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Find out where your talent can take you.

At CIM, students are introduced to rich and diverse coursework, encouraged to share musical approaches and create new repertoire, and coached by renowned artists. Our partnership with Case Western Reserve University enables CIM students to take non-music courses and earn dual degrees, including an educational degree. Students can also choose to double major in the areas of theory, composition, eurhythmics or audio recording. The immersive and creative educational process at CIM empowers graduates to leave the Institute prepared for the future.

Complement your music curriculum with academic programming, opportunities and services that will help you develop your art and mastery.

Community Performance Chamber Music & Ensembles Study Abroad

Center for Innovative Musicianship (CIM²)

CIM’s Center for Innovative Musicianship (CIM²) offers career services and community or virtual performance and educational opportunities. CIM² guides students toward meaningful career goals that complement their classical training.

Recording Arts & Services

Recording Arts & Services has engineers that can record concerts, recitals and rehearsals for students, faculty and alumni. Students can request a recording of their recitals or concerts, rent a recording device and more through this department.

Registrar

Ask about registration, evaluation of transfer credits, advanced placement scores, transcript requests and more in the student-focused, Office of the Registrar.

Robinson Music Library

The Robinson Music Library is where you can discover new repertoire, research a topic, or listen to recorded CIM performances. Take advantage of this CIM library’s collections and study spaces.

Where does a CIM education take you?

At CIM you'll join an exclusive group of students receiving the training and experience that puts you on your way to success in music.

Concerts and events

Oct 14 Mon

8:00 pm

Sphinx Virtuosi: For Justice and Peace

Concert Series

Oct 15 Tue

9:30 am

Conducting Master Class with Emanuele Andrizzi

Master Classes & Lectures, Concert Series

Oct 15 Tue

12:30 pm

Conducting Master Class with Emanuele Andrizzi

Master Classes & Lectures, Concert Series

Oct 15 Tue

4:30 pm

Second Master of Music Recital: Yohan Kwon, conducting

Conducting, Conservatory Student Recitals

Oct 16 Wed

4:00 pm

Fall Conservatory Concerto Competition

Competition, Concert Series

Calendar

News

Creative Take on Modern Opera Inspires Collaboration Between CIM, Cleveland Institute of Art and Hale Farm & Village

October 14, 2019

Three Northeast Ohio cultural institutions are collaborating on a thrilling, creative staging of The Juniper Tree, a moody modern opera based on a dark tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Musical Tales of Love, Tragedy and Rebirth Highlight CIM Opera Theater’s 2019-20 Season

October 10, 2019

From heartbreak, rebirth and living happily ever after to the whimsy of a handsome-but-lost prince, a beautiful princess and comic sidekick in search of love, the Cleveland Institute of Music’s 2019-20 opera season promises to deliver the magic of opera to all audiences.

CIM's New Class of Musical Pathway Fellows Following Their Dreams and Changing the Face of Classical Music

October 9, 2019

Jamiyah Dotson’s friends and some family members have told her that her dream to become a role model violinist and inspire other children and people like her might be a bit cliché and perhaps she could find a different reason to stand out.

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