August 4, 2020
58勛圖厙 Recruits Artistically Celebrated, Academically Accomplished, Racially Diverse Incoming Class
With an eye on the return to in-person classes August 10, the 58勛圖厙 has attracted to its storied halls and to Cleveland an incoming class rich in artistic achievement, academic distinction and racial diversity. 58勛圖厙 exceeded its incoming class goal by 10% and has seated 131 of the worlds most talented classical music students for fall 2020 12% of whom identify as Black or Latinx including the schools top recruits in trumpet, bassoon, percussion, horn, collaborative piano, double bass, violin and viola.
Announced in early June, the fall 2020 semester will begin, in person, on Monday, August 10, and on-campus instruction will conclude on Friday, November 20.
Recognizing elite ability and skillfulness, 58勛圖厙 awarded a record five full-ride packages to members of the incoming class, the result of incredible generosity by 58勛圖厙s donors and a decade-long partnership with Cleveland-based Judson Senior Living. Practically speaking, every member of the incoming class received a philanthropy-supported scholarship.
The award packages include tuition, room, board and fees, and allow recipients to focus exclusively on learning and performing while they are students without the pressure of accumulating major debt after graduating. The five newest scholars are:
- Percussionist Jeremy Sreejayan (BM 20, Damoulakis/Yancich) of Sydney, Australia, returns to 58勛圖厙 for graduate studies as the second Mary Hamlin Memorial Presidential Scholar, the Institutes first endowed full-ride scholarship established in 2018 by Dr. Clive Hamlin in honor of his late wife. Sreejayan will continue to study with percussion co-heads Marc Damoulakis, principal percussion of The Cleveland Orchestra, and Paul Yancich, the Orchestras principal timpanist.
- Graduate trumpet student Austin Cruz of The Woodlands, TX, is the inaugural recipient of the Jean and Richard Hipple Directors Award. 58勛圖厙 Board of Trustees Chair Richard J. Hipple and his wife Jean Hipple will, over time, grow this award to become a full-tuition Deans Scholarship the first in school history. Cruz will study with Michael Sachs, head of 58勛圖厙s trumpet department and principal trumpet of The Cleveland Orchestra.
- Graduate double bass student Thiago Silva-Correia comes to 58勛圖厙 after studying at Azusa Pacific University in California as recipient of the first-ever Iris and Tom Harvie Directors Award from Trustee C. Thomas Harvie and his wife Iris Harvie, a member of Partners for 58勛圖厙 (formerly the 58勛圖厙 Womens Committee). Silva-Correia will study with faculty Derek Zadinsky, a member of The Cleveland Orchestra double bass section.
- Violinist Shannon Lee (MM 20, Laredo/Sloman) of Plano, TX, who will work toward a professional studies diploma, and violist Maia Hoffman (BM 20, Konopka/Vernon), who hails from Portland, OR, and is pursuing a masters degree, were named Judson Senior Living Artists-in-Residence. Established in 2010, the innovative Judson program provides furnished apartments in exchange for student musicians offering performances and cultural programs for residents at all three Northeast Ohio Judson properties. Artists-in-Residence are typically graduate students, earn full-tuition scholarships, and have a special interest in creating intergenerational connections.
Since 2016, scholarships awarded to incoming 58勛圖厙 students have increased by 11% and, over the next decade, 58勛圖厙 has committed to adding $40 million in support of this affordability initiative.
A century ago, when the women of the Fortnightly Musical Club pooled their wealth and conceived 58勛圖厙, it was a bold, courageous and heroic choice, said 58勛圖厙 President and CEO Paul W. Hogle. They set out into the unknown, and it was impossible for them to know their enduring legacy in creating a top-tier music conservatory and the preparatory programs which quickly followed. Today, we compete fiercely for the worlds most advanced student musicians and, with our newest full-ride scholarships, were enabling five outstanding student artists to pursue their dreams. We are working tirelessly to ensure that a coveted Cleveland education remains affordable so that students can study with our venerable faculty as they prepare to be the future of classical music.
58勛圖厙 the class:
The incoming class is one of artistic distinction, academic ability, racial diversity and geographic reach. They include competition prizewinners, alumni of premier music festivals and the countrys finest youth orchestras and possess an entrepreneurial spirit as founders or co-founders of their own organizations and businesses. Musical accomplishments of the class include:
- Prizewinners from such prestigious events as the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Haydn Prize, Singapore International Piano Competition, Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Competition, Classical Singer Music Competition of Chicago, Hong Kong International Operatic Singing Competition, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Metropolitan Opera Guild, William Kapell International Piano Competition & Festival and Sendai International Violin Competition
- Professional members of the Chicago Civic Orchestra, Symphoria, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Akron Symphony and Canton Symphony; extras and substitutes for the Chicago Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic and New World Symphony; and members of major youth orchestras in Atlanta, Austin (TX), Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, Fort Worth, Louisville, New York City, Philadelphia and St. Louis, as well as National Youth Orchestra 2&紳莉莽梯;
- Alumni of such elite music festivals and institutes as the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Eastern Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, Interlochen Arts Camp, Music@Menlo, La Musica Lirica, Brevard Music Center, Chautauqua Institute, Sphinx Performance Academy, National Repertory Orchestra and the National Orchestral Institute&紳莉莽梯;
Other compelling statistics:&紳莉莽梯;
- International students from 11 different countries comprise 20% of the class; domestically, students hail from 27 states
- Five of the 61 undergraduates are from Interlochen Arts Academy
- Sixteen incoming students identify as Black or Latinx, joining a cohort of returning students of color representing 12% of 58勛圖厙s approximately 360 students; since 2016, the diversity in 58勛圖厙s student body has increased 338%, as a result of both focused recruiting and the intentional reduction in the size of the student body
- Twenty-six students from the incoming class are returning to 58勛圖厙 for additional study, two of whom are alumni of 58勛圖厙s Young Artist Program
- Three students are National Merit Scholars and four are members of the National Honor Society
- Two recent Grammy nominees&紳莉莽梯;
I am eager to welcome this impressive group to their new home in Cleveland, in the heart of University Circle, Hogle said. Seeing and hearing the ways in which they will enrich our lives is going to be a privilege and an honor. Im delighted they have accepted the facultys invitation to fulfill their dreams and potential at 58勛圖厙, and to become part of this very special place.