Next OnStage: CCM shares spring schedule of major events

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 
• Winds Series • 
HOPE RISING 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Margaret Tung, horn 
Featuring Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble 
Rick Canter, conductor 
The CCM Wind Symphony is joined by Faculty Artist Margaret Tung and the Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble for an exciting evening of virtuosic music. 
PURCELL/STUCKY: Funeral Music for Queen Mary 
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade, Op. 33 
LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium 
LIKHUTA: Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble 
TIAN: Sinfonia 
Estimated run time: 2 hours 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 
• Percussion Series • 
A TRIP TO TRINIDAD AND BACK 
CCM 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 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 
• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series • 
BEST OF BRAHMS 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring faculty artist Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet 
The program includes one of the treasures of chamber music for strings with clarinet — the Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115. The performance begins with Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 59, No. 1 and ends with Schulhoff’s String Quartet No. 1. 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50 adult, $15 student, $19.75 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 
• Orchestral and Jazz Series • 
PHILHARMONIC JAZZ RETURNS! 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
The Philharmonia season concludes with a long-awaited reunion with the award-winning CCM Jazz Orchestra in a performance of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 3, “Swing Symphony.”  The concert opens with Gershwin’s Concerto in F, featuring the winner of the CCM piano concerto competition. 
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F (1925)                                                                   
MARSALIS: Symphony No. 3, “Swing Symphony” (2010)       
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 
• Play Series • 
CLUE: ON STAGE 
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn 
Written by Sandy Rustin 
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price 
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture 
Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE 
Original Music by Michael Holland 
Brant Russell, director 
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery play. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth–the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT! 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, plus 15-minute intermission 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

By special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment.

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29
8 p.m. Friday, March 1 
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 
• Opera Series • 
DAS SCHLAUE FÜCHSLEIN (THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN) 
Opera in three acts 
Composed by Leoš Janáček 
Revised version by Jiri Zahrádka 
Brian Robertson, director 
Vinay Paramaswaren, guest conductor 
Based on a famous 1920s Czech comic strip, Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen explores the universal longing for youth and purpose, through the lens of philosophical reflection on the cycle of life.  The Vixen, a fox, and the Forester’s intertwined stories, are reflective of the surrealist movement blossoming in the 1920’s. Their journeys share the conflict of irrational worlds, dreams, and desires, weathered in the animal and human experience. Sung in Czech. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Thursday, March 28
8 p.m. Friday, March 29 
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND 
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens 
Music by Stephen Flaherty 
Torie Wiggins, alumni guest director 
TBA, music director 
Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid, this theatrical adaptation features music by CCM alumnus Stephen Flaherty (BM Composition, ’82). Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, and falls in love with him. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. This Tony Award-winning musical shares the epic story of a woman who travels far and wide to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. 
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, no intermission 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Thursday, April 11 
8 p.m. Friday, April 12 
8 p.m. Saturday, April 13* 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 
• Dance Series • 
LITTLE MERMAID 
Inspired by the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen 
TBD, director 
Jennifer Thiemet and Cathy Petraits, guest choreographers 
Little Mermaid (or The Little Sea Maid) is a timeless tale, inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s literary fairy tale. A story of hope, magic and dreams. It embodies bravery and conviction as we travel with a young mermaid as she strikes out fearlessly to discover her own story and bring her dreams to life. Set to David Arkenstone’s composition Borderlands, the ballet features original projections by CCM Lighting Design and Technology, and performances by CCM Dance majors with students from CCM Prep’s dance and theatre arts programs. 
*Meet the merfolk: Bring your costume and dress like a favorite story book character for the show! Featuring photo ops and a chance to meet merfolk from 6-7 p.m on Saturday, April 13. 
Estimated run time: 120 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.