Piano Cleveland seeks a Marketing & Social Media Intern for summer 2023. The intern will have the opportunity to work within a small team to bring awareness and excitement around the organization’s summer event – the Cleveland International Piano Competition and Institute for Young Artists.
Dates of Internship: May 15, 2023 – July 21, 2023
You will have the opportunity to work in two main areas: social media and marketing. The core tasks are as follows:
The intern will be supervised jointly by the Education and Community Lead and the Administrative and Events Coordinator.
Piano Cleveland offers a stipend of $4,000 for the duration of the internship.
You will be involved in biweekly staff meetings, work one-on-one with team members to create content, and play an active role in the execution of our summer events. One of the wonderful things about Piano Cleveland is that there is no “typical” day – each day may include a range of activities, from writing social media posts and formatting programs to working with our visiting artists and supporting our patrons at events.
We see interns as core members of our team during their time with us. As a small non-profit putting on events that reach ~15,000 people, it is incredibly valuable for us to have another set of hands as we present a range of exciting piano events for the city of Cleveland. In particular, we have also seen that we have learned so much from our interns, especially in the area of social media and marketing, so we very much value our interns’ perspectives on both small and large scale projects.
Our goal is for our intern to gain valuable skills and knowledge about the non-profit (arts) sector by working with us. To that end, we provide a structure internship with measurable goals – identified in the first week by our intern – so that interns can see the progress they make throughout the summer and have concrete takeaways from their experience with us. Plus, we’re a fun team!
The mission of Piano Cleveland is to bring Cleveland the world’s best emerging pianists to compete, to celebrate their artistic excellence, to promote their careers, to inspire our community, and to further Northeast Ohio’s international friendships through music. We are dedicated to showcasing the piano in its many forms and bringing meaningful music experiences to local, national, and international audiences through competitions, concerts, & community-based programming. For more, visit www.pianocleveland.org
A professional vocalist for over thirty plus years. She revels in the styles of jazz, R&B and pop. She has toured throughout the United States and Canada performing in top clubs and concert halls and has opened for the likes of Mel Torme, Joan Rivers, Harry Belafonte and David "Fathead" Newman. Evelyn even performed for the First Lady Rosalyn Carter, Oprah Winfrey and General Colin Powell. In 2008 she was given the Jazz Legend Award from Tri-C Community College. She also studied under Dr. Howard Tucker from Oberlin.
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, pianist & organist, Dave Thomas, was an original member of the R&B group, “Sweet Thunder”. He has also performed with numerous artists including the late James Cleveland, Dizzie Gillespie, Albert Ayler, Jean Carre, David Ruffin, and Grover Washington. He earned his undergraduate and graduate Music degrees from Cleveland State, Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, and postgraduate work at the Royal Holloway College in London, England. He is also a gifted educator, having worked at The Cleveland School of the Arts, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland State University, and Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of a book entitled, “A Child’s First Book of Spirituals,” which is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award.
Jonathan has been performing as a jazz pianist and vocalist in his hometown of Cleveland for a decade, with a background of classical training from a young age. He became interested in jazz while pursuing a graphic design degree in St. Augustine, Florida, and began honing his self-taught jazz technique night after night at a local piano bar. He went on to study remotely with NYC jazz piano giant Dave Frank. Jonathan has performed with numerous ensembles at Northeast Ohio’s jazz clubs and for private events, and he can be heard playing regularly at restaurants including Hyde Park, Pier W, and Northstar Grill. Jonathan’s tenor vocal stylings are often likened to Chet Baker or Harry Connick Jr., paired with classic straight-ahead jazz piano playing inspired by Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Costa, Marian McPartland, Lennie Tristano, Hank Jones, and others.
Originally from Calgary, AB, Canada, Allison Hillier began studying the piano with Colleen Athparia at a young age, and first fell in love with the expressivity of the instrument. Now based in Cleveland, Ohio, she recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Masters in Piano Performance with a concentration in Piano Pedagogy. Allison also holds a Bachelor in Piano Performance with a minor in Piano Pedagogy and concentration in Cognitive Science from Oberlin Conservatory and College. A passionate teacher who seeks to help her students discover the joy and fulfillment that music-making brings to everyday life, Allison was awarded the David Statler Walker Award in Music Education for her contributions to the field.
Nikolay Pushkarev was born in Kiev, Ukraine, into a family of musicians. He started his piano education at the age of 7. He has been awarded at piano competitions around the world and has participated in the concert tours in Europe, Canada and the USA in the squad of Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra. Nikolay has been studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the guidance of Prof. Sergei Babayan since 2016, earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees.
A Young Steinway Artist, the Chinese pianist Hechengzi Li (Chengzi), was featured on the cover of the World of Music magazine and described as “The rising star, the genuine and passionate storyteller through music.” Beginning her piano studies at the age of two, Chengzi was the grand prize winner of the toddler-group of Liu Shikun International Piano Competition at the age of three. Chengzi was introduced as a music prodigy on the cover of Eastern Airline Magazine when she was only five years old. She released her first solo album performing the works of Scriabin, Stravinsky, and Chopin, released by STARSING Media Group in 2019. Chengzi is currently studying at Cleveland Institute of Music under Sergei Babayan.
