CCM Philharmonia performs concert of French composers on April 17

The CCM Philharmonia closes its 2024-25 season with a trip to the City of Lights! A culmination of students' work throughout the year, the "Tour de France" concert is presented at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 in Corbett Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office. 

Focusing on dramatic, lyric and impressionistic qualities of the French style, the orchestra performs works by Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, Saint-Saëns, Lili Boulanger and Debussy. The program features Nicholas Cheon, winner of the CCM Cello Concerto Competition and student of CCM faculty member Ilya Finkelshteyn, on Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33.

CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

• CHABRIER: Overture to Gwendoline
• SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
• LILI BOULANGER: D’un Matin de Printemps 
• DEBUSSY: La Mer

• 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17 

Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

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• Online at ccmonstage.universitytickets.com
• Over the phone at 513-556-4183
• In person at the CCM Box Office in the Atrium of UC's Corbett Center for the Performing Arts

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Featured image at top: The CCM Philharmonia student orchestra performs on the stage of Corbett Auditorium. CCM faculty member Mark Gibson conducts. Photo/UC Marketing + Brand