Music Scholarships

cellomom2
Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:34:43 +0000

Hi MWstringmom,

My S applied to both CIM and Case Western 3 years ago so I think I can help answer your questions. You can apply to either CIM or CW as they are seperate institutions. If you are accepted as a student at CIM you can take classes and get a double degree through CW and it is not necessary to apply to CW seperately. In that case any scholarships or financial aid comes only from CIM, merit scholarships would be based on the audition and academics are not considered. (Incidentally you would pay an extra tuition surcharge to CW, I think it was about $3000/year for the double degree.)
You can also apply to CW and be accepted as a music major, but in that case CIM is not
open to you except to take academic music classes, i.e. music history and music theory. CW has their own music dept. and you would be in ensembles and take lessons through CW, not CIM. There is very little cross over of the music depts. For example, Annie Fullard, who is a violinist with the Cavani String Quartet- the resident quartet at CIM, runs the Chamber Music program at CW, but the students don’t mix. The CW students are in groups with other CW students and have their own facilities, performances, etc.
In that case you are eligible for the CW scholarships and financial aid. As another example, my son took a sample lesson from Bryan Dumm who teaches Cello at CW. He is a member of the Cleveland Orchestra and also teaches at Cleveland State and has a few students as an adjunct professor at CIM. He said that he tries to hold a studio class with all his students together from each institution about once a month. So there is the potential for a very small amount of interaction, but not really extensively and it is more informal than institutionalized. I hope this helps answer some of your questions and hopefully it still pertains, I don’t think this has changed much in the past few years.