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Welcome to the Cleveland Institute of Music, Organ Department page!

09/01/2026

Applications are open for Fall 2027 admission to the Cleveland Institute of Music!

CIM offers degrees in organ at all levels of instruction. These include Bachelor of Music, Artist Certificate, Master of Music, Graduate Diploma, Artist Diploma, and Doctor of Musical Arts programs. Secondary organ instruction is also available to majors in other instruments.

Information on the admissions process and a link to the application can be found here: https://www.cim.edu/admissions/apply

Information on prescreen and audition repertoire requirements for admission can be found here: https://www.cim.edu/admissions/audition/repertoire

Further information about organ studies at CIM can be found here: https://www.cim.edu/academic-programs/organ

08/26/2026

Happy first week of school! We at the CIM Organ Department are thrilled to hear the familiar sounds of orchestral excerpts, Beethoven sonatas, and popular arias reverberating through the halls again. To this symphony of sound, we love to add our litany of Bach works, scale harmonizations in all 24 major/minor keys, and works by composers who leave our fellow musicians asking, "who?" To all who start their studies this week, we send our very best wishes for the year ahead!

06/04/2026

Happy summer! Here are some more pictures from commencement by CIM's resident photographer, wilgory. Thank you for such fantastic photos. Congratulations again to all of the graduates!

05/22/2026

Friends in the greater Cuyahoga Valley metropolitan area, come hear an encore performance by Hunter Peterson this Sunday at 4:00 PM at Trinity United Church of Christ in Wadsworth, OH. Hunter will play works by Bach, King, Langlais, and Widor. This recital is free and open to the public.

Further Information about the 1979 Schantz organ at Trinity United Church of Christ can be found at:

https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/46537

05/21/2026

Friends in the Cleveland metropolitan area, come hear an encore performance by Carolyn Hoff this Sunday at 4:00 PM at Our Lady of Peace in Shaker Heights of works by Bach, Lucke, Reger, and Whitlock. This recital is free and open to the public and is also Carolyn's final recital at CIM. We wish her all the best as she moves to Atlanta this summer to take up her new position at The Cathedral of St. Philip.

Further Information about the Schantz organ at Our Lady of Peace can be found at:

https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/70046

05/20/2026

Bravi to Davis Badaszewski and Carolyn Hoff who were both presented with awards last Friday at CIM's 2026 Honors Convocation. Davis received the Henry Fusner Prize in Organ, recognizing outstanding achievement in the Organ Department. Carolyn was awarded both the Heinrich Scholarship in Organ, recognizing outstanding achievement by an organ major and the Drs. Richard and Beth Nelson Award in Music Theory, recognizing outstanding achievement in music theory. Many congratulations to you each of you for these well-deserved awards!

In addition, Carolyn received the distinct honor of being named the Gilbert M. Brooks Dean's Award winner as Valedictorian for the Class of 2026 at Commencement on Saturday. Congratulations, Carolyn, on this august achievement!

05/19/2026

Friends in the Cleveland metropolitan area, recent Doctor of Musical Arts graduate, Davis Badaszewski will perform tomorrow at noon at the Church of the Covenant (PCUSA) as part of their Tuesday Noon Organ Plus series. Davis will play works by Friedell and Hancock on the church's Holtkamp/Aeolian-Skinner organ. This recital is free and open to the public.

Information about the instrument can be found at:

https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/23679

05/17/2026

Yesterday, the CIM Organ Department graduated three of its students:

Carolyn Hoff, Bachelor of Music
Hunter Peterson, Master of Music
Davis Badaszewski, Doctor of Musical Arts

A huge congratulations to you all on this momentous achievement in your lives as musicians and scholars! The studio is extremely proud of your accomplishments and we look forward to what you will achieve in the years to come.

05/05/2026

Friends in the Cleveland metropolitan area, CIM Organ Department Doctor of Musical Arts candidate, Davis Badaszewski will present his third and final Doctor of Musical Arts recital today at 7:00 PM on the 1927 E. M. Skinner pipe organ in Lake Erie College's Helen Rockwell Morley Memorial Music Hall. Davis will play works by Bach, Friedell, and Hancock. This recital is free and open to the public.

Information on the organ at Lake Erie College can be found at:

https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/27230

05/02/2026

This past Wednesday marked the final studio class of the 2025/2026 school year with performances of music by Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, and Friedell. Best wishes to you all as you complete your final assignments and prepare for the summer ahead!

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Cleveland, OH
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https://www.cim.edu/academic-programs/organ

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