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Community Outreach 4 CIM in the Community Holiday CircleFest Live performance and audience interaction are a vital part of developing as a musician and CIM students are given a multitude of opportunities to share their musical gifts and perform within the community via ongoing outreach initiatives. In the next several issues, Notes will highlight some of the community engagement activities of our students and faculty. Cleveland Clinic Doctor-Patient Music Connection – Begun by Dr. Kamal Chémali in 2005, this is one of many Clinic initiatives involving the arts in patient wellness and recovery through their Arts & Medicine program. It consists of concerts performed by doctors and patients with artistic talent, often assisted by professional musicians, students, faculty and alumni of CIM. Five Preparatory students, three Young Artists and twelve Conservatory students participated in the dedication of a restored grand piano for use in the Arts & Medicine research programs. Mozart’s 23rd Piano Concerto was performed by guest Prisca Benoit with a Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra/CIM chamber orchestra. The January 30 concert took place in the Clinic’s Miller Pavilion. Preparatory faculty member Derek Nishimura, alumnus Luiz Coelho (AD ‘90, clarinet student of Franklin Cohen) and Dr. Kamal Chémali, piano, performed as well. CIM/Cleveland Chamber Music Society – This three-year-old outreach initiative enlists CIM string ensembles to perform in schools throughout the area, targeting the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights Public Schools. Past ensembles have included the Vesuvius (2007) and Iannis (2008) string quartets. The awardwinning Linden Quartet (CIM’s current apprentice quartet) is this year’s featured ensemble. Cleveland School of the Arts – Peter Salaff, director of the CIM chamber music program, visits the school every week to coach students. The Cavani Quartet, in residence at CSA nearly 12 years, regularly coach and encourage young musicians. A number of CIM students provide private lessons, gaining valuable teaching experience. Pictured here, CIM President Joel Smirnoff conducted rehearsals of the school’s string ensembles in November. Francis E. Sykora Chamber Music Outreach Fund - In December, the Nocturna Quartet (violinists Stefani Collins and Elizabeth Whipple, violist Rachel Samson and cellist Jacob Nathanson) performed at Brighton Gardens of Westlake (Assisted Living, Alzheimer’s and Hospice Care) courtesy of the Sykora Fund; a generous endowed gift of Dr. Glenn Sykora, honoring the memory of his mother. Three string quartet performances are presented annually at various locations for children and senior citizens. In December, CIM joined other University Circle institutions as part of Holiday CircleFest, a family event with music, exhibits, shopping, food and holiday cheer. CIM featured a variety of Conservatory and Preparatory Division student performers from young students from the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies to chamber music and more as hundreds of visitors got to know CIM. The day opened with special guests, the Singers’ Club of Cleveland and CIM’s Harp Ensemble took the stage along with young ballerinas for wonderful excerpts from the Nutcracker Suite. Throughout the day children had the opportunity to sing with elves and visit with Santa, LIVE from the North Pole via videoconference. (See Did You Know, opposite)
5 Distance Learning CIM Students Perform in 40th Anniversary Celebration During the last 40 years, the New York String Orchestra Seminar has introduced nearly 2,000 exceptional young musicians to new musical ideas, offering them chamber music coaching from members of the world’s top ensembles and giving them the challenge of performing two concerts as part of the New York String Orchestra, in Carnegie Hall. This year, 10 CIM students and alumni attended the prestigious training program over the winter break. Representing CIM were violinists Janet Carpenter (student of David Updegraff), Jinjoo Cho (student of Paul Kantor), Alicia Hui (student of David Cerone, Paul Kantor and William Preucil), Ben Odhner (student of Paul Kantor) and Emma Sutton (student of David Updegraff and William Preucil), violist Zsche-Chuang Rimbo Wong (student of Jeffrey Irvine), cellist Schuyler Slack (student of Stephen Geber) and trumpeter Colin Sieg (BM ’08, student of Michael Sachs). In honor of the Seminar’s 40th Anniversary, alumni of the program were asked to join this year’s orchestra in works by Vaughn Williams and Beethoven, including Stefani Collins (student of Paul Kantor, ’05 and ’07 participant) and Domenic Salerni (BM ’09, student of William Preucil, ’06 and ’07 participant.) The program, now led by Jaime Laredo – a CIM honorary doctorate (2006) - awards each of 64 participants a full scholarship. Extensive rehearsals are complemented by chamber music coachings with some of the world’s most illustrious performers, making it a great honor to be accepted into the program. Alumni of the program can be found in leadership positions across the globe and include cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, Gil Shaham, Kyoko Takezawa, members of the world’s top ensembles and faculty members of the most distinguished conservatories in the United States. did you know… …the Kulas Foundation Center for International Music Education, more commonly known as the Distance Learning Department, connects CIM to 225 schools, retirement facilities, hospitals, conservatories, performance venues and music schools annually, using the internet Delivering lessons to kindergarten through 12 th grade classrooms is the most frequent type of presentation, but conservatory master classes and private lessons are an ever increasing segment of the department’s mission. For example, members of The Cleveland Orchestra were still able to teach their CIM students while on residency in Miami in January. CIM is proud to have a regular presence at the seminar, with an average of nine students annually. Here is a modest sample of past participants. Faculty Joan Kwuon (PS ’95, student of Donald Weilerstein) Kirsten Docter and Mari Sato (BM ’94, student of David Cerone), Cavani String Quartet members Board of Trustees Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos, former cellist of the American Quartet and COO of InstantEncore.com (YAP ’95) Cleveland Orchestra Members Sae Shiragami (MM ’95, PS ’96, student of Donald Weilerstein) Alexandra Preucil Dolan (YAP ’01, BM ’05, student of William Preucil) Martha Baldwin (MM ’00) and Brian Thornton (students of Stephen Geber) None of the department’s efforts would be possible without the enthusiastic work of over one hundred work study students. One quarter are trained as video and audio technicians while the rest perform during presentations. This is a great opportunity for students to see a different, yet very creative way to use their talents and gain practical experience. Master classes this year included exchanges with the Royal College of Music in London, Medicine Hat College in Alberta (Canada) and the Manhattan School of Music. get to know cim
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