Encore School for Strings

Encore School for Strings, founded in 1985 by David and Linda Cerone, was the summer session of the Cleveland Institute of Music. It was located in Hudson, Ohio at the Western Reserve Academy. Encore had no minimum age requirement, though a taped audition was used to screen applicants. The music faculty was world-renowned, with teachers from top U.S. music schools including the Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Colburn School.

Notable alumni

Violin Ivan Chan Ray Chen Robert Chen Ellen de Pasquale Hilary Hahn Frank Huang Judith Ingolfsson Leila Josefowicz Tamaki Kawakubo Soovin Kim Nicholas Kitchen Lara St. John Scott St. John Sheryl Staples Elena Urioste Jasper Wood

Cello Zuill Bailey Amir Eldan

Notable Past/Present Faculty

Violin Jascha Brodsky David Cerone Linda Sharon Cerone Victor Danchenko Bernhard Goldschmidt Renata Artman Knific Robert Lipsett William Preucil Stephen Rose David Russell David Updegraff

Viola Jeffrey Irvine Mark Jackobs Stanley Konopka Lynne Ramsey Robert Vernon Lawrence Wheeler

Cello Richard Aaron Orlando Cole Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos Desmond Hoebig Eleonore Schoenfeld Bruce Uchimura Christopher von Baeyer Alison Wells Richard Weiss Zvi Plesser

External links

• Encore School for Strings

Coordinates: 41°14′55″N 81°26′08″W / 41.248685°N 81.435494°W