Web 

site was launched in September 2001. 

In 2004, the site received an average of 

970,000 hits per month, 82,000 page 

requests and 9,900 unique visitors. 

It boasts concert listings, a listening 

guide, alumni news and faculty links, 

and much more. There is also a wealth 

of information regarding admissions. 

In fact, this year virtually all applications 

received were completed online. 

If you haven’t checked out the site yet, 

you can do so by visiting — 

www.cim.edu.

Liz Huff 

Brie Reimer 

11 Annual Fund • Outreach 

Outreach 

CIM students have participated in Outreach events for 

public schools, retirement communities, palliative care 

centers, preschools and community organizations throughout 

Greater Cleveland. 

Here’s a quick snapshot of what students have been doing: 

In September, CIM invited more than 40 Cleveland Public 

School students and their families to attend an educational 

presentation by the Cavani String Quartet, followed 

by a CIM Orchestra concert in Severance Hall. The students, 

aged 11-18, are participants in the Cleveland 

Municipal School District’s All-City music program. They 

were treated to teenager Jinjoo Cho performing a Brahms 

concerto with the CIM Orchestra. 

Model Unveilings 

November 17, 2004 saw the beginning of a series of special 

receptions and visits CIM is hosting for the many individuals 

interested in the expansion project; this particular reception 

took place before a delightful concert given by William 

Preucil (violin) and Arthur Rowe (piano). Pictured here: 

David Cerone with Marilyn Cagin. 

Corporate Kudos 

CIM appreciates the important Annual Fund support it 

receives from the corporate community. Here are just a few 

of the corporations who have contributed to the Annual 

Fund during the first half of the 2004-2005 academic year. 

Our thanks to these, and all of the corporations who make 

CIM’s many programs and performances possible. 

The Chamber Music Outreach Program sends CIM chamber 

ensembles to play for local retirement communities and 

palliative care centers. Last fall, more than140 students 

participated in this program, performing at Hope Lodge, 

Ronald McDonald House, Judson Manor, Alcazar Hotel 

and Judson Park, among others. The groups are coached 

during the semester by members of CIM’s exceptional 

faculty, then perform and speak about their pieces 

for audiences who do not have access to live classical 

chamber music. 

The Cavani String Quartet has been busy with Outreach 

presentations as well. Along with performing programs 

for local schools, they conducted a High School Chamber 

Music Master Class for groups from Cleveland Heights 

• Invacare Corporation was the proud presenting sponsor 

for An Evening with Doc Severinsen, a benefit for CIM 

presented by the CIM Women’s Committee. Proceeds 

from this event provide substantial support for CIM’s 

Annual Fund. 

• This year’s gift from the American Express Foundation 

supports CIM’s community outreach programs through 

their Global Volunteer Action Fund. 

• Medical Mutual of Ohio has continued its support of 

scholarships for talented conservatory students pursuing 

careers in music. 

• This year’s gift from AVI Foodsystems, Inc. was used to 

support student concerts. 

• RPM International Inc. is one of many companies that 

have continued their commitment to CIM’s Annual 

Fund this year while also making a generous pledge 

to The Campaign for CIM. 

Corporate contributors to CIM’s Annual Fund receive a wide 

range of benefits and recognition. To learn more about 

how your company can support CIM’s Annual Fund and 

other initiatives, please contact Laura Orazi at 216-795-3118, 

or via e-mail at Laura.Orazi@case.edu. 

Annie Fullard of the Cavani String Quartet works with 

Cleveland Heights High School student Ari Warner 

High School and Cleveland School of the Arts. 

CIM also participates in University Circle Incorporated’s 

Early Learning Initiative. CIM sent a student performer 

into 18 preschool classrooms in November to present fun, 

interactive, educational performances about music. 

Many CIM students have a passion for teaching and 

conduct group and individual instrumental lessons with 

students in orchestra and band programs at schools in 

underprivileged areas of Cleveland, where resources are 

scarce and music teachers are not able to provide students 

with individual attention. The program has helped local 

public school children develop confidence in their playing, 

a deeper love for music and a connection with young 

adults in the community.

Christian Steiner 


Faculty 

5 12 

Faculty 

This season has been a time 

of heightened frequency of 

performance for composition 

department head 

Margaret Brouwer’s music. 

In fall 2004, the Cavani 

String Quartet toured the 

U.S. at important venues 

performing Ms. Brouwer’s 

Demeter Prelude and 

Crosswinds; her Sizzle was 

performed at Bowling 

Green State University’s 

New Music Festival; the 

Amarillo (Texas) Symphony 

under James Setapen 

performed Brouwer’s 

Wedding Song; clarinetist 

Daniel Silver and the Cavani 

String Quartet performed 

the first three movements 

of Ms. Brouwer’s Clarinet 

Quintet as a work in 

progress. In February, 

Indiana University’s New 

Music Ensemble performed 

Brouwer’s Mandala, while 

she served as composerin-residence 

at IU. Her 

Skyriding was performed at 

the Contemporary Music 

Forum in Washington, D.C. 

on February 28, and her 

Centennial Bells was performed 

at the CIM “ice 

breaking” 

ceremony 

on February 

18. A 

section of 

this work 

has been 

adopted 

as The 

Campaign 

for CIM’s 

theme. 

Brouwer 

David Neal Brown, head 

of the eurhythmics department, 

is enjoying a busy 

teaching schedule. Invited 

by band member Jonathan 

Rattay (M.M., 2000, trumpet), 

he traveled to Boston 

in January to work with the 

Air Force Band of Liberty at 

the Otis Air Force Base. 

Later in January he taught 

for the Heart of Texas 

Suzuki group in Austin, 

Texas. In February, Brown 

was in 

Houston, 

Texas 

teaching 

at a 

Suzuki 

workshop. 

In 

March 

he will 

Brown spend a 

weekend 

in Williamsburg, Virginia, 

teaching for Beginning in 

the Middle, a harp workshop 

established by Kimberly 

Rowe (B.M., 1987, M.M., 

1989, harp). Finally, he will 

teach a Suzuki workshop at 

The Preucil School of Music 

in Iowa in April. 

Preparatory 

theory 

faculty 

member 

Monica 

Houghton’s 

We Rise 

Above 

Our Little 

Quarrels, a 

Houghton new work 

written 

for traditional Vietnamese 

instruments dan tranh 

(zither) and sao (flute), 

received its world premiere 

at the Hanoi Opera House 

in Hanoi, Vietnam, under 

the supervision of Phong 

Nguyen, on January 2. The 

world premiere of One 

Morning in September was 

performed by the University 

Circle Wind Ensemble on 

February 20. Additionally, 

String Quartet No. 1 saw its 

U.S. premiere on February 27 

in a concert of the Cleveland 

Composers Guild. The 

Annual Junior Concert of the 

Cleveland Composers Guild, 

to take place on Sunday, 

April 10 at the Cleveland 

Music School Settlement, will 

include Little Suite for Jason, 

a new elementary work for 

solo piano. 

Kondonassis 

Harp department head 

Yolanda Kondonassis’ 

2004-2005 season has 

included performances with 

the Buffalo Philharmonic 

Orchestra and the Phoenix 

Symphony, and at Atlanta’s 

Spivey Hall and Washington 

D.C.’s Dumbarton Oaks. Of 

her performance with the 

Phoenix Symphony, 

The Arizona Republic wrote, 

“Kondonassis is as close to a 

superstar as harp virtuosity 

will allow. It was a bit like 

going to the bullpen and 

getting 

Randy 

Johnson.” 

She 

presented 

master 

classes at 

the 

University 

of Michigan 

in Ann 

Arbor, The 

Curtis Institute of Music, and 

Interlochen Arts Academy. 

Her latest book, “The 

Yolanda Kondonassis Collection,” 

published by Carl 

Fischer, was released in June 

2004. Also in June, she was 

featured at the American 

Harp Society’s National 

Conference in a performance 

of Ginastera’s Harp Concerto 

with the Chamber Orchestra 

of Philadelphia. Of her latest 

Telarc CD, “Debussy’s Harp,” 

Gramophone magazine 

wrote “...the clarity, color 

and rhythmic vitality of 

Kondonassis’ playing is 

anything but superficial ... 

[her] supple and shapely 

playing is a delight.” 

Her albums have sold more 

than 100,000 copies 

worldwide. 

Merry 

Peckham, 

cello 

faculty 

member 

and cellist 

with the 

Cavani 

String 

Quartet, 

Peckham coached 

chamber 

music at The Perlman 

Music Program’s winter 

residency with the Florida 

West Coast Symphony in 

Sarasota, Florida from 

December 19, 2004 through 

January 2, 2005. 

This summer voice faculty 

member Beverley Rinaldi 

will celebrate her 23 rd year 

teaching at the renowned 

Interlochen Arts Camp, 

formerly known as the 

National Music Camp at 

Interlochen, Michigan. 

In January, Orchestral 

Program Director Carl 

Topilow presented master 

classes in orchestral conducting 

at the Royal Academy of 

Music (RAM) in London, 

England. Pictured below, 

from left to right, are 

student conductor Dominic 

Grier; RAM conductor and 

past CIM guest conductor 

Colin Metters; Topilow; and 

student conductor Robert 

Tuohy (M.M., 2003, orchestral 

conducting). 

On January 22, 2005, Mr. 

Topilow appeared as guest 

conductor with the Louisiana 

Philharmonic Orchestra in a 

concert celebrating the 

music of Hollywood. Victor’s 

Theme, from the movie The 

Terminal, by John Williams, 

was included in the program. 

This was the first time 

it was performed in concert 

since the premiere last 

summer in Tanglewood, for 

which Topilow conducted 

and played the solo clarinet 

part. Pictured below, left 

to right, are Jonathan 

Ruckman (B.M., 2002, M.M., 

2003, cello); Topilow; David 

Rosen (B.M., 1983, cello); 

and Richard Woehrle.

13 Faculty • Distance Learning 

Jason Vieaux, head of the 

guitar department, has a 

newly designed Web site, 

www.jasonvieaux.com. 

Composition 

department 

faculty 

member 

Orianna 

Webb 

won the 

2004 

Webb 

Raymond 

and Beverly Sackler Music 

Composition Prize. The 

international prize, sponsored 

by the University of 

Connecticut School of Fine 

Arts, includes a cash prize 

and composition of a 

chamber piece for strings 

and single winds and brass 

to be performed at the 

University of Connecticut 

in March. 

Left to right: Miller, Dimoff, Jones 

and Weiss 

CIM faculty members 

Richard Weiss (cello), 

Joela Jones (piano) and 

Maximilian Dimoff (head 

of the double bass department) 

were joined by 

Donald Miller (drums) in a 

recently-released CD featuring 

the Suite for Cello and 

Jazz Piano Trio by Claude 

Bolling. All artists are 

members of The Cleveland 

Orchestra. The CD is available 

in the CIM music store 

and at the Severance Hall 

gift store. 

Todd 

Wilson, 

head of 

the organ 

department, 

played a 

concert in 

Tokyo’s 

Musashino 

Wilson Civic 

Cultural 

Hall on January 29, 2005. 

Distance Learning Music Bytes 

The CIM Distance Learning department strives to create a 

conservatory without walls. CIM already delivers upwards 

of 500 educational programs each year to K-12 schools. 

Now videoconference master classes with peer institutions 

are becoming a significant part of that concept. 

In February, horn students of Rick Solis, Eli Epstein and 

Richard King participated in a videoconference master class 

with Randy Gardner, horn professor at the University of 

Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Eli Epstein 

reciprocated with a master class for CCM students. 

March brought a master class exchange with the Royal 

College of Music (RCM) in London. CIM faculty member 

Antonio Pompa-Baldi taught talented piano students from 

RCM while renowned pianist Yonty Solomon worked with 

CIM piano students. 

In addition, CIM faculty member William Preucil took part 

in a series of master classes involving concertmasters from 

two of the world’s great orchestras. Along with Glenn 

Dicterow of the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Preucil 

worked with aspiring students from CIM and the Manhattan 

School of Music. 

The CIM Distance Learning 

staff traveled to Columbus 

in February to present 

at the 2004 Ohio 

SchoolNet State Technology 

Conference. CIM 

delivered a session on its 

new curriculum unit, 

Musical Geography of 

Ohio, and a professional 

development session 

entitled “Videoconferencing 

over IP: A Best 

Practice Guide.” CIM 

staged a special event on 

Valentine’s Day with 

Distance Learning faculty 

member Andrea Bargabos. 

As an opera singer, Andrea 

has gained notoriety over 

the past few years as the 

“Diva of Distance Learning.” 

Hundreds at the 

conference turned out to 

“Meet the Diva” at a 

photo signing session. 

Andrea Bargabos signs “DIVA” 

photos at the Ohio SchoolNet 

Technology Conference 

In March, Dr. Mark George, Director of Distance Learning 

at CIM, presented a session at the Northwest Council 

for Computer Education in Seattle entitled “A Feast of 

Integration.” CIM Distance Learning programming is 

becoming well known throughout the country for its 

quality and innovation. 

CIM Distance Learning master classes are produced 

using the Internet2 high speed network. Networking 

assistance is provided by OARnet, Ohio’s connection 

point for Internet2. 

Call For 

Participants 

The Distance Learning 

department at CIM is 

concerned with 

transcending time 

and distance to create 

a personal bond 

between an instructor 

who is in one place 

and a student who 

happens to be in 

another. Director 

Mark George is 

developing a network 

of videoconferenceenabled 

alumni and 

friends of CIM and a 

network of performing 

arts high schools. 

Any individuals or 

organizations interested 

in participating 

or receiving more 

information may 

contact Dr. George at 

(216) 791-5000 or 

mag12@case.edu. 

Third Frontier 

Network 

The Cleveland Institute of 

Music is a charter member 

of Ohio’s Third Frontier 

Network, a dedicated highspeed 

fiber optic network 

that will enhance research 

and education collaboration 

in Ohio. Expanding Ohio’s 

role and reputation in 

networking technology, 

the network will greatly 

enhance the state’s economic 

development by 

creating new opportunities 

for jobs. CIM, the only 

conservatory that is a 

member, was the first 

institution to utilize the 

network when it hosted a 

high-speed videoconference 

session for the national 

conference of Grantmakers 

in the Arts in October 2004.

Daniel Milner 

Students Alumni 14 6 

Students 

Keira Fullerton, cello 

student of Stephen Geber, 

won an assistant principal 

position in the Winnipeg 

Symphony Orchestra. 

She will start in 

September 2005. 

Yu Jin, viola student of 

Jeffrey Irvine, was principal 

violist of the New York 

String Orchestra Seminar. 

This orchestra and chamber 

music festival takes place 

over the Christmas holiday 

and includes two concerts in 

Carnegie Hall under the 

direction of Jaime Laredo. 

Soon after this experience, 

she auditioned for the 

Marlboro Music Festival and 

has been accepted for 

summer 2005. One of the 

world’s most prestigious 

chamber music festivals, 

Marlboro is directed by 

Mitsuko Uchida and 

Richard Goode. 

Sean Newhouse, orchestral 

conducting student 

of Carl Topilow, has been 

invited to return for a 

second summer on full 

fellowship to the American 

Academy 

of Conducting 

at 

Aspen, 

studying 

with 

David 

Zinman, 

Murry 

Sidlin, 

and 

Newhouse 

guests. 

Kara Robinson, voice 

student of Beverley Rinaldi, 

won second place in the 

sophomore division at the 

regional National Association 

of Teachers of Singing 

competition, held at Ann 

Arbor, Michigan. 

Michael Schneider, piano 

student of Paul Schenly, 

served as the president and 

festival director of the San 

Angelo Piano Festival November 

5-7, 2004. Zahari 

Metchkov, fellow piano 

student of Paul Schenly, 

served as guest artist. 

Amanda Smith, violin 

student of Paul Kantor, won 

the first round of the National 

Association of Music 

Teachers Competition and 

placed second in the second 

round in January. 

Dean 

Southern, 

voice 

student 

of Mary 

Schiller and 

CIM opera 

department 

administrator, 

recently 

Southern gave a 

master class 

on art song and operatic 

repertoire at Miami Dade 

College in Miami, Florida. 

He also directed “The Marriage 

of Figaro” at Baldwin- 

Wallace College, where he 

serves on the voice faculty. 

Visconti Honored By 

Kronos Quartet 

Daniel Visconti, a Master of Music 

degree student of Margaret Brouwer 

and Zhou Long who received his 

Bachelor of Music degree in 2004, has 

been selected for a commission of a 

new work by the Kronos Quartet’s 

Under 30 Project. 

Visconti More than 300 composers from 35 

countries applied for this honor, a 

collaboration of the Kronos Quartet, the Hopkins Center at 

Dartmouth College, and the American Music Center. Mr. 

Visconti will write a new work that will receive its world 

premiere at the Hopkins Center on January 14, 2006. Additionally, 

he will be in residence with Kronos at the Hopkins 

Center in January 2006. 

Dan Visconti came to music at a relatively late age, beginning 

the violin at age 14 and beginning to compose three 

years later. He currently teaches composition, theory, and 

popular songwriting through the Conservatory and Preparatory 

departments, in addition to serving as Dr. Brouwer’s 

graduate assistant. 

Doc Toots His 

Own Horn at 

Master Class 

Michael Sachs, head 

of the CIM trumpet 

department, introduced 


as part of his visit to 

Cleveland for CIM’s 

benefit concert and 

Ice Breaking in 

February. 


worked with CIM 

trumpet student 

Liam Day. 

Severinsen rehearsed 

with the CIM 

Orchestra later that 

evening. He was 

extremely impressed 

with the talent 

and ability of the 

Orchestra, conducted 

by Carl Topilow.

14 

Prep[aratory * Suzuki 

15 Alumni 

Alumni 

Tracy E. Clark (M.M., 1996, horn), 

student of Eli Epstein, is studying toward 

a Master of Early Childhood Education 

degree at Armstrong Atlantic 

State University in Georgia. 

Vivian Douglas (M.M., 1988, french 

horn), student of Richard Solis, is working 

at an orphanage in Guatemala 

teaching music to all elementary 

grades as well as supervising the band 

program that she started there in 2001. 

Her main focus is working with a group 

of 12 students in the performing arts. 

For information on how to donate instruments 

or financial gifts to 

support this work, please write to 

funproni@itelgua.com. 

Left to right: Dreyfuss, 

Robinson, Perelman 

“The Phantom 

of the Opera” 

is on tour 52 

weeks a year. In 

the pit for the 

tour are Anitra 

Dreyfuss (A.D., 

1986, cello), 

student of 

Stephen Geber; 

Suzy Perelman 

(B.M., 1994, violin), 

student of 

Linda Cerone; and David Robison 

(M.M., 1983, A.D., 1986, piano), student 

of Grant Johannesen and Eunice Podis. 

Perelman is the concertmaster, and 

Robison is the associate conductor as 

well as keyboard player. 

Edith Hines (B.M., 2002, violin), student 

of Donald Weilerstein, played in 

the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for 

their recent Northeast tour and 

Carnegie Hall concert. 

Left to right: Lee, James 

and Phelps 

On February 1, 

Carolyn James 

(B.M., 2001, 

M.M., 2002, 

cello), student 

of Merry 

Peckham, performed 

the 

Haydn Cello 

Concerto in 

D Major with 

the Artemis Chamber Ensemble at Central 

Presbyterian Church in New York 

City. Jeff Phelps (B.M., 1999, cello, 

M.M., 2002, orchestral conducting) and 

Jae Lee (M.M., 2002, violin) served as 

conductor and violinist for the performance. 

Eight CIM alumni were present 

in the audience. 

Carla Leurs (A.C., 2002, violin), student 

of David Updegraff and David 

Cerone, won fourth prize at the 

Gyeongnam International Music Competition 

2004. Last year, Julie Albers 

(Young Artist Program, 1996, B.M., 

2001, cello) won first prize in the cello 

edition. In the final round, Carla performed 

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto 

with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Carla also performed in the Artist 

International Debut Series at Carnegie 

Hall in New York in February. Upcoming 

concerts include return engagements 

to Russia with the Chamber Orchestra 

of Vologda, a recital in St. Petersburg 

in the “New Master’s on 

Tour” series, and concerts in Switzerland 

and the Netherlands. 

Dan Lippel (B.M., 1998, M.M., 1999, 

guitar), student of John Holmquist and 

Jason Vieaux, released a CD, “Resonance,” 

in January 2005. The CD includes 

premiere recordings of several 

works, including Ricochet for guitar 

and electronics by Peter Gilbert 

(M.M., 2001, composition), as well as 

versions of guitar music by Elliott 

Carter and Mario Davidovsky. Dan recently 

toured Japan and Europe with 

indie rock group Mice Parade, 

Bubblecore Records recording artists. 

His performances this season include 

recitals for the Trinity Church Noontime 

Concerts in New York, on Bowling 

Green State University’s “Music from 

the Forefront,” and appearances at 

Oberlin Conservatory, Princeton and 

Harvard Universities. Dan will perform 

in a concert celebrating the music of 

Mario Davidovsky at Columbia College 

Chicago with the ICE ensemble. 

Andrea Rae 

Markowicz (M.M., 

1996, voice), student 

of Beverley 

Rinaldi, was recently 

featured in 

the Detroit Jewish 

News, where she 

discussed a production 

about her paternal 

grandfather, 

Markowicz Philip Markowicz. 

His memoir as a 

Holocaust survivor and Torah scholar 

will be performed as a theater piece, 

“Tikvah.” Andrea will also perform at 

Bowling Green State University on 

April 26. 

Theodore (Ted) Nelson (M.M., 1997, 

cello), student of Alan Harris, joined 

the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra this 

past fall. He and his wife are expecting 

their first child. 

Gary Olmstead (D.M.A., 1976, percussion), 

student of Cloyd Duff, recently 

received the Lifetime Achievement in 

Education Award from the Percussive 

Arts Society, an international organization 

of more than 8,000 members. 

Dr. Olmstead retired in May 2003 after 

serving for 37 years as director of percussion 

studies at Indiana University 

of Pennsylvania. 

G. Andrew Rozsa (M.M., 2003, bass 

trombone), student of Thomas Klaber, 

was appointed bass trombonist of the 

Dubuque Symphony Orchestra in 

Dubuque, Iowa. He also received appointment 

as composer-in-residence for 

the Albuquerque Public Schools Combined 

Youth Orchestra for the 2004- 

2005 school year. 

Jonathan Ruckman (B.M., 2002, 

M.M., 2003, cello), student of Stephen 

Geber, won an assistant principal position 

with the Louisiana Philharmonic 

Orchestra. 

Ronald Sat (A.D., 1997, D.M.A., 2003, 

accompanying), student of Anne 

Epperson and Anita Pontremoli, made 

his Lincoln Center Great Performers 

debut with 18 year-old violinist 

Mayuko Kamio in a sold-out concert at 

the Walter Reade Theater on January 

30, 2005. The program included the 

world premiere of Akio Yasuraoka's 

Confluenza per violino e piano. 

Chien Tan (B.M., 1993, violin), student 

of David Cerone and David Updegraff, 

is principal second violin of the Oregon 

Symphony. She has released a self-produced 

music video, “Vivaldi Goldfinch,” 

that features her playing the treble violin. 

For more information or to see a 

clip from the four-minute video, visit 

www.trebleviolin.com. 

Jeff Thayer (M.M., 

2000, A.D., 2001, 

violin), student of 

William Preucil and 

Donald Weilerstein, 

is the concertmaster 

of the San Diego 

Symphony. He 

also served as guest 

concertmaster with 

the Seattle Symphony 

Orchestra 

in January. 

Thayer 

Matthew Young, former viola student 

of Robert Vernon, has won a position 

in the viola section of the Minnesota 

Orchestra.


Ensembles 

16 

Ensemble News 

Shan-shan Sun (B.M., 1995, M.M., 1999, piano), student of Paul Schenly, Anne 

Epperson and Chengzong Yin; and Per Tengstrand, winner of the 1997 Cleveland 

International Piano Competition, plan to marry in March. They met at CIM when 

they were practicing in the same corridor. Mr. Tengstrand was visiting for the 

Piano Competition and Ms. Sun was a graduate student. They became the 

Tengstrand-Sun Duo in January 2002. 

The Merling Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at the School of 

Music, Western Michigan University, includes Susan 

Wiersma Uchimura, piano (B.M., 1985, theory); Renata 

Artman Knific, violin (A.D., 1982, violin); and Bruce 

Uchimura, cello (A.D., 1983, M.M., 1983, cello). The Trio 

also serves as faculty members at ENCORE School for 

Strings. Their new recording, featuring works by 

Piazzolla and Proto, will be released by Centaur Records 

in the spring. Tom Knific (B.M., 1982, double bass) will 

perform with the Trio in Iowa; Hart and Grayling, 

Michigan; and Reno, Nevada during the current season. 

The Merling Trio The Kashii Quartet, a student quartet comprised of 

violinists Nathan Olson, student of William Preucil, and 

Aaron Requiro, student of David Updegraff; violist 

Jessica Oudin, student of Jeffrey Irvine; and cellist 

David Requiro, student of Richard Aaron, has been 

invited to participate in the 2005 International Chamber 

Music Workshop at Music@Menlo, a summer festival and 

concert series directed by pianist Wu Han and David 

Finckel, cellist of the Emerson String Quartet. The Kashii 

Quartet will receive coachings from the Emerson, 

Borromeo, St. Lawrence, Miami and Miró Quartets, 

among others, and will be featured in several performances 

throughout the San Francisco area. The program 

The Kashii Quartet 

offers a three-week immersion in the chamber works of 

Beethoven. Ten gifted and highly motivated musicians were chosen by international 

audition to work on a daily basis with the festival’s renowned artist faculty 

in an intensive exploration of the Beethoven string quartets, piano trios, and 

sonatas for violin, cello, and piano, as well as works by Brahms, Schumann, and 

composers of the 20th century. Additionally, the Quartet has been invited to serve 

as the ensemble-in-residence at the 2005 Innsbrook Institute Music Festival from 

June 3-12, where they will be teaching as well as performing. 

The Miró Quartet accepts the Cleveland 

Quartet Award 

The Miró Quartet received the 2005 

Cleveland Quartet Award, a biennial 

honor conferred by Chamber Music 

America to identify, honor and promote 

a rising young quartet. Quartet members 

are Joshua Gindele, cello; John 

Largess, viola; Sandy Yamamoto 

(B.M., 1996, M.M., 1998, violin), student 

of Donald Weilerstein and David 

Cerone; and Daniel Ching (M.M., 1998, 

violin), student of Donald Weilerstein. 

The CIM New Music Ensemble will 

present a concert on April15 of some 

of the country’s finest composers. Directed by Margaret Brouwer and conducted 

by composition graduate assistant Gilbert Galindo, the following works will be 

performed: Light for soprano, harpsichord, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion 

by Margaret Brouwer, featuring soloist Mary Mackenzie, student of Beverley 

Rinaldi; Soul for string quartet and pipa player by Zhou Long; Chamber Symphony 

for chamber orchestra by John Adams and Ritual Incantations for cello and chamber 

orchestra by Augusta Read Thomas, featuring cellist Michael DeBruyn, 

student of Richard Aaron. Zhou Long, who was in residence at CIM during the fall 

semester, returns for the concert. He will present a Symposium on Saturday, April 

16 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. that will be open to the public. He will also conduct 

master classes with CIM student composers. Joining the New Music Ensemble for 

this concert will be well-known pipa player, New Yorker Min Xiao-fen, for Zhou 

Long’s Soul and CIM harpsichordist Janina Ceaser for Brouwer’s Light. 

Two Decades 

of Excellence 

The Cavani String Quartet recently 

celebrated its 20th anniversary. In 

case you weren’t aware, Cavani has 

been the Quartet-in-Residence at 

CIM since 1988. Members (below, left 

to right) Mari Sato (violin), Annie 

Fullard (violin), Merry Peckham 

(cello) and Kirsten Docter (viola) 

are familiar faces around campus, 

but they are also known around 

the world. 

Formed in 

1984, the 

Cavani String 

Quartet is 

named after 

19th century 

violin makers 

Giovanni and 

Vincenzo 

Cavani. 

During their 

residency at CIM, the group has 

developed the Apprentice Quartet 

Program, Intensive Quartet Seminar 

and New Quartet Project for students 

devoted to the serious study of 

chamber music. Students from these 

programs have gone on to successful 

careers as members of the Maia, 

Biava, Miró, Cypress and Fry Street 

Quartets and have been top prize 

winners in the Coleman, Fischoff, 

Banff and Naumburg Competitions. 

The Cavani String Quartet has also 

participated as visiting artists at 

Interlochen Arts Camp, Madeline 

Island Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, 

Yale Summer School of Music and Art 

at Norfolk, Britt Arts Training Program 

and Allegheny Summer Music 

Festival, Perlman Music Program and 

ENCORE School for Strings. They 

have performed at the Carnegie Hall 

Centennial Series and Alice Tully Hall 

in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of 

Art and Kennedy Center in Washington, 

D.C., the Ambassador Series in 

Los Angeles, Muziekcentrum De 

Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, and Festival 

de L’Epau in France, to name a few. 

The Quartet has been described by 

The Washington Post as “completely 

engrossing, powerful and elegant.” 

The Quartet’s members have been 

featured on National Public Radio’s 

“Performance Today” and seen on 

NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS television. 

Collaborations with distinguished 

artists include Itzhak Perlman, 

Michela Petri, Anton Nel, Benita 

Valente and members of the 

Juilliard, Cleveland and Emerson 

String Quartets.

Daniel Milner 

17 9 Preparatory 8 

Preparatory 

David Beytas, an eighth-grade student at Beachwood 

Middle School and student of Carol Ruzicka in CIM’s Preparatory 

division, had his composition Starlight Spinner performed 

at the spring 2004 MENC (The National Association 

for Music Education) convention in Minnesota. This work 

was chosen as one of only 22 from 177 applications across 

the country. David was the only student from Ohio to have 

his composition performed at the convention. Additionally, 

David’s original composition Song of the Warrior will be 

performed at the CIM Preparatory concert April 30, the 

spring concert of CIM’s three Preparatory string orchestras. 

CIM students work with students in each section of the 

orchestra. The concert will be held in Kulas Hall from 11:00 

a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with a reception to follow in the lobby. 

Winners of the Suburban Symphony Orchestra’s Annual 

Young Artists Concerto Competition included Adam Davis, 

piano student of Gerardo Teissonnière, and Jessica Wen, 

piano student of Derek Nishimura. They performed with the 

Orchestra on March 20 at Beachwood High School. 

K. Bobbs 

Sibling Revelry 

The jurors at the 2005 Firelands Symphony 

Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition 

in Sandusky were amazed with the 

exceptionally high level of playing exhibited 

by the first-prize winners in all the age 

categories. What they did not know at the 

time was that the prize winners in three of 

the categories were siblings! 

Katrina Bobbs, 16, a student of Gerardo 

Teissonnière in the Preparatory Piano Division, 

took first prize in the senior category 

for playing the Ravel Concerto in G Major. 

In addition to her piano studies, Katrina is a 

E. Bobbs 

private violin student of Paul Kantor. She 

is also associate concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra 

Youth Orchestra (COYO) and a member of the COYO 

string quartet. 

Emma Louise Bobbs, 13, a private cello student of Richard 

Aaron, was the first-prize winner in the junior category. 

She played the Boccherini Concerto in B-flat Major. Both 

Emma and Katrina play in the Preparatory Chamber Music 

Program. Their brother Nick Bobbs, 10, took first place in 

the elementary division for playing the Haydn Concerto 

in G Major. 

There are eight children in the very musical Bobbs family, all 

of whom have been home-schooled by their mother, a piano 

teacher. As a result of their wins, the Bobbs children will 

perform two concerts with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra 

in April, both of which will be recorded on CD. 

Katrina Bobbs, piano student of Gerardo Teissonnière, has 

been selected for participation in the Corpus Christi International 

Young Artists’ Competition in both piano and violin. 

David Ellis, cello student of 

Pamela Kelly, won the Contemporary 

Youth Orchestra Concerto 

Competition. He performed 

Bloch’s Schelomo with the 

Orchestra on March 12. 

Stephanie Yang, piano student 

of Olga Radosavljevich, won the 

Ellis 

Cleveland Orchestra Youth 

Orchestra Concerto Competition 

and will perform on May 8, 2005. Stephanie is an 18-year-old 

senior at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School. She 

began her piano studies at the age of four. After moving to 

Cleveland at the age of six, she began studying with Miss 

Olga. Stephanie also takes music theory lessons with Adeline 

Huss. Along with regular lessons, she attended Camp Klavier 

for six consecutive summers. 

Kimberly Meier-Sims, head of the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies, leads 

a group of Suzuki students in a performance to begin the Ice Breaking 

ceremony on February 18 

FluteFest 

CIM Summer Camps 

Young Composers 

It’s going to be a musical summer at CIM! In addition to 

ongoing music lessons, the CIM Preparatory Division is 

offering three camps during the summer of 2005. CIM 

Summer FluteFest is a two-week experience, June 13-24, 

for flutists ages 11 through high school that combines 

individual practice, movement classes, ensemble rehearsals 

and performance in a fun, fast-paced environment. The 

application deadline is March 28, and auditions will take 

place on April 17 and 18. 

CIM Summer Chamber Music, held June 20-July 1, is a 

10-day experience for pianists and string players interested 

in exploring music outside their solo venues. The camp will 

combine coachings, supervised rehearsals, ear training, 

chamber music literature classes, rehearsal techniques, 

movement classes, public master classes and a final performance. 

Auditions will take place April 16 and 17. 

The Young Composers Program is an exciting week-long 

opportunity for composers ages 15-19 being held July 24-30. 

Very few courses such as this exist for developing young 

composers. Each will take classes in compositional craft, 

receive private lessons, enjoy listening sessions and have 

seminars on a variety of topics. The week culminates in a live 

performance and CD recording of the works created by each 

student, performed by members of the resident CIM conservatory 

ensemble. 

For more information on all the summer camp programs, 

call the CIM Preparatory office at (216) 791-5000.


Jim Hair 

Roger Mastroianni 

Concerts 

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Concerts 

Take Note! Stimulate your senses. CIM presents hundreds 

of exciting concerts throughout the year. Located in Cleveland’s 

cultural hub, University Circle, CIM has a lot to explore. Call (216) 

791-5000 or check the Web at cim.edu for more information. 

Sunday, April 3 at 4:00 P.M. 

Harkness Chapel 

UNIVERSITY CIRCLE WIND ENSEMBLE 

GARY M. CIEPLUCH, music director 

LIAM DAY, JOHN FREEMAN, trumpets 

VIVALDI Concerto for Two Piccolo Trumpets 

MOZART Serenade in B-flat Major, K. 361 

STRAVINSKY Octet 

Wednesday, April 13 at 12:30 PM 

Le Pavillon 

MIDDAY MUSIC 

Student Recital Series 

Eat your lunch to the accompaniment of 

classical music. Performances by CIM Conservatory 

students in a 45-minute format. 

Long 

Saturday, April 16 

at 1:00 PM 

Room 113 

SYMPOSIUM - ZHOU LONG 

Symposium by composer 

Zhou Long from 1:00 p.m. 

to 2:30 p.m. 

Sunday, April 17 at 4:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

CIM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 

PAUL YANCICH, director 

MASTER CLASS 

Sidney D. Josephs Distinguished Visiting 

Artist and famed violinist Gyorgy Pauk will 

present master classes from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 

p.m. and 2:00-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 

April 6 in Le Pavillon. 

Wednesday, April 6 – Saturday, April 9 

at 8:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

CIM OPERA THEATER 

Mozart’s Garden Girl in Disguise 

DAVID BAMBERGER, director 

THE CIM ORCHESTRA 

STEVEN BYESS, guest conductor 

Sometimes called “the most underappreciated 

of Mozart’s operas,” this work was produced 

when the composer was only 18 and yet marks 

the emergence of his mature style. A unique 

mixture of the comic and the serious, The 

Garden Girl in Disguise includes delightful 

ensembles and gorgeous solos. This will be 

David Bamberger’s first full production in his 

new role as Artistic Director of the CIM Opera 

Program. 

Tickets: $15 adults; $10 students and seniors 

For tickets, call (216)791-5000, ext. 411, 

Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

April 6th performance presented in honor of 

Fifth Third Bank 

Scheduled to be broadcast on Saturday, May 

14th on WCLV 104.9 FM 

Friday, April 15 at 10:30 AM (SCHOOL SHOW) 

Saturday, April 16 at 7:00 PM (FAMILY 

SOIRÉE) 

Kulas Hall 

THE THRILL OF MUSIC 

THE CIM ORCHESTRA 

JASON SEBER, SEAN NEWHOUSE, conductors 

RUSSELL PECK The Thrill of the Orchestra 

Back by popular demand! Enjoy an elegant night 

on the town for the whole family with “The Thrill 

of Music,” April 16 at 7:00 p.m., featuring the 

CIM Orchestra. Join conductors Jason Seber and 

Sean Newhouse as they take you on a musical 

journey illustrating instruments and how they are 

played. Hear classical favorites from Star Wars, 

Swan Lake, Firebird and more! Get out your party 

clothes and enjoy a spectacular concert followed 

by a glittering dessert reception. Tickets: $6 

children; $8.50 adults; $5 for groups of 10 or 

more (all tickets for the school show are $5). 

Special thanks to The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. 

Fox Charitable Foundation for funding this 

wonderful family event. 

To order tickets, call the CIM Box Office at 216- 

791-5000, ext. 411, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Friday, April 15 at 8:00 PM 

Kulas Hall 

CIM NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL 

NEW MUSIC FROM CIM 

MARGARET BROUWER, director 

GILBERT GALINDO, conductor 

JANINA CEASER, harpsichord 

MARY MACKENZIE, soprano 

MICHAEL DeBRUYN, cello 

MIN XIAO-FEN, pipa 

MARGARET BROUWER Light 

ZHOU LONG Soul 

AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Ritual Incantations 

JOHN ADAMS Chamber Symphony 


Le Pavillon 

MIDDAY MUSIC 


Eat your lunch to the accompaniment of classical 

music. Performances by CIM Conservatory 


Wednesday, April 20 at 8:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

FACULTY RECITAL 

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary 

of THE CAVANI STRING QUARTET 

ANNIE FULLARD, violin 

MARI SATO, violin 

KIRSTEN DOCTER, viola 

MERRY PECKHAM, cello 

with guest artist 

ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello 

MOZART String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 

JOSEPH HALLMAN String Quartet 

SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 

Presented in honor of The Coral Company 

Audio-Technica live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM 

Tuesday, April 26 at 8:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

CIM BRASS ENSEMBLES 

RICHARD STOUT, director 

Mack 

Stout 


Le Pavillon 

MIDDAY MUSIC 


Eat your lunch to the accompaniment of classical 

music. Performances by CIM Conservatory 


Wednesday, April 27 at 8:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

CIM WOODWIND ENSEMBLES 

JOHN MACK, director

19 Concerts • Women’s Committee 

Wednesday, May 4 at 7:00 P.M. 

Kulas Hall 

INTENSIVE STRING QUARTET 

SEMINAR GALA CONCERT 

Monday, May 9 at 7:30 P.M. 

Severance Hall 

CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY I 


HOLST March from A Moorside Suite 

PAUL BASLER Mangulina 

GRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry 

RONALD LoPRESTI Elegy for a 

Young American 

SOUSA Hands Across the Sea 

DAVID HOLSINGER To Tame the Perilous Skies 

Tickets: $15 general admission; $25 box seats; 

$5 CIM/CASE students with ID 

Call the Severance Hall Box Office 

at (216)231-1111. 

Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30 P.M. 

Severance Hall 

CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY II 


MELISSA LICHTLER, associate conductor 

ALFRED REED El Camino Real 

MARK CAMPHOUSE Three London Miniatures 

CHARLES WILEY Old Scottish Melody 

JAN VAN DER ROOST Rikudim 

ROBERT C. SHELDON In the Shining 

of the Stars 

DVORÁK Largo from the New World 

Symphony 

Tickets: $15 general admission; $25 box seats; 

$5 CIM/CASE students with ID 

Call the Severance Hall Box Office 

at (216)231-1111. 


The Garden Girl in Disguise 

Join CIM opera director David Bamberger in his first full 

production as artistic director of the CIM Opera Program. 

On April 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 8:00 p.m. the CIM Opera Theater will 

present Mozart’s opera The Garden Girl in Disguise. Stephen 

Byess will return to serve as guest conductor of the 

CIM Orchestra. 

Sometimes called “the most underappreciated of Mozart’s 

operas,” The Garden Girl in Disguise is a unique mixture of 

comic and serious work produced when the composer was only 

18 years old. This piece anticipates the enchanting comedy of 

his most celebrated masterpieces, but also has remarkable 

scenes of romance and passion that are not duplicated in his 

most famous works. “It has been great fun to develop this 

piece for CIM audiences,” said Bamberger. “The original 

opera is quite long, and has a somewhat confusing libretto. 

Our adaptation tightens the work and includes only the music 

that is Mozart’s very best. I think audiences will be amazed at 

the wonderful music that Mozart created when he was still 

a teenager.” 

CIM extends thanks and appreciation to the John P. Murphy 

Foundation for its generous gift supporting the opera program. 

Tickets for the production are $15; $10 for students and 

seniors. 

The CIM Women’s Committee 

On November 17, 2004, the CIM Women’s Committee held its first-ever board 

reunion. The brainchild of current board member Jean Wiant, the event drew 

more than 70 past Women’s Committee board members, including seven past 

presidents. The centerpiece of the event was the unveiling of the model for CIM’s 

expansion project and a brief presentation by architect Charles Young. The group 

also heard performances by CIM piano students Michael Schneider and Zahari 

Metchkov, who closed the luncheon with a rousing rendition of “The William Tell 

Overture” arranged for four hands. Both 

study with Paul Schenly, who provided 

an introduction for the performance. 

(left to right) Jean Wiant is joined by current 

Women’s Committee President 

Holly Selvaggi and past presidents Joan Farley 

(1999-2001), Margi O’Brien (2001-2003), 

June McInnes (1993-1995), Judy Bourne 

(1997-1999), Joan Ostendorf (1980-1982), 

seated Connie Balaguer (1991-1993), 

and Janet Smith (1984-1987). 

Women’s Committee Gala - An Evening with Doc Severinsen 

Dan Milner 

Susan M. Schwartz Daniel Milner 

CIM Women’s Committee President Holly 

Selvaggi with Clark Harvey at An Evening with 

Doc Severinsen, a benefit presented by the 

Women’s Committee and sponsored by The 

Invacare Foundation that capped off CIM’s 

Ice Breaking celebration on February 18, 2005 

(left to right) Benefit Co-Chairs Mary Trevor 

and Bonnie Myers, ready to greet their 

guests, along with Max Rabinovitsj and 

Dieter Myers 

Mary Trevor and Bonnie Myers joined CIM 

President David Cerone on stage to introduce 

Carl Topilow and Doc Severinsen.

Ice Breaking 

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Breaking 

the Ice! 

The future of CIM began at noon on February 18, 2005 with a ceremonial 

Ice Breaking to begin the new $40 million expansion project. When all is said 

and done, additional practice, teaching and performance space will be added 

to CIM’s 40-plus-year-old campus in University Circle. On this sunny but frigid 

winter day, the festivities began in Kulas Hall with music and speeches, and 

ended as CIM leadership (Barbara Robinson, Mal Mixon, honored guest 

Doc Severinsen, David Cerone and Richard Pogue) shattered an ice gong to 

the cheers of nearly 400 supporters. With hot chocolate to keep them warm 

and gifts to commemorate the event, it was a joyous occasion for all. 

Photos: Daniel Milner 

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