Another prof quits Cleveland
NewsWe’re hearing that cello professor Melissa Kraut has told her class she is leaving the Cleveland Institute of Music at the end of the present school year.
The exodus continues. The executive digs in.
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Did she specify exactly why she is leaving?
In a symphony of sheer delusion, Hoggle orchestrates a masterclass in institutional decay. As he marches to his own muddy tune, he risks turning the CIM into a ghost town, with its cello section echoing emptiness. Victor Babin, a bastion of musical excellence, would undoubtedly be tuning out in dismay at this grand mess, spun by Hoggle’s chaotic baton.
While Hoggle entices his New York entourage, he’s unintentionally prepping Juilliard, NEC, Colburn, Northwestern, and Cleveland State as the real maestros to snatch up the aspiring talent left in the dust. It seems the DEI principles Hoggle once championed have faded into oblivion, as evidenced by an Instagram account that portrays more echoes of rural Utah than the vibrant diversity of Manhattan. Bravo, Hoggle—your encore is a cacophony we can’t unhear—you’ve struck the most dissonant chord amid your crescendo of chaos.
I think his name is Hogle.
I don’t follow his social media account but I’ll take rural Utah over the “vibrant diversity of Manhattan” every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Rural Utah boasts some of the most spectacular scenery on Earth. Manhattan, by contrast, is a rat and crime infested sewer, and quite literally the dirtiest and foulest smelling city I’ve ever seen.
Rural Utah is also very white and not particularly diverse. Odd outcome considering Hoggle’s DEI efforts.
Enjoy!
I take it you have never been out if this country.
That comes across in so much of the commentary here on SD – loud and clear.
It’s greed, not DEI that’s ruining the school. Race has nothing to do with it.
How will this affect Deshaun’s recovery?
I’m sure she will have no trouble finding a new place to land.
I’ve watched her do master classes and, unlike other master classers, the student always left sounding obviously improved by Ms. Kraut’s directions.