The Cleveland Institute of Music is the place to experience the energy of classical music! CIM is a leading international conservatory, with graduates who perform with the world's most acclaimed musical organizations, including 38 members of The Cleveland Orchestra.
CIM is pleased to work in partnership with the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Click here for more information.
Listen and Watch: Frederica von Stade's Address and Student Performances from Commencement 2009
Linden Captures Coveted Fischoff Grand Prize Medal, Shares Coleman Prize with Aeolus
Trumpeter Conrad Jones Wins Downbeat Magazine Award
Frank Huang Joins The Ying Quartet
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Tenor Vinson Cole to Join CIM Faculty
CIM Students Win YouTube Symphony Orchestra Positions
View the 2007-2008 Annual Report (PDF)
Joel Smirnoff, first
violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet and former chair of the violin department at
The Juilliard School, has been appointed president of CIM.
Click to read 'CIM Names Joel Smirnoff President' ...
Click to see a video of Mr. Smirnoff interviewed by coolcleveland.com ...
CIM will hold a special concert on March 29 at 7:00 p.m. in memory of long-time head of the CIM composition department, renowned composer Donald Erb. Acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin will lead the CIM Orchestra during the concert, which will feature works by Mr. Erb performed by CIM students and faculty.
CIM alumnus William Neil has written a tribute to his former teacher and CIM faculty member Donald Erb. You can read the piece, entitled Don did not go gently into that good night: William Neil remembers his mentor and teacher on Neil's web site.
The Plain Dealer’s architecture critic Steven Litt raved over CIM’s Mixon Hall in his commentary "Building Harmony." Please click here to be linked to the Plain Dealer Web site.
The Plain Dealer's music critic Don Rosenberg also lauded CIM's Fanfare for a New Era in "Cleveland Institute of Music's Mixon Hall celebrates sound of silence." Please click here to be linked to the Plain Dealer Web site.
Cool Cleveland recently got a sneak peek at Mixon Hall and recorded their visit - which includes details on the new hall and its unique design - on video, which you can see here:[windows media] [quicktime]
CIM and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History collaborated on a unique project bringing new
music to the Museum experience. Seven students in the CIM
composition department were commissioned to write short works for each of the Museum's seven
galleries. Learn more about these pieces - and hear them - by clicking here.
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The Cleveland Institute of Music is a leading international conservatory that is distinguished by an exceptional degree of collaboration between students and teachers.
This same stimulating environment extends to the Institute's community education programs, which help people of all ages realize their musical potential.
Holst, Jupiter, from The Planets
performed by the CIM Orchestra, Carl Topilow conducting
Used By Permission of G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
Thursday, July 2
Mixon Hall
12:00 PM
LUNCH AND LISTEN RECITAL - Lunch at noon, concert at 12:30 p.m.
The Cypress Grove by Marshall Griffith (BM '75, MM '77)
Thursday, July 9
Mixon Hall
12:00 PM
LUNCH AND LISTEN RECITAL - Lunch at noon, concert at 12:30 p.m.
ERIK MANN (MM '02), classical guitar music
Thursday, July 16
Kulas
12:00 PM
LUNCH AND LISTEN RECITAL - Lunch at noon, concert at 12:30 p.m.
The Music of Delores White and Hale Smith
Thursday, July 23
Mixon Hall
12:00 PM
LUNCH AND LISTEN RECITAL - Lunch at noon, concert at 12:30 p.m.
JW TURNER, solo cello