Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
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H. Fair<br />
President • Commencement • Around the State<br />
4<br />
Thoughts from<br />
the President<br />
“Sometimes the fool<br />
who rushes in, gets<br />
the job done.”<br />
Everyone involved with CIM’s expansion<br />
project knows that this has been<br />
a long and involved process. We have<br />
made careful choices, engaged in<br />
thoughtful planning and exercised<br />
fiscal due diligence. We knew the<br />
success <strong>of</strong> this project would ensure<br />
that CIM will maintain its leadership<br />
position as one <strong>of</strong> the top music<br />
conservatories in the world.<br />
Now that that’s all done, though,<br />
the time has come to “rush in.” That<br />
is not to say that the people at CIM<br />
are fools! On the contrary, now that<br />
we’ve gotten the planning out <strong>of</strong><br />
the way, we are fully committed to<br />
accomplishing the task at hand.<br />
We’re ready now to really get this<br />
project going.<br />
This is a lesson about time management<br />
– an essential skill for any<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional, but perhaps more so<br />
for musicians. Students at CIM are<br />
learning through experience that<br />
preparation and planning are<br />
imperative, but so is the idea <strong>of</strong><br />
putting their planning into practice.<br />
We’re aware, as they say, that the<br />
best-laid schemes <strong>of</strong>ten go awry.<br />
But I know that faculty, staff and<br />
students are ready to deal with<br />
changing locations, construction<br />
noise and all the other headaches<br />
that will surely come with the<br />
construction effort. I’m convinced<br />
that we have the full commitment<br />
<strong>of</strong> everyone on our team to rush in<br />
and get this job done!<br />
– David Cerone<br />
Pierre Boulez to Serve as Commencement Speaker<br />
This year’s Commencement exercises will take<br />
place on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 7, <strong>2005</strong>, beginning at<br />
10:00 a.m. We are pleased to announce that<br />
Pierre Boulez will accept an honorary doctoral<br />
degree and serve as Commencement speaker.<br />
Mr. Boulez, who will celebrate his 80th birthday<br />
shortly before visiting CIM, is a noted composer<br />
and conductor who has spent most <strong>of</strong> his life<br />
helping to make music an essential part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
contemporary world. He began an association<br />
with The <strong>Cleveland</strong> Orchestra in 1965, serving as<br />
Principal Guest Conductor and <strong>Music</strong>al Advisor<br />
from 1970 until 1972. He has returned to take<br />
up the baton <strong>of</strong>ten in the<br />
years since.<br />
Mr. Boulez remains dedicated<br />
to his many composition<br />
and conducting<br />
projects, as well as to the<br />
development <strong>of</strong> sophisticated<br />
electronic equipment<br />
for the production, generation,<br />
and modification <strong>of</strong><br />
musical sound.<br />
Around the State<br />
Kabat<br />
Boulez<br />
Andréa Belding (B.M., 2004, violin), student <strong>of</strong> David Russell,<br />
is in her second year as concertmaster <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO). She made her pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
concerto debut with the Beethoven Concerto for Violin on<br />
December 11, 2004, as part <strong>of</strong> the “Seasonal <strong>Music</strong> for the<br />
Holidays” program.<br />
Several recent graduates <strong>of</strong> CIM have performed with the<br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> Opera Chorus this season. The chorus <strong>of</strong> “Don<br />
Giovanni” included Andrea Chenoweth (P.S., 2004, voice),<br />
James A. Hilton (P.S., Jan. <strong>2005</strong>, voice), and Nathaniel<br />
Johnson (B.M., 2004, voice), students <strong>of</strong> George Vassos; and<br />
Melissa Arning (B.M., 2004, voice) and Angela Peterson<br />
(M.M., 2004, voice), students <strong>of</strong> Beverley Rinaldi. The chorus <strong>of</strong><br />
“Sweeney Todd” included Chenoweth, Hilton, Johnson and<br />
Peterson. The chorus <strong>of</strong> “Faust” included Arning, Chenoweth,<br />
Hilton, Johnson; Andrew Bolden and Scott Bromagen<br />
(B.M., 2000, voice), students <strong>of</strong> Beverley Rinaldi.<br />
Madeleine (Lynne) Kabat, student <strong>of</strong> Richard Weiss who<br />
graduated from the Young Artist Program in 2004, gave her<br />
Lo solo debut with The <strong>Cleveland</strong> Orchestra on February 18. The<br />
High School Morning Concert at Severance Hall was conducted<br />
by James Gaffigan, assistant conductor <strong>of</strong> The <strong>Cleveland</strong> Orchestra.<br />
Lynne began cello lessons at age 11 with Kent Collier. She studied with Mr. Weiss<br />
at CIM for four years and attended ENCORE School for Strings for the past three<br />
summers. She is now in her freshman year at Rice University on a full scholarship,<br />
studying with Norman Fischer.<br />
Theory and piano department faculty member Karl Lo is in the process <strong>of</strong> performing<br />
the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. His next concerts are scheduled<br />
for <strong>May</strong> 18 and 22 at the Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood.