Winds
Brass and woodwind students receive four 45-minute private lessons during the two week session. In addition to music theory and solfège, students are placed in either brass or woodwind chamber ensembles, coached by a member of our artist faculty, which rehearse daily. All wind students also participate in the Institute Orchestra.
Artist Faculty
BRASS FACULTY
John Brndiar, Lecturer in Trumpet. Director of B-W Brass Choir. M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M.E., Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. Mr. Brndiar has studied with Bernard Adelstein, James Darling, Mary Squire, and Charles Schlueter. He currently holds positions as principal trumpet in the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and second trumpet in the Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Opera Orchestra, and Cleveland Ballet Orchestra. He is a member of the Paragon Brass Quintet. Mr. Brndiar also performs as an extra trumpet in The Cleveland Orchestra.
Kent Cleland, Interim Director of the Conservatory, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Chair of the Music Theory Department. Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music; M.L.S., Duke University; M.M., Indiana University School of Music; B.M., Ohio University School of Music. Dr. Cleland's research focuses on the interaction of time and music. Dr. Cleland has performed as bass trombonist with the Northern Kentucky Symphony, the Evansville Philharmonic, and with professional chamber and jazz ensembles throughout the Midwest. His broad range of experience has been in the areas of teaching collegiate theory at CCM, higher education administration, marketing, and legal studies. Employment includes serving as Grants Coordinator for the Cincinnati Art Museum, as Assistant Director of Admission for the DePauw University school of music, and Coordinator of Graduate and International Admissions at Indiana University School of Music.
Jesse McCormick was appointed Second Horn with The Cleveland Orchestra in July 2006 at the beginning of the Blossom season. Prior to that, Mr. McCormick held positions of Fourth Horn with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Second Horn with The Denver Brass. A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mr. McCormick began horn studies with his mother Susan McCullough, Instructor of Horn at Lamont School of Music, University of Denver. He continued his studies with Sally Ann Wilson, and went on to attend The Julliard School. His primary horn teacher was New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Jerome Ashby. Mr. McCormick's solo appearances include the 1998 International Horn Symposium in Banff, Canada's winner of the Jon Hawkins award and soloist with The Denver Brass. He can be heard on the latest recording of The Denver Brass, "John Williams", featuring some of the composer's most spectacular works. While in Linz, Austria in September 2006, Franz Welser-Most and The Cleveland Orchestra recorded Bruckner's Symphony No. 5 to DVD, which has just been released to critical acclaim. In 2008, Mr. McCormick and Ms. McCullough will host the 40th Annual International Horn Symposium featuring world renowned artists in performances , lectures, and master classes. Mr. McCormick has had the pleasure of participating in the Festival of the Two Worlds in SPoleto, Italy the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California under the direction of Marin Alsop, and has served as faculty at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp which he attends annually. Mr. McCormick enjoys skiing and hiking in the Colorado Mountains as often as his schedule allows.
Yasuhito Sugiyama began his tenure as principal tuba of The Cleveland Orchestra in January 2006. A native of Hyogo, Japan, Mr. Sugiyama is a graduate of Soai University in Osaka, where he studied with Shuzo Karakawa of the Osaka Philharmonic. He also studied with Rex Martin at Northwestern University and with Robert Tucci of the Bavarian State Opera and the Munich Philharmonic. Prior to joining The Cleveland Orchestra, Mr. Sugiyama was a member of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) from 2003 until 2005. From 1997 and 2003, he served as tuba player of the New Japan Philharmonic under Seiji Ozawa's direction. Since 1997, Mr. Sugiyama has performed in the Saito-Kinen Orchestra, also under Mr. Ozawa. Mr. Sugiyama has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and clinician. AMong his solo engagements, he has performed the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto with the New Japan Philharmonic. Mr. Sugiyama also has given "Tubby the Tuba" educational concerts with the New Japan Philharmonic and the Tokyo Symphony.
WOODWIND FACULTY
Lisa DeCesare Antoniou, Clarinet. M.M., Cleveland State University, B.M., University of Akron.
Mark DeMio, Bassoon. Adjunt Faculty in Bassoon. Artist Diploma and B.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music.
Sean Gabriel, Lecturer in Flute. Gabriel earned performance degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music and the Indiana University School of Music at Bloomington. His main teachers were William J. Hebert and James J. Pellerite. As the current principal flutist of the Cleveland Opera Orchestra, Gabriel has taken part in performances since 1988, including the historic Three Tenors Concert at Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2000. Sean is also the principal flutist of the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, our city’s award winning new music ensemble. With the group, Gabriel has taken part in dozens of world premiere performances including one written by former music director Edwin London entitled Scenes for Flute and Orchestra. This work was recorded by Mr. Gabriel and the Chamber Symphony for the Albany label in 2001. Other works that have been written for Mr. Gabriel include Dance Moments 2000 for flute and piano by New York composer Matthew Greenbaum, and a work for flute and percussion entitled Pinions Lie Down in Tin by Cleveland composer and pianist Eric Ziolek. Sean Gabriel has been a member of the flute section of the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra under three music directors, (Eiji Oue, Peter Bay, and Hugh Keelan) performing a wide variety of symphonic repertoire. He has also been an orchestral and chamber musician at the Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival, The Bach and Handel Society of Cleveland, The Cleveland Ballet Orchestra, Lyric Opera Cleveland, and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra. Gabriel also serves on the faculty of the music department at the Cleveland State University.
Courtney Miller, Oboe. Adjunct Faculty in Oboe. M.M., The Cleveland Institute of Music; B.M., Forida State University.
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