A new addition to an old quartet Oct 23, 2009
The Juilliard is chamber music s paramount survivor: It has been around since 1946 and was in its eighth permutation when Smirnoff decided to leave to become president of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Replacing a first violinist - first among equals in a quartet - usually involves extra upheaval, and the Juilliard s place in history has long been secure. (Boston Globe)
Using Music to Ease Patient Stress During Surgery Oct 14, 2009
In the later stages of the research, to prevent familiarity from swaying the subjects' responses, music was specifically composed for the study by students from the Cleveland Institute of Music. In the end, patients almost unanimously said the purely melodic offerings were the most soothing. (Time.com)
Groundbreaking master of angelicinstrument set to take wing Sep 22, 2009
As a teenager, Hobson Pilot attended a summer harp camp in Maine and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She landed a gig with the National Symphony in Washington after her 1966 graduation and remained there until 1969, when Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler suggested she audition for the BSO. (Fiedler knew her from stints conducting the National Symphony. (Boston Globe)
City Beat (5) Sep 20, 2009
Symposium exploring the life and work of composer and Cleveland Institute of Music s first director Ernest Bloch is at 2 in CIM s Mixon Hall ... Cleveland Institute of Music presents the Cavani String Quartet performing the complete Beethoven cycle of quartets at 4. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Performing Arts Center hires contractors Jul 29, 2009
Some of the acoustic design projects Akustiks worked on include the Nashville Symphony s new home, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center; the restoration of the Eastman Theater in Rochester and the new Mixon Hall at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Fisher Dachs Associates has worked on a number of theater projects throughout Texas and the United States, including Bass Performing Hall in Fort Worth, the Long Center in Austin and as a consultant for the renovation of Radio City Music Hall in New York... (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Chinese artist emerges from the shadows May 24, 2009
"I think the first year Cleveland Institute of Music opened, Bloch had something like seven students," recalls John Amis ... "Andrew Littlejohn in London, swissinfo.ch RATING Data is being loaded Comments Place your comment Data is being loaded Share this article: AUDIOS SWISSMUSIC ERNEST BLOCH Ernest Bloch was born in Geneva in 1880.He took up the violin at the age of nine and quickly proved himself to be a prodigy. However, he soon found his true musical calling was in composing.He studied in... (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Eastman, U of M win at Fischoff May 16, 2009
From 48 competing ensembles from across the United States and around the world, the Linden String Quartet, whose members study at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Ohio, won the coveted 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and 7,500, plus 3,000 for gold medal in the senior string division at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. In addition to prize money, the trio will participate in a winners tour of the Midwest in October and in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Jim Brickman to perform Wednesday Apr 11, 2009
A native of Cleveland, Brickman began playing piano at age 5 and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Since the release of his debut album "No Words" in 1994, Brickman has had a number of hits and awards. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Alisa Weilerstein brings passion and intensity to her BSO debut Mar 15, 2009
As a student in the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music (her father was the founding first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet), Weilerstein took academic classes in the morning, studied music all afternoon, then went home to practice cello and do her homework. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 9, but didn't speak publicly about her condition until last year, when she became a celebrity advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. (Boston Globe)
Orpheum ready for Iowa Piano Competition Mar 4, 2009
He has also studied with Doctor Henri-Paul Sicsic at the University of British Columbia, and with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Ryo recently garnered the silver medal at the Dr. Luis Sigall International Piano Competition in Vina del Mar, Chile, where he was also awarded the audience prize. (Sioux City Journal)
An Auditory Dream Feb 14, 2009
He'd quit studying classical composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music. "I was interested in noise," Fontana said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
