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Christian Steiner 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.
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