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Cleveland Institute of Music
Type	Private music conservatory
Established	1920; 105 years ago
Endowment	$45.1 million (2020)
President	Paul Hogle
Academic staff	185
Students	325
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Affiliations	Case Western Reserve University
Website	www.cim.edu

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. The school was founded in 1920 by a group of supporters led by Martha Bell Sanders and Mary Hutchens Smith, with Ernest Bloch serving as its first director.^[2] CIM enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing education programs.^[3] There are typically about 100 openings per year for which 1,000-1,200 prospective students apply.

Many members of The Cleveland Orchestra serve as faculty at CIM and CIM alumni can be found in major orchestras throughout the United States and the world.^[4] In 2024, faculty voted, 56 to 25, to join the American Federation of Musicians.^[5]

Campus

CIM is located in the University Circle, a four-mile square neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland.

Opened in 1961, the main building houses teaching studios, practice rooms, recital halls, a music library, and classrooms. The building was expanded in 2007, adding 34,000 square feet of space. This included a new entryway and lobby, an expansion to the music library, a new recital hall, recording/broadcast suites, new practice rooms, and additional administrative offices.^[6]^[7]

Through a cooperative arrangement with nearby Case Western Reserve University, CIM students have full access to many university amenities, and, if accepted to both institutions, can pursue a dual degree both at CIM and Case Western Reserve.^[8]

Accreditation

The Cleveland Institute of Music is accredited by two agencies:^[9]

Notable people

Alumni

Ryan Anthony, trumpeter
Alan Baer, Principal Tuba, New York Philharmonic
Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter
Mike Block, cellist, singer, composer
Harriet Bolz, composer
Zsolt Bognár, pianist
Jim Brickman, pianist
Nickitas J. Demos, composer
David Diamond, composer
Elaine Douvas, Principal Oboe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chair of Woodwind Department, Juilliard School
Dennis Eberhard, composer
Donald Erb, composer
John Ferritto, composer and conductor
Chuck Findley, brass player
Aubrey Foard, tubist
Grace Fong, Director of Keyboard Studies at Chapman University Conservatory of Music.
Jim Hall, guitarist
Joseph Hallman, composer
Thomas Hill, clarinet
Wataru Hokoyama, composer
Frank Huang, violinist
Judith Ingolfsson, violinist
Stefan de Leval Jezierski, horn, Berlin Philharmonic
Megumi Kanda, Principal trombone, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Andy Kubiszewski, rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer
Anton Kuerti, pianist, composer, and conductor
Martin Leung, pianist
John Mackey, composer
Robert Marcellus, clarinetist
Stephen Marchionda, guitarist
Tariq Masri, Principal Bassoon, Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Peter McCoppin, conducting
Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano
Kermit Moore, cellist
Judy Niemack, jazz singer
Kam Ning, violinist
Yuriy Oliynyk, composer and pianist
Greg Pattillo, flautist
Ann Hobson Pilot, harpist
Kermit Poling, conductor and composer
PROJECT Trio, chamber music ensemble
Nikola Resanovic, composer
Joshua Roman, cellist
Hale Smith, composer, arranger, pianist, and editor
Mark Summer, cellist
Irwin Swack, composer
Howard Swanson, composer
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, composer and pianist
Gerardo Teissonnière, pianist and teacher
Bross Townsend, jazz pianist
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Jason Vieaux, guitarist
Katharine Mulky Warne, composer, founder of Darius Milhaud Society
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist
John McLaughlin Williams, conductor and violinist
Jasper Wood, violinist
Jane Corner Young, composer

Faculty

Sergei Babayan, piano
Victor Babin, piano
Greg Banaszak, saxophone
Mordecai Bauman, voice
Ernest Bloch, composition
Margaret Brouwer, composition
Sergio Calligaris, piano
Alice Chalifoux, harp
Yin Chengzong, piano
Vinson Cole, voice
Max Dimoff, double bass
Andrew Földi, voice
Maurice Goldman, voice
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Grant Johannesen, piano
Ilya Kaler, violin
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Edwin Arthur Kraft, organ
William Kroll, violin
Jaime Laredo, violin
Denoe Leedy, piano
Arthur Loesser, piano, writer
Malcolm Lowe, violin
John Mack, oboe
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Quincy Porter, composition
Sharon Robinson, cello
Bernard Rogers, composition
Beryl Rubinstein, piano and composition
David Shifrin, clarinet
Leonard Shure, piano
Eleanor Steber, voice
Yi-Kwei Sze, voice
Gerardo Teissonnière, piano
Nevada Van der Veer, voice
Robert Vernon, viola
Jason Vieaux, guitarist
Vitya Vronsky, piano
Todd Wilson, organ
Ivan Zenaty, violin

References

^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ "CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. November 18, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^ "College Navigator - Cleveland Institute of Music". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
^ "Alumni Success". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ Olivera Perkins (September 27, 2024). "Cleveland Institute of Music faculty vote in favor of unionizing". Signal Cleveland. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
^ Litt, Steven; clevel; .com (August 23, 2007). "New Cleveland Institute of Music recital hall looks like a winner". cleveland. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ "History". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
^ "Joint Music Program". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
^ "College Navigator - Cleveland Institute of Music". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2017.