Women s Committee Board The CIM Women s Committee has a few openings for new board members. As a board member, you will have a chance to meet new people, learn new skills, work on a wide range of projects, have fun and best of all - support CIM and talented students. If you are interested or would like to suggest a candidate, please contact Deb Venzor at 216.991.8111 for more information. About the Cleveland Institute of Music Since its founding in 1920, CIM has offered a world class education to students from age 3 to 93 and provided concerts for the community. Located in University Circle, Cleveland's cultural hub, CIM is easily accessible to all music lovers. As a top-tier conservatory, CIM's student body is international: 25% international students, 60% from other U.S. states, and 15% from Ohio. Eighty percent of the Institute's alumni perform with the world's most acclaimed musical organizations, in major national and international orchestras and opera companies, as soloists and in chamber ensembles, and hold prominent teaching positions world-wide. CIM maintains a close relationship with The Cleveland Orchestra, with 38 members of The Orchestra serving on its faculty; 38 alumni currently hold positions with The Orchestra. Mixon Hall Masters Series Order the entire series now! Tickets are $50 for each recital. Call 216.791.5000 or online at cim.edu. Tues., Jan. 26-8:00 pm ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello INON BARNATAN, piano Wed., March 24-8:00 pm YEFIM BRONFMAN, piano Cleveland Institute of Music Women s Committee Jan Curry, President presents Salon de Paris Wednesday, December 2, 2009 11:30 a.m. Oakwood Country Club Kathryn Brown, faculty commentator Mary Schiller, narrator Jung Oh, soprano Michelle Cann, piano Eri Nakamura, piano Genia Maslov, violin Just Announced! Fri., April 9-8:00 pm An Evening of Jazz ANDRÉ PREVIN, piano DAVID FINCK, bass
S il est un charmant gazon Comment, disaient ils Oh! Quand je dors Selections from Dolly Suite Program Jung Oh, soprano Michelle Cann, piano Eri Nakamura, piano Musings of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) Mary Schiller, narrator (Head of CIM Voice Dept.) Clair de lune (Verlaine) Jung Oh, soprano Musings of Paul Verlaine Reprised Mary Schiller, narrator FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924) GABRIEL FAURÉ Looking for the perfect little gift for the men in your life? Give a Women s Committee Charter Membership to the special men in your life. To welcome as many new Charter Members as possible, we are extending discounted membership at $25 each. This is our way to help you help CIM. You give a unique gift, CIM gets the benefit! Just add names and addresses of the men you are signing up as Charter Members below. Include payment of $25 each and we will do the rest. Sign up at today s Salon de Paris and receive a holiday note card with his name. Being a Charter Member is always exciting. Being a Charter Member of CIM s strongest financial and volunteer organization is Priceless! Name Phone Email Address Name Phone Email Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque L isle joyeuse Kaddish Michelle Cann, piano Genia Maslov, violin Soiree dans Grenade from Estampes Alborado del gracioso from Miroirs Eri Nakamura, piano CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) CLAUDE DEBUSSY MAURICE RAVEL Address Name Phone Email Address Total Dues Included:$ (Check, Cash and Credit Card accepted) Card Type (circle one) MasterCard Visa Discover American Express Card No. Exp. Date PLEASE TEAR THIS OUT AND TURN IN TO ANY CIM WOMEN S COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBER TODAY!
Music School, Manhattan School of Music Prep and later at The Juilliard School where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree under the tutelage of Stephen Clapp and Joel Smirnoff. Ms. Maslov s numerous performances include solo appearances with the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Kennett Square Symphony and Lansdowne Symphony. Having won the highly acclaimed Albert M. Greenfield Competition at the age of twelve, she was a featured soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra twice in February of 2001. Ms. Maslov has performed in master classes given by Jamie Laredo, David Kim, Aaron Rosand, Soovin Kim, Andres Cardenas, Jerzy Kaplanek, Roger Chase and Taras Gabora, among others. She has been the participant of summer festivals such as Casalmaggiore International Music Festival and Banff Strings and Winds Master Classes. Currently, Ms. Maslov is working on her Master of Music degree at CIM as a scholarship student, where she studies with Joel Smirnoff. S il est un charmant gazon S'il est un charmant gazon Que le ciel arrose, Où brille en toute saison Quelque fleur éclose, Où l'on cueille à pleine main Lys, chèvre-feuille et jasmin, J'en veux faire le chemin Où ton pied se pose! S'il est un rêve d'amour, Parfumé de rose, Où l'on trouve chaque jour Quelque douce chose, Un rêve que Dieu bénit, Où l'âme à l'âme s'unit, Oh! j'en veux faire le nid Où ton coeur se pose! Text and Translations If there's a lovely grass watered by the sky where in every season shines some blossoming flower, where one can freely gather lilies, woodbines and jasmines, I wish to make it the path on which you place your feet. If there is a dream of love scented with roses, where one finds each day something gentle, a dream blessed by God where soul is joined to soul... oh, I wish to make it the nest in which you rest your heart. The Friends of CIM present An Evening with Mark O Connor Saturday, April 17, 2010 Kulas Hall Violinist and composer Mark O Connor showcases his unique and his unparalleled talent as a fiddler. His latest CD, Americana Symphony, includes a piece conducted by CIM President Joel Smirnoff. Comment disaient-ils Comment, disaient-ils, Avec nos nacelles, Fuir les alguazils? Ramez, disaient-elles. Comment, disaient-ils, Oublier querelles, Misère et périls? Dormez, disaient-elles. "How then," asked he "with our boat flee the Alguazils?" "Row," she replied. "How then," asked he, "forget the quarrels, strife, misery?" "Sleep," she replied. Proceeds benefit the CIM Young Artists Program Don t miss this special night! Benefit Tickets: $125 or $60, Concert-only Tickets $30 Comment, disaient-ils, Enchanter les belles Sans philtres subtils? Aimez, disaient-elles. "How then," asked he, "charm the beautiful ones without disguised potions?" "Love," she replied. Call 216.791.5000 ext. 411 or online at cim.edu.
Oh! Quand je dors Oh! quand je dors, viens auprès de ma couche, comme à Pétrarque apparaissait Laura, Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche... Soudain ma bouche s'entrouvrira! Sur mon front morne où peutêtre s'achève Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura, Que ton regard comme un aster se lève... Soudain mon rêve rayonnera! Puis sur ma lèvre où voltige une flamme, Éclair d'amour que Dieu même épura, Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme... Soudain mon âme s'éveillera! Oh, when I sleep, Come, approach my bed, as Laura appeared to Petrach; And as you pass, touch me with your breath... Suddenly my lips will part! On my gloomy face, where perhaps a dark dream remained for too long a time, let your gaze lift it like a star... at once my dream will be radiant! Then on my lips, where brilliance shines a flash of love that God has kept pure, place a kiss, and transform from angel into woman... Suddenly my soul will awaken! Musings of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) Art poétique, from Jadis et Naguère (1884) De la musique avant toute chose, Et pour cela préfère l impair Plus vague et plus soluble dans l air Sans rien en lui qui pèse ou qui pose. Il faut aussi que tu n ailles point Choisir tes mots sans quelque méprise: Rien de plus cher que la chanson grise Ou l indécis au Précis se joint. Pas la Couleur, rien que la nuance! and has since placed in various state, national and international competitions including the Clara Wells National Piano Competition, Music Teacher's National Association Competition, International Russian Piano Music Competition, Gilmore Piano Foundation Competition and the Blount Young Artists National Competition. She made her orchestral debut with the Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra at age 14. She has appeared nationally broadcast radio show, From the Top. For the past three summers she has attended PianoFest in the Hamptons, a highly selective program directed by Paul Schenly that attracts the nation's finest pianists. An appearance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts resulted from Ms. Cann's being one of only four students chosen to represent CIM in the Kennedy Center's Conservatory Project. She travelled to Bermuda in 2007 as a guest artist to perform for the governor's annual concert. Ms. Cann is the recipient of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award for her 2008-09 academic year. Alicja Basinska received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from CIM in May 2009. She is from Olesnica, Poland and came to North America to study Piano Performance at McGill University in Montreal and then received her Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from CIM. She is currently employed as a staff accompanist, both at CIM and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She is also a pianist for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and the West Virginia Symphony. Ms. Basinkska has been a pianist for many competitions, including Primrose International Viola Competition, ASTA and WAMSO competitions. She has also participated in many music festivals- Aspen Music Festival, Kneisel Chamber Music Festival and Kent-Blossom Music Festival. Some of her favorite performances include an appearance on Introductions on Chicago radio station 98.7 WFMT with violist Leah Ferguson and playing with Caroline Goulding on the Martha Stewart Show in January of 2007. Violinist Genia Maslov was born in Kharkov, Ukraine to parents who are both musicians. When she was three years old, Ms. Maslov and her family immigrated to Israel, where she began her study of the violin at age six, giving her first public performance just a year later. When her family arrived in the U.S., she continued her studies at the Settlement
Ms. Schiller has served on the faculties of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, The University of Akron School of Music, the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria; the Accademia dell'opera in Rimini, Italy and the University of Miami Frost School of Music at Salzburg. She maintains a private voice studio in New York City. Her students perform with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera and Opera Cleveland. Her students have also participated in Houston Opera Studio, Lyric Opera of Chicago Center for American Artists, Santa Fe Opera, Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood and Aspen Festivals. Ms. Schiller's students have won the Marilyn Horne Foundation Award, George London Award, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation Award, National Opera Association Competition, and ARIA. She was appointed to the CIM faculty in 2002 Pianist Eri Nakamura has performed as soloist and chamber musician in the U.S., Italy and her native Japan. Ms. Nakamura was born in Hiroshima and began piano studies at the age of four with principal teacher Mie Ishii. A prizewinner of many competitions, she most recently was the winner of the 2007 CIM Concerto Competition. Other prizes include first prize in the 2005 Yale University School of Music Chamber Music Competition, first prize in the Miyazawa Piano Competition in Japan and many more. In addition, Ms. Nakamura has been the recipient of several awards and scholarships including the William B. Kurzban Scholarship and the Rosa Lobe Memorial Scholarship at CIM, the Henry & Lucy G. Moses Scholarship and Mary Clapp Howell Scholarship at Yale University, the Liberace Foundation Scholarship, the SFCM Piano Award and the Fine Arts Award in Piano. Ms. Nakamura is currently a student of Sergei Babayan and Anita Pontremoli as an Artist Diploma candidate both in solo and collaborative piano at CIM. She also holds an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music from Yale University under the tutelage of Peter Frankl and a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Mack McCray. Michelle Cann, hailed as a "colorist who can charm", is a piano student of Paul Schenly and Daniel Shapiro. She began studying at the age of seven Let s hear the music first and foremost, And that means no more one-two-one-twos? Something s more vague instead, something lighter Dissolving in air, weightless as air. When you choose your words, no need to search In strict dictionaries for pinpoint Definitions. Better the subtle And heady Songs of Imprecision. Color s forbidden, only Nuance! Clair de lune (Paul Verlaine) Votre ame est un paysage choisi Que vont charmants masques et bergamasques, Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi Tristes sous leurs deguisements fantasques, Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur, L amour vainqueur et la vie opportune, Ils n ont pas l air de croire a leur bonheur, Et leur chanson se mele au clair de lune, Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, Qui fait rever les oiseaux dans les arbres, Et sangloter d extase les jets d eau, Les grands jets d eau sveltes parmi les marbres. Musings of Paul Verlaine - Reprise Prends l éloquence et tords-lui son cou! Tu feras bien, en train d éngergie, Du render un peu la Rime assagie. Si l on n y veille, elle ira jusqu où? Ô qui dira les torts de la Rime! Quel enfant sourd ou quell nègre fou Nous a forgé ce bijou d un sou Your soul is a chosen landscape Where charming masqueraders and dancers are promenading, Playing the lute and dancing, and almost Sad beneath their fantastic disguises, While singing in the minor key Of triumphant love, and the pleasant life. They seem not to believe in their happiness, And their song blends with the moonlight, The quiet moonlight, sad and lovely, Which sets the birds in the trees adreaming, And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, The tall slim fountains among the marble statues.
Que ton vers soit la bonne aventure Éparse au vent crispé du matin Qui va fleurant la menthe et le thym Et tourt le reste est littérature. Grip eloquence by the throat and squeeze It to death. And while you re about it You might corral that runaway, Rhyme, Or you ll get Rhyme Without End, Amen. Who will denounce that criminal, Rhyme? Tone-deaf children or crazed foreigners No doubt fashioned its paste jewelry, Tinplate on top, hollow underneath. You must let your poems ride their luck On the back of the sharp morning air Touched with the fragrance of mint and thyme? And everything else is LIT-RIT-CHER. Musical Luncheon Series Wednesday, February 24-11:30 a.m. Mayfield Country Club THE BEST OF THE BEST First prize winners of THE major competitions, the stars of tomorrow perform today. A MUST SEE event, be sure to bring your guests! Wednesday, May 19-11:00 a.m., Shaker Country Club ONLY AWARD WINNING MUSIC Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winning music presented by Marshall Griffith and CIM Alumni. As with all Musical Luncheons, stay for lunch, or take out if you must return to work. Tickets: Members $30, non-members $35. Reservations are required. Call 216.791.5000, ext. 360. About the Performers Jung Eun Oh, voice, has appeared as a soloist at the Kennedy Center, with Red {an orchestra} as Der Engl in Heinrich Schutz's A Christmas Story and with the CIM Orchestra in performances of Mahler's Fourth Symphony and Robert Beaser's The Heavenly Feast. Ms. Oh has performed as a guest artist in recitals with members of The Cleveland Orchestra. She has performed as the Sandman and the Dew Fairy in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel with Duke University Symphony, as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, as Mademoiselle Silverpeal in Der Schauspieldirector and in the title roles of Igor Stravinsky's Le Rossignol and Mozart's La finta giardiniera. She was praised by The Plain Dealer for portraying Stravinsky's Nightingale with "silvery-timbre, crystal-clear sense of pitch, and vocal agility." Ms. Oh holds a master's degree from CIM, as well as an Artist Diploma in vocal performance. At CIM, she has been the recipient of the Irvin Bushman Prize, the Boris Goldovsky Prize in Opera, the Pauline Thesmacher Award, the 2006-2007 Scholarship of The Music and Drama Club of Cleveland and the Helen Curtis Webster Award, among others. In 2006, she won first place in the Leopoldskron vocal competition in Salzburg, Austria and subsequently performed in Schloss Leopoldskron and Schloss Mirabell. Before coming to Cleveland, she appeared in Harvard University productions of The Magic Flute and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, while completing the Bachelor of Arts degree program in economics. Formerly trained as a pianist, Ms. Oh premiered two original compositions while at Harvard. In addition, she won numerous vocal competitions while in the Boston area. Ms. Oh was appointed to the CIM faculty in 2008. Mary Schiller, Chair of Voice Department, has appeared in more than 30 operas, in oratorio and in recital performances in the U.S., France and Germany, singing leading roles such as Violetta, Fiordiligi and Susanna. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The Ohio State University. Ms. Schiller received several grants for study in Germany, including the Fulbright, Martha Baird Rockefeller, Richard Wagner Society and Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and received a fellowship to Tanglewood. She is a frequent adjudicator at major voice competitions and regularly gives master classes; she was also a master teacher at the Master Voice Teachers Conference at Westminster.