Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland Institute of Music
TypePrivate music conservatory
Established1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Endowment$45.1 million (2020)[1]
PresidentPaul Hogle
Academic staff
185
Students325
Location, ,
United States
AffiliationsCase Western Reserve University
Websitewww.cim.edu

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]

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  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.