Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
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13 Faculty • Distance Learning<br />
Jason Vieaux, head <strong>of</strong> the<br />
guitar department, has a<br />
newly designed Web site,<br />
www.jasonvieaux.com.<br />
Composition<br />
department<br />
faculty<br />
member<br />
Orianna<br />
Webb<br />
won the<br />
2004<br />
Webb<br />
Raymond<br />
and Beverly Sackler <strong>Music</strong><br />
Composition Prize. The<br />
international prize, sponsored<br />
by the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Connecticut School <strong>of</strong> Fine<br />
Arts, includes a cash prize<br />
and composition <strong>of</strong> a<br />
chamber piece for strings<br />
and single winds and brass<br />
to be performed at the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Connecticut<br />
in <strong>Mar</strong>ch.<br />
Left to right: Miller, Dim<strong>of</strong>f, Jones<br />
and Weiss<br />
CIM faculty members<br />
Richard Weiss (cello),<br />
Joela Jones (piano) and<br />
Maximilian Dim<strong>of</strong>f (head<br />
<strong>of</strong> the double bass department)<br />
were joined by<br />
Donald Miller (drums) in a<br />
recently-released CD featuring<br />
the Suite for Cello and<br />
Jazz Piano Trio by Claude<br />
Bolling. All artists are<br />
members <strong>of</strong> The <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
Orchestra. The CD is available<br />
in the CIM music store<br />
and at the Severance Hall<br />
gift store.<br />
Todd<br />
Wilson,<br />
head <strong>of</strong><br />
the organ<br />
department,<br />
played a<br />
concert in<br />
Tokyo’s<br />
Musashino<br />
Wilson Civic<br />
Cultural<br />
Hall on January 29, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
Distance Learning <strong>Music</strong> Bytes<br />
The CIM Distance Learning department strives to create a<br />
conservatory without walls. CIM already delivers upwards<br />
<strong>of</strong> 500 educational programs each year to K-12 schools.<br />
Now videoconference master classes with peer institutions<br />
are becoming a significant part <strong>of</strong> that concept.<br />
In February, horn students <strong>of</strong> Rick Solis, Eli Epstein and<br />
Richard King participated in a videoconference master class<br />
with Randy Gardner, horn pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the University <strong>of</strong><br />
Cincinnati College-Conservatory <strong>of</strong> <strong>Music</strong> (CCM). Eli Epstein<br />
reciprocated with a master class for CCM students.<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>ch brought a master class exchange with the Royal<br />
College <strong>of</strong> <strong>Music</strong> (RCM) in London. CIM faculty member<br />
Antonio Pompa-Baldi taught talented piano students from<br />
RCM while renowned pianist Yonty Solomon worked with<br />
CIM piano students.<br />
In addition, CIM faculty member William Preucil took part<br />
in a series <strong>of</strong> master classes involving concertmasters from<br />
two <strong>of</strong> the world’s great orchestras. Along with Glenn<br />
Dicterow <strong>of</strong> the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Preucil<br />
worked with aspiring students from CIM and the Manhattan<br />
School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Music</strong>.<br />
The CIM Distance Learning<br />
staff traveled to Columbus<br />
in February to present<br />
at the 2004 Ohio<br />
SchoolNet State Technology<br />
Conference. CIM<br />
delivered a session on its<br />
new curriculum unit,<br />
<strong>Music</strong>al Geography <strong>of</strong><br />
Ohio, and a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
development session<br />
entitled “Videoconferencing<br />
over IP: A Best<br />
Practice Guide.” CIM<br />
staged a special event on<br />
Valentine’s Day with<br />
Distance Learning faculty<br />
member Andrea Bargabos.<br />
As an opera singer, Andrea<br />
has gained notoriety over<br />
the past few years as the<br />
“Diva <strong>of</strong> Distance Learning.”<br />
Hundreds at the<br />
conference turned out to<br />
“Meet the Diva” at a<br />
photo signing session.<br />
Andrea Bargabos signs “DIVA”<br />
photos at the Ohio SchoolNet<br />
Technology Conference<br />
In <strong>Mar</strong>ch, Dr. <strong>Mar</strong>k George, Director <strong>of</strong> Distance Learning<br />
at CIM, presented a session at the Northwest Council<br />
for Computer Education in Seattle entitled “A Feast <strong>of</strong><br />
Integration.” CIM Distance Learning programming is<br />
becoming well known throughout the country for its<br />
quality and innovation.<br />
CIM Distance Learning master classes are produced<br />
using the Internet2 high speed network. Networking<br />
assistance is provided by OARnet, Ohio’s connection<br />
point for Internet2.<br />
Call For<br />
Participants<br />
The Distance Learning<br />
department at CIM is<br />
concerned with<br />
transcending time<br />
and distance to create<br />
a personal bond<br />
between an instructor<br />
who is in one place<br />
and a student who<br />
happens to be in<br />
another. Director<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>k George is<br />
developing a network<br />
<strong>of</strong> videoconferenceenabled<br />
alumni and<br />
friends <strong>of</strong> CIM and a<br />
network <strong>of</strong> performing<br />
arts high schools.<br />
Any individuals or<br />
organizations interested<br />
in participating<br />
or receiving more<br />
information may<br />
contact Dr. George at<br />
(216) 791-5000 or<br />
mag12@case.edu.<br />
Third Frontier<br />
Network<br />
The <strong>Cleveland</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Music</strong> is a charter member<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ohio’s Third Frontier<br />
Network, a dedicated highspeed<br />
fiber optic network<br />
that will enhance research<br />
and education collaboration<br />
in Ohio. Expanding Ohio’s<br />
role and reputation in<br />
networking technology,<br />
the network will greatly<br />
enhance the state’s economic<br />
development by<br />
creating new opportunities<br />
for jobs. CIM, the only<br />
conservatory that is a<br />
member, was the first<br />
institution to utilize the<br />
network when it hosted a<br />
high-speed videoconference<br />
session for the national<br />
conference <strong>of</strong> Grantmakers<br />
in the Arts in October 2004.