Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music

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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.