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Areas of Study & Resources

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

Sep 20 Fri

8:00 pm

CIM Orchestra & Guest Conductor Mélisse Brunet

Orchestra Performance, Concert Series

Sep 21 Sat

6:00 pm

Student Recital: Skyler Covert, violin

Strings, Conservatory Student Recitals

Sep 22 Sun

CANCELLED: Young Artist Program Chamber Music Master Class with Adam Barnett-Hart

Master Classes & Lectures, Concert Series

Sep 23 Mon

7:30 pm

Violin Master Class with Dmitri Berlinsky

Master Classes & Lectures, Concert Series

Sep 25 Wed

8:00 pm

Faculty Recital Featuring Olga Dubossarskaya Kaler

Faculty Recital, Concert Series

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News

CIM Annual Meeting Chronicles Legendary Institution's Momentum, Ambitious Plans for the Future

September 20, 2019

At the 2019 CIM Annual Meeting, the venerable, 99-year old conservatory looked back over a year of enviable momentum and foreshadowed an ambitious, optimistic future.

CIM's Pioneering Musical Pathway Fellowship Awarded Leadership Grant

September 12, 2019

The Musical Pathway Fellowship program (MPF) at the Cleveland Institute of Music has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 grant from Cleveland’s George Gund Foundation to further accelerate CIM’s leadership position in changing the face of classical music.

Plain Dealer Highlights CIM's Diversity Enrollment and Housing Initiatives

September 9, 2019

More diversity in the student body, a new student housing complex and many other initiatives at CIM were highlighted in a story about the Institute by The Plain Dealer the weekend of September 6-8.

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