• Notes Spring 07 WEB.indd - Cleveland Institute of Music

Notes
April-May 2007
By Any Measure, Exceptional
In this Issue:
Commencement.... page 2
Distance Learning... page 4
New Chair in Cello... page 5
McFerrin Benefit.... page 19
Thoughts from the President ....page 3
Honors/Memorials ....page 6
Faculty .... page 9
Preparatory .... page 10
Alumni ....page 14
Students ....page 16
Concerts ....page 17

Commencement
2
Commencement 2007
CIM’s 2007 Commencement exercises will take place
Monday, May 21, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
We are pleased to announce that two distinguished musicians
will serve as Commencement speakers and receive honorary
doctoral degrees. They are Gary Graffman, celebrated pianist
and recently retired president of the Curtis Institute of
Music; and Franz Welser-Möst, music director and Kelvin
Smith Family Endowed Chair of The Cleveland Orchestra.
Christian Steiner
Don Snyder
Graffman
Welser-
Möst
Gary Graffman has been a major figure in the music world since winning the prestigious Leventritt
Award in 1949. Mr. Graffman began playing piano at age three, when his father, a violinist, gave him
a small fiddle. The instrument proved too cumbersome, and piano lessons were substituted, with eventual
return to the violin anticipated. The young Graffman’s affinity for the piano soon became evident,
and at age seven he was accepted by the Curtis Institute of Music to study with Isabelle Vengerova
– exactly 50 years before being named the school’s director. After graduation from Curtis, he worked
for several years with Vladimir Horowitz and at the Marlboro Music Festival during the summers with
Rudolf Serkin. He has enjoyed an active career as a concert artist, concerto soloist with the world’s
great orchestras and as a chamber music collaborator with the most renowned artists of our time.
Mr. Graffman first joined the Curtis piano faculty in 1980 and became director in 1986. He was
appointed president in 1995 and remains active as a teacher and piano and chamber music coach.
Franz Welser-Möst is in his fifth season as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra. Under his direction,
The Orchestra has toured extensively and to critical acclaim. His rise to international fame as a
conductor began in 1986 when he made his debut with the London Philharmonic; he was appointed
music director in 1990, a position he held for six years. He performs regularly with the Vienna and
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. He also appears with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and has
been a frequent conductor of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra since the ensemble’s founding.
Mr. Welser-Möst became general music director of the Zurich Opera in September 2005 and has made
a commitment to the Opera that extends through 2011, having served as the Opera’s principal conductor
from 2002 to 2005 and music director from 1995 to 2002. In Cleveland, he participates in community
concerts and educational programs and is involved with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.
Mr. Welser-Möst’s Cleveland Orchestra concerts during the 2006-07 season include major works central
to the orchestral repertoire, among them symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Shostakovich
and Tchaikovsky.
In addition, three CIM alumni will
be honored in recognition of their
achievements in the field of music.
Howard A. Roberts (B.M., 1950, M.M.,
1951, voice), student of Mordecai
Bauman and Marie Kraft, will receive
the Distinguished Alumni Award. Mr.
Roberts was playing trumpet professionally
by age 16. He performed in the
acclaimed revival of Porgy and Bess and
toured as tenor soloist with The Robert
Shaw Chorale. He has served as musical
director/conductor/vocal and choral
arranger for many Broadway shows,
including Raisin and Guys and Dolls.
As musical director for Harry Belafonte,
he conducted concert performances
across the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Roberts
collaborated with Alvin Ailey to create
the American Dance Theater’s Revelations,
and served as the company’s musical
director for 15 years. Blood Memories,
choreographed by Donald McKayle,
was commissioned and performed by
the Ailey company. Mr. Roberts has
received ASCAP Standard Music Panel
awards for nine consecutive years and
two Emmy Award nominations for In
Performance at the White House with
Leontyne Price and Lorraine Hansberry’s
To Be Young, Gifted and Black. He
retired recently as professor of music at
the City University of New York.
Roberts Glazier Moore
Richard Glazier (D.M.A., 1994, piano),
student of Elizabeth Pastor, will receive
an Alumni Achievement Award.
Mr. Glazier is one of today’s foremost
interpreters of the American Popular
Songbook and is closely associated
with music of George and Ira Gershwin.
At age nine, Mr. Glazier heard a recording
of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in
Blue by Oscar Levant with Eugene Ormandy
and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
When Mr. Glazier was 12, Ira Gershwin
invited him to his home. Mr. Glazier
has performed in nearly every U.S.
state, bringing audiences the music of
the Golden Age of American Popular
Song with fascinating commentary
about the composers of the era. Weaving
stories, film clips and piano performances,
his programs are entertaining,
educational and inspiring. Mr. Glazier
has performed several times at CIM,
including a well-received “Salute to the
Hollywood Musical.”
Thomas C. Moore (B.M., 1986, M.M.,
1988, oboe), student of John Mack,
will receive an Alumni Achievement
Award. Mr. Moore is producer and
senior recording editor for Telarc
International. He was recently named
Outstanding Producer of the Year by
Outmusic Awards. In 2006, he won his
third GRAMMY Award for producing
4 + Four with the Turtle Island String
Quartet. He also garnered the nomination
for Classical Producer of the Year
in 2005. Mr. Moore is principal oboist
and a founder of Red {an orchestra}.
He has served as principal oboist with
the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland
Opera Orchestra, Cleveland Ballet
Orchestra, National Arts Centre
Orchestra and Glimmerglass Opera
Orchestra.

3 Thoughts from the President • Construction on Track
Keith Berr Productions, Inc.
Thoughts from
the President
Things Should Work Properly
In the winter edition of
Notes, I used this space to
discuss acronyms and how
they can be used to capture
your essence and “define”
you. I hope you have had an
opportunity to search out
your own personal acronym.
I noted that my personal defining
acronym is TSWP, and
promised that I would reveal
what it stands for. Well, it’s
listed above: Things Should
Work Properly.
So how does it “define”
me? I certainly try to follow
this motto on personal and
interpersonal levels. The latter also includes professional
interactions. As I noted last time, it extends to behaviors big
and small. For example:
• I am free to think more clearly when I am not distracted
by a heating system that is not functioning properly.
• I can be on time to meetings and appointments if my car
worked properly.
• I can use my time efficiently if my word processing program
doesn’t crash just as I am finishing a report.
The acronym also defines my approach to the “business” of
music. I strive to conduct myself properly when performing,
teaching, judging, listening. I’m not referring here to the
unexplained or extraordinary – the Michael Jordans, Tiger
Woodses, Jascha Heifetzes. I simply mean that things should
work properly, the same principle by which Einstein and
Mozart worked ... and I am proud to say that many people in
CIM’s world seem to agree with me.
The Institute’s faculty is known to be world-class. This
designation is due not only to the exceptional level of talent
found in our faculty, but also the exceptional levels of
personality, communication, artistry and professionalism. The
same can be said of CIM’s staff, trustees, donors and committee
members. The dedication of all these individuals, then, is
conveyed to CIM students. And when those students are sent
out into the world, they become CIM alumni who are used
to things working properly.
I know that this ethos bears fruit, just by looking at the
accomplishments of our current students and our alumni. I
refer, of course, to the fact that major competitions around
the globe are regularly won by CIM students and alumni. But
I also refer to the fact that so many associated with CIM are
“proper” and wonderful people – people who give back to
their communities and enrich the world.
I recently announced that I will retire from CIM once my
successor is in place. I will do so encouraged by the knowledge
that, for the Institute, things will continue to
work properly!
–David Cerone
P.S. Are things working properly when you have to press
“Start” to turn your computer off?
Performance Wing Construction on Track
Construction of CIM’s new Performance Wing, including
Mixon Hall and the Robinson Library, continues to progress!
When students arrive for the beginning of the 2007-
08 school year (at the end of August 2007), the project is
expected to be substantially completed. As of February
2007, installation of the Mixon Hall windows was nearly
finished and the magnificence of this new facility has
become more and more apparent.
Phase II of The Campaign for CIM continues to move toward
meeting the $400,000 anonymous challenge grant,
and recognition opportunities are available for donors
who make their Campaign gift by June 30, 2007:
• Gifts of $10,000 or more will be recognized on the
Donor Wall in the new Grand Lobby.
• There are opportunities to name spaces, including
teaching studios.
• Mixon Hall seats may be named for gifts of $5,000.
• Pavers with your choice of inscription are available for
gifts of $1,000, $2,500, and $5,000. The first paver
installation has been completed on the walkway to the
new Fred A. Lennon Education Building. The second
installation will be added this summer.
Please call the Development Office (216-795-3160) if you
would like to be included in this final drive to complete
the expansion project.
Jim Kozel

New Faces • Distance Learning
4
New Faces at CIM
Stephen Sedam has joined the staff of CIM as the new
Development Officer for Individual and Planned Gifts.
Stephen’s love of music started at an early age with regular
attendance at operas performed at the Indiana University
School of Music, and his entire career has been in the
nonprofit field, matching donors with their dreams.
Most recently, he was development director for Cuyahoga
Valley National Park Association, where he worked with
major donors to help support the national park.
Sedam
Since he has been with
CIM, Stephen has been very
impressed by his colleagues
and the many donors who,
in a variety of ways and with
remarkable generosity, are
ensuring a vibrant future
for CIM.
Stephen is eager to meet the
many members of the Legacy
Society and encourages you
to set aside Thursday, May
17, 2007 for the annual
Legacy Society luncheon. For
those who are interested in
becoming a member of CIM’s
Legacy Society, please contact
Stephen at shs20@case.
edu or 216-795-3168.
Alex Kosiorek
(B.M., 1995, audio
recording), student
of Thomas
Knab, has been
named director of
audio services at
CIM. An awardwinning
engineer
who specializes in
classical, jazz and
acoustic music,
Alex focuses his attention
on production
that promotes
Kosiorek
high-quality reproduction,
mixing
and mastering through technologically advanced mediums.
He began his radio career for the late Radio Smithsonian. He
delved into surround production, recording the New World
Symphony’s European Tour in surround in the great halls of
Europe. Formerly the audio recording and mastering engineer
for the Corbett Studio and Cincinnati Public Radio, he
recorded premier ensembles including the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera. His love and passion
for music extends beyond his career, as he is also an avid
social and advanced-level competitive west coast swing
dancer. Alex’s experience provides a great resource for his
involvement with the technical requirements of Mixon Hall,
which includes the state-of-the-art Robert and Jean Conrad
Audio Control Room.
Distance
Learning
Music Bytes
CIM students rehearse for an
upcoming videoconference
under the watchful eye of
chief technician Greg Howe
at the new Kulas Center for
International Education.
In January, CIM produced
its first-ever videoconference
audition for a student
seeking admission to the
Conservatory. A double bass
student from New York
City auditioned from the
Manhattan School of Music
via high-speed videoconference
for CIM double bass
faculty Max Dimoff and Jeff
Bradetich. The sound and
image quality were excellent,
providing the faculty with a
more than adequate means
of evaluating the student.
Videoconference auditions
will be utilized only when
face-to-face auditions are
logistically impossible.
Director of Distance Learning
Mark George traveled
to Miami Beach for the 2007
Internet2 Performing Arts
Symposium. Dr. George met
with colleagues from across
the country to discuss best
practices for teaching and
performing music via highspeed
videoconferencing.
CIM collaborated with the
Yale University School of
Music on a series of videoconference
demonstration
projects. As a result, Yale is
investing in a distance learning
studio for music performance
and teaching.
The Distance Learning
program is now nearly fully
installed in the new Kulas
Center for International Education.
Master classes with
CIM faculty will be delivered
from the new facility with
highest production value
using the Internet2 highspeed
network. Alumni and
others from around the
world who want to arrange
videoconference master
classes with CIM should
contact Mark George, Director
of Distance Learning, at
mark.george@case.edu or
216-795-3177.

5 Beckelman Chair • Sato Center
Moses William
Beckelman Chair
in Cello Established
In an act of outstanding generosity, Ruth
Beckelman of Brittany, France has created a
bequest of more than $1 million to endow
the Moses William Beckelman Chair in Cello
at the Cleveland Institute of Music, in honor
of her father.
Sato
Center
for Suzuki
Studies
“This extraordinary gift will enable CIM to attract
the finest of cello instructors and ensure
that CIM students bring the soulful joy of
the cello to appreciative audiences for many
generations to come. We extend our deepest
gratitude to Ms. Beckelman,” said CIM President
David Cerone.
Ms. Beckelman is excited about the implications
of her bequest. “From great faculty
come great students,” she said.
“I always loved the cello ever since I was a
child,” said Ms. Beckelman. She first heard
the cello in her father’s home. Her father is
her hero who not only had a deep love of
classical music but also was devoted to aiding
the handicapped and elderly in France. His
eminent service on behalf of the disadvantaged
resulted in his receiving the Legion of
Honor, one of the most distinguished awards
bestowed in France.
Her familiarity with CIM began when she was
in the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing
at Case from 1976 – 1978. During this period,
she says, “I spent as much time as I could
listening to master classes at CIM.”
In 1991, Ms. Beckelman returned to France
and now resides in Brittany, where she
recently started painting in her large
English garden full of flowers, including
30 rose bushes, mixed borders, hedges and
numerous trees.
(Photos from the top)
– Hahn (left) and Katz Napoli
– Hahn with Suzuki students
– Hahn autographs CDs
– Carey (left) and CIM cello
faculty Richard Aaron and
Melissa Kraut
Beckelman
The spring semester has been busy for the Sato Center for Suzuki
Studies. Cellist Gabriel Cabezas, first-place junior division laureate of
the 2006 Sphinx Competition, performed for students in January, thanks
to Joan Katz Napoli, director of The Cleveland Orchestra’s educational
programs. In February, ENCORE alumna Hilary Hahn visited to listen to
students perform and answered their questions. She even gave autographs
to the excited students! Finally, Tanya Carey, SAA-registered cello
teacher trainer, will have traveled to Cleveland five times by the end of
the semester, working with Sato cello faculty member Melissa Kraut,
(B.M., 1990, cello), student of Alan Harris, to help establish a long-term
Suzuki cello teacher training program here at CIM.

Honor/Memorials
6
Honors/Memorials
The Cleveland Institute of Music gratefully acknowledges the generosity of those
individuals who honor or remember someone special through support of CIM. If you are
interested in making a special honor or memorial gift, please contact the Development
Office at 216-791-5000, ext. 232. (This report reflects memorial and honorary gifts
received between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Unless specified, donations have
been designated to the Annual Fund.)
Honor Contributors
In Honor of Richard Aaron
Mr. Jeffrey B. Phelps
In Honor of George N. Aronoff
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Meckler
In Honor of Nicole Auerbach
Ms. Elizabeth Bell
In Honor of Gregory Binford
Helen L. Jacobson
In Honor of Richard Blum
to The Campaign for CIM
Barbara S. Robinson
In Honor of Jay Bramson
to the Rhoda Unger Scholarship
Mrs. Laura Rollins
In Honor of Ann Calkins
Chloe W. Oldenburg
In Honor of Ann Calkins
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Watson
Mabel C. Watts
In Honor of the Cavani String Quartet
to the Cavani String Quartet
Endowment
Drs. Melvin S. and Miriam B.
Rosenthal
In Honor of David Cerone
to The Campaign for CIM
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Ross
In Honor of David and Linda
Cerone to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Carroll
Mr. David R. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Corcoran
Ms. Kelly M. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton R. McGlory III
Ms. Kathryn Stevenson
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zaidspiner
In Honor of Linda Cerone
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Steinberg
Ms. Wook S. Yoo
In Honor of Alice Chalifoux
to the Alice Chalifoux-Salzedo
Scholarship
Ms. Paula G. Page (B.M., 1969)
In Honor of Janis W. Christiansen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wilcox
In Honor of Robert and Jean
Conrad to The Campaign for CIM
Miss Lillian L. Hudimac
In Honor of Rosemary Deioma
to Scholarship Endowments
Mr. Dan Deioma
In Honor of Donald Erb
to the Donald J. Erb Scholarship
Dr. James C. Mobberley* and
Mrs. Laura S. Moore (* D.M.A., 1982)
In Honor of Mrs. Bernard Falkner
Ms. Ellen C. Forman
In Honor of Alice S. Feiman
to the Alice S. and Ellis A. Feiman
Memorial Award in Cello
and Piano
Drs. Judith and David Feiman
In Honor of Jack and Barbara Gerson
for Scholarships
Ms. Patricia Gerson
In Honor of John Gilliam
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. David Gilliam
In Honor of David Gilson
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan B. Taft
In Honor of Mr. David Goodman
and Ms. Helen Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Falkner
In Honor of Barbara Bolton Gratry
to The Campaign for CIM
Elaine G. Hadden
In Honor of Dr. Marshall Griffith
Oakwood Club
In Honor of Erik Hasselquist
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. John Houdek and Ms. Donna
L. Lalewicz
In Honor of Thaddeus Jackson
Dr. Martina Richardson
In Honor of Judy Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Aaron
Dr. Ruthanne M. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Arnson
Mr. Sheldon Berns
Ms. Edith R. Conzett
Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Glickman
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haber
Judy and Ken Laskey
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lux
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Marcus
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Safran
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Siegel
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sugerman
In Honor of Judy Jacobson
to the Huser Family Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Marcus
In Honor of David D. Kahan
Michelle, Elisa, and Laura Kahan
In Honor of Anthony Kearns
to The Campaign for CIM
Cilla and Bob Horst
In Honor of the Trustees
of the Kulas Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas V. Epp
In Honor of Kurt Loebel
Mrs. Justin Krent
In Honor of Charles S. Marston
Mrs. H. Stuart Harrison
In Honor of Mal Mixon
to The Campaign for CIM
Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Ross
In Honor of Jay and Barbara Nagel
Ms. Wendy D. Nagel
In Honor of Robert M. Newman
to the Dr. Samuel B. Baker Scholarship
Fund for Israeli Students
Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Goozh
In Honor of Miss Olga
to the Olga Radosavljevich
Endowed Scholarship for
Preparatory Classical Piano
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bolton
In Honor of Beverley Rinaldi
Judge and Mrs. Stanley
Christopher
In Honor of D. Lois Ruskin
Ms. Miriam L. Grossman
In Honor of Peter Salaff
Anonymous
In Honor of Dr. Mark Stillman
to The Campaign for CIM
Dr. Beth Nelson
In Honor of Carl Topilow
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart J. Schultz
In Honor of David Updegraff
Dr. Kia-Hui Tan
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Myron
Urdang
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Falkner
In Honor of George Vassos
to the George Vassos Scholarship
Ok-Sim Nam Kim (A.D., 1987) and
Dr. Chin-Tai Kim
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott L. Schlang
Bobbie Schwartz
Ms. Penny F. Sent
In Honor of Dr. Calvin E. Weber
to the Dr. Calvin E. Weber Award in
Trumpet
Mr. and Mrs. C. Scott* Weber (B.M.,
1985)
In Honor of Dr. Marvin Whitman to
the Ida Whitman Library Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ambus
In Honor of Rose Wong
to The Campaign for CIM
Elroy and Dee Kursh
Memorial Contributors
In Memory of Michael and Amelia
Ablan to the Michael and Amelia
Ablan Fund for an Award
in Guitar
Mr. Matthew Seth Ablan (M.M.,
1998)
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ablan
Ms. Nezzera Ablan
In Memory of Rosalia Ablan
to the Rosalia Ablan Memorial Fund
for a Prize in Guitar
Mr. Matthew Seth Ablan (M.M.,
1998)
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ablan
Ms. Nezzera Ablan
In Memory of Pearl Alberts
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Gretchen Aquaviva
Mr. Thomas J. Aquaviva
In Memory of Helen L. Baker
to the Helen L. Baker Scholarship
Ms. Denise A. Humbert
In Memory of Mignon Bennett
Anne Hsueh Chen
In Memory of Dr. Norman E.
Berman to The Campaign for CIM
Mrs. Norman E. Berman
In Memory of Robert L. Bluhm
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. Robert J. Bluhm (B.M., 1982)
In Memory of Lester Brown
Ms. Patricia Kilpatrick
In Memory of Irvin Bushman
to the Irvin Bushman Memorial
Endowment for a Prize in Singing
Mrs. Pauline C. Bushman
In Memory of David J. Cavell
to the David J. Cavell Memorial
Scholarship for the ENCORE School
for Strings
Mrs. David J. Cavell
In Memory of James K. Cerone
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Polasky

7 Honors/Memorials
In Memory of James R. Cerone
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Corcoran
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Corcoran
Tom and Cindy Einhouse
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Francher
Marshall* and Anne Griffith (*B.M.,
1975, M.M., 1977)
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Polasky
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Wouters
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zaidspiner
In Memory of John W. and Louise
French Dunning
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Walter
In Memory of Betty Eppstein
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Ted Eppstein
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Alice S. Feiman
to the Ellis A. Feiman Memorial
Award in Cello
Dr. and Mrs. Allan Krumholz
Andrea Krumholz
Matthew and Ana Krumholz
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Spiegelman
In Memory of Mary Frank
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Resnik
In Memory of Gertrude E.
Freeman to the Gertrude E.
Freeman and Lisa Freeman
Roberts Memorial Scholarship
Mr. LeRoy Berry
Ms. Camarena
Dr. Jacqueline C. Djedje
Ms. Yaffa C. Draznin
Mrs. Edith W. Ealy
Mr. Arlen Escarpeta
Mr. Erute Fields, Jr.
Fields Musical Services
Frances E. Willams Artist Grants
Amos P. and Mary Y. Freeman
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Fry
Ms. Judith E. Garratt
Ms. Velma Ingram
Mr. John Kelson
Ms. Cathy Le
Mr. Donald C. McCroskey
Dr. Robert W. Rector
Mrs. Evelyn Freeman Roberts (B.M.,
1941)
Dr. Shirley Smith Seaton
Ms. Barbara Sherrill
Ms. Mattie L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Swain
Mr. Arthur J. Trax, Jr.
Ms. Agnes Vernon
Mr. Larry Walls
Ms. Michele F. Watson
Dr. Omar G. Wray
Young Saints Scholarship
Foundation
In Memory of Bernard Galler
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Edelman &
Family
In Memory of Andrew Gerl
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Resnik
In Memory of Marianne Gogolick
to the Gogolick Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H.
Bamberger
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bourne
Ms. Evie Braman
Mr. Robert A. Brown
CIM Women’s Committee
Mr. Kenneth S. Cohen
Ruth Dancyger
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Danford
Ms. Cathy B. Desch
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Dettelbach
Mr. and Mrs. Loren M. Eisner
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Mr. Adam Fields
Ms. Karen S. Fields
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Freeman
Mr. John L. Freeman
Mr. Marc Glassman
Mr. Larry Gogolick
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gueits
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Haas
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hershman
Jeffrey Mann Fine Jewelers
Kleinhenz Jewelers
Ms. Shari Kochman
Mr. Jess Levine
Mr. Thomas Lieder
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Meisel
Ms. Linda L. Meyer
Mrs. Edith D. Miller
M. I. Nurenberg and Joanne M. Klein
Chas. S. Rivchun & Sons, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David Rossio
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Saltzman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schreibman
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart J. Schultz
Sheiban Jewelers
Ms. Kathryn L. Shrembek
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Sogg
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Soukenik
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spiegle
Sterling Jewelers, Inc.
Mr. Terry Truchan
Val Casting, Inc.
W. Cochran Co., Inc. & Kimberly
Jewelry, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wain
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wilkoff
Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Wyse
In Memory of Marianne Gogolick
to The Campaign for CIM
Barbara S. Robinson
In Memory of Marianne Gogolick
to the Library
Ms. Susan S. Sherman
In Memory of Doris S. Gold
Mr. and Ms. Paul Weisenbach
In Memory of George F. Goslee
to the George F. Goslee Prize Fund
Gregg K. Henegar (1975)
In Memory of Ruth Hirshman von
Baeyer to the Eric von Baeyer and
Ruth Hirshman von Baeyer Memorial
Scholarship for the ENCORE School
for Strings Program
J & A Beare Ltd
Sarah M. Evans and John P. Bergren
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Lustig
In Memory of Maurice L. Hollander
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Englander
In Memory of Samuel Jaffe
Mr. and Mrs. John Burden
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott L. Schlang
In Memory of Samuel Jaffe
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Samuel Jaffe
to The Campaign for CIM
Ms. Miriam Spero Levinson
In Memory of Harriet Joseph
Bill and Hilda Mattlin
In Memory of Martha Joseph
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Adler
Ms. Barbara Amper
Mr. and Mrs. F. Reed Andrews, Jr.
Ms. Diane Apisdorf and
Mr. Irwin Goldring
Ms. Madeline H. Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bamberger
Mrs. D. Robert Barber
Mr. Stanley M. Baron
Dr. Ronald and Diane Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Benghiat
A.W. and Joanne Benkendorf
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Berger
Mrs. Herbert S. Bialosky
Mr. William P. Blair III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Blattner
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Bletcher
Mr. Sidney P. Blumenthal
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Boldt
Mr. Steven R. Borstein
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bourne
Marilyn and Paul Brentlinger
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bruml
Mrs. Jean L. Caldwell
Ann and Hugh Calkins
Tim J. and Nancy S. Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Caputo
The Center for Community Solutions
Mrs. Webb P. Chamberlain
CIM Women’s Committee
Mr. Richard Collier
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Cristal
Martha and George Dalton
Ruth Dancyger
Mrs. B. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Deutsch
Mr. Harlan Diamond
Senator Grace L. Drake
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher T. Dunworth
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Edelman
Dr. Howard Edelstein
Tom and Cindy Einhouse
Mr. Manuel H. Eisner
Marcia M. Emsheimer
Mrs. Virginia Ettinger
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin M. Feldman
Dr. and Mrs. Julius Fishman
Ms. Jane Frankel
Ms. Debra L. Friedman
Mr. Laurence A. Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Friedman
Barbara and Peter Galvin
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Gaynor
Mrs. Barbara P. Geismer
Ms. Natalie Gelfand
Bob and Ann Gillespie
Sally Good
Ms. Sybil S. Greenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey R. Greene
Gries Family Foundation
Marshall* and Anne Griffith (*B.M.,
1975, M.M., 1977)
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Grossman, Jr.
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Ms. Marion W. Halle
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hartzmark
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Haslett
Dr. Mary Feil Hellerstein
Mr. and Mrs. David Hexter
Mrs. Dorothy Humel Hovorka
Ms. Rita S. Hubar
Mr. and Mrs. Marc B. Insul
Irving and Gloria Fine Foundation
Pamela and Scott Isquick
Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Jacobson
Jones Day Foundation
Mr. William M. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. Sid J. Kaplan
Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Katz
Kertesz Family Foundation
KeyCorp
Ms. Lynn F. Kleinman
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Kline
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Kluchin
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Lerner
Mr. Morris Levin
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew N. Levy
Mr. Howard A. Lichtig and
Ms. Kathleen M. O’Neil
Ms. Judith G. Lichtig
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Lux
Jerry Maddox (B.M., 1965, M.M., 1966)
Main Line Reform Temple
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald B. Maltzman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manuel
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Marcus
Dr. and Mrs. Martin A. Markowitz
Marianne M. Mastics (B.M., 1940,
A.D., 1942)
Bill and Hilda Mattlin
Mrs. Ronald Mazur
Antoinette S. Miller
John Paul Miller
Merle Mogil
Miss Helen M. Moise
Amy and Marc Morgenstern
Dr. and Mrs. Hadley Morgenstern-
Clarren
Ms. Sarah-Theresa Yoshiko Murakami
Mr. and Mrs. Larrie B. Nadler
Mrs. Janet R. Nash
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Newburger
Lydia Bruner Oppmann
Ms. Frances R. Owen
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Peterman
Ms. Kathleen G. Plante
Mr. Terrence Pollack and
Ms. Barbara Gross
Mr. and Mrs. Larry I. Pollock
Ms. Margie Polster
Geri Presti and John Sedor
Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner
Ms. Nancy G. Rome
Elizabeth H. Rose
Mr. James Rosenthal
Ms. Rochelle Roth
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Roush
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Rubin
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rzepka
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott L. Schlang
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold I. Schreibman
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schreibman
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Schwartz
Mrs. Ralph Seed
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Mr. and Mrs. William A. Shapard III
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Shemo
Ms. Belinda S. Sholomon
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sigmier
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simon
Sisters of Charity Foundation of
Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spiegle
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Spott
Sue Starrett and Jerry Smith
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stern
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Will Sukenik
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Taft
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ticktin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Tucker
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Urdang
VNAHPO

Honors/Memorials Rinaldi Tribute • Alumni
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In Memory of Martha Joseph, continued
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Waisman and
Family
Drs. Clinton and Katharine Warne
Mr. and Mrs. David Haber Warshawsky
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Wasserman
WCLV Foundation
Mr. Ronald E. Weinberg and Terri Bell
Lynn and Dennis Weisman
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Weiss
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Whitman
Mr. and Mrs. Marc A. Wyse
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Zambie
Mr. Stephen A. Zellerbach
Mr. and Mrs. William Zellerbach
In Memory of Martha Joseph
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Blaser
Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin
Barbara S. Robinson
In Memory of Martha Joseph
to the Gogolick Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. David Singer
In Memory of David Kirschenbaum
to the Rhoda Unger Preparatory
Scholarship
Mrs. Laura Rollins
In Memory of Joseph Knitzer
Georgeanna K. Whistler (B.M., 1949,
M.M., 1951)
In Memory of Eleanor Koporc
to the Josephine Valencic Memorial
Scholarship for Voice
Ms. Cecilia Dolgan
In Memory of Russell Landgrabe
to the Russell Landgrabe Memorial
Scholarship
Ms. Elin Koko
In Memory of Russell Landgrabe
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. Frank S. Sanders
In Memory of Bennett Levine
to the Bennett Levine Memorial
Endowment for an Award in
Chamber Music
Mrs. Bennett Levine and Children
- Barbara, Janice, Frederic
In Memory of Laurie S. Lubick
for the Laurie S. Lubick Scholarship
for Oboe
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Isaacs
Mr. Herbert Lubick
Mr. Robert Steele
In Memory of John Mack
to the John Mack Scholarship in Oboe
Ms. Carol A. Bernhardt
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Ms. Carolyn L. Dessin
Ms. Sheri L. Eibschutz
Mr. Steven D. Ferguson
Marshall* and Anne Griffith (*B.M.,
1975, M.M., 1977)
John Mack Oboe Camp
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Knaus
Mr. Jean E. Landa
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Loewy
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Mack
Antoinette S. Miller
Ms. Carol Minadeo
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Morris
Barbara H. Nahra
Ms. Maureen O’Neill
Dr. Michael D. Powell
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
RDG Woodwinds, Inc.
Roger E. Rehm (B.M., 1975, M.M., 1975)
Mr. Robert F. Scarr
Mr. Stephen R. Secan
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome N. Shaveyco
Mr. and Mrs. Adam C. Smith
Miss Jo Souder
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stehlik
Mrs. Ellen M. Strommen
Mr. Gary S. Traicoff
Mr. Christoph von Dohnányi
Mr. Robert E. Warner
WCLV Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Weiss
Robert C. Weppler
Ms. Constance D. Wolfe
Ms. Marilyn J. Zupnik
In Memory of Robert Markey
Susan L. Golden, Ph.D.
In Memory of Ernest R. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Collum
In Memory of Ian S. Miller
to The Campaign for CIM
Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Cohn
In Memory of Ted Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin J. Apple
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bourne
Mrs. Jean L. Caldwell
Mrs. Lois Luntz
Antoinette S. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. George G. Morris, Jr.
Mrs. Marie S. Strawbridge
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Thomas
In Memory of Judith Morrison
to the Maxine E. Cummins
Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. LeBrun
In Memory of Evelyn Oscherwitz
Dr. and Mrs. Saul Polasky
In Memory of Roman V.
Prydatkevytch for a Scholarship
to Aid a Ukrainian Violin Student
Hannah P. Kuchar
In Memory of Jack Radunsky
to the Jack Radunsky
Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Timothy Michael Kalil (B.M., 1974,
M.M., 1976)
In Memory of Mary Rautenberg
to the Mary William Rautenberg
Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Wilma M. Evans
Mrs. Cynthia Bates Gamble
Ms. Sarah R. Holden
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Landgraf
Mr. and Mrs. Eric T. Nord
Ms. Carla Rautenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rose
Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Ruggles
Fay Ann and Kim P. Sebaly
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Sims D.D.S.
Mrs. Carolyn F. Wipper
In Memory of J. Bruce Rebman
to the Delores P. Rebman
Memorial Scholarship
Ms. Louise M. Bumb
Diana and Larry Coleman
Carolyn T. Hurst
Ms. Shirley J. Kissell-Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Litzinger
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rebman
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schmitz
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Stahl
In Memory of Joe Rebman
to the Delores P. Rebman
Memorial Scholarship
Diana M. Rebman, M.D.
In Memory of Hyman Reisman
to the ENCORE School for Strings
The Hochheiser Family
In Memory of Lisa Freeman Roberts
to the Gertrude E. Freeman
and Lisa Freeman Roberts
Memorial Scholarship
Mr. LeRoy Berry
Ms. Camarena
Dr. Jacqueline C. Djedje
Ms. Yaffa C. Draznin
Mrs. Edith W. Ealy
Mr. Arlen Escarpeta
Mr. Erute Fields, Jr.
Fields Musical Services
Frances E. Willams Artist Grants
Amos P. and Mary Y. Freeman
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Fry
Ms. Judith E. Garratt
Ms. Velma Ingram
Mr. John Kelson
Ms. Cathy Le
Mr. Donald C. McCroskey
Dr. Robert W. Rector
Mrs. Evelyn Freeman Roberts (B.M.,
1941)
Dr. Shirley Smith Seaton
Ms. Barbara Sherrill
Ms. Mattie L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Swain
Mr. Arthur J. Trax, Jr.
Ms. Agnes Vernon
Mr. Larry Walls
Ms. Michele F. Watson
Dr. Omar G. Wray
Young Saints Scholarship Foundation
In Memory of Bruce Rothmann, M.D.
Mrs. D. Robert Barber
Ann and Hugh Calkins
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hermann
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Rothstein
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott L. Schlang
In Memory of Bruce Rothmann, M.D.
to The Campaign for CIM
Barbara S. Robinson
In Memory of Eugene Sabo
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Collum
In Memory of Sonja Samsa
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald D. Resnik
In Memory of Sally Schenker
to the Delores P. Rebman
Memorial Scholarship
Diana and Larry Coleman
In Memory of Evelyn Scheyer
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Hilda E. Schneider
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Maurice Sharp
to the Maurice Sharp Scholarship
for Flute
Dr. Lisa D. Patterson (M.M., 1983)
In Memory of Ruth Sihler to the Ruth
Sihler Scholarship
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Sihler, Jr.
In Memory of James Tannenbaum
Mr. and Mrs.* Peter Humphreys
(*Ethel - B.M., 1969)
In Memory of Josette Vinczeller
to the Edith Cerone and Blanche Brant
Sharon Memorial Fund
David P. and Linda S. Cerone
In Memory of Dorothy Vogelin
Ms. Ruth L. Gano
Ms. Bernice Strasshofer
Mr. Kenneth W. Wellman
In Memory of Charles M. Vrtovsnik
to the Josephine Valencic Memorial
Scholarship for Voice
Ms. Cecilia Dolgan
In Memory of Paula Watkins
Judy and Ken Laskey
In Memory of Dr. Robert Woldman
to the David J. Cavell Memorial
Scholarship for the ENCORE School
for Strings
Mrs. David J. Cavell
In Memory of Pauli S. Worth
Mr. and Ms. Paul Weisenbach
In Memory of John A. Wyman
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lavine
In Memory of Irving Zimmer
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Falkner
In Memory of Irving Zimmer
for the Percussion Department
Jack, Beth & Kailyn Foutty
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9 Faculty
Faculty
Pianist Sergei Babayan is the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Gilliam Artist-in-Residence at
CIM. Mr. Babayan played an all-Brahms recital with the Czech Orchestra in October.
He will play Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the Lithuanian National
Symphony Orchestra at the beginning of May.
Composition Department Head Margaret Brouwer’s Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra will be premiered by CityMusic Cleveland and concertmaster Michi
Wiancko (B.M., 1998, violin), student of Donald Weilerstein, on March 28 at
Fairmount Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights. The piece will be conducted
by James Gaffigan, music director of CityMusic Cleveland. Other performances
of the concert include St. Mary Church in Elyria (March 29); The Andrews School
in Willoughby (March 30); St. Stanislaus Church in Slavic Village (March 31); and
Rocky River Presbyterian Church (April 1). Ms. Wiancko is one of several CIM students
and alumni who are members of CityMusic Cleveland. She was recently featured
in Symphony magazine as one of “Six to Watch.” Along with her busy touring
schedule, she is part of the new group ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra),
and has her own band where she sings as well as plays. All of this has influenced
what Dr. Brouwer has done with the concerto. Other recent performances of Dr.
Brouwer’s works: Century’s Song by the Ohio All State Orchestra in Columbus
February 9; the premiere of her string quartet Fling at New York’s Cutting Room
February 20; Mandala at Connecticut’s Hartt School March 7; and the Verdehr Trio
performing Trio at New York’s Koscuiszko Foundation March 25. For more information,
visit www.brouwermusic.com
David N. Brown (B.M., 1969, organ, B.M., 1974, Eurhythmics), student of Henry
Fusner, Karel Paukert, Elsa Findlay, Loma Lombardo, John Coleman and Hilda
Schuster, is head of the Eurhythmics department at CIM. In December, Mr. Brown
presented a master class in Eurhythmics to the string faculty and doctoral string
students at the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor. In January,
he taught weekend classes at Texas State University-San Marcos for the Heart of
Texas Suzuki Association. In March, Mr. Brown was in Houston to teach a weekend
workshop for the Houston Area Suzuki Piano Association.
Brown
CIM Interim Dean Catherine Jarjisian traveled to Miami in January to present a
seminar for New World Symphony players about how to talk to students when
they go into schools – “Will They Even Listen?: Preparing for School Performances.”
Yolanda Kondonassis (B.M., 1986, M.M., 1989, harp), head of the CIM harp
department and former student of Alice Chalifoux, was a presenter at the 2006
American Harp Society’s National Conference in July 2006, and was a featured
presenter and master class clinician at the American String Teacher’s Association’s
National Conference in March. She also presented a master class at Peabody
Conservatory in March. Her third and most recent publication with Carl Fischer
is The Yolanda Kondonassis Christmas Collection, released in June 2006. It is the
companion book to her Telarc CD Dream Season. Her newest Telarc recording,
Salzedo’s Harp, will be released in October 2007. This will mark her 13th Telarc
recording. More than100,000 of Ms. Kondonassis’ CDs have been sold worldwide.
Recent concerts include concerto performances with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
(March), the Oklahoma City Philharmonic (March) and a solo recital in Salt
Lake City (February), of which the Deseret Morning News wrote, “Among today’s
concert harpists, Yolanda Kondonassis stands head and shoulders above the rest.
What distinguishes her is her phenomenal technical prowess and her radiant
musicality … Kondonassis put her inspired artistry on display time and time again,
mesmerizing her listeners and dispelling any doubt that she is today’s leading
harpist.” In July, Ms. Kondonassis will perform at the Vail Music Festival and serve
on the jury of the USA International Harp Competition in Bloomington, Indiana.
In December, Karl Lo (M.M., 2001, D.M.A., 2004), student of Daniel Shapiro,
performed three recitals in Guangzhou and Beijing, China. As per invitation, he
also presented master classes at the Xinghai Conservatory and the Beijing Central
Conservatory of Music. This spring, Dr. Lo will release his debut CD featuring the
late Beethoven piano sonatas.
Jarjisian
Kondonassis

Preparatory
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Preparatory
Konrad Binienda, Preparatory
piano student of
Gerardo Teissonnière, won
first prize in the Harrisburg
Symphony Orchestra’s Rising
Stars Concerto Competition,
after competing with
20 other semifinalists from
Pennsylvania, Delaware,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Virginia, Maryland and the
District of Columbia. He will
perform Chopin’s E-Minor
Piano Concerto with the Harrisburg
Symphony Orchestra,
under the baton of Maestro
Stuart Malina, in the 2007-
2008 Masterworks Concert
Series. Konrad also won the
Daniel Vollmer Scholarship
to attend Messiah College.
Katrina Bobbs is a violin
student of Paul Kantor in the
Young Artist Program, now
studying piano with Alvin
Chow at the Oberlin College
Conservatory of Music. In
January, Katrina placed third
in the piano division of the
Lennox International Young
Artists Competition at The
University of Texas at Dallas.
She was also winner of the
string division for the Music
Teachers International Association
East Central competition.
In February, Katrina
won the Cleveland Philharmonic
Orchestra’s annual
Frieda Schumacher Young
Artist Competition. She will
perform the Ravel Piano
Concerto in G Major with the
Orchestra on Sunday, April
1 at 3:00 p.m. at Cuyahoga
Community College Eastern
Campus Theater. The Frieda
Bobbs
Schumacher – Cleveland
Philharmonic Orchestra
Young Artist Competition is
an annual statewide event
open to Ohio students in
grades 9-12.
Daniel Haldar, Preparatory
composition student of
Monica Houghton, won the
MTNA Composition Competition
for the State of Ohio
in the Senior Division with
his Sonata Movement No.
1. Additionally, two of his
works have been selected by
the Flute Society for a professional
performance and
recording in April.
Hoopes
In March, the Suburban
Symphony Orchestra, Choral
Arts Cleveland and the
Western Reserve Chorale,
with a combined membership
of nearly 200 musicians,
and Cantor Sarah Sager,
performed Ernest Bloch’s
Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred
Service) at Fairmount Temple
in Beachwood as part of a
free community concert. One
of the services also included
Aaron Copland’s Fanfare
for the Common Man and a
special performance of the
Barber Violin Concerto (first
movement) by 14-year-old
Alexandra Hoopes, violin
student of Paul Kantor in the
Junior Young Artist Program.
This was the groups’ first
joint presentation of this
major musical work. Ernest
Bloch was the first music
director of CIM, serving from
1920-1925. His Avodath Hakodesh,
a musical setting of
the Reform Shabbat Morning
Service, was completed
in 1933 to exuberant and
widespread acclaim. It has
been described as one of the
greatest pieces of modern
religious music, reflecting
emotional warmth and
truth, along with universal
spiritual ideals.
Houghton
Monica Houghton (M.M.,
2003, composition), student
of Margaret Brouwer, is a
member of the Preparatory
faculty and the Joint Music
Program with Case Western
Reserve University. Ms.
Houghton has been named
Composer of the Year by the
Ohio Music Teachers Association
and will receive a $1,500
commission to write a new
work for the 2007 OMTA Annual
Convention.
Stephanie Lee, Preparatory
piano student of Gerardo
Teissonnière, was among
the winners of the Lakeland
Civic Orchestra Young Artists
Competition. She performed
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.
9 in E-flat Major, K.271 at
Lakeland Community College.
Alena Merimee, Preparatory
violin student of Paul
Kantor, was also a winner of
the Lakeland competition.
Stephanie also won first
prize in the elementary category
of the 2007 Firelands
Symphony Young Artists
Competition. Chad Hoopes,
violin student of David Cerone
and David Russell in the
Lee
Junior Young Artist Program,
won first prize in the junior
category. The winners of the
Firelands competition will be
featured in three concerts:
Friday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Elyria United Methodist
Village; Saturday, May 5 at
7:30 p.m. at the Sandusky
State Theatre; and Sunday,
May 6 at 3:00 p.m. at the
Ernsthausen Performing Arts
Center in Norwalk.
Six students of Preparatory
piano instructor Lucia Markovich
presented a recital at
Lake Erie College in January.
The students were Yue Qi,
Cecilia Chen, Shelby Wanen,
Oliver Chen, Jiawei He and
Caroline Stone.
In February, Preparatory violin
instructor Meg Matuska
and friends performed at the
Church of the Resurrection
in Solon. Several other CIM
Preparatory faculty members
and alumni also participated
in the performance.
Glass for three cellos, by
Max Mueller, Preparatory
composition student of
Monica Houghton, was
selected for a performance
on the Cleveland Composers
Guild Annual Junior Concert
at Epworth-Euclid United
Methodist Church, on
April 15 at 3:00 p.m.
In April, the Preparatory
piano department, in conjunction
with the northeast
chapter of the Ohio Music

11 Preparatory
Teacher’s Association, will
host a presentation and
master class by pianist
Myong-joo Lee. Dr. Lee is a
well-known teacher in the
Los Angeles area who serves
on the faculty of the University
of Southern California’s
Thornton School of Music.
According to Sean Schulze,
chair of the Preparatory piano
department, her appearance
at CIM for this event
“carries with it a special synergy,
not only because our
students and faculty stand
to benefit from her insights,
but also because Dr. Lee
has previously studied with
CIM faculty members Paul
Schenly and Sergei Babayan.
In addition, Dr. Lee was
herself the former teacher
of two current CIM piano
majors - Martin Leung and
Christopher Chung.” The
presentation will take place
April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to
noon, and the master class
will take place April 18 from
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
CIM
Summer
Camps
In addition to ongoing
music lessons,
the CIM Preparatory
Division offers these
camps this summer:
CIM Summer Chamber Music (June 18-29) is a ten-day experience for pianists, string
and wind players ages 12-18 who are interested in exploring music outside of their solo
venues. The course combines coachings, supervised rehearsals, ear training, chamber music
literature classes, rehearsal techniques, movement classes, public master classes and
a final performance.
CIM Young Composers Program (July 22-28) is a one-week experience that gives composition
students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of contemporary music. The
mission of the program is to help composition students learn about the field of new music
while developing creative and professional skills. The week includes a private composition
lesson, a course in the craft of composition, daily listening sessions and workshops on notating
musical ideas. Preparation and performance of student compositions will presented at a
final concert.
For information, please contact Mary Ann Grof-Neiman at mag52@case.edu or visit cim.edu.
In February, Preparatory
Chamber Music students
Joshua Lauretig, Benjamin
Francisco and Alice
Catanzaro performed
a chamber music recital
for residents at Montefiore
in Beachwood. Both the
residents and the students
thoroughly enjoyed the
program. Mary Kay
Ferguson is CIM’s
Preparatory Chamber
Music teacher/coach.
Wu
Yihao (Harold) Wu, former
Preparatory piano student
of Gerardo Teissonnière, is
now a freshman at Harvard
University. Harold won the
Harvard Mozart Society
Concerto Competition and
will perform a concerto with
the Harvard Mozart Society
Orchestra on Saturday, April
21 at 8:00 p.m. at Harvard
University. Harold is continuing
private piano studies
while at Harvard with the
distinguished pianist and
teacher Victor Rosenbaum.

Johannesen Book • Tuttle Workshop • Haddad • Voice Faculty
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Johannesen Memoir
Available
Journey of an American Pianist,
the memoir of Grant Johannesen
(H.D.M.A., 1974), was recently published
by the University of Utah Press.
Mr. Johannesen, internationally renowned
pianist who served as artistic
advisor, then director of CIM from 1974
until 1985, completed the memoir
shortly before his death in 2005. Included
in the book are reflections on his
activity as a teacher and piano competition
judge, as well as advice for young
musicians. The foreword was written by
Mr. Johannesen’s son David. For more
information or to purchase the book,
please visit www.UofUpress.com.
Karen Tuttle
Coordination Workshop
Karen Tuttle will present a three-day
workshop (June 1-3) for teachers,
professionals, and advanced students
of the viola to explore her teaching
principles, namely her physical and
emotional approach to the instrument:
coordination. There are many aspects
to this including stance, balancing the
instrument, physical releases, musical
impulses and emotional responses to
music. Individual and group classes will
make up the workshop (limited to 40
participants). For more information,
please contact Fynette H. Kulas Professor
of Viola Jeffrey Irvine at Jeffrey.
irvine@gmail.com.or Mary Ann Grof-
Neiman at mag52@case.edu.
Tuttle
A World of Experience
Jamey Haddad has had a passion for
drumming from his earliest days. Of
Lebanese heritage, he grew up hearing all
different kinds of music. One of his first
requests of his parents was for a doumbek,
a North African drum. From there, he
was off on a musical adventure that has
taken him all around the world, and back
to Cleveland!
Mr. Haddad grew up in northeast Ohio
and now teaches World Music Rhythms
at CIM. He makes his home in Shaker
Heights, where he coordinates his world
travels and performances. You may have
seen him performing with leading jazz
artists at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.
His impressive résumé also includes performances
with Joe Lovano, the Paul Winter
Consort, Carly Simon, Paul Simon and
Betty Buckley. He was one of only two
Americans to perform in “World Drums”
at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
and one of 250 percussionists from 25
countries to perform at the World’s Fair in
Brisbane, Australia. He recently completed
a film project for the Robert De Niro/Howard
Shore movie The Good Shepherd.
Rhythms have always been a natural
language for Mr. Haddad. As a student at
Berkeley in the 1970s, he focused on jazz
and the “free music” embraced by artists
such as Keith Jarrett. His favorite music is
Brazilian, with its mix of African, Indian
and European elements. Mr. Haddad lived
in Brazil for a time and had a Fulbright
Scholarship to study in South India. His
first love, however, has always been jazz
– he sees it as America’s music. All people
in the world have a musical culture that
swings, says Mr. Haddad. “Developing and
trusting your own way of hearing things
is essential to releasing the spirit behind
the notes you play.”
Schiller Billions Southern
The Sounds of Summer
This summer, CIM voice faculty members will again be teaching in Austria. Department
Head Mary Schiller and tenor Clifford Billions will teach in Salzburg at
the University of Miami Frost School of Music Summer Program. Baritone Dean
Southern will teach in Graz at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS).
Dr. Schiller’s master’s degree student Marilyn Reid Smith has been named a 2007
Apprentice Artist for Central City Opera in Colorado. She will sing Violetta in La
Traviata, as well as three other roles.
Mr. Haddad believes that once students
can internalize rhythms and learn to make
music with their peers, it broadens their
abilities. Of teaching at CIM, he says, “I
would like to take advantage of the classical
instrumental skills of the conservatory
students and introduce some ideas and alternate
skills that resonate with the musicians’
desire to
communicate
in an original
and personal
mode. Feeling
confident and
feeling like
you deserve
the right to
explore that
side of your
personal musical
life is your
birthright.”
Haddad

13 A Trip to Remember • Appointments
A Trip to Remember
Violin faculty member David Russell (B.M., 1984, M.M., 1987, violin), student
of Linda and David Cerone, and his wife, Zaiba Sheikh (M.M., 2001,
accompanying), student of Anne Epperson and Russell Miller, traveled
to China in December, to teach and perform at the Two Cities Gallery in
Shanghai, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Suzhou Museum
of Art. At Two Cities Gallery, Mr. Russell was interviewed by Stephen
Burks, director of the East Asia Arts Partnership, during a “master’s
lecture” about his program. He and Ms. Sheikh later presented a recital
there. Mr. Russell presented a master class at the Shanghai Conservatory
of Music and then performed with Ms. Sheikh at the new Suzhou Museum
of Art, designed by I.M. Pei, who lives in Suzhou. The trip even included
a surprise interview by Chinese television. Mr. Russell will continue
his international travel this summer, as he was again invited to teach at
the Keshet Eilon Music Center International Violin Mastercourse in Israel.
Russell’s
master class
at the Shanghai
Conservatory
of Music
Appointments
Atanaska (Assia) Dulgerska (M.M., 2005,
violin), student of Paul Kantor, has been
appointed assistant concertmaster of the
Houston Symphony.
Tanya Ell (M.M., 2003,
cello), student of Richard
Aaron, has been
appointed to the cello
section of The Cleveland
Orchestra, beginning
February 2007.
Christopher Franke
(B.M., 2006, violin),
student of David
Ell
Updegraff, was appointed
section violin member of “The
President’s Own” United States Marine
Band Chamber Orchestra.
Michal George (M.M., 1999, guitar), student
of John Holmquist, was appointed to
the faculty of the University of the Witwatersrand
(Wits) in South Africa as lecturer
in classical guitar. Mr. George formed the
Johannesburg Guitar Quartet in 2005.
Tifton Clark Graves (M.M., 2006, voice),
student of George Vassos, has been appointed
full-time professor of voice at
Wilberforce University. He is enjoying his
job, working with the faculty and the students
and teaching them to be better singers
and better people.
Russell with
Professor
Xian He,
head of
the string
department at
the Shanghai
Conservatory,
and students
Kenneth Olsen (B.M.,
2004, cello), student of
Richard Aaron, has been
appointed to the faculty
of the Chicago College
of Performing Arts at
Roosevelt University. Mr.
Olsen is assistant principal
cello of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra.
Olsen
Thomas Pylinski (B.M., 2006, trombone),
student of Steven Witser, was appointed
trombone professor at Malone College in
Canton, Ohio.
Julie Smith (B.M., 2002,
M.M., 2004, harp), student
of Yolanda Kondonassis,
won the oneyear
position of acting
principal harp with the
Milwaukee Symphony
Orchestra for the year
2006-2007. She was previously
a member of the
New World Symphony.
Smith
Russell and Sheikh in recital at the Suzhou Museum of Art
Adrienne Wager (M.M., 2006, harp),
student of Yolanda Kondonassis, was
appointed to the faculties of Mary Baldwin
College and James Madison University
in Virginia.

Alumni
14
Alumni
Since moving back
to New York in 1999,
Marlan Barry (B.M.,
1995, audio recording),
student of Tom
Knab, Alan Harris and
Mark Schroeder, has
continued as the recording
engineer and
audio producer for the
Houston Grand Opera
season on NPR’s World
of Opera. He is also
a per diem recording
engineer for WNYC,
the nation’s largest
public radio station,
as well as being an
independent engineer,
producer and cellist
who can be found
recording everything
from the Cassatt
String Quartet to
promos for PBS television
shows. His band
Slow Six was selected
by Time Out New York
for one of the best
classical albums of the
year for their release
Private Times in Public
Places in 2004. Recent
engagements have
included cellist for
R&B musician Nomi
on WNYC’s nationally
recognized show
Spinning on Air and
recording the world
premiere of Rachel
Portman’s The Little
Prince for national
broadcast. In his spare
time, he pretends
to play the electric
bass. Mr. Barry lives in
Brooklyn with his wife
Hayley Downs, a freelance
documentary
film producer.
Carmi
Andrew Bisantz
(M.M., 1997, orchestra
conducting), student
of Carl Topilow, is
resident conductor
of the Florida Grand
Opera in Miami. Mr.
Bisantz conducted
Florida Grand Opera’s
Fort Lauderdale performances
of Puccini’s
Manon Lescaut. He
made his main stage
debut there last season,
conducting the
company’s production
of Carmen. He will
conduct Poulenc’s Dialogues
of the Carmelites
at Northwestern
University in Chicago
in May.
Cantor Rebecca Carmi
(B.M., 1987, M.M.,
1989, voice), student
of George Vassos,
was accompanied by
Dr. Marshall Griffith
(B.M., 1975, M.M.,
1977, composition),
student of Eugene
O’Brien and Donald
Erb, at “A Celebration
of Jewish Song” at
the Suburban Temple
– Kol Ami Vintage
Group in December.
Dr. Griffith teaches
theory and jazz
improvisation at CIM
and is president of the
Alumni Association.
Griffith
Musician 1 st Class
Stanley H. Curtis
(M.M., 1988, trumpet),
student of Bernard
Adelstein, performed
with the U.S. Navy
Band at the state
funeral of President
Gerald R. Ford in
Washington, DC.
Dr. Houston Dunleavy
(M.M., 1990, composition,
M.M., 1991,
choral conducting),
student of Donald Erb
and Gilbert Brooks,
is composing and
performing around
the world. There are
now even a few commercial
CDs featuring
his music. Dr. Dunleavy
is a senior lecturer in
composition at the
University of Wollongong
in Australia
(which equates to
associate professor in
the U.S.). He is also
head of the School of
Music and Drama and
director of the Canadian-Australian
Studies
Centre. A number
of premieres of Dr.
Dunleavy’s work will
be performed in 2007,
including his multimedia
work “Earth and
Space” at the Florida
Electroacoustic Music
Festival in April. He
will also be visiting
composer at Brevard
College in North Carolina.
2008 highlights
include being featured
composer at New
Music Delaware and
composer/performerin-residence
at the
Albert Roussel Festival
in France.
John Graham (B.M.,
1996, trombone), student
of James DeSano,
received a Master of
Arts degree from the
University of Michigan
Center for Chinese
Studies in April 2006,
focusing on the political
economy and legal
system of China. He
is Next Generation
Leadership Fellow at
the National Bureau
of Asian Research
(NBR) in Seattle,
where he leads several
initiatives that seek to
“bridge the academicpolicy
gap” through
informed research and
briefings to the Washington,
DC policymaking
community. Mr.
Graham co-authored
a journal article
analyzing the Chinese
standards-making
process and forwardlooking
strategies in
July 2006, the first
such article to appear
in English. He will
begin legal training at
Michigan Law School
in summer 2007.
Peter Miller (M.M.,
2002, trumpet),
student of Michael
Sachs, is a member of
the West Australian
Symphony Orchestra.
The group used Peter
on their publicity
posters to advertise
the “illuminating the
arts” masters series
and pre-concert talks
that Westfarmers Arts
is supporting this year
in Perth.
Enid Politzer (B.M.,
1953, piano), student
of Arthur Loesser,
was honored with the
FORTE (Fine Outstanding
Resourceful
Teacher of Excellence)
Award, given by California
Music Studios,
in February.

15 Alumni
Schumann
Evelyn Freeman
Roberts (B.M., 1941,
piano), student of
Beryl Rubinstein,
founded the Young
Saints Scholarship
Foundation, providing
free training and work
experience in the
performing arts for
“at risk” youth, with
her husband (the late)
Tommy Roberts. Ms.
Roberts has been kept
busy with seminars
on Western European
Concert Music; Black
Composers during the
1920s, 30s and 40s;
and her own experiences
as a woman
musician in a maledominated
industry.
She and her daughter
Lisa Freeman Roberts,
late artistic director
of the Young Saints,
were honored with a
TV tribute on Comcast.
Ms. Roberts was
also interviewed by
The History Makers in
Chicago and is part of
their presentation on
thehistorymakers.com.
Ms. Roberts was the
featured performer at
the 13 th annual opening
ceremony of Margie
Evans’ Los Angeles
Music Week and part
of the “Onion’s” jazz
concert series.
In Memoriam
Dorothy C. Vogelin
(B.M., 1944, voice),
student of Elizabeth
Stevens and
Nevada Van der
Veer, passed away
in December.
Fong
Elizabeth Schumann
(B.M., 2004, M.M.,
2004, piano), student
of Sergei Babayan,
won first prize in
the Bösendorfer
USASU International
Piano Competition in
Arizona. Grace Fong
(M.M., 2003, D.M.A.,
2006, piano), student
of Sergei Babayan,
won second prize.
Simas
Jerome Simas (B.M.,
1989, M.M., 1991,
clarinet), student
of Franklin Cohen,
performed the Mozart
Clarinet Concerto
with the Modesto
Symphony Orchestra
in California. The
Modesto Bee said that
“Simas demonstrated
the highest levels of
musicianship in all
aspects of his playing.
His clarinet soared and
swooped through the
intricate passage-work
with ease and aplomb,
and demonstrated
unfailing lyricism and
style.” Last season,
Mr. Simas performed
the Copland Clarinet
Concerto with the IRIS
Chamber Orchestra
in Memphis, Tennessee,
under the direction
of Music Director
Michael Stern. He is
acting second clarinet
with the San Francisco
Symphony and a member
of the Left Coast
Chamber Ensemble in
San Francisco. He also
serves on the music
faculty at the University
of California, Davis.
Weiss
Orion Weiss (Y.A.P.,
2000, piano), student
of Paul Schenly, gave
a beautiful recital in
December for the La
Jolla Music Society at
the Schulman Auditorium
of the Carlsbad
City Library in California.
The packed house
gave him a well-deserved
ovation for his
performance of Bach,
Bartók, Schubert
and Liszt.
John McLaughlin
Williams (B.M., 1997,
violin, M.M., 1997,
orchestral conducting),
student of Carl
Topilow and Martin
Chalifour, won a
GRAMMY Award in
February for conducting
Angelin Chang’s
piano solo performance
of Olivier
Messiaen’s Oiseaux
Exotiques with the
Cleveland Chamber
Symphony. Ms. Chang
also won the award,
for Best Instrumental
Soloist(s) Performance
(with Orchestra).
Alumni
Wolfe
Harvey Wolfe (B.M.,
1960, cello), student
of Ernst Silberstein,
George Bekefi and
William Stokking, performed
recitals in January
and February in
Tucson, Arizona with
Dr. Betty Oberacker
(B.M., 1953, M.M.,
1954, piano), student
of Arthur Loesser. Dr.
Oberacker is professor
emeritus at the Uni-
Cleveland Quartet Award
The Jupiter String Quartet – Nelson Lee (M.M.,
2002, violin), student of Donald Weilerstein;
Meg Freivogel (B.M., 2002, violin), student of
Donald Weilerstein; Liz
Freivogel, viola; and
Daniel McDonough
(B.M., 2001, cello), student
of Stephen Geber
– has won the prestigious
Cleveland Quartet
Award. The award
“honors and promotes
a rising young string
quartet whose artistry
demonstrates that it is
in the process of establishing
a major career.”
It was created in 1995
by the Cleveland Quartet
and Chamber Music
America. The Jupiter
versity of California,
Santa Barbara, where
she was chairman of
piano department for
30 years. Mr. Wolfe,
retired Cleveland
Orchestra cellist, and
Dr. Oberacker were
students together at
CIM in the 1950s.
They were reunited
after more than 50
years in these sonata
recitals at Arizona
Academy Village, and
the “St. Philips Friends
of Music” series. In addition,
Dr. Oberacker
performed the complete
Well-Tempered
Clavier, Vol. 2 of Bach
at the University of
Arizona. Mr. Wolfe
will perform several
chamber music programs
with DAYSTAR
CHAMBER PLAYERS,
an ensemble he has
formed in the Tucson
area, this spring.
Jupiter String Quartet
String Quartet is the sixth recipient of the biennial
award, formally presented to the group at
Chamber Music America’s National Conference
in New York in January.
Alumni Online Community coming soon!
Stay tuned for information
about how you can keep in
touch with classmates, find out
about upcoming CIM events,
connect with various CIM groups
and submit notes and photos.

Students
Concerts
16
Students
The Vesuvius String Quartet
(Joseph Kromholz, violin student
of Paul Kantor; Nathaniel
Anderson-Frank, violin
student of Paul Kantor; Eric
Wong, violin student of Paul
Kantor; and Felix Umansky,
cello student of Richard
Aaron) will perform a recital
on April 15 as part of the
Cleveland Chamber Music
Society’s concert series. The
program will include The
Vesuvius Tales, composed by
Evan Fein, composition student
of Margaret Brouwer,
as a result of CIM’s Composer-Performer
collaboration
project. Over the course of
the semester, collaboration
participants work, under Dr.
Brouwer’s guidance, to create
new music for recital at
the end of the semester. The
Vesuvius Quartet has kept
the work in their repertoire
and are performing it in
several professional concerts
this semester. According to
Evan, “this project is one of
the most exciting and different
opportunities CIM has to
offer composers.”
Dmitri Levkovich (B.M.,
2004, piano), Master of Music
degree student of Sergei
Babayan, played a recital
in New York’s Weill Recital
Hall in December, to a great
reception from the audience.
Sehee Lee, collaborative
piano student of Anita
Pontremoli in the Master
of Music degree program,
received a Music Academy of
the West collaborative piano
fellowship.
Lee
Megan Levin, harp student
of Yolanda Kondonassis in
the Master of Music degree
program, was first-place winner
of the Ohio ASTA Solo
Competition, Harp Division.
Losey
Cheryl Losey (B.M., 2006,
harp), student of Yolanda
Kondonassis in the Master
of Music degree program,
performed Ginastera’s Harp
Concerto with the National
Repertory Orchestra in the
summer of 2006 and was
guest harpist with the Tulsa
Philharmonic for their December
2006 performances
of The Nutcracker.
Daniel Milner
Smith
Tenor Adam J. Smith, voice
student of Mary Schiller,
recently performed Handel’s
Dixit Dominus with Apollo’s
Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque
Orchestra. Along with performances
in the Greater
Cleveland and Akron area,
they traveled to Western
Michigan University for an
early music conference and
concert. In April, Adam will
make his professional solo
opera company debut, singing
the role of Jew #2 in
Opera Cleveland’s inaugural
production of Richard
Strauss’ Salome.
Four CIM students performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
Washington, DC on February 17. This is the third consecutive year that CIM has been involved
in the Kennedy Center’s Conservatory Project, “designed to present the best young
musical artists in classical music, jazz, musical theater and opera from our nation’s leading
undergraduate and graduate conservatories, colleges and universities.” CIM was one of
seven schools chosen to participate in February, a testament to the school’s outstanding
reputation for developing leading artists in the classical music world. CIM student performers
were Nathan Olson (B.M., 2006, violin), Master of Music degree student of Paul Kantor and
William Preucil; Zsolt Bognár (B.M., 2005, piano), Artist Diploma student of Sergei Babayan;
Michelle Cann, piano student of Paul Schenly and Daniel Shapiro; and soprano Jung Eun Oh
(M.M., 2005, voice), student of Mary Schiller in the Artist Diploma program.
Kwan
Kevin Kwan, organ student
of Todd Wilson in the Master
of Music degree program,
won the organ scholarship
at the Gloucester Cathedral
in England for the 2007-2008
year. He will work with its
renowned choir of men and
boys and will play the organ
for daily services in the
Cathedral, one of the most
stunning architectural and
acoustical environments in
the world.
Olson Bognár Cann Oh

17
Concerts
Concerts
Friday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m.
(special performance for school groups)
Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m.
(Family Soirée)
THE CIM ORCHESTRA
ZANY ZOO SOUNDZZZ
KIRK WILKE and SEAN RYAN, conductors
ELISA SINGER, narrator
Susan M. Schwartz
CIM is under construction, but we’re still
conducting great music as usual!
For up-to-date information on concerts
and the expansion project, please
visit cim.edu or call (216) 791-5000.
Online Ticketing Available
CIM event tickets are available online. Though most of
our concerts are presented free of charge, several activities
each season are designated as ticketed events
and presented at a nominal cost. For your convenience, you
may reserve tickets online with VISA, MasterCard or American Express. Visit
cim.edu and see for yourself!
*Seating passes will be distributed in the
lobby 30 minutes before selected concerts,
and are not available in advance.
Sunday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m.
Harkness Chapel
UNIVERSITY CIRCLE WIND ENSEMBLE
GARY M. CIEPLUCH, music director
WEILL Little Threepenny Music
OTTERLOO Serenade for Brass, Harp, Piano,
Celesta and Percussion
SCHOENBERG Theme and Variation, Op. 43a
CARTER PENN Slalom
Wednesday, April 4 at 8:00 p.m.
THE CIM ORCHESTRA
KIRK TREVOR, guest conductor
CHARLES TYLER, cello
BARBER Cello Concerto, Op. 22
BRAHMS Symphony in D Major No. 2, Op. 73
Presented in honor of Westlake Reed Leskosky
*Seating Passes
Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m.
PIANOFEST
Directed by Paul Schenly, PIANOFEST combines
performances by CIM students and faculty with
lively commentary, bringing the great piano
literature to life. Reception following. General
admission $5 at the door; students free.
Wednesday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
ALL-SCHUBERT PROGRAM
DANIEL SHAPIRO, piano
PAUL KANTOR, violin
DESMOND HOEBIG, cello
Piano Sonata in B Major, D. 575
Piano Sonata in C Major, D. 840, “Unfinished”
(La Reliquie)
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat Major,
D. 898
Presented in honor of The Lubrizol Foundation
Audio-Technica live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM
Shapiro
Hoebig
It’s a musical safari when the CIM Orchestra
brings the sounds of wildlife to the
Kulas Hall stage with imaginative and
exciting musical works, including Flight of
the Bumblebee, Carnival of the Animals,
Aesop’s Fables and Old MacDonald!
A dessert reception will follow the evening
performance.
Tickets: $6 children; $8.50 adults; $5 schools
and groups of 10 or more
For tickets, call (216) 791-5000, ext. 411,
Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
or visit cim.edu.
Sunday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
CAROL RUZICKA, violin
JEFFREY IRVINE, viola
BRYAN DUMM, cello
LINDA JONES, piano
VIRGINIA WECKSTROM, piano
BRAHMS Sonata for Violin and Piano in
G Major, Op. 78
CLARA SCHUMANN Trio for Violin, Cello and
Piano in G Minor, Op. 17
BRAHMS Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and
Piano in A Major, Op. 26
Wednesday, April 18
at 8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
SERGEI BABAYAN, piano
*Seating Passes
Kantor
Babayan

Concerts
18
BRAHMS FESTIVAL
Friday, April 20 at 8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
CAVANI STRING QUARTET
ANNIE FULLARD, violin
MARI SATO, violin
KIRSTEN DOCTER, viola
MERRY PECKHAM, cello
ROGER TAPPING, viola, guest artist
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat Major,
Op. 18, No. 1
GEOFFREY PETERSON Seasons (World Premiere)
BRAHMS Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas
and Cello in G Major, Op. 111
Sunday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
ANNIE FULLARD, violin
PETER SALAFF, violin
ALISON WELLS, cello, guest artist
JEFFREY SHARKEY, piano, guest artist
BRAHMS Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in
B Major, Op. 8
BRAHMS Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and
Piano in C Minor, Op. 60
Cavani
String
Quartet
Christian Steiner
Sunday, April 22 at 11:30 a.m.
At the home of Dr. James Gibbs
SPRINGTIME SONATA
Help support CIM’s many activities by attending
this very special brunch. Sure to be a musical
treat, you won’t want to miss this scrumptious
repast and concert featuring CIM students and
special guests in a lovely setting in Bratenahl on
Lake Erie. For more information and reservations,
call (216) 791-5000, ext 360.
Monday, April 23 at 4:00 p.m.
MASTER CLASS
MIRÓ STRING QUARTET, guest artists
DANIEL CHING, violin
SANDY YAMAMOTO, violin
JOHN LARGESS, viola
JOSHUA GINDELE, cello
The members of the Miró Quartet coach CIM
student ensembles in a session open to the public.
Vieaux
Wednesday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Severance Hall
THE CIM ORCHESTRA
CARL TOPILOW, conductor
JASON VIEAUX, guitar
WALTON Partita
RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Presented in honor of Key Foundation and in
cooperation with the Musical Arts Association
Audio-Technica live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM.
Admission free. Tickets required. For tickets, call
the Severance Hall Box Office at (216) 231-1111.
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 29 at 3:00 p.m.
CIM OPERA THEATER
DO MAKE A SCENE
DAVID BAMBERGER, director
JOHN SIMMONS, music director
CIM’s extraordinary voice students will be
showcased in opera scenes with piano accompaniment.
Fully staged and costumed, the students
will perform highlights from works spanning the
world of opera and musical theater, including the
complete second act of The Marriage of Figaro!
Tickets: $15 adults; $10 students/seniors.
Call (216) 791-5000, ext. 411, Mon.-Fri.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or purchase online at cim.edu.
Daniel Milner
Tuesday, May 1 at 8:00 p.m.
CIM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
PAUL YANCICH, director
Wednesday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m.
CIM WOODWIND ENSEMBLES
ELIZABETH CAMUS, director
Friday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m.
CIM BRASS ENSEMBLES
RICHARD STOUT, director
Monday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Severance Hall
CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY I
GARY M. CIEPLUCH, music director
GREG BANASZAK, alto saxophone
JAMES CURNOW The Eagle’s Flight
PHILIP SPARKE Diversions-Variations on a Swiss
Folk Song
CHARLES YOUNG Tempered Steel
BARRY KOPETZ Fantasy on Psalm 100
MAURICE WHITNEY Rumba
SAMMY NESTICO Persuasion
Tickets: $15 general admission; $25 box seats; $5
CIM/Case students with ID.
For tickets, call the Severance Hall Box Office at
(216) 231-1111.
Tuesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Severance Hall
CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY II
MELISSA LICHTLER, associate conductor
GREG BANASZAK, alto saxophone
SAMUEL HAZO Perthshire Majesty
PHILIP SPARKE Hanover Festival
SOUSA/FENNELL Army of the Nile
DEREK BOURGEOIS Serenade
FRANK TICHELI Vesuvius
BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
MAURICE WHITNEY Rumba
SAMMY NESTICO Persuasion
Tickets: $15 general admission; $25 box seats;
$5 CIM/Case students with ID.
For tickets, call the Severance Hall Box Office at
(216) 231-1111.
Wednesday, May 9 at 7:00 p.m.
INTENSIVE STRING QUARTET SEMINAR
GALA CONCERT
Great Composers of the Romantic Era:
Brahms, Dvorák ˇ and Schumann
Susan M. Schwartz
Miró String Quartet
visit cim.edu

19 Women’s Committee Benefit
CIM Women’s Committee Benefit a Great Success
An Evening with
BobbyMcFerrin
It was a tremendous event
and great success for the CIM
Women’s Committee. Benefit
Co-Chairs Anne Griffith and Jean
Wiant report that, even though
all expenses were not in at press
time, at least $80,000 was raised
for the CIM Annual Fund. Threehundred-twenty-five
guests
enjoyed cocktails, a silent auction
and a delicious gourmet dinner
– the first benefit for Sammy’s
as the new caterer for Severance
Hall. More than 1,600 McFerrin
fans were treated to a performance
combining the exceptional
talents of the CIM Orchestra with
the amazing and often unexpected
improvisations for which
Bobby is famous. He engaged
the audience, in performing old
sitcom themes to singing Ave
Maria to his Bach. Special thanks
to our presenting sponsors – Invacare
Corporation, National City,
Buckley King LPA and Deloitte &
Touche, LLP – and the many corporations
and individuals whose
support was invaluable. CIM
extends its sincere gratitude to
Women’s Committee President
Rosemary Deioma and her entire
team for a terrific job!
Below:
Bobby McFerrin
with the CIM
Orchestra and
Carl Topilow
Photos from the top:
CIM Women’s Committee Board member
Lalana Green and her family
Sally Good, Ed Whitman, Jean Wiant and
her granddaughter Alison Shearer
Benefit Co-Chairs Anne Griffith and Jean Wiant
with Mr. McFerrin just before the concert.
CIM Development Director Cindy Einhouse
shares the cocktail hour with members of the
Friends of CIM: John Hellman, Ellen Ilkanic,
Greg Brandt, Mark and Jean Koznarek,
President of the Friends.
Women’s Committee Board members
Cynthia Bell, President Rosemary Deioma
and Hope Adelstein with Cynthia’s
husband, Sam Fulwood

DO Make a Scene
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Friday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 29 at 3:00 p.m.
Come hear CIM’s extraordinary voice students
showcased in opera scenes with piano accompaniment.
Fully staged and costumed, the
students will perform highlights from works
spanning the world of opera and musical
theater. Included in the program will be the
complete second act of The Marriage of Figaro,
one of the most wonderful acts in all of opera.
In fact, Figaro is considered by many to be the
“perfect opera.” David Bamberger directs the
CIM Opera Theater, with John Simmons serving
as music director.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for
students and seniors. Purchase online
at cim.edu or by calling (216) 791-5000, ext.
411 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CIM Opera Theater presents
DO Make a Scene
You can make it an evening
in University Circle when you
present your opera ticket
upon ordering at That Place
on Bellflower or Sergio’s in
University Circle and receive
10 percent off your entire bill.
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