Spend your summer at CCM: Explore youth, teen and adult programs

• Dates: June 3-26
• Director: Tricia Sundbeck
• Tuition: $275
• Experience: Levels 3-4

Offered two days a week on Monday and Wednesdays, this class approaches more complicated ballet combinations for barre and center work. It continues the importance of proper ballet technique, alignment, body placement, body awareness, musicality and phrasing, as well as continued emphases on performance quality. Increased flexibility, endurance and body strength are also stressed to allow for the development of higher elevations and leg extensions (levels 3-4).

• Dates: June 3-7, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Director: Tricia Sundbeck
• Tuition: $250
• Experience: For ages 3-6; students must be toilet trained in order to attend

Dance camp immerses young dancers ages 3-6 in movement and imagination as they dance their way through beloved stories and develop an appreciation for music and dance. We will join Jasmine and her friends for a magical adventure. Each day we will dance, create a craft, and get ready for a mini performance at the end of the week!

• Dates: June 10-14, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Director: Tricia Sundbeck
• Tuition: $250
• Experience: For ages 3-6; students must be toilet trained in order to attend

Dance camp immerses young dancers ages 3-6 in movement and imagination as they dance their way through beloved stories and develop an appreciation for music and dance. We will join Rapunzel and her friends for an enchanted adventure. Each day we will dance, create a craft, and get ready for a mini performance at the end of the week!

• Dates: July 22-26
• Director: Joyce Grabell
• Experience: For K-6th grades; previous playing experience is required
• Tuition: $300

Practice your instrument, gain new friends, and have fun learning pieces while improving your technique!  CCM Preparatory faculty are planning a full week of classes, chamber music and orchestra rehearsals, mini-lessons, enrichment, games, and fun activities for Suzuki and Traditional string students. Students in grades K-6 are welcome to sign-up and will be placed in age-appropriate groups.  Previous playing experience is required.

Sample Schedule: 

• 8:45 a.m.: Check-in
• 9-10 a.m.: Orchestra Rehearsal
• 10-11a.m.: Mini Lessons
• 11 a.m.-12 p.m.: Chamber Music Rehearsal
• 12-1 p.m.: Lunch and Free Time
• 1-2 p.m.: Exploration of the Arts with Guest Artists: Theater, Costume Design, Media Production
• 2-3 p.m.: Arts and Crafts   
• 3-4 p.m.: Practice and/or Large Group Activities

• Dates: June 3-7, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Director: Tricia Sundbeck
• Tuition: $500
• Experience: Levels 5-7

The Ballet Intensive offers a comprehensive training program for young women and men specializing in ballet technique, pointe, classical ballet repertoire and modern dance in an intensive environment. Additional supplemental classes in contemporary dance, musical theatre, Pilates, injury prevention and nutrition will be included, as well as seminars by guest teachers and speakers to expand the students’ knowledge on specific dance topics. Students aged 14 to 17 are eligible. The workshop is appropriate for intermediate through advanced dancers (levels 5-7).

Audition not required.

Sample Daily Schedule:

• 9:30-10 a.m.: Stretch
• 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Ballet Class
• 12:45-1:45 p.m.: Pointe/Variation
• 2-3:30 p.m.: Guest instructor lesson

• Dates: June 3-July 25
• Director: Tricia Sundbeck
• Tuition: $10 per class
• Experience: Levels 5-7

This technique class is offered four days per week on Monday-Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. This level of student will continue fine tuning and enhancing their training in all the areas of classical ballet. They will develop stronger musicality, phrasing, and performance qualities. Classes are drop-in only throughout the summer (levels 5-7).

• Dates: June 10-14
• Directors: Isidore Rudnick, Fine Arts Curriculum Manager, Cincinnati Public Schools and Eric Lechliter, CCM Prep Youth Jazz Orchestra director
• Tuition: $180 for non-CPS students
• Experience: At least one year of experience performing on an instrument. Eligible registrants should be entering grades 5 through 12 in Fall 2024.

The CCM/CPS Summer Jazz Academy offers an outstanding experience to study jazz performance with professional musicians and other students in a friendly and encouraging environment. Daily classes will include jazz ensembles, jazz history, jazz theory, jazz improvisation as well as jazz arranging and college audition preparation for high school students. The faculty includes leading jazz performers and jazz educators from CCM, CPS and the Greater Cincinnati region. The week concludes with a performance by all student groups. No audition is necessary, but space is limited so get your registration in as soon as possible.  

Note: All students will register for the waitlist. Cincinnati Public School (CPS) students will be enrolled in Jazz Academy at no cost as part of their enrollment in CPS schools. Students outside of the CPS district will be enrolled at $180 tuition.

Sample Daily Schedule:

• 8-8:45 a.m.: Daily Check-In
• 9-9:35 a.m.: Big Band Warm Up
• 9:35-10:30 a.m.: Master class
• 10:30-11:40 a.m.: Rehearsal 1
• 11:40 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Jazz Theory/ Ear Training
• 12:15 p.m.-1 p.m.: Lunch
• 1-2:30 p.m.: Big Band Rehearsal
• 2:30-2:40 p.m.: Break
• 2:40-3:55 p.m.: Rehearsal 2
• 3:55-4 p.m.: Dismissal
• 4-5 p.m.: Optional Jazz Session

• Dates: June 17-29, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (session 1) and July 8-20, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (session 2)
• Director: Dee Anne Bryll
• Tuition: $1,500 for each session
• Age: Rising 10-12 graders

This program is designed for talented, motivated and dedicated high school students, rising sophomores through seniors, who have a strong interest in and passion for musical theatre. Voice, dance, and acting are taught by conservatory faculty and local professionals as well as faculty of CCM Prep. Auditions are required

Students may audition for the Musical Theatre Intensive online. Priority is given to applications received by the published deadlines:

• Priority Deadline: March 15
• Hard Deadline: April 1

Applications may be viewed until April 1, if any spaces remain. Please keep in mind this is a very competitive program and the sooner the audition materials are received, the better. For your best chance, please submit by March 15, 2024.

Audition details and housing information is available on the program website.

Sample Daily Schedule:

• 8-8:30 a.m.: Check-in
• 8:30-9:15 a.m.: Morning Warm-Up
• 9:15-10:45 a.m.: Class 1 (Acting/Voice)
• 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Class 2 (Acting/Voice)
• 12:15-1:15 p.m.: Lunch 
• 1:15-2:15 p.m.: Special Topics Immersion class
• 2:15-3:45 p.m.: Class 3 (Dance/Acting)
• 3:45-5:15 p.m.: Class 4 (Dance/Acting)
• 5:15-6:30 p.m.: Dinner break
• 6:30-8 p.m.: Class 5 (Varies)
• Saturdays, 1-5 p.m.: Showcase rehearsal
• Sundays, 1-5 p.m.: Showcase rehearsal

Choral Conducting Workshop:

• Dates: Sunday, July 7-Saturday, July 13
• Director: Joe Miller 
• Tuition: $700 
• No audition requirement

Offering exceptional training in choral pedagogy, literature, and performance, the CCM Choral Conducting Workshop is open to all musicians. The workshop will be a weeklong immersion in new pedagogies and literature with participants receiving daily training in conducting, voice and choral pedagogy, performance practice, and a wide range of historic and modern repertoire. Featuring CCM’s outstanding choral and voice faculty, the week will include a performance of Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, and W. A. Mozart’s Requiem. Participants will also be able to intersect with the International Conducting Training Program.