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Piano Accompaniment In special situations, the teacher may request a pianist to come in and play for a student. This is not a requirement but a suggestion. If the teacher/parent/student are in agreement to this, Adam Whiting has agreed to assist. Since this is not part of CIM tuition, parents will need to pay Adam independently. Fees are due upon completion of the Achievement Day performance. Fees below include one rehearsal and the Achievement performance time (if extra rehearsal time is required, Adam s fee is $50 an hour). Adam can be reached by phone at: 216225-8430 or by email awhiting@europa.com Achievement Level Beginning/Intermediate Advanced Achievement Time 10 minutes 15 minutes Cost $15 $25 Parent/Student/Teacher is responsible for calling Adam Whiting to set-up a rehearsal time and for communicating Achievement Performance Time. Note: Adam's schedule fills up quickly. The sooner you contact him, the more likely it will be that he will be available for your Achievement time and a convenient rehearsal time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIM Updated Recording Policy for Preparatory and Continuing Education Recitals and Concerts. Concert attendees are now welcome to record the performances of their children or students. Please silence your devices, avoid flash photography and take care not to obstruct the view of other concertgoers. There are two exceptions to this policy. We ask that you not record concerts listed in the CIM Concert Guide nor competitions such as Showcase Concerto Competition. 2
Recollections of our Fall Workshop held November 12 & 13 Please join me in thanking our guest clinicians. Nicholas Walker & Joey Peyrebrune Katie Cross Ann Montzka Smelser & Christopher Muller Beverly de la Bretonne & Shubhee Gandhi Sarah Bylander & Judah Preston Beth Goldstein-McKee & Sebastian Perez 3
Faculty News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kimberly Meier-Sims was a guest clinician at the University of Georgia at Athens Suzuki Workshop, February 4th where the majority of the Suzuki violin faculty has taken Suzuki Teacher Training with her at summer Suzuki institutes. Come say hello to Laura Shuster, playing in the pit orchestra for Playhouse Square's run of "The King and I" at Connor Palace Theater! February 7-26 Tracy Rowell was interviewed for Contrabass Conversations, a bass podcast. Student News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Piano Group Class celebrated Halloween! On December 11, Tanya Groys had her studio recital. All the students did an outstanding job, and made their teacher very proud! Emma Grace Ramon (piano student of Tanya Groys) participated in Cleveland Orchestra Children Chorus Christmas concerts and "Nutcracker " performances. Niko Ustin (piano student of Tanya Groys) was cast in "Christmas Carol" at the Cleveland Playhouse. 4
Master Classes Ken Johnston, concertmaster of Erie Philharmonic and Bluewater Chamber Orchestras, and violin professor at several colleges, gave a master class Thursday, December 15, for our Advanced Students. -Submitted by Laura Shuster This past semester, the Sato Center s Saturday morning advanced group class has been fortunate to have some wonderful guest teachers. Eric Wong, Cavani String Quartet s newest member (viola), came to the class in November, working with Sandy Deng on Monti s Csardas and Christina Bencin on Massenet s Meditation from Thais. In December, David Updegraff, former Head of CIM s Violin Department, worked with Owen Lockwood on Bloch s Nigun and Aidan Scheuer on Mozart s Concerto No. 3 in G Major. In January, Stephen Rose, Principal Second Violin of the Cleveland Orchestra worked with Cole Hoff on Pugnani s Largo espressivo and Moshi Tang on Sarasate s Zigeunerweisen. We are grateful to these teachers for sharing their expertise and their love of music with us. -Submitted by Stephen Sims ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Advanced Students Julia Schilz (violin student of Stephen Sims) was accepted into The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra Fall 2016. In October she performed in the James Ehnes Master Class. Julia was one of the winners of the CIM Preparatory Concerto Competition and will be performing with Saint-Saens Introduction & Rondo capriccioso with the CIM Orchestra on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30pm. Moshi Tang (violin student of Liesl Hook Langmack) performed the Mendelssohn Concerto (mvt I) in October for the James Ehnes Master Class. In November, Moshi performed Vivaldi's Winter with the Erie Philharmonic in their annual education concerts for 5000 students. 5
Advanced Students (continued) Samuel Rosenthal (former violin student of Kimberly Meier-Sims) was accepted into the Fall 2016 CIM Young Artist Program studying viola with Jeffrey Irvine. He is co-principal viola of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and has attended The Interlochen Arts Center, Greenwood Music Camp and is currently planning to attend his second summer at the Perlman Music Program. He is a recent winner of the Suburban Symphony Concerto Competition, as well as the COYO concerto competition, performing in January of 2018. On Sunday, March 26, at 3:30pm he will be performing with the Walton Viola Concerto with the Suburban Symphony at Beachwood High School Auditorium. He played in October for the James Ehnes Master Class. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Performance with the Firelands Symphony Perpetual Motion by Carl Bohm, Sunday, December 11 at the Sandusky State Theater Violinists Liu von Engelbrechten, Sophie Muller, Sophy Gao, Nora Tulenson, Edward Huang, Ethan He, & Hana Mazak We thank Carl Topilow, conductor & Liesl Hook Langmack, leader, for making this possible. 6
Abbey Hansen s Pre-Twinkle class performed in Mixon on Spotlight Graduation Recitals The following students performed graduation recitals in completion of their Book Level. Christopher Muller (Violin Twinkle) Ira Lefkowitz (Violin Twinkle) Isobel Salaff (Violin Twinkle) Caden Salaff (Violin Twinkle) Mason Zhang (Violin Twinkle) Ellie Grobmyer (Viola Book 1) Grace Zhang (Viola Book 1) Samipa Patel (Piano Book 1) Tommy Cole (Bass Book 1) Sachin Singh (Bass Book 1) Emily Liu (Violin Book 2) Sophie Shaw (Violin Book 3) Gauri Gandhi (Violin Book 2 & 3) Shubhee Gandhi (Violin Book 2 & 3) Hana Mazak (Violin Book 5) ~~Congratulations!~~ 7
CIM Suzuki Violin Pedagogy students Huanhuan Sun & Penny Tong learn how to use a foot chart. 500 Bow Hold Challenge The following students completed their 500 Bow Hold Challenge. Gabriella Perez, cello Micha Port, cello Austin Yao, violin Rebecca Yao, cello Holden Vokes & Nika Jelen shows that you can make bow holds on French Fries or a spoon! Twinkle Challenge Mason Zhang played 100 Twinkle variations! Laura Shuster/Erin Reidhead Twinkle Group performed Many Twinkle Variations Sets in December & January 9
10th Annual Suzuki Concerto Afternoon Thirty-three concerto performers played in Kulas Hall on Sunday, January 22 with our Volunteer Orchestra comprised of Sato Faculty, Cavani String Quartet members, and CIM Suzuki Pedagogy students for making this event possible. Thank you to the Orchestra Members, Laura Shuster for organizing the orchestra music, Stephen Sims for conducting and Annie Fullard for her Stage Presence and Performance Preparation sessions for our performers. Cadence Johnson, piano Jamie Park, bass Laura Shuster & Ella Cole after they performed the Bach Double Concerto Sophie Muller, violin 10
What Does the Robinson Music Library At CIM Have For You? Music books for children are available on our prep cart for checkout. (On display near the Circulation Desk on Saturdays.) Listen to recordings or watch videos of great performances from our Media Center collection (downstairs.) Have a group of 2 or more? Ask about our group listening rooms! Music scores for all instruments and levels are available for checkout. How Can I Borrow? You may sign up for a Library card at the Circulation Desk on behalf of your child. We will keep it at the desk on file for you. You may borrow up to 10 items at a time (scores and books) as soon as you have registered for the Spring 2017 semester. We have semester loans, which means anything you check out this semester will be due May 12, 2017. Questions? Ask a Librarian or visit us at http://cim.edu for more information. 11
UPCOMING CONCERTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mixon Hall, Friday, February 10, 8:00pm FREE-seating pass required Jinjoo Cho, violin Anita Pontremoli, piano DEBUSSY Violin Sonata, L. 140 MESSIAEN Theme and Variations (1932) POULENC Violin Sonata, FP 119 RAVEL Violin Sonata No. 2, M. 77 Kulas Hall, Wednesday, February 15, 8:00pm FREE-no seating pass required, Live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM Brett Mitchell, guest conductor Beatrice Hsieh, violin, student artist CARTER Holiday Overture (1944) BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Mixon Hall, Thursday, February 16, 6:00pm First Master of Music Recital FREE-no seating pass required James Thompson, violin Nara Avetisyan, piano The program will include sonatas by Beethoven and Richard Strauss, along with some shorter showpieces. Severance Hall, Sunday, February 19, 7:00pm Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra & Chorus Brett Mitchell, conductor Marian Vogel, solo soprano BATES Sea-Blue Circuitry DEBUSSY Noctures POULENC Gloria Chamber Music Prelude Concert at 6:00 PM Mixon Hall, Friday, February 24, 8:00pm FREE-seating pass required Sharon Robinson, cello Anita Pontremoli, piano BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69 12
2016-2017 CIM Sato Center Calendar Main Campus (8/29/16) Fall Semester Classes Begin Saturday Classes Begin with Play-In Parent Class Begins Regular Groups Begin Labor Day Holiday (CIM closed) Solo Recital New Beginners Start *Halloween Play-In Solo Recital *Workshop Thanksgiving Holiday Sato Concerto Afternoon Applications Due *Holiday Circlefest Preparatory Orchestra Concerts NO GROUP OR THEORY Holiday Break Begins CIM Main Open Fall Group Class FINAL Fall Group Class Monday, August 29 Saturday, September 3, 9:00-11:00 am, Kulas Saturday, September 3 October 22, 11:00am Saturday, September 10 January 14 Monday, September 5 Saturday, October 8, 2:00-3:30 pm, Mixon Saturday, October 29 Saturday, October 29, 9:00-11:00am, Mixon Saturday, November 5, 2:00-3:30 pm, Mixon November 12-13 Thursday-Sunday, November 24-November 27 Saturday, December 3 Sunday, December 4, Kulas Saturday, December 10, 11:30 am, Kulas Saturday, December 17 Friday, December 23 Tuesday, January 3 Saturday, January 7 Saturday, January 14 Spring Semester Spring Classes Begin Solo Recital *Concerto Afternoon Solo Recital Solo Recital Achievement Days Solo Recital Prep Spring Break NO GROUP OR THEORY Preparatory Orchestra Concerts *May Play-In & Picnic CIM Commencement Tuesday, January 17 Saturday, January 21, 2:00-3:30 pm, Mixon Sunday, January 22, 1:00-5:30 pm, Kulas Saturday, January 28, 2:00-3:30 pm, Mixon Saturday, February 18, 2:00-3:30p.m, Mixon Tuesday-Saturday, February 21-25 Sunday, March 12, 2:00-3:30pm, Mixon March 26-April 2 Saturday, April 1 Saturday, May 6, 11:30 am, Kulas Saturday, May 13, 9:00-11:00, Kulas Saturday, May 20 NO CLASSES OR GROUPS Summer Semester Classes Begin Memorial Day (CIM closed) Classes End Monday, May 22 Monday, May 29 Friday, June 30 Click here to download the Sato Center Calendar 13