UC CCM Announces Spring 2017 Calendar of Major Events

The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music proudly presents 124 major public performances, lectures and showcases from 

Jan. 9

 through 

May 14

.

This spring’s lineup of major events includes faculty and guest artist concerts, fully supported theatrical productions, choral and orchestra concerts and much more! You can sample an array of CCM performances on

Jan. 20

at the college’s annual

Moveable Feast

benefit event, which features artistic offerings from jazz to electronic media.

Season highlights include a gala cabaret with alumni to celebrate CCM’s

25 years of Musical Theatre Showcases

on

Feb. 19

and a Friday night concert from the

Ariel Quartet

on

March 10

, which features a world premiere by

Mohammed Fairouz

.

You can learn more about CCM’s spring schedule of performing and media arts events by referring to the list below or picking up a Spring 2017 Calendar of Major Events at the CCM Box Office.

The calendar is also available to view online

.

Event Information

All events listed here take place in CCM Village on the campus of the University of Cincinnati unless otherwise indicated. Admission is free to many CCM performances, although some events do require purchased tickets or reservations. Please see individual event information for details and ordering information.

All event dates and programs are subject to change. Visit

ccm.uc.edu

or contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for the most current event information.

Purchasing Tickets

Unless indicated otherwise, tickets to CCM performances can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at

ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice

.

Parking and Directions

Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit

uc.edu/parking

for more information on parking rates. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.

For detailed maps and directions, please visit

uc.edu/visitors

.

For directions to CCM Village, visit

ccm.uc.edu/about/directions

.

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CCM SPRING 2017 CALENDAR OF MAJOR EVENTS

JANUARY

8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9

• Faculty Artist Series •

Dror Biran, piano

J.S. BACH: Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825

J.S. BACH:

French Suite

No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816

SCHUMANN:

Carnaval

for Piano, Op. 9

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10

• Faculty Artist Series •

Kimberly Trout, viola
John Kurokawa, clarinet
Hitomi Koyama, piano

MIKLÓS RÓZSA: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 44

MAX BRUCH: Selections from Eight Pieces, Op. 83

SCHUMANN:

Märchenerzählungen

, Op. 132

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13

BAMM! 2017
A Moving Light Programming Class Presentation

See what happens when CCM’s Lighting Design majors get too much fun gear into a large room.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15

• Faculty Artist Series •

THE PAT AND JULIE SHOW
(A.K.A. DIVA: RECONSTRUCTED)
Patricia Linhart, soprano
Julie Spangler, piano

2016 was a wild year, and we plan to kick it out of here in style. Pat and Julie promise a program full of surprises, assisted by James Bunte and Luke Dumm along with special guest Mary Stucky. Get here early for your party favors and stick around for the construction.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17

• Faculty Artist Series •

Thomas Baresel, tenor
Amy Johnson, soprano
Kenneth Griffiths and Mark Gibson, piano

Join us for an evening of art song featuring French duets by Hue, Duparc and Saint-Saëns, along with operetta duets by Lehár, Strauss and Milloeker. This program also features Alan Louis Smith’s

Windows: Five Songs of Love

and selected songs of Rachmaninoff.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20

“MOVEABLE FEAST” BENEFIT

Experience the unparalleled magic of CCM Village as you sample performances by our “stars of tomorrow.” Create your own menu and timetable of artistic selections, including jazz, musical theatre, piano, opera, acting, dance, choral, orchestra, E-media video productions and much more. This year’s event includes an exclusive preview of songs from Broadway’s

Anastasia

with a performance by CCM alumna Christy Altomare. Your ticket will help CCMpower continue to support the hopes and dreams of CCM students through student travel funds and scholarships.

Location:

CCM Village

Tickets

: Special ticket pricing and limited seating. For more information, call CCM External Relations at 513-556-2100 or visit

foundation.uc.edu/events/moveable-feast

.

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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22

• Faculty Artist Series •

IN RECITAL
Daniel Weeks, tenor
Donna Loewy, piano

Featuring songs by Schubert, Quilter, Donizetti, Tosti and Dubois.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23

• Faculty Artist Series •

FROM BLUES TO BEBOP AND BEYOND
Craig Bailey, saxophone
Featuring Steve Allee, piano; Dan Karlsberg, piano; Eric Lechliter, trumpet; Zak Granger, trombone; Aaron Jacob, bass; Juan Megan, drums and percussion; Art Gore, drums

Craig Bailey performs selections from throughout his career, including music by Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Panama Francis and original compositions inspired by his world travels.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24

• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence •

The Ariel Quartet
Featuring faculty artists Rachel Calin, bass, and Ran Dank, piano

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3

BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (

Trout Quintet

)

    Featuring Rachel Calin and Ran Dank

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $25 general, $15 non-UC students, UC students FREE

The Ariel Quartet’s 2016-17 CCM concert series is made possible by the generous contributions of an anonymous donor, The Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander, Mrs. William A. Friedlander, Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom, Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen, Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman, Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker and The Thomas J. Emery Memorial.

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25

• Faculty Artist Series •

James Bunte, saxophone

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

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2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27

• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG AND THE 1913 SCANDAL CONCERT
Joy H. Calico, Vanderbilt University

On March 31 of 1913, Arnold Schoenberg conducted a concert in the Great Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein, which became known as the city’s most notorious scandal concert. The event was broken up by a melee, charges were filed and the subsequent court proceedings were reported in the press. This lecture analyzes the ways in which both the scandal and Schoenberg’s response to it sit at the nexus of

fin-de-siècle

anxieties about Central European concert life, the anti-noise movement and emerging copyright law.

Location

: Baur Room

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27

• Orchestra Series •
HERO/ANTIHERO
CCM Philharmonia
Featuring faculty artists Catharine Carroll Lees, viola, and Alan Rafferty, cello
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

STRAUSS:

Don Quixote

, Op. 35

    Catharine Carroll Lees and Alan Rafferty, soloists

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (

Eroica

)

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

____

8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28

• Percussion Series •

A TRIP TO TRINIDAD AND BACK
CCM Steel Drum Band
Russell Burge, director

CCM’s Steel Drum Band presents an evening of traditional music from Trinidad, along with pop, folk and reggae compositions.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

____

4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29

• Jazz Series •

MODERN MASTERS: THE CCM JAZZ COMPOSERS CONCERT
CCM Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Combos
Craig Bailey and Steve Allee, conductors

Featuring exciting new works from CCM students and alumni, along with pieces by today’s hottest composers!

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29

• Winds Series •

CCM COMPOSERS CONCERT
CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

This performance features works by young, up-and-coming composers who are studying at CCM. The selections will be determined by faculty members from CCM’s Department of Wind Studies and CCM’s composition faculty.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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FEBRUARY

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5

• CCM Opera d’arte - Undergraduate Opera Series •

ALBERT HERRING
Composed by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Eric Crozier, freely adapted from a story of Guy de Maupassant
Jesse Leong, conductor
Kenneth Shaw, director and co-producer
Amy Johnson, co-producer
Andrea Chenoweth Wells, assistant director

Britten’s brilliantly witty score comes to life at CCM, presented with the effervescence and energy unique to the outstanding young artists of Opera d’arte! Set in the small town of Loxford in East Sussex,

Albert Herring

explores the themes of lost innocence and coming-of-age in the face of old-fashioned morality and social stratification.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Jan. 30. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Opera d’arte Sponsor: The Busse Fund, Kimberly and Rafael de Acha and the CCM Voice Department

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7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4

• Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society Concert •

2017 CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT
CCM Philharmonia Orchestra
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

Come usher in the Year of the Rooster at the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society’s annual Chinese New Year's concert!

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: Contact the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Music Society at 513-254-9402 or 513-328-8921 to order tickets.

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2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5

MUSIC FOR FOOD: A CCM BENEFIT CONCERT
The Ariel Quartet, Lydia Brown and Gwen Coleman Detwiler, series coordinators

CCM concludes the second year of its chamber series supporting Music for Food, a national musician-led initiative for local hunger relief. Concerts raise resources and awareness in the fight against hunger. CCM is pleased to partner on this series with the Freestore Foodbank, Cincinnati’s leading hunger relief organization. Bring non-perishable food items or a cash donation and enjoy a feast of chamber music favorites!

Location

: Dieterle Vocal Arts Center, Room 300

Admission

: Non-perishable food items or cash donation to the Freestore Foodbank. Suggested donation: $20 general, $15 students.

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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5

• Faculty Artist Series •

(UN)STRUCTURED
Awadagin Pratt, piano

CCM Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence Awadagin Pratt presents 300 years of fantasies and fugues – from Bach to the future – assisted by Charles Dennis Thurmond, Russell Burge and others.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7

• Orchestra Series •

AMERICAN VOICES XIX
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor

Join us for a performances of George Gershwin’s

An American in Paris

and other classics.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 (preview)

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12

• Mainstage Acting Series •

HER NAKED SKIN
By Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Richard E. Hess, director

London 1913. Women are demanding the right to vote. Thousands of suffragettes of all classes serve time in Holloway Prison in their determination to gain equality through the vote. Their willingness to suffer for social injustice serves as the backdrop for an unlikely love story set in a period of turmoil. Described by the Independent as “a great drama about women, by a woman,”

Her Naked Skin

premiered in 2008 to great acclaim at London’s National Theatre. By exploring the hunger for political and personal emancipation, this play plants a defiant feminist flag center stage.

This production contains adult themes and is not recommended for young audiences.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $27–31 adults, $17–20 non-UC students, $15–18 UC students

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

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2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10

• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •

STEPPING IN THE MADANG: SITE-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE IN KOREAN DRUMMING AND DANCE
Donna Kwon, University of Kentucky

In Korean folk expressive culture, the outdoor village courtyard or

madang

is often conceived in opposition to the concert stage or

mudae

. In this presentation, Donna Kwon will discuss how the

madang

became central to the promotion of site-specific Korean drumming and dance. She will first discuss how this contributes to the expressive ecology of a place-based tradition in shamanist ritual forms of Korean drumming or

p’ungmul

. Then she will explore how the

madang

and site-specific performance concepts are applied by contemporary

ch’angjak

yeonhui

groups. These groups consist of performers who are trained in Korean drumming and other traditional performing arts but who combine them into new works.

Location

: Baur Room

Admission

: FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12

• Choral Series •

WINTER CHORAL SHOWCASE
CCM Chamber Choir and Chorale, Cincinnati Children's Choir Bel Canto, and UC Men's and Women's Choruses
Earl Rivers, Robyn Lana, Kevin Coker and Alex Sutton, conductors

Featured works include selections from William Byrd’s 

Great Service

, Dominick DiOrio’s 

A Dome of Many Colored Glass

 and 

We Dance

, Stephen Paulus’

The Road Home

and Craig Hella Johnson’s

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

____

8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13

CCM BRASS SHOWCASE: STAR QUALITY2
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor

Featuring student soloists and conductors with CCM’s nationally recognized brass ensemble.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13

• Faculty Artist Series •

Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin
Christoph Sassmannshaus, cello
Rohan DeSilva, piano

This concert features Theodor Kirchner’s piano trio version of Brahms’ Sextet in B-flat, Op. 18, which was approved by Brahms but only recently published by Bärenreiter. Other works include Fritz Kreisler’s

Syncopation

, one of his few original works for piano trio, and Stravinsky’s

Suite Italienne

for violin and piano.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

Preparatory Jazz
Jennifer Grantham, director

Featuring the area’s most talented high school and middle school jazz musicians.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14

• Orchestra Series •

VALENTINE’S DAY: THE SILVER ROSE
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Under the direction of Aik Khai Pung and our gifted young conducting students

MENDELSSOHN: “Nocturne” from

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: “The Young Prince and the Young Princess” from

Scheherazade

, Op. 35

BEETHOVEN: “Adagio un poco mosso” from Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73

DVORÁK: Romance in F Minor, Op. 11

PUCCINI: “Intermezzo (Act III)” from

Manon Lescaut

GOUNOD: Duo: “Nuit d’hymenée” from

Roméo et Juliette

STRAUSS: Trio: “Hab’ mir’s gelobt” from

Der Rosenkavalier

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15

• Faculty Artist Series •

CCM FACULTY JAZZTET
Featuring CCM String Quartet-in-Residence, The Ariel Quartet

CCM’s world-famous jazz faculty artists show off their skills with a set of exciting new works composed and arranged by our very own CCM Jazz faculty.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16

• Winds Series •

MASTERWORKS
CCM Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
Featuring guest artist H. Robert Reynolds, conductor
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
Angela Holt, music director and conductor

Presented in conjunction with the Wind Conducting Workshop, this concert features cornerstone masterworks from the wind band tradition. We are honored to have H. Robert Reynolds, our visiting workshop conductor and clinician, join us for this memorable performance. The Wind Orchestra will perform Vaughan Williams’

Toccata Marziale

, Bernstein’s “Profanation” from Symphony No. 1 (

Jeremiah

) and Copland’s Emblems. The Wind Ensemble will perform Grainger’s

Irish Tune from County Derry

and William Schuman’s

George Washington Bridge

.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19

• Studio Opera Series •

TRANSFORMATIONS
Music by Conrad Susa
Libretto by Anne Sexton
Avishay Shalom, conductor
Emma Griffin, director

Experience the Brothers Grimm fairytales like you’ve never seen them before! This 1973 chamber opera, with a libretto by controversial Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton is darkly humorous with audaciously recounted tales, and filled with mid-twentieth-century references, both literary and musical. Based on Sexton’s acclaimed 1971 book of poems of the same name,

Transformations

promises to challenge audience members’ understanding of what “happily ever after” truly means.

This production contains adult themes and is not recommended for young audiences.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 13. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal

Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith

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7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18

• Jazz Series •

ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL: GALA CONCERT
CCM Jazz Orchestra

CCM is honored to host its second annual Essentially Ellington Festival, sponsored by Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center. This daylong event features the region’s top high school jazz ensembles. The gala concert will feature the CCM Jazz Orchestra plus a very special guest from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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4. p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19

TAKING THE WHEEL: A GALA CABARET CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF CCM’S MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE

Join us for a very special cabaret performance featuring CCM’s “Broadway Babies” from our past 24 showcases and introducing our newest “stars of tomorrow.” The cabaret is directed by Scott Coulter (BFA, 1993), a performer in the first New York Showcase.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $25 general admission

Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20

• Guest Artist Series •

Hypercube, Composition Program Ensemble-in-Residenc

e

A quartet of saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, New York's Hypercube is a slick combination of chamber music and straight up rock-’n’-roll. This first concert of Hypercube's CCM residency features high-quality, cutting-edge, challenging work from their repertoire.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21

A VIEW FROM THE EDGE

A showcase of music by CCM student composers.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22

• Guest Artist Series •

Hypercube, Composition Program Ensemble-in-Residence

A quartet of saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, New York's Hypercube is a slick combination of chamber music and straight up rock-’n’-roll. This second concert of Hypercube's CCM residency features work composed especially for Hypercube by CCM student composers.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24

• Faculty Artist Series •

LOU HARRISON CENTENNIAL CONCERT
Percussion Group Cincinnati and Friends

Featuring music spanning composer Lou Harrison’s entire career, including music written for Percussion Group Cincinnati.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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9 a.m.- 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25

10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25

OPERA SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

Experience tomorrow’s opera stars today as CCM hosts its prestigious national competition, featuring current and new students vying for tuition scholarships and cash awards.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25

• Starling Series •

Starling Chamber Orchestra
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director

Showcasing the superbly talented young students from the Starling Preparatory String Project.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26

• Guest Artist Series •

Craig Cramer, organ

CCM welcomes University of Notre Dame Professor of Organ Craig Cramer for a special guest artist performance at Cincinnati’s Isaac M. Wise Temple. Cramer’s recital will be followed by a master class at Calvary Episcopal Church, 3766 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45220 at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 27.

Location

: Isaac M. Wise Temple, 720 Plum Street, Cincinnati 45202

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28

• Winds Series •

HOT OFF THE PRESS!
CCM Wind Ensemble
Angela Holt, music director and conductor

Hear the creative output of CCM’s composition students through the sounds of the CCM Wind Ensemble. This concert highlights brand new music written at CCM – music that is hot off the press! In addition, CCM student cellist Yijia Fang performs Friedrich Gulda's Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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MARCH

8 p.m. Wednesday, March 1

• Winds Series •

EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA: PAST AND PRESENT
CCM Wind Orchestra
Featuring guest artist Carlos Camacho, percussion
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

This performance features works by European composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the world premiere of the Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra by Federico Garcia-de Castro, a composer of Colombian heritage living and composing today in Pittsburgh.

STRAUSS:

Fanfare zur Eröffnung der Musikwoche der Stadt Wien im 1924

ROSSINI: Overture to

La gazza ladra

FEDERICO GARCIA-DE CASTRO: Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra (world premiere)

    Featuring Carlos Camacho

MENDELSSOHN: Overture for Winds, Op. 24

SCHMITT:

Dionysiaques

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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8 p.m. Thursday, March 2

8 p.m. Friday, March 3

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4

2 p.m. Sunday, March 5

• Mainstage Musical Theatre Series •

MACK AND MABEL
Based on an idea by Leonard Spigelglass
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
Aubrey Berg, director
William Evan Roider, musical director
Patti James, choreographer

Set against the madcap world of Keystone Kops, Bathing Beauties and pies-in-the-face, the tumultuous relationship between workaholic film director Mack Sennett and his silent-screen star Mabel Normand was the stuff of Hollywood legend. With a memorable score by Broadway master Jerry Herman (

Hello, Dolly!

;

Mame

;

La Cage aux Folles

),

Mack and Mabel

is a star-crossed, bittersweet love story that explores both the lighter and the darker side of the Golden Age of Comedy. Nominated for eight Tony Awards,

Mack and Mabel

was praised by the

New York Times

as “a musical in the old and true tradition.”

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $31–35 adults, $22–25 non-UC students, $18–21 UC students

Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

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8 p.m. Thursday, March 2

8 p.m. Friday, March 3

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4

• Studio Dance Series •

DANCE STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE
André Megerdichian, director

Come experience the next generation of emerging choreographers as CCM dance majors take the stage with exciting and diverse new works.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 27. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

The Dance Department gratefully acknowledges the support of the Corbett Endowment at CCM.

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2:30 p.m. Friday, March 3

• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •

ELECTRIC BATON: SOUND, SCIENCE AND THE BIRTH OF THE PODIUM CONDUCTOR
Francesca Brittan, Case Western Reserve University

Hector Berlioz, among the first of the modern conductors, was a larger-than-life figure, at once magisterial, quasi-magical and military. Among the formative moments of his conducting career was a concert given at the height of the 

Exposition universelle

 (Paris, 1855), which established him as a musical leader of formidable power. Here he relied on a new wedding of music and technology — an “electric baton” — to wield the massive forces under his command. This talk examines the nature of his device and, more broadly, the ways in which telegraphy and electricity (both artificial and nervous) emerged as central to romantic notions of conducting.

Location

: Baur Room

Admission

: FREE

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5 p.m. Saturday, March 4

• Starling Series •
Starling Showcase
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director

Showcasing the superbly talented young students from the Starling Preparatory String Project and the Starling College class.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Saturday, March 4

• Choral Series •

UC MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CHORUSES
Kevin Coker and Alex Sutton, conductors

Comprised of students from all 14 UC colleges, the UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses and Cabaret Singers offer a variety of classical, popular, folk and jazz arrangements, featuring works of Copland, Cozzolani, Hampton, Handel, Holst, McGlynn, Quick and Silvey.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

____

4 p.m. Sunday, March 5

• Winds Series •

CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

WAGNER:

Siegfried Idyll

FRANCAIX:

Hommage à l’ami Papageno

WILSON:

Dancing with the Devil

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

7 p.m. Sunday, March 5

• Jazz Series •

THE KID FROM RED BANK: JUMPING WITH COUNT BASIE
CCM Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band
Scott Belck and Craig Bailey, conductors

Kansas City swings to life with an exciting concert tribute to the most swinging band of all time!

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7

• Choral Series •

CCM Chorale and Brass Choir
Jillian Nicholson-Dicks and Alex Sutton, conductors

CCM Chorale and Brass Choir present a combined showcase of music for voices and brass. Featured works include Joseph Jongen’s

Mass

, Ralph Vaughan Williams’

O clap your hands

and James MacMillan’s

In splendoribus sanctorum

from

The Strathclyde Motets

.

Location

: St. Francis de Sales Parish, 1600 Madison Road, Cincinnati 45206

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7

• Orchestra Series •

HEAVENLY!
CCM Philharmonia
Rebecca Tong, conductor
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

ROIG-FRANCOLÍ:

Orion

HOLST:

The Planets

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8

THE MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
A CCMpower Benefit
Created and performed by the Class of 2017 in Musical Theatre

CCMpower invites you to see our musical theatre “stars of tomorrow” in action at the 25th edition of the “Not Famous Yet” showcase featuring the Class of 2017 prior to their New York City debut. The annual CCM Musical Theatre Young Alumni Award will be presented at the showcase.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: Special ticket pricing and limited seating. For more information, call CCM External Relations at 513-556-2100.

Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8

• Orchestra Series •

HEAVENLY!
CCM Philharmonia
Rebecca Tong, conductor
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

This special off-campus performance includes a multimedia experience by astronomer and visual artist José Francisco Salgado.

ROIG-FRANCOLÍ:

Orion

HOLST:

The Planets

Location

: Princeton High School’s Matthews Auditorium, 150 Viking Way, Cincinnati, OH 45246

Tickets

: $10 adults, $5 students under the age of 18, $5 adults age 65 or older, $20 family four pack (two adults, two students). Contact Princeton High School at 513-864-1569 to order tickets.

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7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8

7 p.m. Thursday, March 9

7 p.m. Friday, March 10

• Studio Acting Series •

TRANSMIGRATION 2017
A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Richard E. Hess and Brant Russell, producers

TRANSMIGRATION, so named for “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” is a festival of new works created by the acting students in CCM Acting. Six teams of actors craft and perform five original 30-minute shows. Performed simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. “Thanks to the [Acting] program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music,” observed

CityBeat

’s Rick Pender, “theater fans were offered a jolt of onstage vitality.”

Location

: Various locations throughout CCM Village

Admission

: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 6. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Acting Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub

____

8 p.m. Thursday, March 9

• Orchestra Series •

BREAK TIME
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director
Mark Gibson, conductor

Featuring the premiere of a work by the winner of the 2016 CCM Composition Competition!

R. STRAUSS:

Burleske

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (

Rhenish

)

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Friday, March 10

• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence •

The Ariel Quartet
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by composer Mohammed Fairouz commissioned by Ann and Harry Santen and CCM for the Ariel Quartet

WIESENBERG:

Between the Sacred and the Profane

FAIROUZ:

Prophesies

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $25 general, $15 non-UC students, UC students FREE

The Ariel Quartet’s 2016-17 CCM concert series is made possible by the generous contributions of an anonymous donor, The Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander, Mrs. William A. Friedlander, Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom, Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen, Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman, Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker and The Thomas J. Emery Memorial.

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8 p.m. Friday, March 10

4 p.m. Saturday, March 11

THE MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
Created and performed by the Class of 2017 in Musical Theatre

See and hear our musical theatre “stars of tomorrow” in action at the 25th edition of the “Not Famous Yet” showcase featuring the Class of 2017 prior to their New York City debut.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 6. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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5 p.m. Sunday, March 12

• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence •

TAPESTRY OF VOICES
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Robyn Lana, music director

Join CCC resident choirs as they celebrate the 24th anniversary.  The choirs will perform a variety of repertoire from around the world and feature American composers.  With special guests, the Xavier University Women’s Chorus.

Location

: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

____

2 & 7 p.m. Friday, March 24

THE ACTING SENIOR SHOWCASE

Enjoy the talents of the CCM Acting Class of 2017 in their exciting industry showcase prior to their professional debuts in New York and Los Angeles. The evening performance will be followed by the 14th annual DOLLY awards recognizing excellence in the 2016-17 Acting Season, as well as a reception in the Baur Room.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Saturday, March 25

• Guest Artist Series •

TELEMANN AND BACH
Catacoustic Consort

Join us for an evening of music from the High Baroque by J. S. Bach and Telemann for viol and orchestra, featuring the new Catacoustic Baroque orchestra!

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets

: $25 adults, $10 students, FREE for children under 12. Tickets available through Catacoustic Consort’s website at

http://catacoustic.com/tickets

.

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2 p.m., Sunday, March 26

ANDREW HOWELL MEMORIAL HORN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

Hear performances by outstanding young horn players during the inaugural Andrew Howell Memorial Scholarship Competition. Open to current undergraduates as well as applicants who have committed to attend CCM in 2017-18, the winner of this competition will receive a $3,000 scholarship and a solo performance opportunity. The competition is held in loving memory of Andrew Howell, an extraordinary musician and an exceptional person who passed away during his undergraduate studies as a horn major at CCM.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Thursday, March 30

8 p.m. Friday, March 31

8 p.m. Saturday, April 1

2 p.m. Sunday, April 2

• Mainstage Opera Series •

IDOMENEO
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Giovanni Batista Varesco (after Antoine Danchet)
Aik Khai Pung, conductor
Marcus Shields, director

Set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, Mozart’s

Idomeneo

weaves a tale of gods and monsters, unrequited love and selfless heroism. During his perilous journey back to Greece after years at war, King Idomeneo pledges to sacrifice to Neptune the first mortal he finds in exchange for a safe journey home. When that mortal turns out to be his son, Idamante, Idomeneo struggles to find another way to appease the gods, which creates dire repercussions for the people of Crete. Completed in 1780 when the composer was only 24 years old,

Idomeneo

is widely considered the first of Mozart’s great opere serie and remains a favorite of opera houses around the world.

This production is sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $31–35 adults, $22–25 non-UC students, $18–21 UC students

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal

Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith

Performance Sponsor: Graeter’s

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8 p.m. Thursday, March 30

8 p.m. Friday, March 31

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, April 1

• Studio Musical Theatre Series •

CHILDREN OF EDEN
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by John Caird
Vince DeGeorge, director and choreographer
Steve Goers, musical director

From the composer of the smash hits

Wicked

and

Godspell

comes a uniquely personal and intimate retelling of the biblical Genesis story. Through the narratives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and Noah and his family, this beloved 1991 musical explores the uniquely human trait to desire adventure but yearn for the comfort and safety of home or “Eden.”

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, March 27. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

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2 p.m. Friday, March 31

• Bearcat Piano Festival •

Master Class with John Perry, piano

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Friday, March 31

• Orchestra Series •

CONCERTO CONCERT
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major

IBERT:

Escales

GINASTERA: Harp Concerto, Op. 25

    Featuring the winner of CCM’s Harp Concerto Competition

Location

: Walnut Hills High School Auditorium

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Friday, March 31

• Bearcat Piano Festival •

Shandong University Student Recital

The Bearcat Piano Festival welcomes student pianists from Shandong University for a special recital of Chinese classical music.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

APRIL

2 p.m. Saturday, April 1

• Bearcat Piano Festival •

Master Class with Paul Schenly, piano

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

7 p.m. Saturday, April 1

• Bearcat Piano Festival •

John Perry, piano

An iconic pianist returns to CCM for a recital of Bach, Beethoven and Schubert.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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7 p.m. Sunday, April 2

• Piano Series •

PIANO-POW-LOOZA: FINGERS OF FIRE

Some of CCM's award-winning piano students and alumni demonstrate their amazing talents at one, two and three pianos. This concert also features a surprise tribute.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4

Classical Guitar Ensemble
Clare Callahan, director

Solos, duos, trios and quartets for classical guitar.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 4

SONIC EXPLORATIONS
Mara Helmuth, music director

Featuring an evening of electroacoustic and computer music by CCM students, faculty and guests.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Wednesday, April 5

• Guest Artist Series •

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: THE SAXOPHONE MUSIC OF MATTHEW BROWNE
CCM Saxophone Studio and members of the CCM Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
Featuring guest artist Kevin Norton, alto saxophone
Angela Holt, conductor

CCM welcomes composer Matthew Browne for a recital of his works for saxophone, including the Ohio premiere of his new alto saxophone concerto,

Alcoholic Variations.

Location

: 3250 Mary Emery Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Thursday, April 6

• Winds Series •

THE SOUNDS OF SPRING
CCM Wind Ensemble
Angela Holt, music director and conductor

Spring is in the air! Join the CCM Wind Ensemble as we present a concert assortment of musical sounds and colors.

Location

: Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, 717 Elm Street - Cincinnati, OH 45202

Admission

: FREE

____

2:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 7

• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •

BERGMAN’S MUSIC(IANS): MIRROR AND MEANING
Per Broman, Bowling Green State University

Ingmar Bergman’s love of classical music, especially that of J.S. Bach, is well known and is exhibited frequently in his films. Many films also feature musicians. In this presentation, Broman will analyze the role of these characters — who they are, what they do, how they behave and what they talk about — and argue that they are essential for understanding Bergman’s aesthetics.

Location

: Baur Room

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Friday, April 7

• Orchestra Series •

HAROLD MELTZER’S BRION
Café MoMus
Aik Khai Pung, music director

Café MoMus welcomes composer Harold Meltzer and guitarist Dieter Hennings for a performance of

Brion

, a guitar-and-ensemble piece that was a runner-up for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

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3 p.m. Sunday, April 9

• Choral Series •

J.S. BACH’S ST. MATTHEW PASSION
CCM Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Children’s Choir and Philharmonia
Featuring faculty artist Daniel Weeks, tenor,
Also featuring Samson McCrady, bass-baritone and student aria soloists
Earl Rivers, conductor
Andreas Hager, stage director

J.S. Bach’s monumental

St. Matthew Passion

is presented in a staged performance, illuminating the dramatic intensity of this Baroque masterwork, which retells the compelling story of the events leading up to the trial of Jesus, his crucifixion and burial.

Location

: Christ Church Cathedral, Fourth and Sycamore Streets, Cincinnati 45202

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE.

Choral Studies Sponsor: William and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation

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4 p.m. Sunday, April 9

• Winds Series •

CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

STRAVINSKY: Octet

MARKOWSKI: Octet

CAPLET:

Légende

WEILL:

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Monday, April 10

• Percussion Series •

CCM Percussion Ensemble

James Culley, music director

Performing chamber music from the last several decades, including works by Steve Reich and Makoto Shinohara, plus a tribute to Lou Harrison on the centennial of his birth.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 11

A VIEW FROM THE EDGE

A showcase of music by CCM student composers.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Tuesday, April 11

• Winds Series •

THE SOUNDS OF SPRING
CCM Wind Ensemble
Angela Holt, music director and conductor

Spring is in the air! Join the CCM Wind Ensemble as we present a concert assortment of musical sounds and colors.

Location

: Dieterle Vocal Arts Center Room 300

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Wednesday, April 12

• Guest Artist Series •

Tom Cipullo, composer

CCM students will perform works by composer-in-residence Tom Cipullo, including

Insomnia

for vocal quartet and piano;

The Husbands

for soprano, baritone and piano;

Late Summer

for soprano and piano and the Entr’acte from

Glory Denied

for cello and piano, as well as other works by Cipullo.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

____

8 p.m. Wednesday, April 12

• Winds Series •

DANCES AND MARCHES AND SONGS, OH MY!
CCM Wind Orchestra
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

We are happy to present music for dancing, marching and singing on this final Wind Orchestra concert of the academic year, which will feature students from CCM’s Music Theatre program in a cameo appearance. Feel free to tap your feet and hum along as we perform music with a sunny disposition and a universal appeal.

BRITTEN/BACH: “Courtly Dances” from

Gloriana

GANDALFI:

Vientos y Tangos

GANNE:

March Lorraine

GRAINGER:

Lincolnshire Posy

BENNETT:

Suite of Old American Dances

FUCIK:

Florentiner March

Location

: Dieterle Vocal Arts Center Room 300

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Thursday, April 13

8 p.m. Friday, April 14

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15

• Mainstage Dance Series •

MASTERWORKS AND BEYOND
Jiang Qi and Deirdre Carberry, co-directors

Celebrate spring’s arrival with the CCM Ballet Ensemble as it presents an exciting mixed bill. Highlights of the program include George Balanchine's masterwork

Valse-Fantaisie

with a restaging by guest artist Viki Psihoyos. This concert also includes a world premiere created by Alabama Ballet Associate Artistic Director Roger Van Fleteren, along with new works by CCM faculty members Michael Tevlin and André Megerdichian.

Valse-Fantaisie

is performed by permission of the George Balanchine Trust.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $27–31 adults, $17–20 non-UC students, $15–18 UC students

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Dance Sponsor: Rosemary & Mark Schlachter

The Dance Department gratefully acknowledges the support of the Corbett Endowment at CCM.

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8 p.m. Thursday, April 13

• Winds Series •

CCM Chamber Winds
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor

SCHMITT: Lied et Scherzo

IBERT: Concerto for Cello and Winds

RAYMOND MURRAY SCHAFER: Concerto for Harpsichord and Eight Winds

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, April 16

• Jazz Series •

FROM PUCCINI TO PRINCE: THE GENIUS OF BOB BELDEN
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, conductor

Bob Belden was the embodiment of the modern genius and iconoclast. We feature his work, from sublime interpretations of Puccini’s

Turandot

to Prince and Sting and all the way to straight-ahead arrangements for McCoy Tyner.

Location

: Great Hall, Tangeman University Center

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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7 p.m. Sunday, April 16

Classical Guitar Chamber Music
Clare Callahan, director

An evening of music for guitar with cello, flute and voice, and other combinations.

Location

: Watson Hall

Admission

: FREE

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5 p.m. Thursday, April 20

• Choral Series •

A CHORAL SAMPLER
UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses and Cabaret Singers
Kevin Coker, Alex Sutton and Tyler Hagy, conductors

Highlighting UC student talent from all 14 UC colleges, the UC Men’s and Women’s Chorus and Cabaret Singers present a 60-minute choral sampler of current popular works from artists such as Michael Bublé, Imagine Dragons and Mike Posner, plus folk arrangements of Singh, Morrison and Hagen. All are invited to enjoy a post-concert reception with light refreshments in the Baur Room following the performance to meet the performers and conductors.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Thursday, April 20

8 p.m. Friday, April 21

2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22

• Studio Acting Series •

VERY DUMB KIDS
By Gracie Gardner
Brant Russell, director

Join us for the staged world premiere of

Very Dumb Kids

! Written by rising New York star Gracie Gardner, this play was workshopped by CCM Acting last spring. Sarah Nehal was murdered while working as a correspondent in New Delhi while her college friends were at home in the U.S. watching TV on the internet and peddling their esoteric skill sets. One year after her funeral, Sarah’s friends meet for their annual Fourth of July reunion.

Very Dumb Kids

explores entitlement and how its effects are visited upon the disenfranchised as well as the privileged. But it's also about empowerment and exploring how to live responsibly in an irresponsible universe. This production is presented as part of CCM Acting’s new play-commissioning initiative.

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Admission

: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, April 17. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

Acting Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub

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8 p.m. Friday, April 21

• Orchestra & Choral Series •

WHITE NIGHT
CCM Concert Orchestra and Chorale
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor

BORODIN: “Polovtsian Dances” (from

Prince Igor

)

PROKOFIEV:

Alexander Nevsky

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17 (

Little Russian

)

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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7 p.m. Saturday, April 22

• Starling Series •

Starling Chamber Orchestra
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director

Showcasing the superbly talented young students from the Starling Preparatory String Project.

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, April 23

• Faculty Artist Series •

Michael Unger, organ

Featuring solo and chamber music by Mendelssohn, Haydn and others, celebrating the historic 1866 Koehnken and Company Organ at Plum Street Temple.

Location

: Isaac M. Wise Temple, 720 Plum Street, Cincinnati 45202

Admission

: FREE

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7 p.m. Monday, April 24

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble and Jr. Youth Wind Ensemble
Ann Porter and Jim Daughters, conductors

The area’s most talented middle school and high school instrumentalists perform traditional and contemporary band music.

Location

: To be announced

Admission

: FREE

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8 p.m. Thursday, April 27

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

Preparatory Brass Choir
Paul Hillner, directo

r

Location

: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Admission

: FREE

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7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

SPRING YOUTH BALLET CONCERT
CCM Preparatory Ballet Company
Jonnie Lynn Jacobs-Percer, director

The CCM Youth Ballet Companies feature talented students from age nine through adults, performing traditional and contemporary works choreographed by CCM and CCM Prep faculty.

Location

: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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MAY

7 p.m. Thursday, May 4

7 p.m. Friday, May 5

3 & 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN JR.
CCM’s Junior Musical Theatre Intensive Program
Dee Anne Bryll, director/choreographer
Rebecca N. Childs, musical director

The "Greatest Movie Musical of All Time" is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green from their original award-winning screenplay. Join the talented students of CCM’s Junior Musical Theatre Intensive program as they present this timeless classic. Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make

Singin' in the Rain Jr.

a guaranteed good time for the entire family!

Location

: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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4 p.m. Sunday, May 7

• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence •

CELEBRATE YOUTH
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Robyn Lana, music director

CCC resident choirs, Satellite Choirs and the Cincinnati Choral Academy will celebrate the future with songs of unity, love and world music.  

Location

: Princeton High School’s Matthews Auditorium, 150 Viking Way, Cincinnati, OH 45246

Tickets

: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE

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3 p.m. Sunday, May 14

• CCM Preparatory & Community Engagement •

Cincinnati Junior Strings
Rachel Bierkan, director

The area’s finest young string musicians perform a concert of music composed and arranged for string orchestra.

Location

: Dieterle Vocal Arts Center Room 300

Admission

: FREE

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SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

CCM recognizes and thanks the following corporations, foundations and individuals for their generous support:

Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust

Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

CCM/CSO Diversity Fellowship Sponsor

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Season Presenting Sponsor, Musical Theatre Program Sponsor & Event Sponsor

The Corbett Endowment at CCM

Dance Department Supporter & All-Steinway School Sponsor

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
H. Wayne Ferguson Family Foundation
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation
The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation Inc.
Frances R. Luther Charitable Trust

Community Partners

Macy’s

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal

Opera Department Sponsor

Genevieve Smith

Opera Production Sponsor

The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel

Visiting Artists Sponsor

Anonymous
The Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. & Mrs. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bloom
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
The Thomas J. Emery Memorial

Ariel Quartet Sponsors

Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation

Choral Studies Sponsors

Ms. Margaret L. Straub & Mr. Neil R. Artman

Studio Drama Series Sponsor

Judith Heiny and Piotr Chomczynski

Polish Festival Sponsor

The Sarah Marvin Foundation for the Performing Arts

Classical Guitar Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn

Orchestral Sponsor

Rosemary & Mark Schlachter

Dance Sponsor

Northwestern Mutual

Musical Theatre Sponsor

Trish & Rick Bryan
CCMpower
The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate and Prejudice through Performing Arts
Graeter’s
Jeff Thomas Catering
KMK Law
PNC
Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation
Sigma Alpha Iota
University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati Office of Equity& Inclusion

Event Sponsors

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A preeminent institution for the performing and media arts, CCM is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the state of Ohio.

All event dates and programs are subject to change. For a complete calendar of events, please visit us online at 

ccm.uc.edu.