The CIM alum joins the faculty as associate professor of violin from autumn 2026
The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) has announced the appointment of Chad Hoopes to its violin faculty. He will begin the role of associate professor of violin from autumn 2026, taking on a limited number of CIM students.
Hoopes is currently professor of practice in violin at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts.
’I am truly thrilled to join the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, a place that nourished and shaped me during my formative years as a young artist,’ said Hoopes. an alum of CIM’s Young Artist Program.
’Returning to CIM feels like coming home, and I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to carry important traditions forward to the next generation of musicians. It’s an honour to be part of the next chapter in the Institute’s remarkable history of violin teaching.’
As a pedagogue, in addition to his teaching at SMU, Hoopes has taught masterclasses throughout America including for students at Juilliard, Curtis, and Yale School of Music.
Additionally, he performs and teaches at major festivals including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Music@Menlo, and is a frequent guest of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he holds the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Chair.
Born in Florida, Hoopes began his violin studies at the age of three in Minneapolis, and continued his training at the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Cerone. He studied at the Kronberg Academy under the guidance of Ana Chumachenco, who remains his mentor.
Hoopes is a 2017 recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and won first prize at the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.
He plays the 1991 Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin formerly owned by Isaac Stern.
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