CCM shares spring 2023 schedule of major performances and events

Enjoy a variety of free and ticketed events at CCM; tickets are on sale now

Experience world-class performances and presentations by the next generation of performing and media artists at UC's College-Conservatory of Music! The college’s spring 2023 schedule of free and ticketed events is now available. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.

Learn more about CCM’s schedule of performing and media arts events by referring to the list below or by visiting ccm.uc.edu/onstage.

CCM’s spring lineup of major events includes exemplary faculty and guest artist recitals, exhilarating orchestral, winds, jazz, choral, steel drum and Ariel Quartet performances, enlightening public lectures — and much more! The college's theatre arts productions include the Undergraduate Opera d'arte performance of Dido and Aeneas + Gianni Schicchi, Handel's Agrippina and Gregory Spears' Fellow Travelers (opera series); Nick Dear's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (play series); the Student Choreographers' Showcase and "Fairies, Swans and Still Waters," featuring selections from Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake (dance series); Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Duncan Sheik's and Steven Sater's Spring Awakening (musical theatre series).

CCM offers free admission to many of its public performances and events. Some events do require purchased tickets; student and group discounts available. Tickets can be purchased online at ccmonstage.universitytickets.com. The CCM Box Office also accepts orders over the phone at 513-556-4183 and in person at their location in the CCM Atrium.


Upcoming Spring 2023 Performances and Events

CANCELLED

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10
• Faculty Artist Series •
Michael Mergen, trumpet 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for "The Wild Party"

**New addition to CCM's spring schedule

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 
2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
THE WILD PARTY
Book, Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa 
Based on the Poem by Joseph Moncure March 
Partially Developed and Received Readings at The O'Neill Theatre Center during the 1997 National Music Theatre Conference
Originally Produced in New York City by The Manhattan Theatre Club 
Eric Santagata, director 
Eliza Levy, choreographer 
Steve Goers, musical director   
Decadence and excess are the life of the party in this jazzy 1920s whodunnit. Lovers Queenie and Burrs decide to throw the party-to-end-all-parties in their Manhattan apartment. After the colorful arrival of a slew of guests living life on the edge, Queenie's wandering eyes land on a striking man named Black. As the party’s decadence and destruction reaches a climax, so does Burrs' jealousy. 
Location
: Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tickets: $24.50; student and group discounts available. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the event venue.

Sponsored by Brett Offenberger and Douglas Duckett


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 
• Guest Artist Series • 
LEE-SUNG-DJOKIC TRIO 
Soyeon Kate Lee, piano; Janet Sung, violin; and Denise Djokic, cello 
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE

Sponsored by Louis and Susan Meisel


** New Time For Jan. 21 Installment

8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20
8 p.m. 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21
BAAM
CCM Moving Light Programming II Course Project 
Prepare to be dazzled by the spectacular creations of lighting design and technology, technical direction and audio design and technology majors as they come together to present performance art of lighting for music in this biannual event!  
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


CCM's annual Moveable Feast, steel drum performance

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20 
• Percussion Series • 
A TRIP TO TRINIDAD AND BACK 
Steel Drum Band 
Russell Burge, music coordinator 
CCM’s Steel Drum Band presents an evening of the traditional music of Trinidad, along with pop, folk and reggae compositions. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin 
Location
: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 
• Winds Series • 
BLUE CATHEDRAL 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring the Sycamore High School Sycamore Winds 
The CCM Wind Symphony performs masterworks old and new, featuring Jennifer Higdon’s Blue Cathedral and Michael Martin’s monumental symphony Lontano
RODRIGO: Adagio Para Instrumentos de Vientos 
PRICE: Octet for Brasses and Piano 
HIGDON:
Blue Cathedral 
MARTIN: Lontano Symphony for Wind Ensemble 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


The CCM Concert Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 
• Orchestral Series • 
D MAJOR/ D MINOR 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Alexandra Kazovsky, violin 
*Please note that Kazovsky is no longer performing on this concert 
Enjoy contrasting views of tonality and style in a performance that features works by modern master Gabriela Lena Frank, Igor Stravinsky and Antonín Dvořák. Winner of the CCM Violin Concerto Competition, doctoral student Yucheng Zeng will be featured as soloist in Stravinsky’s virtuosic Violin Concerto in D Major, which will be conducted by doctoral student Hannah Schendel.
FRANK:
Apu, Tone Poem for Orchestra (2017)
STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major (1931)
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1885)
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


A promotional image for CCM's Jazz Orchestra

4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
B. MINTZER: Tribute
J. REDMAN (arr. A. BLAYLOCK): Jazz Crimes
B. MINTZER: Papa Lips
B. BROOKMEYER: Hello and Goodbye
B. FLORENCE: Be Bop Charlie
K. WHEELER: Gentle Piece
M. BUSELLI: The Trouble with Triplets
O. NELSON: Self Help is Needed
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
COMMUNITY 
Ayane Kozasa, viola 
Featuring faculty artists Catharine Lees, viola; and Rachel Calin, double bass; and student artist Ming-Li Liu, piano 
A musical celebration of the community within CCM, Ohio, and the viola universe. Featuring works by Tessa Lark, York Bowen, Jeffrey Mumford, Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti, Kenji Bunch and Paul Wiancko. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's UGOP

**All performances are SOLD OUT

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 
•Undergraduate Opera Series• 
DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI 
Kenneth Shaw, director 
Brett Scott, conductor 
Let your passions burn as Opera d'arte presents the tragic, but heroic love story between the Queen of Carthage and the hero of Troy. Henry Purcell's only true opera, Baroque masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, is presented in a double bill with Giacomo Puccini's raucous comedy, Gianni Schicchi, where we see a family passionately struggling to gain the inheritance of a dead relative, only to be outwitted by Gianni, who has his own passionate reasons to turn the tables! There is truly something for every opera lover in this double bill. 
Estimated run time:  2 hours, including intermission 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $10; student and group discounts available.


7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 
• 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


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
ALAN RAFFERTY & FRIENDS
Alan Rafferty, cello 
Join CCM faculty member and CSO cellist Alan Rafferty for an afternoon of chamber music featuring friends, colleagues and students. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 
• Guest Artist Series • 
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano 
Featuring works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE

Sponsored by Louis and Susan Meisel


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 
• Winds Series • 
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED, & BLUE 
CCM Wind Ensemble 
Thomas Gamboa, music director and conductor 
HANDEL: “Overture” from Music for the Royal Fireworks 
BRYANT:
Radiant Joy 
TICHELI: Blue Shades 
ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances 
DE MEIJ: Symphony No. 1 “The Lord of the Rings” 
BERNSTEIN: “Make Our Garden Grow” from
Candide 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM Jazz Lab Band

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Lab Band 
Craig Bailey, music director 
Concert program to be determined. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
BACH SUITES PRE-RELEASE CONCERT 
Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello 
In anticipation of the release of Sæunn's recording of the Suites for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach on the Sono Luminus label, this concert will pair a few of the Suites with newer works that draw inspiration from Bach. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9
• Orchestral Series •
CLARA AND BRAHMS
THE ART OF E MINOR
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor 
FARRENC: Overture No. 1 in E minor, op. 23
WALKER: Address for Orchestra
CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN: Quatre pieces caractéristiques, Op. 5 (arr. Hsin-Lei Chen) *world premiere
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Frankenstein

Artwork by CCM student Hunter Trammell

*ASL interpreting available during Friday, Feb. 10 performance 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 
• Play Series • 
FRANKENSTEIN 
By Nick Dear 
From the novel by Mary Shelley 
Susan Felder, director 
An electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile world — only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of destruction — that has captivated audiences for over 200 years. This gothic story comes to life with Nick Dear’s adaptation of the chilling fable by Mary Shelley, animating the themes of social rejection, intellectual hubris and the clash of good and evil. Content advisory: This production contains adult content, including scenes depicting physical and sexual violence.  

Estimated run time: 1 hour and 50 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $32.50; student and group discounts available.

*Traffic and parking on campus may be heavier than normal due to a UC Men’s Basketball game at 7 p.m. on February 11 at UC’s Fifth Third Arena.


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
THEN AND NOW 
Douglas Knehans, composition 
Featuring Michael Delfin, harpsichord; Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo-soprano; Donna Loewy, piano; Belinda Burge, viola; Musica Nova; Shannon Cochran, soprano and Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor

  • …de la fumee... des voix… for harpsichord and electronics (World Premiere)
  • Watching Glass I Hear You for mezzo-soprano and piano (World Premiere)
  • Five Songs to Poems of Sylvia Plath for soprano and ensemble (US Premiere)
  • Red Silk, Black Water for amplified viola, video, and electronics

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 
• Winds Series • 
CCM BRASS SHOWCASE: STAR QUALITY #4 
CCM Brass Choir 
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor 
Featuring student soloists and conductors 
CCM’s nationally recognized Brass Choir performs selections featuring brass ensembles large and small consisting of students from the CCM horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba/euphonium and percussion studios.  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
CHAMBER MUSIC TO CELEBRATE MIGUEL A. ROIG-FRANCOLÍ’S 70TH BIRTHDAY 
Miguel A. Roig-Francolí, composition 
Featuring faculty and alumni artists Daniel Weeks, tenor; Donna Loewy, piano; Ariadne Antipa, piano; 
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Michael Chertock, piano; Christopher Wilke and Luke Jackson, guitar 
Kevin Michael Holzman and Detrich Morrison-Jones, conductors

  • Chaconne, of Loss and Hope (student string quintet; Detrich Morrison-Jones, conductor)
  • Cinco canciones con los ojos cerrados (Daniel Weeks, tenor; and Donna Loewy, piano) 
  • Six Preludes After Chopin (Ariadne Antipa, piano)
  • Sonata for Two Guitars (Christopher Wilke and Luke Jackson, guitar) 
  • Songs of the Infinite (Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; and Michael Chertock, piano)
  • A Tale of Madness (student chamber wind ensemble; Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor)

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Agrippina

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 
• Opera Series • 
AGRIPPINA 
Music by George Frideric Handel 
Libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani 
Brian McCann, conductor 
Alison Pogorelc, director 
Machinations, mind games and unabashed ambitions are rampant in the court of Claudius, Emperor of Rome. No one is more adept at manipulating the political lackeys than his clever wife, Agrippina, sister of the emperor Claudius overthrew. Power-hungry and keen on revenge, Agrippina will stab just about anyone in the back to get what she wants — her son Nero seated on the throne. When Claudius names his favorite general as his successor, Agrippina will have to play her cards just right. Considered Handel’s earliest masterpiece, sex, intrigue and sharp humor fuel this biting political satire. 
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $23.50; student and group discounts available.


1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series • 
EXPANSION, CONTRACTION, AND TRANSFORMATION: THE CREATION OF SACRED SPACE THROUGH MUSIC FOR COMMUNAL HEALING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 
Lisa Osunleti Beckley-Roberts, Associate Professor of Musicology from Jackson State University 
Through the study and exploration of African and diasporic music and movement practices, the author shares experiences with facilitating communal healing in the planning, preparation, and performance of a work in honor of Trayvon Martin. This paper explores the ways that the terms expansion and contraction, borrowed from Ifa cosmology of the Yoruba ethnic group, may be applied to the practice of reimagining African and African diaspora music and dance, in order to respond to and navigate the emotional turmoil of social injustice. Furthermore, additional instances of the use of music and the reimagining of musical ideas have been used to aid in communal healing. 
Location: Baur Room 
Admission: FREE


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
• Winds Series • 
POPS: STAR WARS 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble 
Featuring faculty artist Michael Chertock, piano; and student artist Erin Alcorn, soprano 
The CCM Wind Symphony and CYWE join forces for an epic concert, featuring a suite of works from John Williams’ Star Wars soundtracks and Michael Chertock’s electrifying performance of Rhapsody in Blue. 
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble:  
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue 
CCM Wind Symphony:  
HOLST: “Jupiter” from The Planets  
WHITACRE: Goodnight Moon  
WILLIAMS: Symphonic Suite from Star Wars 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 
• Starling Series • 
STARLING SHOWCASE 
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


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW HYMNS 
Andrew Villemez, composer 
Featuring guest artist and CCM alumnus Zachary Lopes, piano 
Featuring guest artist and CCM alumnus, Zachary Lopes, piano, this recital will share works by Calvin Taylor, Robert Muczynski, and Andy Villemez including the world premiere of a work for piano and synthesizer. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


Ariel Quartet 
Photo: Marco Borggreve

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• CCM String-Quartet-in-Residence • 
AMERICAN DREAM 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring guest artist Edward Arron, cello 
The internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet performs “American Dream,” featuring works that will be announced from stage; and Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, featuring guest artist Edward Arron, cello. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• Composition Series • 
VIEW FROM THE EDGE: COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT RECITAL 
A showcase of newly written music works by CCM student composers. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• Choral Series • 
YOUR HAND IN MINE 
CCM Chamber Choir and Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Joe Miller and Robyn Lana, conductors 
Presented as part of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference, this performance features new works by Marques Garrett and Dominic DiOrio 
Location: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Procter and Gamble Hall, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 
Admission: FREE, but pass required. Download and print ACDA pass.


The CCM Concert Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 
• Orchestral Series • 
THE SOUND OF WATER 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Pablo Pegalajar, graduate student conductor 
Whether it is a noble river in Bohemia, the bracing sea off the coast of England or the exotic oceans of Asia, water has always inspired composers around the globe. Join the CCM Philharmonia as we travel far and wide, navigating the calm and treacherous currents of nature, and of humanity. 
SMETANA: Vltava, from “Ma Vlast” (The Moldau, from "My Homeland") (1882) 
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from
 Peter Grimes, Op. 33a (1945)   
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


A promotional image for CCM's Ariel Quartet

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 
• Guest Artist Series • 
THE GABRIEL ALEGRÍA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET KONECTADOS TOUR 2023 
The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet presents Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music. To attend one of Gabriel's shows is to lose oneself in a culturally rich and immersive concert experience. Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music is characterized by infectious rhythms played on instruments such as the Cajón, Cajita and Quijada (literally the jawbone of a donkey)! This experience will authentically transport you to the coast of Peru and its magic. Renowned jazz critic Doug Ramsey said it best: "The Afro-Peruvian Sextet is writing a new chapter in the history of Latin Jazz.”

The concert’s program is scheduled to include:

GABRIEL ALEGRÍA: Carrusel de Luces
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: El Primer Final
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: Capicua
LAURANDREA LEGUIA: Eva
DANIEL ALOMIA ROBLES/DAVE BRUBECK: El Condor Pasa/Take Five
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: La Puertecita
GABRIEL ALEGRÍA: Mirando El Shingo
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: Amaranta

Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $30; student and group discounts available.

The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet is hosted by CCM's Division of Music Education, and presented in partnership with La Mega Media, with additional support from the Paul Lammermeier Foundation.


CANCELLED

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano 
Mark Gibson, piano 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, arr. for piano 4-hands by the composer 
RACHMANINOFF:  
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, for two pianos 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
BACH, KODALY, BRAHMS 
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello; Michael Unger, harpsichord; and other TBA artists 
Location
: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's UGOP

**All performances are SOLD OUT

8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 
•Undergraduate Opera Series• 
DIDO AND AENEAS + GIANNI SCHICCHI 
Kenneth Shaw, director 
Brett Scott, conductor 
Let your passions burn as Opera d'arte presents the tragic, but heroic love story between the Queen of Carthage and the hero of Troy. Henry Purcell's only true opera, Baroque masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, is presented in a double bill with Giacomo Puccini's raucous comedy, Gianni Schicchi, where we see a family passionately struggling to gain the inheritance of a dead relative, only to be outwitted by Gianni, who has his own passionate reasons to turn the tables! There is truly something for every opera lover in this double bill. 
Estimated run time:  2 hours, including intermission 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $10; student and group discounts available.


7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 
• 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


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
ALAN RAFFERTY & FRIENDS
Alan Rafferty, cello 
Join CCM faculty member and CSO cellist Alan Rafferty for an afternoon of chamber music featuring friends, colleagues and students. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 
• Guest Artist Series • 
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano 
Featuring works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE

Sponsored by Louis and Susan Meisel


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 
• Winds Series • 
SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED, & BLUE 
CCM Wind Ensemble 
Thomas Gamboa, music director and conductor 
HANDEL: “Overture” from Music for the Royal Fireworks 
BRYANT:
Radiant Joy 
TICHELI: Blue Shades 
ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances 
DE MEIJ: Symphony No. 1 “The Lord of the Rings” 
BERNSTEIN: “Make Our Garden Grow” from
Candide 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM Jazz Lab Band

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Lab Band 
Craig Bailey, music director 
Concert program to be determined. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
BACH SUITES PRE-RELEASE CONCERT 
Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello 
In anticipation of the release of Sæunn's recording of the Suites for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach on the Sono Luminus label, this concert will pair a few of the Suites with newer works that draw inspiration from Bach. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9
• Orchestral Series •
CLARA AND BRAHMS
THE ART OF E MINOR
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor 
FARRENC: Overture No. 1 in E minor, op. 23
WALKER: Address for Orchestra
CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN: Quatre pieces caractéristiques, Op. 5 (arr. Hsin-Lei Chen) *world premiere
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Frankenstein

Artwork by CCM student Hunter Trammell

*ASL interpreting available during Friday, Feb. 10 performance 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 
• Play Series • 
FRANKENSTEIN 
By Nick Dear 
From the novel by Mary Shelley 
Susan Felder, director 
An electrifying tale of a creature cast away by his creator into a hostile world — only to wind his way back in a dangerous game of destruction — that has captivated audiences for over 200 years. This gothic story comes to life with Nick Dear’s adaptation of the chilling fable by Mary Shelley, animating the themes of social rejection, intellectual hubris and the clash of good and evil. Content advisory: This production contains adult content, including scenes depicting physical and sexual violence.  

Estimated run time: 1 hour and 50 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $32.50; student and group discounts available.

*Traffic and parking on campus may be heavier than normal due to a UC Men’s Basketball game at 7 p.m. on February 11 at UC’s Fifth Third Arena.


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
THEN AND NOW 
Douglas Knehans, composition 
Featuring Michael Delfin, harpsichord; Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo-soprano; Donna Loewy, piano; Belinda Burge, viola; Musica Nova; Shannon Cochran, soprano and Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor

  • …de la fumee... des voix… for harpsichord and electronics (World Premiere)
  • Watching Glass I Hear You for mezzo-soprano and piano (World Premiere)
  • Five Songs to Poems of Sylvia Plath for soprano and ensemble (US Premiere)
  • Red Silk, Black Water for amplified viola, video, and electronics

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 
• Winds Series • 
CCM BRASS SHOWCASE: STAR QUALITY #4 
CCM Brass Choir 
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor 
Featuring student soloists and conductors 
CCM’s nationally recognized Brass Choir performs selections featuring brass ensembles large and small consisting of students from the CCM horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba/euphonium and percussion studios.  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
CHAMBER MUSIC TO CELEBRATE MIGUEL A. ROIG-FRANCOLÍ’S 70TH BIRTHDAY 
Miguel A. Roig-Francolí, composition 
Featuring faculty and alumni artists Daniel Weeks, tenor; Donna Loewy, piano; Ariadne Antipa, piano; 
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Michael Chertock, piano; Christopher Wilke and Luke Jackson, guitar 
Kevin Michael Holzman and Detrich Morrison-Jones, conductors

  • Chaconne, of Loss and Hope (student string quintet; Detrich Morrison-Jones, conductor)
  • Cinco canciones con los ojos cerrados (Daniel Weeks, tenor; and Donna Loewy, piano) 
  • Six Preludes After Chopin (Ariadne Antipa, piano)
  • Sonata for Two Guitars (Christopher Wilke and Luke Jackson, guitar) 
  • Songs of the Infinite (Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; and Michael Chertock, piano)
  • A Tale of Madness (student chamber wind ensemble; Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor)

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Agrippina

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 
• Opera Series • 
AGRIPPINA 
Music by George Frideric Handel 
Libretto by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani 
Brian McCann, conductor 
Alison Pogorelc, director 
Machinations, mind games and unabashed ambitions are rampant in the court of Claudius, Emperor of Rome. No one is more adept at manipulating the political lackeys than his clever wife, Agrippina, sister of the emperor Claudius overthrew. Power-hungry and keen on revenge, Agrippina will stab just about anyone in the back to get what she wants — her son Nero seated on the throne. When Claudius names his favorite general as his successor, Agrippina will have to play her cards just right. Considered Handel’s earliest masterpiece, sex, intrigue and sharp humor fuel this biting political satire. 
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $23.50; student and group discounts available.


1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series • 
EXPANSION, CONTRACTION, AND TRANSFORMATION: THE CREATION OF SACRED SPACE THROUGH MUSIC FOR COMMUNAL HEALING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 
Lisa Osunleti Beckley-Roberts, Associate Professor of Musicology from Jackson State University 
Through the study and exploration of African and diasporic music and movement practices, the author shares experiences with facilitating communal healing in the planning, preparation, and performance of a work in honor of Trayvon Martin. This paper explores the ways that the terms expansion and contraction, borrowed from Ifa cosmology of the Yoruba ethnic group, may be applied to the practice of reimagining African and African diaspora music and dance, in order to respond to and navigate the emotional turmoil of social injustice. Furthermore, additional instances of the use of music and the reimagining of musical ideas have been used to aid in communal healing. 
Location: Baur Room 
Admission: FREE


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 
• Winds Series • 
POPS: STAR WARS 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble 
Featuring faculty artist Michael Chertock, piano; and student artist Erin Alcorn, soprano 
The CCM Wind Symphony and CYWE join forces for an epic concert, featuring a suite of works from John Williams’ Star Wars soundtracks and Michael Chertock’s electrifying performance of Rhapsody in Blue. 
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble:  
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue 
CCM Wind Symphony:  
HOLST: “Jupiter” from The Planets  
WHITACRE: Goodnight Moon  
WILLIAMS: Symphonic Suite from Star Wars 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 
• Starling Series • 
STARLING SHOWCASE 
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


2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
WORLD PREMIERE: NEW HYMNS 
Andrew Villemez, composer 
Featuring guest artist and CCM alumnus Zachary Lopes, piano 
Featuring guest artist and CCM alumnus, Zachary Lopes, piano, this recital will share works by Calvin Taylor, Robert Muczynski, and Andy Villemez including the world premiere of a work for piano and synthesizer. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


Ariel Quartet 
Photo: Marco Borggreve

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• CCM String-Quartet-in-Residence • 
AMERICAN DREAM 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring guest artist Edward Arron, cello 
The internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet performs “American Dream,” featuring works that will be announced from stage; and Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, D. 956, featuring guest artist Edward Arron, cello. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• Composition Series • 
VIEW FROM THE EDGE: COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT RECITAL 
A showcase of newly written music works by CCM student composers. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 
• Choral Series • 
YOUR HAND IN MINE 
CCM Chamber Choir and Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Joe Miller and Robyn Lana, conductors 
Presented as part of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference, this performance features new works by Marques Garrett and Dominic DiOrio 
Location: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Procter and Gamble Hall, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 
Admission: FREE, but pass required. Download and print ACDA pass.


The CCM Concert Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 
• Orchestral Series • 
THE SOUND OF WATER 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Pablo Pegalajar, graduate student conductor 
Whether it is a noble river in Bohemia, the bracing sea off the coast of England or the exotic oceans of Asia, water has always inspired composers around the globe. Join the CCM Philharmonia as we travel far and wide, navigating the calm and treacherous currents of nature, and of humanity. 
SMETANA: Vltava, from “Ma Vlast” (The Moldau, from "My Homeland") (1882) 
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from
 Peter Grimes, Op. 33a (1945)   
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


A promotional image for CCM's Ariel Quartet

8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 
• Guest Artist Series • 
THE GABRIEL ALEGRÍA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET KONECTADOS TOUR 2023 
The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet presents Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music. To attend one of Gabriel's shows is to lose oneself in a culturally rich and immersive concert experience. Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music is characterized by infectious rhythms played on instruments such as the Cajón, Cajita and Quijada (literally the jawbone of a donkey)! This experience will authentically transport you to the coast of Peru and its magic. Renowned jazz critic Doug Ramsey said it best: "The Afro-Peruvian Sextet is writing a new chapter in the history of Latin Jazz.”

The concert’s program is scheduled to include:

GABRIEL ALEGRÍA: Carrusel de Luces
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: El Primer Final
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: Capicua
LAURANDREA LEGUIA: Eva
DANIEL ALOMIA ROBLES/DAVE BRUBECK: El Condor Pasa/Take Five
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: La Puertecita
GABRIEL ALEGRÍA: Mirando El Shingo
LAURA ANDREA LEGUIA: Amaranta

Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $30; student and group discounts available.

The Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet is hosted by CCM's Division of Music Education, and presented in partnership with La Mega Media, with additional support from the Paul Lammermeier Foundation.


CANCELLED

2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano 
Mark Gibson, piano 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, arr. for piano 4-hands by the composer 
RACHMANINOFF:  
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, for two pianos 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28 
• Faculty Artist Series • 
BACH, KODALY, BRAHMS 
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin; Sæunn Thorsteinsdottir, cello; Michael Unger, harpsichord; and other TBA artists 
Location
: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Student Choreographers' Showcase

8 p.m. Thursday, March 2 
8 p.m. Friday, March 3 
8 p.m. Saturday, March 4 
2 p.m. Sunday, March 5 
• Dance Series • 
STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE 
Shauna Steele, director 
From feisty, frisky jazz to sublime neo-classical ballet, the always exciting and much anticipated Student Choreographers’ Showcase features works by Rose Engel, Sydney D’Orso, Mandi Weitz, Hazel Alexander, Erin Decker, Morgan Montour and Gracie Zamiska. Content advisory: This production contains haze/strobe lighting effects and adult content, including audio depicting hate speech, gun violence and trauma.
Estimated run time: 70 minutes, no intermission 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.

*Traffic and parking on campus may be heavier than normal due to a UC Men’s Basketball game at 2 p.m. on March 5 at UC’s Fifth Third Arena.


A promotional image for CCM's Cinderella

*ASL interpreting available during Friday, March 3 performance 

8 p.m. Thursday, March 2 
8 p.m. Friday, March 3 
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4 
2 p.m. Sunday, March 5 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s 
CINDERELLA 
Music by Richard Rodgers 
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 
New Book by Douglas Carter Beane 
Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II 
Orchestrations by Danny Troob 
Music Adaptation & Arrangements by David Chase 
Eric Byrd, director 
Brandon Kelly, choreographer 
Ian Axness, musical director 
One of the world’s most beloved fairy tales comes to life on stage in a romantic story for all ages. Stuck as a servant to her evil stepmother and stepsisters, a poor girl wishes for her dream to come true. Her fairy godmother gives Cinderella a magical makeover just in time for the royal ball, where she meets Prince Charming and they fall in love.  

March 4 matinee performance: Bring your fairy tale costume and dress like a story book character for the show! Featuring photo ops and a chance to meet Cinderella cast members. 

Estimated runtime: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including an intermission. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $39.50; student and group discounts available; $15 special rate for children (12 and under).

*Traffic and parking on campus may be heavier than normal due to a UC Men’s Basketball game at 2 p.m. on March 5 at UC’s Fifth Third Arena.


1:30 p.m. Friday, March 3 
• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series • 
MOURNING AND MANEUVERING: MUSICAL PRACTICE AND THE NEW TRAUMAS OF RECONSTRUCTION 
Thomas Kernan, Associate Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts and Associate Professor of Music History at Roosevelt University 
In recent years American journalists, activists, and scholars have devoted significant attention to identifying, examining, and in many cases removing statues of Confederate Civil War generals from public spaces. One element of the case for statue removal has been that most of these statues never held a close chronological connection to the war; rather, they were the products of twentieth-century segregationists. This is an important point, as it demonstrates the way in which segregationists activated war memory to make overtly racist claims many decades later. However, the argument about the comparatively late arrival of these statues to public squares often obscures our understanding of a different type of commemoration—an aural one—that occurred in these same locales. 

Decades prior to placement of a bronze Robert E. Lee or marble Stonewall Jackson, many American parks, plazas, and boulevards where marked as commemorative spaces hostile to Black life. Musical compositions and performances, perhaps more holistically than other types of sources, allow us to recognize the ways in which spaces that excluded Black Americans during the period of slavery were swiftly reaffirmed as places hostile to Black lives during Reconstruction. To this end, the trauma of having a Confederate monument in a public space in 2022 is connected to a consistent trauma of having had crowds of people singing songs of the segregationist narrative during the crucial interregnum of Reconstruction. While physical monuments were added later, they had musical precursors that are relevant in recognizing the ways in which musical practices predate physical manifestations of Confederate commemoration.   
Location: Baur Room  
Admission: FREE


Ashlin Parker

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 3 
MARDI GRAS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ CONCERT
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Featuring internationally acclaimed guest artist Ashlin Parker, trumpet
Scott Belck, music director 
A companion to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s Black History Month programming, the New Orleans Mardi Gras concert is a celebration of music and culture. The Friday night performance promises an evening with all the revelry and flair of Mardi Gras, followed by a reception and meet-and-greet with New Orleans-based jazz trumpeter, Ashlin Parker.  
Location: Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202 
Tickets: $25 general admission; $20 for Freedom Center members


CANCELLED 

4 p.m. Sunday, March 5 
• Guest Artist Series • 
Douglas Humphreys, piano 
Location
: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE

Sponsored by Louis and Susan Meisel


7:30 p.m. Monday, March 6
CCM ACTING SENIOR SHOWCASE
Enjoy the talents of the CCM Acting Class of 2023 in its exciting industry showcase prior to its professional debut in New York. The evening features the presentation of the Dolly Cohen Award to Shaun Sutton (BFA Acting, ’14), speeches by the Class of 2023 and the presentation of the Danny Scholl Award for Aesthetic Leadership. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7 
• Orchestral Series • 
150th ANNIVERSARY OF RACHMANINOFF 
CCM Concert Orchestra 
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor 
TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave, Op. 31 
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Jazz Lab Band

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Lab Band 
Craig Bailey, music director 
The CCM Jazz Lab Band continues its spring concert series with a program celebrating the music of Charles Mingus.
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


transmigration

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 
7 p.m. Thursday, March 9 
7 p.m. Friday, March 10 
• Play Series • 
TRANSMIGRATION 2023 
A Festival of Student-Created New Works  
Brant Russell, producer  
Transmigration, so named for “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” features six teams of CCM Acting students who craft and then perform original 30-minute shows simultaneously in different locations. Transmigration audience members will have the opportunity to experience four different works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. 
Location: Liberty Exhibition Hall, 3938 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223 
Admission: FREE, but ticket reservations are encouraged.


CCM Musical Theatre Senior Showcase 2023

7 p.m. Thursday, March 9 
• CCMpower Special Event Series • 
CCM MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
A CCMpower Benefit 
Created and performed by the Class of 2023 in Musical Theatre  
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 30th edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2023 prior to its New York City debut.  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $75. Special ticket pricing and limited seating. For more information, call CCM Development and Alumni Relations at 513-556-2100.


7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9 
• Winds Series • 
SCENES FROM A STREET THEATRE 
Musica Nova  
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
HAILSTORK: Consort Piece 
MUHLY:
Step Team 
AKIHO: to wALk Or ruN in wEst harlem 
CHIN: Gougalōn Scenes from a Street Theatre 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


CCM Musical Theatre Senior Showcase 2023

7 p.m. Friday, March 10 
7 p.m. Saturday, March 11
CCM MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
Created and performed by the Class of 2023 in Musical Theatre 
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 30th edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2023 prior to its New York City debut. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $18; student and group discounts available. 


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10 
• Winds Series • 
WAR AND PEACE 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring the Milford High School Wind Ensemble 
The CCM Wind Symphony performs music reflecting on war and peace, culminating in Karel Husa’s powerful Music for Prague, 1968
BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
BLACKSHAW: Peace Dancer 
JOLLEY: MARCH! 
SIMON: Sweet Chariot 
HUSA: Music for Prague, 1968
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 11 
OPERA SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 
Experience tomorrow’s opera stars today as CCM hosts its prestigious national competition, featuring current and newly admitted students vying for tuition scholarships. Choose to attend the full competition, the 11 a.m.-1 p.m. morning session or the 2-4 p.m. afternoon session — audience members can come and go as desired! 
Location: Corbett Auditorium  
Admission: FREE


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5 p.m. Sunday, March 12 
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence Series • 
CENTERED IN OUR SONG: CELEBRATING 30 YEARS 
Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Robyn Lana, music director 
Current members of the Cincinnati Youth Choir and alumni lift their voices in celebration of CYC’s 30 years impacting youth and the Greater Cincinnati Community. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $15; student and group discounts available


Ariel Quartet 
Photo: Marco Borggreve

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 
• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence • 
BRAHMS PIANO QUINTET 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring faculty artist Soyeon Kate Lee, piano 
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 44 
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50; student and group discounts available


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 
• Winds Series • 
VIRTUOSITIES 
CCM Wind Ensemble and CYWE Symphonic Winds  
Thomas Gamboa, music director and conductor  
Terence Milligan, conductor emeritus 
CHEN: Dragon Rhyme 
STRAUSS: Allerseelen 
DAHL: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra  
NELHYBEL: Symphonic Movement 
SPARKE: Dance Movements 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


CCM's annual Moveable Feast, symphony orchestra performance

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 24 
• Orchestral Series • 
VIRTUOSITY! 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Join the CCM Philharmonia and two of CCM's star soloists for a concert of orchestral and solo virtuosity from around the world! This performance features the winner of the CCM Piano Concerto Competition on Barber’s Piano Concerto Op. 38 or on Ginastera’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28; repertoire will be confirmed after the competition. 
STRAUSS: Overture to 
Der Zigeunerbaron (1885)                    
BARBER: Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1960); or GINASTERA: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28 (1961) 
           Featuring the winner of the CCM Piano Concerto Competition 
CHEN QIGANG:
Reflet d’un Temps Disparu (Reflection of a Vanished Time) (1995-96) 
           Featuring the winner of the CCM Cello Concerto Competition 
KODÁLY:
Dances from Galánta (1933)  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 25 
• CCM DEI Committee Event • 
BRIDGING THE GAP  
A Look into African American Hair and Make-Up in Theatre 
Featuring guest speaker Jerrilyn Lanier Duckworth 
Bridging the Gap seeks to educate designers and creatives working in the industry on the struggles Black Indigenous Performers of Color (BIPOC) face in the industry. We focus on hair and make-up terminology, techniques, products and research just to name a few areas. Having a strong foundation in the basics will aid you greatly in bridging the hair, make-up and research gap. Guest speaker, Jerrilyn Lanier Duckworth is the Founder and Creator of Bridging the Gap: A Look into African American Hair & Make-up for Theatre. She is a freelance Costume, Hair & Make-up Designer and Vice-Chair of Hair and Make-up for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). This project is funded by CCMpower as part of CCM's DEI Committee initiatives. It is planned and organized by CCM Wig & Make-Up student Tiara Jones.
Location: Main Lounge, UC's African American Cultural and Resource Center
Admission: FREE


A promotional image for CCM's Jazz Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25 
• Jazz Series • 
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL: GALA CONCERT  
CCM Jazz Orchestra  
Scott Belck, music director
Tatum Greenblatt, trumpet  
CCM’s Essentially Ellington festival, sponsored by Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center, returns in full swing! The daylong event features the region’s top high school jazz ensembles, culminating in a gala concert with the CCM Jazz Orchestra.
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


5 p.m. Saturday, March 25 
• Starling Series • 
STARLING SHOWCASE 
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director  
Showcasing the superbly talented young students from the Starling Preparatory String Project.  
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


3 p.m. Sunday, March 26 
• Choral Series • 
HAYDN’S CREATION 
CCM Chorale 
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra 
Brett Scott, music director and conductor 
Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra hosts CCM Chorale and CCM student soloists in a performance of Parts 1 and 2 of Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn. 
Location: Our Lady of Visitation Catholic Church, 3172 South Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45248 
Admission: FREE


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

4 p.m. Sunday, March 26 
• Winds Series • 
PRISM 
CCM Wind Studies Ensembles 
Featuring the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble and UC Bearcat Band 
The CCM Department of Wind Studies presents our most popular annual concert! Join us for a spectacular performance of nonstop, surround-sound music in Corbett Auditorium featuring the Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Brass Choir, CCM Youth Wind Ensemble, UC Bearcat Band and more!  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


**New addition to CCM's spring schedule

7:30 p.m. Monday, March 27
• Guest Artist Series • 
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Location
: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March, 28
• Composition Series •  
SONIC EXPLORATIONS 
Mara Helmuth, coordinator 
Guest composer Cort Lippe (University of Buffalo), CCM faculty Douglas Knehans, and composition students Valerie Dreith, Carl Jacobson, Ian Marr, Kieran McAuliffe and Andy McFarlane contribute works. Performance students Mu-Tien Lai and Nick McDermott will perform their own pieces. You will hear works for euphonium, harpsichord, piano and tuba, a feedback snare drum and electric guitar duo, and Aaron Woodstein's theater work with actors Laura Duque and Cassandra Reeves, all with electronic music.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29 
• Choral Series • 
UC CHORUSES SPRING CONCERT 
Alta Petit, Juncta Juvant and Cabaret Singers
  
Reina Dickey, Isiah Maxey and Matthew Swope, music directors and conductors  
Comprised of students from all 14 of UC’s colleges, the UC’s Alta Petit Treble Chorus, Juncta Juvant Tenor/Bass Chorus and Cabaret Singers join together for a diverse musical program of texts, time periods and composers.   
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


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8 p.m. Thursday, March 30 
8 p.m. Friday, March 31 
8 p.m. Saturday, April 1 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 2 
• Opera Series • 
FELLOW TRAVELERS 
An Opera by Gregory Spears 
Libretto by Greg Pierce 
Based on the 2007 novel “Fellow Travelers” by Thomas Mallon 
William R. Langley, conductor 
Daria Zholnerova, co-director 
Greg Eldridge, co-director  
Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers was originally workshopped at CCM in 2013 as part of the college’s Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) partnership with Cincinnati Opera. Cincinnati Opera presented the world premiere of Fellow Travelers in 2016 with a production that was conducted by CCM faculty member Mark Gibson and featured several alumni in the cast. A decade after its OF:NW workshop, Fellow Travelers finally makes its debut on the CCM stage! Fellow Travelers takes place in 1950s Washington, D.C. Timothy Laughlin is a recent Fordham graduate and devout Catholic who is eager to join the crusade against Communism. A chance encounter with a handsome, profligate State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim’s first job in D.C. and — after Fuller’s advances — his first love affair. As McCarthy mounts his desperate bid for power and internal investigations focus on “sexual subversives” during the “Lavender Scare,” Tim and Hawk find it dangerous to navigate their double lives. Drawn into a maelstrom of deceit and intrigue, Tim struggles to reconcile his political convictions, his love for God and his love for Fuller — an entanglement that will end in a stunning act of betrayal. Content advisory: This production features adult themes and situations and is intended for mature audiences.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $39.50; student and group discounts available.


1:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 
• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
GENERATING NEW PREDICTIONS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN MUSIC FOR BRAIN HEALTH
Psyche Loui, Associate Professor from Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design
The ability to predict events in the near future is a ubiquitous feature of biological systems that underlies perception, action and reward. Guest speaker Psyche Loui, PhD, will present recent work that combines music theory and music technology with cross-cultural behavioral testing, neuropsychological assessments and neuroimaging studies in her lab on how and why humans across societies learn to love music, uncovering the role of different types of prediction on the dopaminergic reward system in the brain. These results are the first to highlight the process by which we learn from our predictions, and that learning itself becomes rewarding. Given that music taps into a relatively domain-general reward system which in turn motivates a variety of cognitive behaviors, Loui will also consider how this knowledge can be translated into music-based interventions for those with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders, presenting preliminary results on Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.
Location: Baur Room
Admission: FREE


7 p.m. Friday, March 31
• CCM DEI Committee Event • 
PRIDE ARTS SHOWCASE 
A cross-disciplinary event celebrating LGBTQIA+ artists and amplifying transgender and non-binary voices 
On Transgender Day of Visibility, join the LGBTQIA+ community of Cincinnati and allies for the Pride Arts Showcase! This cross-disciplinary and celebratory event will begin with a performance featuring singers, instrumentalists, composers, poets, dancers, drag queens and burlesque entertainers. Several students from CCM’s Flute Studio and alumni will present the Cincinnati premiere of a new flute choir piece by Kei Slaughter, which was commissioned by student Vincenzo Volpe with a CCMpower grant as part of CCM’s DEI Committee InitiativesA reception will follow the performance, featuring the work of several visual artists and catering by Jeff Thomas. The event is organized by Lives United/Vidas Unidas. The event is supported by Cincinnati Pride and the generosity of tens of thousands of contributors to the annual ArtsWave annual ArtsWave Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. Learn more about the event.
Location: Church of Our Saviour, 65 E. Hollister St. Cincinnati, OH, 45219
Admission: FREE, but ticket reservations required.


A promotional image for CCM's Fellow Travelers

8 p.m. Thursday, March 30 
8 p.m. Friday, March 31 
8 p.m. Saturday, April 1 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 2 
• Opera Series • 
FELLOW TRAVELERS 
An Opera by Gregory Spears 
Libretto by Greg Pierce 
Based on the 2007 novel “Fellow Travelers” by Thomas Mallon 
William R. Langley, conductor 
Daria Zholnerova, co-director 
Greg Eldridge, co-director  
Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers was originally workshopped at CCM in 2013 as part of the college’s Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) partnership with Cincinnati Opera. Cincinnati Opera presented the world premiere of Fellow Travelers in 2016 with a production that was conducted by CCM faculty member Mark Gibson and featured several alumni in the cast. A decade after its OF:NW workshop, Fellow Travelers finally makes its debut on the CCM stage! Fellow Travelers takes place in 1950s Washington, D.C. Timothy Laughlin is a recent Fordham graduate and devout Catholic who is eager to join the crusade against Communism. A chance encounter with a handsome, profligate State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, leads to Tim’s first job in D.C. and — after Fuller’s advances — his first love affair. As McCarthy mounts his desperate bid for power and internal investigations focus on “sexual subversives” during the “Lavender Scare,” Tim and Hawk find it dangerous to navigate their double lives. Drawn into a maelstrom of deceit and intrigue, Tim struggles to reconcile his political convictions, his love for God and his love for Fuller — an entanglement that will end in a stunning act of betrayal. Content advisory: This production features adult themes and situations and is intended for mature audiences.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $39.50; student and group discounts available.


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CANCELLED

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Lab Band 
Craig Bailey, music director 
Concert program to be determined. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 
• Guitar Series • 
CCM Classical Guitar Ensemble 
Christopher Wilke, director 
Duos, trios, quartets and large ensembles performing new works for guitar and cherished pieces from around the world. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 
• Composition Series • 
VIEW FROM THE EDGE: COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT RECITAL 
A showcase of newly written music works by CCM student composers. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5 
ARIEL CHAMBER COMPETITION WINNERS CONCERT 
Showcasing the student winners of CCM’s Chamber Competition.  
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Friday, April 7 
• Percussion Series • 
CCM Percussion Ensemble 
James Culley, music coordinator 
Featuring works by Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, Randy Coleman and more. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Admission: FREE


7 p.m. Saturday, April 8 
• 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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7 p.m. Sunday, April 9 
• Jazz Series • 
CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
Featuring guest artist Marion Hayden, bass
Concert program to be determined. Born in Detroit, MI, a crucible of jazz, Marion Hayden is one of the nation’s finest proponents of the acoustic bass. Mentored by master trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, Hayden began performing jazz at the age of 15. She has performed with such diverse luminaries as Bobby McFerrin, Nancy Wilson, Geri Allen, Regina Carter, Steve Turre, Lester Bowie, David Allen Grier, James Carter, Dorothy Donegan, Joe Williams, Lionel Hampton, Frank Morgan, Jon Hendricks, Hank Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Larry Willis, Vanessa Rubin, Sheila Jordan, Mulgrew Miller, Annie Ross and many others. She is a co-founder of the touring jazz ensemble Straight Ahead- the first all woman jazz ensemble signed to Atlantic Records. She is a member of the Detroit International Jazz Festival All-Star Ambassadors touring ensemble.
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


*Please note the title/repertoire change for this concert

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 
• Winds Series • 
SPARROWS
Musica Nova 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring student artist Rachel Kobernick, soprano 
WEINBERG: Rings and Roots 
XENAKIS: Epicycles 
OMICCIOLI: [fuse] 
SCHWANTNER: Sparrows  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Admission: FREE


Foggy tropical forest, Madeira island (Levada do Caldeirao Verde).

8 p.m. Thursday, April 13 
8 p.m. Friday, April 14 
8 p.m. Saturday, April 15 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 16 
• Dance Series • 
FAIRIES, SWANS AND STILL WATERS 
Shauna Steele, director 
Experience magic, mystery and artistry as CCM Dance presents selections from Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, set to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The performance also premieres Still Waters, a new collaborative work between faculty choreographer Shauna Steele and second-year DMA Composition student Grace Choi. An additional guest work to be announced.
Estimated run time: 1 hour 30 minutes with a 15-minute intermission. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25.50-$29.50; student and group discounts available.


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8 p.m. Thursday, April 13 
8 p.m. Friday, April 14 
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 15 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 16 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
SPRING AWAKENING 
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater 
Music By Duncan Sheik 
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind 
Hannah Ryan, director  
Jess Zylstra, choreographer 
Julie Spangler, musical director  
The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and dubbed "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade” by Entertainment Weekly, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. Set in Germany in 1891, the landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll. Content advisory: This production features adult themes and situations and is intended for mature audiences.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 25 minutes, including an intermission. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $29.50; student and group discounts available.


1:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 
• The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
THE FRAGMENT AND THE LONG SONG OF JULIUS EASTMAN
Ellie Hisama, Dean of the Faculty of Music and Professor of Music from the University of Toronto 
This talk examines the ways in which the archive of the composer, pianist, and vocalist Julius Eastman (1940-1990) performs an act of refusal. Eastman’s subjectivity as a queer African American musician and the narratives about his life strongly resonate with researchers and the public who are eager to excavate the work of Black artists and musicians. In writing a “long song” about Julius Eastman, this project brings together the fragments of Eastman’s work, focusing on his radical sonic expressions of and commentary on black being in compositions from the 1970s and 1980s. It serves as an initiative in music studies that offers tangible pathways of listening to Julius Eastman’s uncompromising and fierce musical engagements of refusal.
Location: Zoom 
Admission: FREE, but registration is required. Register for the lecture here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.


10 a.m.-12 p.m. Sunday, April 16 
ANDREW HOWELL HORN COMPETITION 
Hear performances by outstanding young horn players during the Andrew Howell Memorial Scholarship Competition. Open to current undergraduates as well as applicants who have committed to attend CCM in 2021-22, 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


7:30 p.m. Monday, April 17 
• Winds Series • 
CCM BRASS SHOWCASE: SWING, SWING, SWING 
CCM Brass Choir 
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor 
Featuring TimMer’s Big Band 
CCM’s nationally recognized Brass Choir performs selections featuring brass ensembles large and small consisting of students from the CCM horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba/euphonium and percussion studios.  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 
• Winds and Choral Series • 
VOICES AND WINDS UNITE 
CCM Wind Ensemble and CCM Chorale 
Thomas Gamboa and Brett Scott, music directors and conductors
BACH: Fervent is My Longing chorale prelude
BACH: Fugue in G minor “The Little”
THOMAS: Of Our New Day Begun
ROIG-FRANCOLI: Kyrie for Humanity (world premiere)
PERSICHETTI: Celebrations 
WHITACRE: Equus
SAADI-KLEIN: Defeat the Dragon (world premiere)*

* Zola Saadi-Klein's Defeat the Dragon, set to a text by Rumi, is featured as part of the  May Festival's 25 for 25 project, in partnership with Luna Composition Lab.

Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


CCM wind ensembles rehearse in the newly renovated Patricia Corbett Auditorium.

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21 
• Winds Series • 
URBAN REQUIEM 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring the Lakota East High School Symphonic Winds 
Featuring guest artists of the Hinotori Quartet: James Bunte, Nathan Nabb, Masahito Sugihara and Jim Romain 
Join the CCM Wind Symphony for a blockbuster season finale! 
COLGRASS: Urban Requiem for four saxes and wind orchestra 
BRYANT: Concerto for Wind Ensemble  
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 22 
WILLIAM WINSTEAD ARTISTRY IN WIND PLAYING COMPETITION 
This annual competition is in memory of Cincinnati Symphony principal bassoonist and long-time faculty member William O. Winstead. Made possible by a bequest from Winstead’s estate, the competition is open to undergraduate and graduate music performance majors in flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn and culminates in this public performance. A jury of three professional wind players will select finalists, and winners will receive cash prizes. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


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7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22 
• Choral Series • 
PATH OF MIRACLES 
CCM Chamber Choir 
Joe Miller, music director and conductor 
A pilgrimage in composition, Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles is a journey, as the four movement titles (Roncesvalles, Burgos, León and Santiago) are the four main posts along the Camino de Santiago, one of the most taxing pilgrimage routes in the Roman Catholic tradition. Path of Miracles incorporates musical styles from the Taiwanese Bunun people to the pilgrims' hymn Dum Pater Familias, and is sung in Greek, Latin, Spanish, Basque, French, English and German. 
Location: Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1140 Madison Ave, Covington, KY 41011 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available. Tickets will not be available to purchase in-person at the venue.


CCM's annual Moveable Feast, symphony performance

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22 
• Orchestral Series • 
MAHLER AND THE ETERNAL 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Stuart Skelton, tenor; and alumni guest artist Catherine Martin, mezzo-soprano 
CCM's first performance in over a quarter of a century of Mahler's penultimate masterwork features one of the world's outstanding Mahlerians, Stuart Skelton, and acclaimed mezzo-soprano, Catherine Martin. CCM alumnus Brian Raphael Nabors’ (MM Composition, ’15; DMA Composition, ’19) 
Onward! opens the concert, an apt prelude to Mahler's discourse on life, love and eternity. 
NABORS:
Onward! (2019)                                   
MAHLER:
Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") (1908-09)      
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $25; student and group discounts available.


7:30 p.m. Monday, April 24 
UC Bearcat Bands 
Christopher Nichter, music director and conductor 
Join the UC Bearcat Bands for a thrilling evening of music. Consisting primarily of students majoring in fields outside music, these future musical citizens are sure to impress and inspire! 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 
UC Symphony Orchestra 
Brendan Boyle, music director and conductor 
Comprised of non-music majors, UC’s campus orchestra is designed to provide students with an opportunity to share their love of great music from the orchestral repertoire. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


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7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 29 
• Prep Series • 
SPRING YOUTH BALLET 
Tricia Sundbeck, director   
The CCM Prep Ballet Companies feature talented students from ages 8 through adult, performing classical and contemporary works choreographed by CCM Prep Ballet Faculty.   
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $19.50; student and group discounts available.


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**NEW TIME
3 p.m. Sunday, April 30 
THE FUTURE IS OURS 
Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Robyn Lana, music director 
As the school year comes to a close, CYC celebrates the growth of its choristers both musically and personally. Whether graduating, advancing to a new grade, or demonstrating leadership and social understand and compassion in new ways, our youth will sing words that will touch the soul. Help us celebrate the youth who are becoming leaders, one voice at a time. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $15; student and group discounts available.


4 p.m. Sunday, April 30
• CCM DEI Committee Event •
RESOUNDING PEACE
Hear Us, Hear Them ensemble
Harry Mathurin-Cecil, conductor and artistic director
Jaime Sharp, executive director 
Hear Us, Hear Them presents their annual spring concert, Resounding Peace, featuring a world premiere collaboration with composer Danielle Olana Jagelski partnered with Cincinnati Poet Laureate Yalie Kamara. This commission was made possible with the support of CCMpower as part of CCM’s DEI Committee Initiatives. Resounding is not just loud. It is emphatic and reverberant; enduring and unmistakable. Peace seems to be the goal line that's always declared, never reached. Peace time is not considered a truth in our world, a realistic or attainable state of being. Is the only way to truly experience peace to deny the harsh realities of our world? We say: no. Learn more about Cincinnati’s Hear Us, Hear Them ensemble.  
Location: ARCOCincinnati, 3301 Price Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45205
Tickets: Pre-sale tickets are available online for $10, or regular tickets are $15 at the door. Student and group discounts are available. Buy tickets online.


7 p.m. Monday, May 1 
• Prep Series • 
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble and CYWE Honors Chamber Ensembles  
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor  
James Bunte, Thomas Gamboa and Michael Mergen, chamber ensemble directors  
The area’s most talented high school instrumentalists perform traditional and contemporary band music. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 
• Prep Series • 
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble Symphonic Winds and Jr. CYWE 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor  
The area’s most talented high school instrumentalists perform traditional and contemporary band music. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Admission: FREE


5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 
• Prep Series • 
SUZUKI STRINGS GRAND FINALE 
Joyce Grabell, director 
Suzuki Strings end-of-year performance featuring student chamber groups and large ensembles. Hear the work and progress of Suzuki students from ages 3 to 18, who will perform pieces from the Suzuki and standard repertoire. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Admission: FREE


Please note NEW TIMES
11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6  
• Prep Series •  
CCM PREP MUSICAL THEATRE SHOWCASE  
Musical Theatre Intensive Instructors: Lisa Erickson, Rebeca N. Childs, Tracey Bonner, Darnell Benjamin  
Musical Theater Apprentice Company Instructors: Rebecca N. Childs and Karie-Lee Sutherland  
Musical Theatre Intensive (MTI) is a year-long training to prepare high school students for all musical theatre auditions, most notably for colleges, universities and conservatories. Join us for this showcase during which MTI students will present their audition pieces as well as group numbers learned in class. They will be joined by the Musical Theatre Apprentice Company, a group of elementary and middle school students who will present numbers from classic and contemporary musical theatre productions.  
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater  
Admission: FREE


12:15 p.m. Sunday, May 7 
• Prep Series • 
CCM Youth Jazz Orchestra 
CCM Prep High School Jazz Combo 
CCM Prep Middle School Jazz Explosion 
CCM Prep Adult Jazz Combo 
Eric Lechliter and Brad Myers, music directors 
Join all four CCM Prep Jazz ensembles for a cross-generational celebration of America's greatest native art form - jazz! A swinging time will be had by all as student musicians of all ages strut their stuff in an exciting Jazz showcase.  
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Admission: FREE


Aaron Lazar

POSTPONED TO FALL 2023

8 p.m. Saturday, May 13 
• CCMpower Special Event Series •  
AN EVENING WITH AARON LAZAR: FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD 
CCM Musical Theatre alumnus and star of the stage and screen, Aaron Lazar, presents his cabaret From Broadway to Hollywood, which follows his expansive stage-to-screen career with songs from his many Broadway credits, a medley of film and musical theatre classics and more. With a voice that has been characterized as “velvety”, Lazar’s reputation for “reliably robust pipes” and “a sterling tone and wide, almost effortless range" guarantees the audience an evening of exceptional entertainment, up close and personal with one of Broadway’s most charismatic leading men. Learn more about CCMpower
Location:
Cohen Family Studio Theater  
Tickets: The UC Foundation will begin ticket sales in February. Special ticket pricing and limited seating. For more information, call CCM Development and Alumni Relations at 513-556-2100.


3 p.m. Sunday, May 14 
• Prep Series • 
CCM Junior Strings   
Rachel Bierkan, director
   
CCM Junior Strings features the area’s premiere string players, ages 10-14, performing a variety of traditional, contemporary and multi-cultural string orchestra music.   
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Admission: FREE


2 p.m. Sunday, May 21 
• Prep Series • 
GINO DIMARIO SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL  
CCM Prep music students who received the fall 2022 Gino DiMario Memorial Scholarship will perform at this event along with past DiMario scholars. Scholarship winners will be announced following the performances.  
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Admission: FREE


Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
Community Partners
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer 
Greg Mathein 
Gary & Barb Cummins 
Jim & Linda Miller 
George & Carroll Roden
Musical Theatre Department Sponsors
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Anonymous
  Classical Guitar Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Keyboard Club of Cincinnati
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsors
Kevin and Nancy Rhein
   Wind Studies Sponsor
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
Sponsors listed as of Sept. 7, 2023

Event Information

All events listed above take place in CCM Village on UC’s campus unless otherwise indicated. Please see individual event information for details and ticket ordering information. Repertoire and dates are subject to change. View CCM’s inclement weather policy here.

All of CCM's ticketed events will have digital programs instead of printed programs. QR codes will be displayed at events to give access to the digital programs to patrons. The programs will also be accessible through the links below. Programs for events will be shared shortly before the event date.


Purchasing Your Tickets Online

Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office; discounts are available for UC and non-UC students and groups.

Experiencing the magic of CCM OnStage has never been easier! Purchase your tickets:

CCM OnStage patrons can order prepaid parking at $10 for each performance selected; parking passes are available for purchase through the CCM Box Office. Prepaid parking is date/performance specific. CCM Garage parking rates for a performance or special event is usually available for $10-15.

CCM’s Box Office hours are Mon-Fri from 12:30-6 p.m., Sat. from 12-4 p.m. and one hour prior to curtain for ticketed performances. Hours subject to change based on the University of Cincinnati calendar. Our Box Office staff is always ready to answer your questions by email at boxoff@uc.edu


There’s More To Explore

CCM’s schedule of student recitals and other public events can be found online here. Performance dates and details subject to change.

Additional information can be found on UC’s calendar.


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

Featured image at the top: Stage lighting reveals a side view of audience sitting in Corbett Auditorium. Photo/TM Photography.

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