Factoring in other recent appointments, CIM this fall is brimming with the talent of 21 new teachers across its Conservatory, Preparatory and Joint Music Program (with Case Western Reserve University) divisions, enhancing an already robust roster that includes 35 members of The Cleveland Orchestra and many of today’s most renowned soloists. The additions reflect CIM’s ongoing commitment to diversifying its faculty and ensuring that all students at CIM have access to a wide array of leaders in their field.
“We’re delighted to welcome so many inspiring performers and educators,” said Scott Harrison, executive vice president and provost of CIM. “With these artists adding to the shared wisdom here at CIM, our students will be exposed to a broader array of experience and even better poised to take their place as the future of classical music.”
New to the faculty at the start of 2022 were 11 new artists:
- Rodrigo Lara Alonso, guitar and Musical Pathway Fellowship advisor
- David Brockett (BM ’85), horn
- Robert Davis (BM ’01, Nereim), clarinet
- Maximilian Dimoff, principal bass of The Cleveland Orchestra
- Nathaniel Hoyt (MM ’22, Weiss), cello
- Ian Howell, CIM’s first faculty countertenor and director of vocal chamber music
- Cristina Micci-Barreca (BM ’21, Irvine/Ramsey), viola
- Gabriel Novak (BM ’18, Fitch), music theory
- Mary Kay Robinson, chamber music
- Joseph Sferra, music theory
- Jonathon Turner, choral conducting
- Jack Hughes, music theory
- Carlos Kalmar, principal conductor and director of orchestral studies
- Ali King, director of the Center for Innovative Musicianship
- Jessica Lee, assistant concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra
- Mary Le Rouge, director of the CIM Writing Center
- Philip Setzer, violin and artistic director of string chamber music
- Nathaniel Silberschlag, principal horn of The Cleveland Orchestra
- Allen Yueh, music theory and piano
These new members of the faculty complement CIM’s already robust slate of resident and visiting faculty, which includes current and past members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, as well as internationally celebrated soloists like Sergei Babayan, Ilya Kaler, Jaime Laredo and Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Many are scheduled or planning to perform at CIM this season. For a complete calendar of their performances in the 2022-23 season, visit cim.edu/events.
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