CIM pulls back the curtain on adventurous 2024 spring concert season

Break out those 2024 calendars. CIM has a whole new slate of events to add.

On Dec. 7, the last day of classes, CIM released its concert calendar for spring 2024, an alluring list packed with diverse and exciting repertoire performed by a brilliant lineup of student, faculty, and guests.

Among the highlights for the semester are conductors Leonard Slatkin, JoAnn Falletta, Kazem Abdullah, and Sarah Hicks with the CIM Orchestra, often at Severance Music Center, home of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Listeners also can look forward to a production of Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and an off-site production of Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied by CIM Opera Theater; a concert celebrating Black History Month; a series of chamber music spotlights; a CIM New Music Ensemble program featuring the work of composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez; and Handel’s Messiah with the CWRU Baroque Orchestra.

“Looking over our concert schedule, it’s impossible not to feel a tremendous sense of anticipation,” said Scott Harrison, CIM’s Executive Vice President & Provost.

“CIM exists to propel the future of classical music, and that is exactly what this spring season embodies: dynamic, diverse music produced by some of the finest talent in the world.” 

While a few events, notably operas, require paid admission, most are free and open to the public. Most events also are livestreamed, also for free. Complete listings are below. To see the full calendar of events and to reserve tickets, visit cim.edu/events.

Note: Conductor Carlos Kalmar remains on leave from CIM.

Highlights of the 2024 spring season include:

• The CIM Orchestra presents a stunning array of music over four concerts with guest conductors Leonard Slatkin, JoAnn Falletta, Sarah Hicks, and Kazem Abdullah. Programs feature works by Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Mozart, and Dvořák; pianist Sergei Babayan concludes the orchestral season with Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at Severance Music Center. Two current CIM students, Rebekah Hou and Jazmin Pascual, appear as soloists.
• CIM Opera Theater presents Tom Cipullo’s masterpiece Glory Denied, in a new production directed by Kathryn Frady and conducted by Kamna Gupta. Performances take place in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, in a production directed by Interim Artistic Director JJ Hudson and conducted by Music Director Harry Davidson; new “micro operas” penned by student composers; and its annual Spring Scenes program. 
• The CIM New Music Ensemble features the work of visiting artist Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, composer at the Eastman School of Music.
• CIM visiting faculty Todd Phillips of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Orion Quartet leads a conductor-less string orchestra program April 12.
• Perspectives series recitals with the Dalí Quartet, performing works by Latin American composers; Wild Up performing works of Julius Eastman; and CIM alums Titus Underwood (BM ’08, Mack/Rathbun/Rosenwein) & Artina McCain (MM ’06, Brown).
• Insiders series recitals featuring percussionist She-e Wu, pianist Daniel Shapiro, cellist Richard Weiss, violinist Philip Setzer (fresh off his critically acclaimed final concerts with the Emerson Quartet), and vocalist Jonathon Turner, presenting a program of Gospel favorites.
• The CWRU Baroque Orchestra, which includes CIM students through the Joint Music Program, performs Handel’s Messiah April 8 at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, in a performance led by Julie Andrijeski.
• A glimpse even further into the future of classical music with solo, chamber, and ensemble performances by the young musicians in the Academy at CIM, most notably the Preparatory Showcase Recital on May 14.

 

2024 SPRING SEASON CALENDAR

 

Saturday, January 27

Sunday, January 28

3pm | Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art

CIM Opera Theater

Kathryn Frady, guest director

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Kamna Gupta, guest conductor

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

CIPULLO   Glory Denied (2007)

Tickets: $18 | $15 CMA members

CIM Opera Theater is supported by a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.

 

Wednesday, January 31

7:30pm | Kulas Hall

CIM Orchestra

Kazem Abdullah, guest conductor

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Rebekah Hou, harp, student artist

LEWIS   Weathering (2023)

GINASTERA   Harp Concerto, Op. 25

MOZART   Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

 

Saturday, February 3

6pm | Kulas Hall

32nd Annual Black Heritage Concert

Featuring ensembles from Cleveland School of the Arts.

 

Saturday, February 10

4pm | Room 217

New Music Symposium

Guest composer Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez discusses his music.

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

 

Sunday, February 11

2pm | Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art

New Music Ensemble

Keith Fitch, director

Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, guest composer

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

SANCHEZ-GUTIERREZ   Three Machines II (2011)

WILEY   ...to emerge, and be of the sky... (2023)

   World premiere

BERIO   Black is the Colour . . . (from Folk Songs) (1964)

RAN   Perfect Storm (2010)

SANCHEZ-GUTIERREZ   Winik Te' (2006)

SANCHEZ-GUTIERREZ   Luciérnagas (1999)

New Music Ensemble is generously supported by the Roy Minoff Family Fund.

 

Tuesday, February 13

1pm | Mixon Hall

Mixon Hour

Informal open mic event featuring performances by CIM students.

 

Thursday, February 15

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Jonathon Turner, voice

Rylan Harris, voice/piano

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Emorja Roberson, voice

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

PRICE   Songs to the Dark Virgin

BONDS   The Negro Speaks of Rivers

MOORE   Love Let the Wind Cry

ADAMS   For You There is No Song

PRICE   Night

JONES   I Won’t Complain

THREE MO’ TENORS   Were You There

TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL   Give Me Jesus

BURLEIGH   Deep River

BONDS   He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

TRADITIONAL GOSPEL   Precious Lord

 

Thursday, February 22

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Dalí Quartet, Kulas Foundation Visiting Artists

   Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin (BM ’07, Updegraff)

   Carlos Rubio, violin

   Adriana Linares, viola

   Jesús Morales, cello (BM ’95, Harris)

The Dalí Quartet kicks off the spring Perspectives series in ideal fashion, with an eclectic program highlighting Latin American music alongside the classics.

 

Sunday, February 25

4pm | Mixon Hall

Composition Department Recital

Featuring new works by CIM student composers.

 

Tuesday, February 27

7:30pm | Severance Music Center

CIM Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin, guest conductor

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Jazmin Pascual, clarinet, student artist

MCTEE   Double Play (2010)

COPLAND   Clarinet Concerto (1948)

DVOŘÁK   Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”

Severance Ticket Office: clevelandorchestra.com or 216.231.1111

Governing Member VIP Tickets: 216.795.3160

 

Friday, March 1

Saturday, March 2

7pm | Kulas Hall

Sunday, March 3

3pm | Kulas Hall

CIM Opera Theater

JJ Hudson, director

Harry Davidson, conductor

CIM Orchestra

STRAUSS   Die Fledermaus

Tickets: $40 premium seats | $25 adults | $10 students | $15 seniors and groups of 10+

CIM Opera Theater is supported by a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.

 

Sunday, March 3

2pm | Mixon Hall

Upper Academy Recital

 

Monday, March 4

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Music for Food Benefit Concert

Presented by the CIM Student Government Association in collaboration with Music for Food.

All proceeds benefit University Settlement.

 

Tuesday, March 5

1pm | Mixon Hall

Mixon Hour

Informal open mic event featuring performances by CIM students.

 

Wednesday, March 6

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Philip Setzer, violin

Richard Weiss, cello

Daniel Shapiro, piano

LOGGINS-HULL   Stolen for Solo Cello (2016)

HARBISON   Serenade for Solo Violin (2017)

HARBISON   Piano Sonata No. 2 (2001)

BEETHOVEN   Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2

 

Wednesday, March 20

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

She-e Wu, percussion

 

Sunday, March 24

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Wild Up

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artists

Expect to encounter a whole host of new points of view on the second Perspectives series program this spring, an evening with the Los Angeles-based contemporary music ensemble Wild Up.

 

Tuesday, March 26

1pm | Mixon Hall

Mixon Hour

Informal open mic event featuring performances by CIM students.

 

Thursday, March 28

7:30pm | Kulas Hall

CIM Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta, guest conductor

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Clancy Ellis, student conductor

Jake Taniguchi, student conductor

PROKOFIEV   Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, “Classical”

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV   Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL   Pictures at an Exhibition

 

Thursday, April 4

6pm | Mixon Hall

30th Annual Darius Milhaud Performance Prize Concert

CIM students compete for cash prizes for best performance of a work by Darius Milhaud.

Made possible through funds from CIM’s Darius Milhaud endowment.

 

Friday, April 5

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Sunday, April 7

3pm | Mixon Hall

A Pocketful of Operas

Four 15-minute chamber operas composed by CIM composition students, performed by CIM Opera Theater and the New Music Ensemble.

Tickets: $10

CIM Opera Theater is supported by a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.

New Music Ensemble is generously supported by the Roy Minoff Family Fund.

 

Sunday, April 7

3pm | Kulas Hall

Upper Academy Recital

 

Monday, April 8

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Titus Underwood, oboe (BM ’08, Mack/Rathbun/Rosenwein)

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Artina McCain, piano (MM ’06, Brown)

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Two of CIM’s most dynamic alumni, both based in Tennessee, reunite for a rousing evening of music for oboe and piano. Underwood is principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony and McCain is associate professor of piano at The University of Memphis.

 

Monday, April 8

7:30pm | Maltz Performing Arts Center

CWRU Baroque Orchestra

Julie Andrijeski, conductor

HANDEL   Messiah

MPAC Box Office: case.edu/maltzcenter or 216.368.6062

 

Friday, April 12

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

CIM Chamber Orchestra

Todd Phillips, leader

DOHNÁNYI   Piano Quintet No. 1, Op. 1

DVOŘÁK   Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22

 

Tuesday, April 16

7:30pm | Severance Music Center

CIM Orchestra

Sarah Hicks, guest conductor

   Kulas Foundation Visiting Artist

Sergei Babayan, piano

BOULANGER   D’un matin du printemps (1918)

STRAVINSKY   The Firebird Suite (1919)

RACHMANINOFF   Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Severance Ticket Office: clevelandorchestra.com or 216.231.1111

Governing Member VIP Tickets: 216.795.3160

 

Wednesday, April 17

Friday, April 19

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Spring Scenes

A program of arias and ensembles from the opera repertoire.

Tickets: $10

CIM Opera Theater is supported by a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.

 

Saturday, April 20

7pm | Mixon Hall

Advanced Piano Trio Program Concert

 

Sunday, April 21

4pm | Mixon Hall

Composition Department Recital

Featuring new works by CIM student composers.

 

Tuesday, April 23

1pm | Mixon Hall

Mixon Hour

Informal open mic event featuring performances by CIM students.

 

Saturday, April 27

12pm | Kulas Hall

Upper Academy Choirs

Jennifer Call, conductor

Jonathon Turner, conductor

Academy Orchestra

Donna Jelen, conductor

 

Sunday, April 28

3pm | Kulas Hall

Upper Academy Recital

 

Tuesday, April 30

7pm | Mixon Hall

Intensive Duo Concert

 

Wednesday, May 1

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

String & Piano Ensembles Concert I

 

Thursday, May 2

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

String & Piano Ensembles Concert II

 

Friday, May 3

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Advanced String Quartet Program Concert

 

Saturday, May 4

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

String & Piano Ensembles Concert III

 

Sunday, May 5

2:30pm | Mixon Hall

Brass & Woodwind Ensembles Concert I

 

Sunday, May 5

3pm | Kulas Hall

Lower Academy Spring Concert

 

Sunday, May 5

6pm | Mixon Hall

Brass & Woodwind Ensembles Concert II

 

Monday, May 6

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

String & Piano Ensembles Concert IV

 

Tuesday, May 7

5pm | Mixon Hall

Young Artist Program Showcase Recital

 

Saturday, May 11

2pm | Mixon Hall

Academy Chamber Music Recital I

 

Saturday, May 11

4:30pm | Mixon Hall

Academy Chamber Music Recital II

 

Monday, May 13

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Continuing Education and Upper Academy Recital

 

Tuesday, May 14

7:30pm | Mixon Hall

Preparatory Showcase Recital