Dr. Cleveland gained international prominence when he won first prize in the 1994 American Guild or Organists National Young Artists Competition in Dallas.  Since then he has performed in 49 of the United States, and has been invited to perform in such venues as Westminster Abby, The Berlin Cathedral, Moscow Conservatory, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Minato Mirai Concert Hall in Yokohama, Japan, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, and the Cathedral of Lausanne, Switzerland.  He has served on the faculties of St. Olaf College, and Northwestern University, where he received the Searle Award for Teaching Excellence.  Dr. Cleveland is currently Director of Music and Liturgical Arts at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, Washington.