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Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 8:00 p.m. Severance Hall The CIM OrChesTra Carl TOpIlOw, conductor NaTalIe lIN, violin MICHAEL TORKE Bright Blue Music (b. 1961) BENJAMIN BRITTEN Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15 (1913-1976) Moderato con moto Vivace Passacaglia: Andante lento Played without pause INTERMISSION MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (1839-1881) Promenade – The Gnome arr. MAURICE RAVEL Promenade – The Old Castle (1875-1937) Promenade – Tuileries Bydlo Promenade – Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle The Marketplace at Limoges – Catacombs, Roman Tombs Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua The Hut on Fowl’s Legs – The Great Gate of Kiev Broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM with support from Audio-Technica THE CIM ORCHESTRA 1 2 THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC welCOMe! s we move further into the 21st Century, relevance to the greater community is more and more prominent in our thinking at CIM. Our students can only succeed as artists if they can find atheir audience and make their performance relevant to the world around them. We hope, this year, to bring our young students’ accomplishments into the community in new and imaginative ways while bringing the community’s culture into our own midst. On behalf of all of us at the Cleveland Institute of Music, I welcome you to the first of five appearances of the CIM Orchestra in Severance Hall for the 2011-12 season. Highlights of the coming season include a special appearance by artist-faculty member Vinson Cole, world-renowned tenor, performing alongside Jeffrey Kahane, the conductor of the Denver Symphony. On April 18, the chorus of Cleveland School of the Arts under the direction of Dr. William Woods and instrumentalists from the school will join our Orchestra on the stage to present Gustav Mahler’s momentous Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.” This concert will combine the rich musical resources of CSA and CIM, celebrating Dr. Woods’ many years of inspired work as choral director through one of the greatest masterworks for chorus and orchestra. Cultural diversity within our country and our city enriches all of our lives. An appreciation of the culture of others is actually part of the responsibility of the artist, as he or she must draw on the community in order to speak to them persuasively. Nearly all concerts at Cleveland Institute of Music are free and we invite the community into our home to enjoy the accomplishments of our amazing young artists. And, finally, we are proud to welcome and share this evening’s performance with the the Ear, Nose & Throat Institute of University Hospitals and University Hospital’s Cochlear Implant Experts and patients. Along with them, we call this evening “A Celebration of Hearing with An Evening of Music,” celebrating this important arm of UH and its glorious work, making it possible for the patients to again find meaning in the beauty and deep message of the music we will hear tonight. Bravo! Joel Smirnoff President of the Cleveland Institute of Music aBOUT CIM The Cleveland Institute of Music, founded in 1920, is one of only eight independent conservatories of music in the United States. Each year, CIM attracts more than 1000 applicants for 130 openings during a very competitive audition process. As an educational and performance resource for the community, CIM works in close association with The Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland School of the Arts, University Circle Inc. and other cultural and educational organizations. Degree programs attract a geographically and culturally diverse student body with approximately 25% international students, 15% from Ohio and 60% from the remaining areas of the U.S. The CIM Orchestra provides students an invaluable experience to learn repertoire and perform major concerts on a regular basis. Both graduate and undergraduate students participate in this demanding program. Coaching sessions and master classes with world-renowned conductors and visiting artists, in addition to studies with CIM’s stellar faculty, offer an unparalleled opportunity for CIM students to work with some of the world’s foremost orchestra musicians. Currently, hundreds of CIM graduates perform in premier orchestras around the globe. Over half of the members of The Cleveland Orchestra are connected to CIM, either as members of the faculty or as alumni. The CIM OrCHESTRA VIOLIN I CELLO CONTRABASSOON Mason Yu, principal Fedor Amosov, principal Joseph Cannella Sung-Sil Ro Sung-Hyun Ro HORN Janet Carpenter Thomas Carpenter Zane Biddle Sho Neriki Hyunjin Cho Samuel Hartman Koko Watanabe Mikala Schmitz Hee Chan Jung # Hector Chemelle Samuel Ericsson Amanda Lee Boson Mo James Jaffe Liang Liu Michelle Black Alexander Cox Thomas Park Emily Nebel Eun Hie Lim Emily Rapson * Lydia Barnette Anna Rosenstone Benjamin Reidhead & Laura Ha Pall Kalmansson Alexander Rise Nicole Sauder Matt Zucker Emily Schaefer Ben Odhner Schuyler Perry Olivia Sedlack Julie Beistline DOUBLE BASS Eva Dove TRUMPET Sean Casey, principal Megan Shung Kyle Dobbeck # Clinton OBrien Patrick Yim Nina Dvora * Antonio Escobedo Graham Jones Dominic Favia Richard Zydek Leah Hodge & VIOLIN II FLUTE Hayato Tanaka Oriane Carcy, principal Jeiran Hasan Michael Terassi Lisa Kim Mark Huskey * Matthew Leslie TROMBONE Jacob Mende-Fridkis & Andrea Daigle Whitney Clair *# James Romeo # Lauren Roth Christopher Graham & Erin Reidhead PICCOLO Quinton Ho Thomas Rodgers Mackenzie Danner James Trichilo Erica Tursi OBOE TUBA Jennifer Yamamoto Timothy Feil * John Caughman # Tobiah Murphy Gretchen Myers & Doug Jones * & Alice Hong Kelly Mozeik # PIANO/CELESTE Fahad Awan Scott Wollett Yeon Sun Huh Samantha Biniker ENGLISH HORN HARP VIOLA Christopher Connors Cynthia Black, principal Jennifer Ellis *& Zsche Chuang Rimbo Wong CLARINET Abby Klein # Benjamin Chen * Daniel Urbanowicz TIMPANI Patricia Crispino & Tegen Davidge Dylan Moffitt Annalisa Boerner Gunnar Hirthe # Stephanie Price Tianming Peng PERCUSSION Jeffrey Deroche Joseph Locicero BASS CLARINET Lara Hueter Rebecca Glass Drew Sullivan Addie Deppa Michael Jarrett Audrey Alessi ALTO SAXOPHONE Evan Mitchell Farrah OShea Alyssa Hoffert David Newton Mark Stein Esther Nahm BASSOON Michael Stubbart Sheila Bernhoft Marian Graebert # John Sullivan Derek Goad David Husby Kevin Pfister * * Principal on Torke Arleigh Savage & # Principal on Britten & Principal on Mussorgsky 4 THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC aBOUT The arTIsTs Carl TOpIlOw Carl Topilow is director of the CIM orchestral program and primary instructor for the master’s degree program in orchestral conducting. In addition, he is music director and conductor of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, a summer music festival based in Breckenridge, Colorado, and the Firelands Symphony Orchestra in Sandusky, Ohio. Founding conductor of the Summit Brass, Mr. Topilow has also served as principal pops conductor of the Toledo and Southwest Florida Symphonies. He received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, and began his career as Exxon/ Arts Endowment Conductor with the Denver Symphony Orchestra. He served as a conducting fellow of the National Orchestral Association from 1972 until 1976, with Leon Barzin; he was also a conducting fellow at Aspen School of Music in 1976, with Jorge Mester and John Nelson. He was first-place winner of the Baltimore Symphony Young Conductor’s Competition in 1976. A frequent guest conductor both in the U.S. and abroad, Mr. Topilow appears this season with the Akron Symphony, Philharmonic, Elgin Symphony, Hamilton Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Venezuela and Youngstown Symphony. He has served as guest conductor for 100 orchestras in 30 states and 11 foreign countries. His wife Shirley is president and CEO of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and director of Morgenstern Dance Studio. Daughter Emily is a student in the Beachwood Schools, and enjoys her violin studies through the CIM Preparatory Program. Daughter Jenny, a CIM alumna, is a violinist with the Charlotte Symphony. NaTalIe lIN Born in Auckland, New Zealand, violinist Natalie Lin has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the New Zealand Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and the Taichung City Symphony (Taiwan). She has been featured on Houston Public Radio’s program “The Front Row,” as well as on Radio New Zealand’s Concert FM. Since moving to the USA in 2007, she has won the Concerto Competition at both CIM and the Moores School of Music (University of Houston), receiving subsequent concerto performances with orchestra at both institutions. In 2009, she also received 1st prize in the Strings division and the Audience Choice award at the Young Texas Artist Competition. Most recently, she was runner-up at the 2011 Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Competition. Beginning her violin studies at age four with Suzuki method, in 2004 Ms. Lin was recognized as the “Auckland Philharmonia Young Performer of the Year.” Throughout high school, she cultivated a love for chamber music, winning the acclaimed New Zealand Chamber Music Contest with her piano quartet in 2005, and directing her high school chamber orchestra from the concertmaster chair in 2006. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with Paul Kantor, Jeffrey Irvine and Kyung Sun Lee as well as her sister, violinist Christabel Lin. 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