Yale Alumni Association of Cleveland
Community Conversation at Severance Hall with
Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM)
$20/per guest; Payment upon registration
6:30 pm, Ginn Suite, Severance Music Center
Please join us for a special "Community Conversation" with Donna Yoo, Dean of Artistic Administration and Operations at Cleveland Institute of Music (MM, Yale School of Music ’09) and Lisl Wangermann, Master of Music candidate in vocal performance at CIM (BA, Yale University, '21), who will discuss how their music education at Yale influenced their path in the music industry and to Cleveland Institute of Music.
7:30 pm, Mandel Concert Hall, Severance Music Center
Join us in exclusive box seats to hear the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, conducted by Carlos Kalmar. CIM kindly invites you to a reception in the Ginn Suite during intermission.
- PRANGCHAROEN Phenomenon (2004)
- LISZT Totentanz, Soo Ji Lee, piano, student artist
- TCHAIKOVSKY Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55
Donna Yoo, D.M.A. is Dean of Artistic Administration and Operations at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Originally trained as both a pianist and a horn player, she is a leader with deep commitment and passion for the classical music industry and higher education.
Yoo is a graduate and a longtime staff member of the Yale School of Music (YSM). While at Yale, she served as YSM’s inaugural Director of Alumni Affairs, Director of Communications, and most recently, Director of Admissions. Yoo is a recipient of the Board of Governors Excellence Awards by Yale University and Yale Alumni Association and the prestigious Cultural Leadership Citation from Yale School of Music, awarded for her extraordinary service to music.
Lisl Wangermann is a lyric soprano from Dallas, TX with a passion for bringing opera to life and making it accessible for all audiences. Winner of the 2021 Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts from Yale University and recipient of a 2020 encouragement award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Lisl graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2021 and is currently continuing her education at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studies with Ms. Dina Kuznetsova. She also serves as the Development Assistant for Apollo’s Fire.