Attend a concert or show at CCM: Spring schedule of major events now available

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31
• Orchestra Series •
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Buckle up and join us on a musical excursion through Eastern Europe, from Bucharest to Budapest, then on to Prague.
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11 (1901)
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto TBA
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60 (1880)
Estimated run time: 80 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1
• Winds Series •
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest ensemble Lakota West High School Symphony Winds 
Andrew Carr, music director and conductor 
Bradley Esau and Brian Zielinski, graduate conducting associates 
The Lakota West High School Symphonic Winds join the CCM Wind Symphony for a thrilling concert, featuring Mussorgsky’s classic Pictures at an Exhibition.  
IVES/THURSTON: The Alcotts from Piano Sonata No. 2 
RODRIGO: Adagio para Orquestra de Instrumentos de Viento
ETEZADY: Anahita
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
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.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3
• Jazz Series •
THE MUSIC OF PAT METHENY
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
A vibrant mixture of world music and jazz, Pat Metheny’s music is renowned for its sophistication, exotic rhythms and beauty. His majestic and inspiring long-form compositions include everything from Brazilian to American Pop to Country and Western and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 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. 5
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7
• Undergraduate Opera d’Arte Series •
L'EGISTO
Composed by Francesco Cavalli
Libretto by Giovanni Faustini
Kenneth Shaw, director
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
A fine example of Venetian Baroque opera, this fable of two couples having their fidelity tested by capricious gods provokes many misunderstandings and adventures in the name of love.  Kidnappings, threats, magic and madness all find their way into this ultimately charming Baroque masterpiece. Brett Scott has created a score that is more historically accurate than some previous versions, retaining Cavalli's intentions for color and orchestral storytelling.  Don't miss this rarely performed work!
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $10 adult, $10 student, $10 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7
• Winds Series •
MAKE OUR GARDEN GROW
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Featuring guest ensemble Cincinnati Wind Band 
Jim Daughters, music director and conductor 
Angelo Anton, graduate conducting associate 
NELSON: Rocky Point Holiday 
FLAGELLO: Love & Nature 
BRYANT: All Stars are Love 
BERNSTEIN/GRUNDMAN: Candide Suite 
CUONG: John and Jim 
WAGNER/CALLIET: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from "Lohengrin" 
This concert is made possible by support from the Harmony Fund at CCM. 
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.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10
• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series •
BEETHOVEN AND BERG
Ariel Quartet
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
ALBAN BERG String Quartet Op. 3
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127
Estimated run time: 75 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.

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13^
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
• CCM Play Series •
ROPE
Adapted by Amy Berryman and Brant Russell
From the play by Patrick Hamilton
Brant Russell, director
Two privileged college classmates decide to commit the perfect murder "just for fun." With the body of their friend tucked into a wooden trunk, they host a party that includes mutual friends and even the victim's siblings. But one guest is suspicious of the smug hosts serving drinks on a trunk they refuse to open. As thunder grows outside, the horror and tension build in this mystery thriller. The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film of the same name, Rope promises an evening of suspense and chills.
Content warning: This production contains depictions of murder and violence.
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13
• Winds Series •
OLD SONGS REMEMBERED
CCM Wind Symphony
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring alumni guest artist Hiram Diaz, euphonium
Featuring guest composer Kevin Day
Angelo Anton, graduate conducting associate
The CCM Wind Symphony is joined by the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble and guest alumnus Hiram Diaz for a virtuosic showcase.
BARBER: Commando March
HOLST: First Suite in E-flat
DAY: Euphonium Concerto No. 2
MASLANKA: Symphony No. 7
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.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
• Choral Series •
SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS
CCM Chamber Choir
Joe Miller, music director and conductor
Featuring guest Chamber Orchestra
Widely admired as one of James MacMillan’s finest achievements, Seven Last Words from the Cross is an absorbing and moving concert experience for performers and audience alike. The cantata follows Christ’s final words at the Crucifixion, meditating on each to form a dramatic and emotional sequence. Both the vocal and instrumental parts draw on characteristic models: Lutheran baroque techniques for the chorus, and the sophisticated British and Polish 20th century traditions of writing for the string orchestra. Along with the MacMillan will be Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, offering a sumptuous respite from the emotional Lenten drama. 
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
MACMILLAN: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: St. Xavier Church, 611 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17
• Jazz Series •
BLUES, BLUES AND MORE BLUES
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
Featuring different styles of Blues — Latin, Funk, Swing and more
Estimated run time:75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
• Orchestra Series •
MIDLIFE CRISIS
CCM Philharmonia
Featuring alumni guest artists Rebecca Barnes, viola; and Jonathan Lee, cello
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
The legendary Don Quixote is nearing 50 years old as his story unfolds, according to Cervantes as depicted by Strauss. Brahms was 51 when he wrote his last symphony. Come hear how one fictional hero and one musical hero deal with their respective midlife crises.  Featuring CCM alumni soloists Rebecca Barnes, member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; and Jonathan Lee, Principal Cello of the Dayton Philharmonic.
STRAUSS: Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897) Fantastische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Characters
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (1884)
Estimated run time: 80 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. 26
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
• CCM Opera Series •
DOUBLE BILL: LES MAMELLES DE TIRÉSIAS + MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL
Music by Francis Poulenc; Libretto by Guillaume Apollinaire (Les Mamelles de Tirésias)
Music by Kurt Weill; Text by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann (Mahagonny Songspiel)
Jose Maria Condemi, director
William Langley, alumni guest conductor
The juxtaposition of these two works by contemporaries Francis Poulenc and Kurt Weill highlights two major artistic movements of the first half of the 20th century — surrealism and expressionism. The texts for these compositions are taken from two poet-playwrights, each towering proponents of these styles – Guilliaume Apollinaire of surrealism and Bertolt Brecht of expressionism. Both operas offer sardonic and poignant commentaries on modern society.
Content advisory: This production contains mature themes, including gender identity, political satire, sexual references and critiques of capitalism and social morality.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28
3 p.m. Sunday, March 1
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6
2 p.m. Saturday, March 7
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7
3 p.m. Sunday, March 8
• CCM Musical Theatre Series •
ANYTHING GOES
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
A co-production of The Carnegie and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Eric Byrd, director
Jessica Harris, choreographer
Julie Spangler, music director
Set sail for madcap mayhem in Anything Goes, the tuneful, tap-dancing musical where high society and low morals collide! Aboard the S.S. American, con men are celebrated, evangelists are made showbiz sensations and romance runs amok. Featuring Cole Porter’s sparkling score — including “You’re the Top,” “I Get a Kick Out of You” and the toe-tapping title number — this screwball spectacle proves that with a little charm (and a catchy tune), you can get away with anything.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Location: The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY 41011
Tickets: $18-$45; tickets available through The Carnegie’s Box Office.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5
• Winds Series •
DOUBLE PLAY
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Brian Zielinski and Hagan Zoellers, graduate conducting associates
CCM Jr. Youth Wind Ensemble 
Richar Canter, conductor
The CCM Jr. Youth Wind Ensemble joins the CCM Wind Ensemble for an inspiring concert of music highlighting the diversity and virtuosity of the wind ensemble.
DAY: Shimmering Sunshine
TREVINO: Run to the Light
STRAUSS/DAVIS: Allerseelen
BONDS/EHRLICH: Spiritual Suite
MCTEE: Double Play
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.

8 p.m. Thursday, March 5
8 p.m. Friday, March 6
2 p.m. Saturday, March 7
8 p.m. Saturday, March 7
• CCM Dance Series •
DANCE WORKS
Shauna Steele, director
Enjoy a variety of ballet and modern pieces choreographed by CCM Dance faculty and guest artists. Dance Works showcases the versatility, athleticism and grace of CCM's dancers.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7 p.m. Saturday, March 7
• Jazz Series •
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL: GALA CONCERT
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Featuring TBA guest artist
Scott Belck, music director
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 and the gala concert features the CCM Jazz Orchestra with a TBA guest artist from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
An evening of Showcases in Musical Theatre, Acting and Theatre Design & Production 
A CCMpower benefit event 
Featuring the Class of 2026
The evening begins with the Acting Senior Showcase (6:30-7:15 p.m., in Cohen Family Studio Theater), then presentation displays by TDP seniors (7:15-8:45 p.m., in CCM Atrium), and ends with Musical Theater Senior Showcase (8:45-9:30 p.m., Patricia Corbett Theater). Enjoy performances and creative works by the next generation of stage and screen artists, culminating in a celebration with lite bites and bubbly.  
Estimated run time: 3 hours
Location: Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, CCM Village  
Tickets: Special pricing; tickets available through the UC Foundation at foundation.uc.edu/inthespotlight2026

7 p.m. Friday, March 13
7 p.m. Saturday, March 14
• Musical Theatre Series •
MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
Featuring the Class of 2026  
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 32nd edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2026 prior to its New York City debut. 
Estimated run time: 50 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $18 adult, $15 UC Faculty/Staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student, group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 13
• Winds Series •
TRANSFORMATIONS
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble
Richard Canter, conductor
Featuring faculty artists James Bunte, saxophone; and Timothy Northcut, tuba
Tyler Ehrlich, conductor
The CCM Wind Symphony is joined by the Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble for a concert of music celebrating the triumph of light over darkness, featuring faculty artists James Bunte and Timothy Northcut.
HOLST: Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, op. 52
GARROP: Alpenglow
PANN: “My Brother’s Brain” – A Symphony for Winds
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.

5 p.m. Sunday, March 15
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence Series •
COMMON THREADS
Cincinnati Youth Choir
Kelsey DeMange, principal director
Caitlyn McGlynn, managing director
Join Cincinnati Youth Choir as we lift our voices to honor the ties that unite us. Through music that speaks of love, resilience, and shared hope, Common Threads reflects the beauty and the strength we find in one another.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, $10 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7
• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series •
BEETHOVEN, BRITTEN & FRANCK
Ariel Quartet
Featuring faculty artist Dror Biran, piano
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2
BRITTEN: Quartettino
FRANCK: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 14
Estimated run time: 75 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.

8 p.m. Thursday, April 9
8 p.m. Friday, April 10
2 p.m. Saturday, April 11
8 p.m. Saturday, April 11
• CCM Play Series •
ANTIGONE
By Sophocles
A collaboration with UC Classics Department
Anna Conser, Brant Russell and Samuel Stricklen, directors
As Antigone mourns her brothers who have murdered each other in a civil war, she must decide if she will sacrifice her life to balance the scales of justice. Her victorious brother is posthumously exalted; her treasonous brother is left unburied by order of King Creon, Antigone’s uncle and adversary. Antigone deliberately defies the king’s edict and buries her traitorous brother, igniting a devastating chain of events and thrusting urgent questions of justice to the fore. The performance features Greek choral odes written by CCM Composition Professor Ellen Harrison.
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11
• Percussion Series •
WORLD MUSIC CONCERT
CCM Steel Drum Band and CCM Percussion Ensemble
Rusty Burge and Adam Groh, music directors
CCM’s Steel Drum Band presents an evening of music from around the world, along with pop, folk and reggae compositions.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14
• Jazz Series •
SINGERS DELIGHT
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
Featuring CCM student singers
An evening of classic jazz.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Wednesday, April 15
8 p.m. Thursday, April 16
8 p.m. Friday, April 17^
2 p.m. Saturday, April 18
8 p.m. Saturday, April 18
2 p.m. Sunday, April 19
• CCM Musical Theatre and Opera Series•
SWEENEY TODD
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond
Originally Directed On Broadway by Harold Prince
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos
Vincent DeGeorge, director
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Ian Axness, associate music director
Lisa Hasson, chorus master
Brandon Kelly, choreographer
An infamously bloody tale of obsession and revenge, featuring a collaboration between CCM’s nationally recognized Musical Theatre and Opera programs with the CCM Philharmonia. Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19^th century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of a new ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun!
Content warning: This production contains adult language, violence, and elements of gore.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25
• Choral Series •
HOLD ON
CCM Chamber Choir
Joe Miller, music director and conductor
Latria Graham says, "There are moments when music can elicit emotions that words on a page cannot. That is the power of song, and the heart of African American spirituals."  Come and hear this celebration and exploration of the history of the Spiritual. Featuring historical masterworks and modern versions of this amazing repertoire.
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 8101 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45255
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25
• Orchestra and Winds Series •
THE IDEA OF AMERICA
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest artist Col. Phil Tilly, narrator
Featuring faculty artist Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo soprano
Featuring TBA student soloist/competition winner 
Hagan Zoellers, graduate conducting associate    
Who are we as a country? How best to celebrate our journey together as Americans? Join us for our season finale as we explore these questions in a musical tribute to what and who we are as a nation.
CCM Wind Symphony:
HORNE: Deep River
GILBERTSON: Usonian Dwellings
SHAW: Is a Rose
BERNSTEIN/LAVENDER: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
CCM Philharmonia:
PRICE: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1939) or Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1952)
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
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, April 26
• Jazz Series •
WILD HORSES: THE MUSIC OF THE ROLLING STONES
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
Featuring guest artist Quan Howell, vocals
Experience the classic hits of the “Stones” as you‘ve never heard them before. Featuring gospel sensation Quan Howell on vocals with beautiful orchestrations by Cincinnati’s Matt Harris, the CCM Jazz Orchestra will have you “dancing in the street!”
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
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. Friday, May 1 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 
• Prep Series •   
SPRING YOUTH BALLET   
Tricia Sundbeck, director   
The CCM Youth Ballet Companies feature accomplished students and adults, performing traditional and contemporary works. This culminating performance of the school-year features works choreographed by our graduating seniors!   
Estimated run time: 75 minutes   
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.