The CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (CIFF) is an annual regional festival of films from around the world.
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The CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION, formerly the Robert Casadesus Intl. Piano Competition, was organized by the Casadesus Society in collaboration with the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC to honor the memory of Robt. Casadesus (d. Sept. 1972), the great French pianist, composer, and teacher.
The CLEVELAND KILTIE BAND was formed in 1923 by a group of Scottish immigrants employed at the Cleveland Fisher Body plant. Originally known as the Fisher Body Pipe Band, the group later changed its name to the Forest City Highlanders. Then in 1945 it took on its present name. It was the city's first bagpipe ensemble, and is now the oldest in the State of Ohio, and one of the oldest in the country.
The CLEVELAND MAENNERCHOR, was formed by the consolidation of the Heights Male Chorus (Heights Maennerchor) and the Schwaebischer Saengerbund in 1967. The Heights Male Chorus was one of the most long-lived German singing societies founded in Cleveland. It was formed in 1873, a full 25 years after the first society, the FROHSINN SINGING SOCIETY.
CLEVELAND MAGAZINE made its debut in Apr. 1972, as part of a nationwide city magazine movement. It was the brainchild of Oliver Emerson, president of the Emerson Press, and Lute Harmon, a marketing researcher for the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. Harmon became publisher, while Emerson sought local backing and served as chairman of Cleveland Magazine, Inc.
The CLEVELAND MENDELSSOHN SOCIETY was an early local musical society organized for the performance of oratorios and other sacred music. Founded in Dec. 1850, the group confined its membership to the families of early local settlers. The first officers of the society were TRUMAN P. HANDY, president; Elijah Bingham, vice-president; J. H. Stanley, secretary; and John L. Severance, treasurer.
CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSN. See DANCECLEVELAND.
The CLEVELAND MOZART SOCIETY was one of the first musical organizations in Cleveland. The society, a choral group, was established in 1837 by TRUMAN P. HANDY. Its goal, according to the 1837 Cleveland and Ohio City Directory, was the "promotion of Musical Science and the cultivation of a refined taste in its members, and in the community." It did so by promoting concerts in such venues as the Seneca St.
The CLEVELAND MUSICAL SOCIETY was one of the earliest organizations in the city devoted to music. Its founding in 1832 coincided with the arrival of the first piano in Cleveland. The first president of the society was A. S. Sanford. Members met every Monday and Tuesday at 7 P.M. In its early years, the society essentially served as a club for those who shared a common interest in music.
The CLEVELAND OPERA was organized in 1976 by David and Carola Bamberger and John Heavenrich as the New Cleveland Opera Co. Formed to be the city's major resident producing opera company, by 1995 Cleveland Opera was ranked 10th nationally in audience size among companies outside New York.
The CLEVELAND OPERA CO. grew out of the Studio Club, organized in 1917 under the direction of Francis Sadlier to give light operas in local theaters. Following a week's run of Victor Herbert's Serenade at the COLONIAL THEATER in 1920, the Studio Club reorganized as the Cleveland Opera Co. for the purpose of producing grand and light operas.
The CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA is one of the premier orchestras in the world, joining ensembles from Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago to compose the generally acknowledged "Big Five" of American symphonic music. Debuting on 11 Dec. 1918 the Orchestra’s first concert was a benefit for St.
The 1965 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA TOUR OF THE USSR was a major musical tour by the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA to the
The CLEVELAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA became a source of fine music for Clevelanders while fulfilling its primary purpose as a means by which area musicians gained valuable concert experience. The orchestra was founded in 1938 by 3 Cleveland musicians: bass clarinetist Alfred Zetzer, oboist Robt. Zupnik, and cellist Irving Klein. They approached Dr. F.
The CLEVELAND PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY was established as the Cleveland Camera Club on 25 Jan. 1887 to advocate the leisure aspect of photography. By 18 June 1913 a controversial reorganization of the club for financial solvency resulted in the Cleveland Photographic Society, incorporated 9 Oct. 1920.
The Cleveland Play House is the longest-running professional theater in the United States. Unlike many theatres that celebrate their longevity, the Cleveland Play House remains the only institution that has been in continual operation since its establishment in 1915. The founders of the theatre gathered in the living room of CHARLES S.
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE (CPT) was founded in 1981 by James Levin, a graduate of Shaker Heights High School and CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV law school. Levin had spent the previous three years as an actor and director at Cafe LaMaMa, the internationally renowned experimental theatre in New York City.
The CLEVELAND QUARTET, originally made up of Donald Weilerstein and Peter Salaff, violins, Martha Strongin Katz, viola, and Paul Katz, cello, was the first in-residence string quartet at the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC.
CLEVELAND SIGNSTAGE THEATRE (formerly Fairmount Theatre of the Deaf) was founded in 1975 by Brian Kilpatrick, a deaf actor, and Chas. St. Clair, whose intentions were to stage plays and make them available to the hearing-impaired by translating them into American Sign Language. Since that time the theatre has established and maintained a reputation for bringing to the stage a new expression in the area of theatre.
CLEVELAND SINGERS, the only fully professional chorus in the Cleveland area, was established in 1982 as the Robert Page Singers. Its founder and artistic director, Robert Page, was formerly the choral director of the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA. Most of its original members were recruited from the chorus of CLEVELAND OPERA.
The CLEVELAND SOCIETY OF ARTISTS was founded in Mar. 1913 by GEO. ADOMEIT and Chas. Shackelton to provide a means of communication between artists, art lovers, and practitioners in the applied arts and crafts.
The CLEVELAND SPONSORED FILM FESTIVAL, not to be confused with the CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, was first held on 17 June 1948.
The CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY POETRY CENTER was founded at FENN COLLEGE in 1962 by Lewis Turco, a member of the English Dept. at Fenn, which became CLEVELAND STATE UNIV. in 1964. Originally called the Cleveland Poetry Center, from its inception it has been a public service activity sponsored by the English Dept.
The CLEVELAND STRING QUARTET was a chamber music group attached to the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA in the 1920s and 1930s and composed of principal players from the orchestra's string section.
The CLEVELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA was a short-lived effort to establish a permanent orchestra in Cleveland at the turn of the century. The orchestra premiered in Jan. 1900, having been created by JOHANN BECK out of the remnants of the Philharmonic Orchestra.