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Cleveland Institute of Music

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Cleveland Institute of Music
CIM's East Boulevard entrance
TypePrivate music conservatory
Established1920; 106 years ago (1920)
AffiliationsCase Western Reserve University
Endowment$64.06 million (2024)[1]
PresidentPaul Hogle
Faculty185
Students325
Location
Cleveland
,
Ohio
,
United States
Websitewww.cim.edu
Map

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. The school was founded in 1920 by a group of supporters led by Martha Bell Sanders and Mary Hutchens Smith, with Ernest Bloch serving as its first director.[2] CIM enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing education programs.[3] There are typically about 100 openings per year for which 1,000-1,200 prospective students apply.

Many members of The Cleveland Orchestra serve as faculty at CIM and CIM alumni can be found in major orchestras throughout the United States and the world.[4] In 2024, faculty voted, 56 to 25, to join the American Federation of Musicians.[5]

Campus

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Robinson Music Library at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

CIM is located in the University Circle, a four-mile square neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland.

Opened in 1961, the main building houses teaching studios, practice rooms, recital halls, a music library, and classrooms. The building was expanded in 2007, adding 34,000 square feet of space. This included a new entryway and lobby, an expansion to the music library, a new recital hall, recording/broadcast suites, new practice rooms, and additional administrative offices.[6][7]

CIM previously held a cooperative arrangement with nearby Case Western Reserve University, wherein CIM students had full access to many university amenities, including Case Western's world-class musicology and historical performance departments. In 2026, CIM made the controversial decision to break this arrangement. Only three weeks before the start of the fall 2026 semester, students who had already committed to the Institute of Music were notified that their tuition no longer included access to Case Western's academic course offerings, healthcare professionals, counseling and student life resources, or gym. [8]

Accreditation

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The Cleveland Institute of Music is accredited by two agencies:[9]

Notable people

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Alumni

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Faculty

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References

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  1. ↑ "U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLSX). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 12, 2025. Archived from the original on February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. November 18, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ "College Navigator - Cleveland Institute of Music". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Alumni Success". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ Olivera Perkins (September 27, 2024). "Cleveland Institute of Music faculty vote in favor of unionizing". Signal Cleveland. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  6. ↑ Litt, Steven; clevel; .com (August 23, 2007). "New Cleveland Institute of Music recital hall looks like a winner". cleveland. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ "History". Cleveland Institute of Music. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ lebrecht, norman (August 11, 2026). "Cleveland embraces deeper isolation - Slippedisc". Slippedisc. Archived from the original on August 12, 2026. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
  9. ↑ "College Navigator - Cleveland Institute of Music". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
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