Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music

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
Doc Severinsen
as part of his visit to
Cleveland for CIM’s
benefit concert and
Ice Breaking in
February.
Doc Severinsen
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.