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7 Students
Students
Chaoyin Cai, Master of Music degree piano student of Daniel Shapiro, placed third at the 2008
International Russian Music Piano Competition held in San Jose, California in June. CIM piano
faculty member Antonio Pompa-Baldi led the jury. Richard Scheinin of The Mercury News praised
Caoyin’s “conversational playing,” saying she was “at home with the music, and extraordinarily
accomplished: many colors and shades, with every phrase beautifully shaped.”
Jeremy Collins, guitar student of Jason Vieaux, won first prize at the East Carolina University (ECU)
Solo Guitar Competition in July. The award includes $1,000 and a return engagement to perform
a solo concert and master class at next year’s ECU summer guitar festival.
Stefani Collins, violin student Paul Kantor, received the 2009 Dorothy Delay Fellowship at the
Aspen Music Festival. The fellowship covers tuition and room and board for the festival. It also
ensures a solo engagement with an orchestra at next year’s festival, in addition to a performance
on a faculty chamber music recital.
Jay Dubin, clarinet student of Franklin Cohen, won a clarinet position
in the Summer Opera Theatre Company Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
He was also selected to participate in the David Krakauer klezmer
music workshop and performed at Carnegie Hall in April.
Collins
The Matisse Quartet − Zsolt Eder (B.M., 2007, violin), Master of Music
degree violin student of Paul Kantor; Sophia Bellingrath, violin student
of Paul Kantor; Cynthia Black, viola student of Robert Vernon; and
Kevin Downs (B.M., 2008, cello), former student of Richard Aaron and
Merry Peckham – participated in the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar
in May, the Mannes Beethoven Institute in June, and undertook a
three-week chamber music residency at the Banff Centre in June. Last
December, the group was awarded first prize at the Ohio String Teachers
Association Chamber Music Competition.
Timothy Mauthe, Master of Music degree composition student of
Margaret Brouwer and Keith Fitch, had his piece String Quartet No. 3
premiered at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival in Wintergreen,
Virginia. He was also awarded the Prix DelFosse for playing a piece he wrote in 2004 at the
festival’s performance competition (there were about 40 competitors).
Matisse Quartet
Marge Brown
Chetan Tierra (B.M., 2008, piano), Artist Diploma student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi, won third prize
and the People’s Choice Award for piano at the 2008 José Iturbi International Music Competition,
the piano and singing competition with the largest cash prize worldwide.
Chloé Trevor, violin student of David Cerone and Linda Cerone, won the silver medal at the
2008 Ima Hogg Young Artists Competition in Houston. As a result, she performed Tchaikovsky’s
Violin Concerto with the Houston Symphony, conducted by Andrew Grams, on June 28. Jinjoo Cho
(Y.A.P., 2006, violin), Artist Certificate student of Paul Kantor, was a semifinalist. Chloé also performed
several solo recitals recently: with pianist Dr. Annie Lin in memory of Cleveland Orchestra
bassist Charles Barr, sponsored by Dallas’ Fine Arts Chamber Players; with pianist Natalia Bolshakova
to raise money for the Cedar Rapids Symphony, whose hall was recently flooded; and with
pianist David Korevaar at the Music in the Mountains Festival in Durango, Colorado. Chloé will
perform Barber’s Violin Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony for their opening gala concert
on September 20.
Tierra
Correction: In the Summer 2008 edition of Notes, Artist Diploma student John Lee
(M.M., 2008, piano) was mentioned as a winner of the Darius Milhaud Performance
Prize. Mr. Lee was incorrectly listed as a student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi and
Emanuela Friscioni. He is actually a student of Sergei Babayan.
Trevor