CCM shares 2026-27 calendar of ticketed + free performances and events
Audiences can choose from more then 130 different events throughout the year
Experience world-class performances by the next generation of performing and media artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). With more than 130 different performances and events, there is something happening at CCM nearly every week of the school year!
The college's 2026-27 schedule of major events is now available; tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
From exhilarating concerts to breathtaking theatre, CCM offers a variety of ticketed and free for audiences to enjoy. View the full performance schedule by month at ccm.uc.edu/onstage.
Tickets can be purchased by following the event-specific links in the listings below. Patrons can also purchase tickets in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccmonstage.uc.edu.
New in 2026-27: The Conservatory Series
Join us for three new concerts presented by The Conservatory Series! This new series is designed to showcase the extraordinary artistic excellence of CCM faculty in collaboration with distinguished guest artists and select CCM students through large-scale chamber music and interdisciplinary performance projects.
These ticketed performances are scheduled on Oct. 21, Nov. 23 and Feb. 4. Learn more in the listings below!
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
SPARKLING STREAMS: MUSIC FOR INSTRUMENTS AND COMPUTER
Mara Helmuth, composer
Featuring guest artists Patti Cudd, percussion; and Esther Lamneck, tarogato; and alumni artists Shiau-uen Ding, piano; and Andrea Vos-Rochefort, clarinet
Enjoy an evening of music by Mara Helmuth and collaborators, including two world premieres, multimedia and several environmentally-themed works: Burren Wind for tárogató, video and 8-channel computer music; All Alarms Sounding for piano and electronics; Night Shimmer for vibraphone and electronics; Water Birds for clarinet and computer music; Messages from a Hot Rotating Star (pulsar data sonification) and Wind Blown Rain for tárogató, video and computer music.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6
A CCM Private Preview from Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
CORNER OF THE SKY: THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Conceived and Created by Scott Coulter
Vincent DeGeorge, director
Join us for an exclusive CCM preview performance of a new musical at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Corner of The Sky is the world premiere of the first theatrical celebration of the legendary Stephen Schwartz songbook, highlighting six decades of songs from the beloved Grammy and Academy Award–winning composer of Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, The Prince of Egypt and other Broadway and Hollywood classics. Conceived and created by CCM alumnus Scott Coulter (BFA Musical Theatre, '93), this thrilling and moving musical begins with Stephen’s first hit Broadway song, “Corner of the Sky,” and features the myriad musical ways it led to everything that came after, including “Defying Gravity.” The production features the work of CCM faculty, students and alumni including: Scott Coulter, Vincent DeGeorge, Shannon Rae Lutz, Brian C. Mehring, Chris Lipstreu, Ken Early, Chris Blem, Jordyn Jones, Gavin Poronsky, Sydney Short and Chanduni Herath.
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, with no intermission
Location: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH
Tickets: CCM patrons have exclusive access to $55 tickets to Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s Sept. 6 performance. The ticketing process will add a fee making it $58, but the $3 processing fee will be eliminated at checkout.
CCM Philharmonia. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15
• CCM Orchestra Series •
RUSSIAN GIANTS
CCM Philharmonia
Timothy Muffitt, guest conductor
Featuring TBA student soloists
The Philharmonia kicks off the season with guest conductor Timothy Muffitt in a program of Russian masterworks, including the rarely heard Symphony No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 (1921)
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44 (1936)
Estimated run time: 100 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17
• CCM Winds Series •
PLACES WE CAN NO LONGER GO
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest artists John Mackey, composer; and Lindsay Kesselman, soprano
CCM welcomes guest composer John Mackey in a concert that showcases Places we can no longer go, featuring GRAMMY Award-nominated soprano Lindsay Kesselman. Written about Mackey’s mother’s struggle with dementia, Places we can no longer go is the story of the disease, but in reverse as confusion turns to clarity, and grief turns into comfort. The concert opens with CCM Commercial Music Production faculty member Jasmine Guo’s the sound of where i came from. Commissioned by the League of American Orchestras, Guo’s piece acts as a musical exploration of home, culture and personal memory. The performance closes with Mackey’s newest work The isle is full of noises, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
GUO: the sound of where I came from
MACKEY: Places we can no longer go
MACKEY: The isle is full of noises, Symphony No. 2
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
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, Sept. 22
• CCM Winds Series •
TRANSFORMATIONS
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
The CCM Wind Ensemble opens its season demonstrating the breadth of repertoire available to the medium. Highlights include the regional premiere of David Huang Mailman’s A Sino-American Suite, the first work for wind ensemble to set archival recordings of early Chinese American songs, John Mackey’s musical storytelling of darkness to light, Aurora Awakes, and John Krance’s cornerstone setting of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
NELSON: Resonances I
MAILMAN: A Sino-American Suite
MACKEY: Aurora Awakes
ORFF: Carmina Burana, arr. Krance
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Ariel Quartet. Photo/provided.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22
•CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series•
BLUEPRINTS
Ariel Quartet
Featuring guest artist Liza Stepanova, piano
HAYDN: String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob. III:39, “The Bird”
SHAW: Blueprint for String Quartet
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Estimated run time: TBD
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. Wednesday, Sept. 23
• CCM Orchestra Series •
AN EVENING OF MOZART: GRACE, FIRE AND JUPITER
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
Featuring student artist Joaquin Chavez, clarinet
W.A. MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G Major, K. 318
W.A. MOZART : Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622
W.A. MOZART: Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Promotional graphic for "Brigadoon in Concert." Design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26
• CCM Musical Theatre + Orchestra Series •
LERNER AND LOEWE’S BRIGADOON
IN CONCERT
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Original dances created by Agnes DeMille
CCM Philharmonia
Featuring CCM Musical Theatre students
Ian Axness, music director and conductor
Eric Byrd, director
Brandon Kelly, choreographer
The CCM Philharmonia and CCM Musical Theatre collaborate on a special concert performance of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon. Brigadoon tells the story of a mystical Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years. The musical concert blends romance and fantasy with some of Broadway’s most recognizable songs, including “The Heather on the Hill” and “Almost Like Being in Love.” Presented with colorful lighting designed by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available
LERNER AND LOEWE’s BRIGADOON is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supported by MTI. www.mtishows.com
CCM Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27
• CCM Jazz Series •
TUNING UP
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
The CCM Jazz Orchestra kicks off its season with a night of some of the hippest big band music of the last 50 years. Check out these “now” standards from heavyweight composers including the likes of Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Rob McConnell and Bob Florence.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
Promotional graphic for "Intimate Apparel." Design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1
8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3
8. p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3
• CCM Play Series •
INTIMATE APPAREL
By Lynn Nottage
Torie Wiggins, alumni guest director
Inspired by turn-of-the-century photographs of her own relatives, Nottage’s play follows the life of Esther, a gifted African American seamstress living in New York City in 1905. Esther creates beautiful clothes for women from every part of society, but longs for her own romantic partner and home life. While drawn to the Hasidic shopkeeper who sells her cloth, she nonetheless begins a correspondence with a Caribbean man, George, who asks to marry her, sight unseen. A delicate and tender exploration of the human heart, Intimate Apparel won the 2004 New York Drama Critics Award for Best Play.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, plus one 15-minute intermission
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
INTIMATE APPAREL is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2
• CCM Choral Series •
STAY WITH ME
CCM Chamber Choir
Joe Miller, music director and conductor
Featuring guest choirs from Mason High School, Walnut Hills High School and Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts Honor Choir
J. S. BACH: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
LANG: The Little Matchgirl Passion
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E 4th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Admission: FREE
5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3
• CCM Prep Series •
STARLING SHOWCASE
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
The best young soloists from CCM's Starling Programs in College and Prep perform classical and romantic violin concertos with orchestra. The program includes Antonín Dvořák's Violin Concerto, played by last year's CCM Concerto Competition winner, Karis Dharmawirya.
Estimated run time: 90 Minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5
• CCM Winds Series •
AMERICA 250
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
Featuring brass chamber music by American composers performed by students in CCM’s Brass Choir, Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Choir, Trombone Choir, Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Brass Quintet, Brass Quartet and Brass Trio.
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
SCHULLER: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6
• CCM Jazz Series •
IN THE TRADITION
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
Featuring the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, and other great band leaders.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
1-8 p.m. p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6
• CCM Composition Series •
SONIC INSTALLATION
Mara Helmuth, coordinator
An exhibition of sonic installation works by CCM students, faculty and guests, including alumnus Carl Jacobson and graduate students Paul Francis and Jingyu Luo.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
Dr. Robert Clarida, attorney at Reitler, Kailas, and Rosenblatt LLP
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Baur Room
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13
NIGHT AND FOG: CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN-AMERICAN MUSIC
Musica Nova
Nick Photinos, music director
Musica Nova performs the music of living Iranian-American composers, including Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Gity Razaz, Saman Shahi and Sahba Aminikia
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Michael Unger, harpsichord
Featuring guest artist Erin Ellis, Baroque cello
Sonatas for Baroque cello and harpsichord by Benedetto Marcello.
Estimated run time: 65 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15
• CCM Winds Series •
SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest ensemble Youth Performing Arts School Wind Ensemble
Kevin Callihan, director; Conner Kinmon, associate director
A program in which familiar musical traditions are transformed through new voices and fresh perspectives. From Gao Hong’s vibrant Celebration, Percy Grainger’s heartfelt Colonial Song and Donald Grantham’s dance-infused J’ai été au bal to Carlos Simon’s powerful reimagining of the spiritual Sweet Chariot, each work reshapes song, dance and folk material into an original composition. The concert culminates in Paul Hindemith’s iconic Symphonic Metamorphosis, where themes by Carl Maria von Weber are transformed into Hindemith’s instantly recognizable compositional style.
YPAS Wind Ensemble:
MENNIN: Canzona
ESMAIL: Rozana
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
CCM Wind Symphony:
HONG: Celebration
GRAINGER: Colonial Song
GRANTHAM: J'ai été au bal
SIMON: Sweet Chariot
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Philharmonia. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16
• CCM Orchestra Series •
MAHLER FOUR
CCM Philharmonia
Annunziata Tomaro, guest conductor
Featuring TBA student soloist
The CCM Philharmonia embarks on a 2-year exploration of Mahler’s middle symphonies. The journey begins with his heavenly Symphony No. 4.
DUKAS: Fanfare from “La Péri” (1912)
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte (2011)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (1899-1901)
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.
5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17
• CCM Prep Series •
STARLING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
This program includes Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216, performed by Daniel Xu, and Fritz Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro, played by Elizabeth Yeoh. Other works TBA. Come and celebrate the next generation!
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17
• CCM Choral Series •
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING?
CCM Chorale
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
Featuring music by music by Alice Parker, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barger, Barbara Strozzi.
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: St Timothy's Episcopal Church, 8101 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45255
Admission: FREE
CCM Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18
• CCM Jazz Series •
SWINGIN’ FOR THE FENCES
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
Featuring guest artist Wayne Bergeron, trumpet
L.A. studio legend trumpeter Wayne Bergeron is widely considered among the greatest of all time, with over 500 movie soundtracks and hundreds of records with artists ranging from Ray Charles to Green Day. Other artists include Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé, Herb Alpert, The Jonas Brothers, Burt Bacharach, Dirty Loops, Seth MacFarlane, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Seal, Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Christina Aguilera, Michael Bolton, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Pussycat Dolls and Chicago. Wayne brings his high-powered brand of excitement to CCM for the first time in what will be a night of fireworks!
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.
8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19
UNDERGRADUATE VOICE RECITAL
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Mary Emery Hall, Rm. 3250
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Donna Loewy, piano; Daniel Weeks, tenor; Elliot Madore, baritone
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
CCM Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21
GRAND TRADITION
Presented as part of the Conservatory Series
Pavel Vinnitsky and Anna Vinnitsky, co-directors
Featuring faculty artists Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet; Christoper Sales, bassoon; Margaret Tung, horn; Danbi Um, violin; Brian Hong, viola; Benjamin Hughes, cello; Rachel Calin, double bass; and Anna Vinnitsky, piano
The inaugural concert of The Conservatory Series brings together distinguished CCM faculty artists and outstanding student performers in two masterworks of the chamber music repertoire. Brahms's expansive Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 is paired with Schubert's monumental Octet in F Major, D. 803, celebrating the collaborative artistry that defines the CCM community.
Estimated run time: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Robert. J. Werner Recital Hall
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21
• CCM Composition Series •
SONIC EXPLORATIONS
Featuring an evening of electroacoustic and computer music by CCM students, faculty and guests.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
HAWTHORN: ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS FOR SOLO PERCUSSION
Adam Groh, percussion
This recital is being done in support of Groh’s first solo album that is releasing this fall, also titled hawthorn. Featuring four works from the album by Emma O’Halloran, Alex Dowling, Ian Dicke and Groh. There will be 1-2 additional TBD pieces.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22
• CCM Winds Series •
TRIALS
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Cincinnati Junior Youth Wind Ensemble (Jr. CYWE)
Richard Canter, conductor
An evening of music that traces a path through hardship toward hope. Featured works include Ramon Ricker’s setting of Mein Junges Leben hat ein End (My young life has ended) by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, David Maslanka’s stirring Testament, written in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, and Omar Thomas’ Of Our New Day Begun, commissioned in the weeks following the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The program closes with Pete Meechan’s poignant Song of Hope.
CHAIWANICHSIRI: Symphonic Poem "Rattanakosin"
PIETERSZOON SWEELINCK: Mein junges Leben hat ein End, arr. Ricker
MASLANKA: Testament: Music for a Time of Trial
SALFELDER: Reminiscence
THOMAS: Of Our New Day Begun
MEECHAN: Song of Hope
Estimated run time: 2 hours with intermission
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24
3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the novel by Stephen King
A co-production of The Carnegie and CCM
From the twisted imagination of Stephen King comes a tale of terror, power, and teenage rage like no other. CARRIE: THE MUSICAL thrusts you into the world of Carrie White — the shy outsider bullied at school and tormented at home by her fanatically religious mother. But when she discovers a strange new power, the tables turn… and the results are explosive. Fueled by a driving rock score and raw, emotional intensity, this cult classic crackles with fear, fury, and fire — until everything ignites. Bold, bloody, and utterly unforgettable, it’s a night at the theatre you won’t escape unscathed.
Location: The Carnegie, 1028 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY 41011
Tickets: $18-50; tickets sold through The Carnegie, https://thecarnegie.com/whats-on/carrie-the-musical/
5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25
• CCM Guest Artist Series •
SANDBOX RESIDENCY AND PERFORMANCE
Featuring guest ensemble Sandbox Percussion, and guest artist Kristin Lee, violin
Presented by concertnova
Cincinnati Sandbox explores how music can transform what we discard by repurposing everyday objects, found sounds and recycled materials into something entirely new. Presented by concertnova, Cincinnati’s artist-led collective creating immersive and interdisciplinary concert experiences, the program brings together Grammy-nominated Sandbox Percussion, acclaimed violinist and former CCM faculty member Kristin Lee, and Cincinnati’s Heavy Metal Marching Band. The concert features the Cincinnati premiere of Vivian Fung’s Goddess//Insect, written for Sandbox Percussion and Lee, alongside music by John Corigliano, Andy Akiho and Viet Cuong.
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $35 general admission, $10 students, $20 Young Professional. Tickets are available through concertnova, https://www.concertnova.com/concerts-events
Ariel Quartet. Photo/Provided.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27
•CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series•
SHADOWS
Ariel Quartet
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804, Op. 29, “Rosamunde”
AUERBACH: String Quartet No. 3, “Cetera Desunt”
BRAHMS: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51
Estimated run time: TBD
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.
Promotional graphic for "La Bohème." Design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29
8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31
• CCM Opera Series •
LA BOHÈME
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Jose Maria Condemi, director
Aik Khai Pung, conductor
Rent is overdue, but passion burns bright among a group of young friends scraping by on talent, wit and borrowed time. Puccini's soaring arias tell the tale of Mimi, Rodolfo, Marcello and Musetta — dreamers adrift in Paris on the cusp of a new century, where the city is literally reinventing itself. As the first Paris Métro trains rumble beneath, ushering in a breathless age of speed and possibility, life in the garrets above remains unchanged: cold, precarious and lit by the fierce glow of youth. A story that transcends time and place, its message is for the artists, the dreamers, and the everyday people who face challenges but never lose sight of love and connection. Sung in Italian with projected English supertitles.
Estimated run time: 2 hours, 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.
1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
SAME GESTURE, DIFFERENT CENTURY: RETHINKING MODERNIST PERFORMANCE PRACTICE THROUGH THE MICROTIMING OF THE GAVOTTE
Johanna Frymoyer, Assistant Professor of Music Theory Faculty Fellow at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at University of Notre Dame
When modernist composers adapt Classical dance gestures, how do performers shape the timing of those gestures in practice? Do they rely solely on modernist literalism, or do they intuitively draw upon older, embodied dance habits? To explore this problem, Frymoyer presents a comparative microtiming analysis of recorded performances across four gavotte excerpts in Mozart’s K. 284/iii and K. 466/i, and Schoenberg’s Suite, Op. 25/ii and iii. Using interonset-interval (IOI) deviation graphs and contour maps, she establishes an empirical baseline for the gavotte rhythm in Mozart to evaluate how interpreters navigate phrasing and anacrusis shaping in Schoenberg. Ultimately, she challenges the belief that performance practice is strictly period-bound. She argues that embodied dance gestures create deeply rooted motoric templates that transcend historical, stylistic and notational divides.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Baur Room
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2
• CCM Composition Series •
A VIEW FROM THE EDGE
Featuring new works by CCM student composers.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov 5
7 p.m. Friday, Nov 6
• CCM Play Series •
TRANSMIGRATION
A Festival of Student-Created New Works
Samuel Stricklen, 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 throughout CCM Village. Transmigration audience members will have the opportunity to experience four different works of their choosing in one spectacular evening.
Location: CCM Village
Admission: FREE
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6
• CCM Winds Series •
CROSSINGS
CCM Wind Symphony
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
A program highlighting works celebrating how song is woven into the fabric of original compositions. These pieces reveal how familiar melodies can cross from their original form into complex modern compositions — from Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, which transforms English folk songs into vivid, character-filled miniatures, and David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 2, which incorporates tradition African American melody “Deep River” into a deeply spiritual symphonic journey, to Warren Benson’s The Passing Bell which reimagines hymns through fresh harmonic and rhythmic language.
GRAINGER: Lincolnshire Posy
BENSON: The Passing Bell
MASLANKA: Symphony No. 2
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. Monday, Nov. 9
• CCM Prep Series •
CCM PREP HARP ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Emily Stone, CCM Prep Harp faculty and music director
Come join us for an exciting evening of harp ensemble music featuring the CCM Prep Harp Ensemble! This performance features a variety of repertoire including classical and contemporary works. Whether you are a longtime harp lover or hearing a harp ensemble for the first time, this program showcases the versatility of the harp and offers an inspiring musical experience for audiences of all ages.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9
UNDERGRADUATE VOICE RECITAL
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Mary Emery Hall, Rm. 3250
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10
• CCM Choral Series •
UC CHORUSES FALL CONCERT
Alta Petit
Hannah Duff, Caleb Hixon, conductors
Juncta Juvant
Andrew Miller, Zachary Lindquist, conductors
Cabaret Singers
Alberto de la Paz, Rupert Peacock, conductors
Join the UC Choruses for an engaging, multifaceted program featuring classics of the choral tradition alongside new and exciting works.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
Logo for "RENT."
8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14
8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14
• CCM Musical Theatre Series •
RENT
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Musical Arrangements by Steve Skinner
Original Concept/ Additional Lyrics by Billy Aronson
Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil
Dramaturg Lynn Thomson
Ray Hogg, guest director
Jake Sinsky, graduate student music director
La Vie Bohème! Based loosely on Puccini's La Bohème, Jonathan Larson's RENT shaped a generation of dreamers and taught us all to measure our life in love. The story follows a year in the life of a group of starving young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the musical has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences.
Content advisory: This production has mature themes, including drug addiction, HIV/AIDS, sexuality, and strong language
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 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.
RENT is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supported by MTI. www.mtishows.com
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
• CCM Winds Series •
ROBERT SCHAFFER TRIBUTE: A BRASS AND ORGAN SPECTACULAR
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
STRAUSS: Solemn Entry for brass and organ
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 brass only
BERNAT: Evensong for Brass and Organ
SCHAFFER: Fanfare for the Millennium for Brass Quintet and Organ
SCHAFFER: Paschal Triptych for Brass and Organ
HENNESSY: Known But To God (brass only)
Organ solos to choose from:
BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue
BOELLMANN: TBD work
CLÉRAMBAULT: TBD work
WIDOR: Toccata from Organ Symphony No. 5 (brass and organ)
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1101 Madison Ave, Covington, KY 41011
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16
• CCM Winds Series •
BRAVADO
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Featuring faculty artist Matthew Schatt, conductor
The CCM Wind Ensemble showcases varied repertoire of the medium spanning 112 years, from Gustav Holst’s collection of folk songs, Second Suite in F, to Gala Flagello’s rambunctious and punchy Bravado.
FLAGELLO: Bravado
DELLO JOIO: Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium (arr. Reynolds)
HOLST: Second Suite in F
TICHELI: Blue Shades
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17
• CCM Jazz Series •
KEY OF FUNK
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
The CCM Jazz Lab Band performs at Caffé Vivace, one of the world’s best jazz venues according to DownBeat Magazine’s “Best Jazz Venues Guide.” Please note: Caffé Vivace requires a $15 drink/food minimum per person in the party, per set.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Caffé Vivace, 975 E, McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206
Tickets: $12 table admission, $10 bar stool; tickets sold through Caffé Vivace, https://www.caffevivace.com/
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Choral Studies. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20
• CCM Orchestra and Choral Series •
A SEA SYMPHONY
CCM Philharmonia, CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale
Joe Miller, conductor
Featuring TBA student soloists
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony gives voice to majesty and mystery of the ocean, bringing musical life to sea poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. A Sea Symphony is celebrated for its ambitious scope, masterful integration of choral and orchestral forces, and its deep emotional and philosophical impact. It stands as a testament to Vaughan Williams’ creativity and his ability to capture the grandeur of the natural world through music. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
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, Nov. 22
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22
• CCM Jazz Series •
DUKE ELLINGTON’S NUTCRACKER SUITE
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
The romantic melodies of The Nutcracker Suite transform into jumping jazz tunes arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Swing into the season with jazz interpretations of the beloved holiday masterpiece, including “Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes),” “Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)” and “Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy).” Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23
BETWEEN FOLK AND ART
Presented as part of the Conservatory Series
Pavel Vinnitsky and Anna Vinnitsky, co-directors
Featuring faculty artists Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet; Titus Underwood, oboe; Martin Garcia, bassoon; Margaret Tung, horn; Gershon Gerchikov, violin; Kenneth Renshaw, violin; Jan Grüning, viola; Ilya Finkelstein, cello; Rachel Calin, double bass; and Anna Vinnitsky, piano
Featuring guest artist David Shifrin, Clarinet Professor at Yale School of Music, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
This program celebrates the rich musical traditions of Central and Eastern Europe, bringing together works inspired by folk melodies, rhythms and expressive styles. The concert reveals the remarkable ways composers transformed folk influences into chamber music masterpieces.
KODÁLY: Intermezzo for String Trio
ANNA VINNITSKY: Klezmer Duets for Two Clarinets
BARTÓK: Contrasts
DVOŘÁK: Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Robert. J. Werner Recital Hall
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24
• CCM Orchestra Series •
ROMANTIC TITANS: FAITH AND FIRE
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
BERLIOZ: Overture Le Corsaire
SCHUMANN: Konzertstück for Four horns
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1
SUPERNOVA: MUSICA NOVA PLAYS VIEW FROM THE EDGE
Musica Nova
Nick Photinos, music director
CCM students premiere new chamber music by CCM student composers.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
• CCM Play Series •
MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
By Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Rebecca Bromels, director
A co-production of The Mercantile Library and UC College-Conservatory of Music
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match and possibly even love.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, plus a 10-minute intermission
Location: The Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St #1100, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tickets: $20; tickets sold through The Mercantile Library, https://www.mercantilelibrary.com/events/calendar/2026/12/03/miss-bennet-christmas-at-pemberley
CCM Dance. Photo by Dale Pickett.
8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3
8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4
2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
8 p.m., Saturday, Dec 5
• CCM Dance Series •
DANCE WORKS
Shauna Steele, Hee Ra Yoo, Deirdre Carberry and Gema Diaz, choreographers
Join us for an evening of magic and mystery as we visit beautiful gardens and shadowy kingdoms. The program includes selections from two classical ballets — “Kingdom of the Shades” from La Bayadère and “Jardin Animé” from La Corsaire— plus Pas de Quatre, a work originally choreographed for the four greatest ballerinas of the 19th century. CCM Dance Chair Shauna Steele creates a new contemporary work exploring themes of dissonance, veritas and the indomitable nature of the soul.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, plus one 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.
CCM Choral Studies. Photo by Mark Lyons.
2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6
5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6
FEAST OF CAROLS
CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Little Miami High School, Lakota East High School, Kings High School
Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors, with guest conductors Sarah Baker, Megan Johnson and Hope Milthaler
A Cincinnati tradition for more than 100 years! Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2026 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7
• CCM Prep Series •
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Cincinnati Jr. Youth Wind Ensemble (Jr. CYWE)
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble Saxophone Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman, Richard Canter and Peter Koury, music directors and conductors
The CYWE, Jr. CYWE and CYWE Saxophone Ensemble present an exciting program of popular holiday tunes, and more!
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, with intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9
UC SYMPHONY WINTER CONCERT
UC Symphony Orchestra
Angelo Anton, music director and conductor
Join the UC Symphony for an inspiring evening of music. Consisting of students and faculty from across the entire University of Cincinnati community, these musicians are sure to impress and inspire!
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10
BEARCAT BANDS WINTER CONCERT
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!
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11
• CCM Prep Series •
CCM PREP MUSICAL THEATRE COHORT SHOWCASE
Bethany Kerr, director
CCM Prep’s high school Musical Theatre Cohort will present a showcase of their talents. The audience will enjoy both ensemble review and select solo work.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Prep Youth Ballet. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13
• Prep Series •
FALL YOUTH BALLET CONCERT
Tricia Sundbeck, director
The CCM Youth Ballet Companies feature accomplished students from ages seven through adult, performing traditional and contemporary works.
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.
Cincinnati Youth Choir. Photo/ Provided.
5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence Series •
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD!
Cincinnati Youth Choir
Julie Brumback, Kelsey Burkett, Hope Milthaler, Melissa Surman, Jacquelyn Thompson, music directors and conductors
Celebrate the season with the Cincinnati Youth Choir! Our resident choirs join voices with the Cincinnati Choral Academy choir and the Vivo choirs for an afternoon of holiday favorites, seasonal carols and songs of joy and light. This festive tradition brings together young singers from across the region to ring in the holidays with music that warms the heart.
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.
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13
• CCM Prep Series •
CCM Elementary Strings Orchestra and CCM Jr. Strings Orchestra
Joyce Grabell, director of CCM Elementary Strings Orchestra
BettyAnne Gottlieb, director of CCM Jr. Strings Orchestra
CCM Strings Orchestras feature the region’s premiere young string players, ages 8-14, performing a variety of traditional, contemporary and multi-cultural string orchestra music.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Save the date for Moveable Feast: Horizons, CCM's fundraising event on January 22, 2027! Tickets are on sale through the UC Foundation at ccm.uc.edu/moveablefeast
7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11
CCM CMI FINAL CONCERT
Nick Photinos, music director
Chamber music groups from CCM's 2027 Chamber Music Intensive perform in concert.
Estimated run time: 120 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Dror Biran, piano
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Sahoko Sato Timpone, mezzo soprano; Jeffery Springer, tenor; Brian Hong, viola; and Kirill Kuzmin, piano
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
6-11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22
MOVEABLE FEAST: HORIZONS
A CCMpower benefit event
Inspired by the limitless possibilities that await CCM students, Moveable Feast: Horizons invites guests to explore the artistry, imagination and ambition that define one of the nation's premier performing and media arts institutions. Throughout the evening, you'll journey through CCM Village, enjoying delicious handheld bites and libations while experiencing an ever-changing landscape of student performances, demonstrations and creative encounters. From powerful musical performances and behind-the-scenes artistic experiences to innovative student-led presentations, every stop along the way offers a glimpse into the talent, dedication and vision that shape the future of the arts. Proceeds from the event provide vital support for CCM student scholarships, creative projects and transformative educational experiences.
Location: CCM Village
Tickets: Special ticket pricing and limited seating. Tickets are available for purchase through the UC Foundation at ccm.uc.edu/moveablefeast. For benefit details or sponsorship opportunities, call CCM Development and Alumni Relations at 513-556-2528.
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23
8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23
BAAM!
CCM Moving Light Programming II Course Project
Kevin Lawson, instructor and coordinator
Prepare to be dazzled by the spectacular creations of CCM’s Theatre Design and Production students presenting performance art of robotic lighting, video and technical systems integration in this biennial event!
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Brian Hong, viola
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30
• CCM Prep Series •
STARLING SHOWCASE
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
The best young soloists from CCM's Starling Programs in College and Prep perform classical and romantic violin concertos with orchestra.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Polina Bespalko, piano
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2
• CCM Faculty Artist Series •
Sooyun Kim, flute
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
CCM Winds. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3
• CCM Winds Series •
CANTUS LAETUS
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Featuring guest composer David Gillingham
Featuring guest ensemble West Clermont High School Wind Ensemble
Brian Fischer, conductor
Lydia Myers, assistant conductor
The CCM Wind Ensemble is joined by the West Clermont High School Wind Ensemble and guest composer David Gillingham for an exciting evening of music for winds and percussion.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite
BRONNENKANT: "The King of Cups" from Tarot
GILLINGHAM: Quintessence II
GILLINGHAM: Be Thou My Vision
GILLINGHAM: Cantus Laetus
Estimated run time: 2 hours with intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4
ELEMENTS OF SOUND
Presented as part of the Conservatory Series
Pavel Vinnitsky and Anna Vinnitsky, co-directors
Featuring faculty artists Sooyun Kim, flute; Pavel Vinnitsky, bass clarinet; Martin Garcia, bassoon; Christopher Sales, bassoon; David Alexander, horn; Alexandra Kazovsky, violin Benjamin Hughes, cello; and Anna Vinnitsky, piano
Featuring guest artists Kenneth Weiss, Professor of Harpsichord at Paris Conservatoire; William Welter, Principal Oboe at Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Williamson, Principal Clarinet at Chicago Symphony Orchestra
This program brings together four masterpieces that showcase the brilliance, color, and expressive range of chamber music across centuries. From Mozart's classical refinement to Janáček's vivid character, Rebel's dramatic ballet suite, and Poulenc's modern wit, the concert celebrates the extraordinary variety and expressive power of chamber music through centuries.
MOZART: Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 452
JANÁČEK: Mládí
REBEL: Les Élémens
POULENC: Sextet
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Robert. J. Werner Recital Hall
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5
• CCM Winds Series •
SURROUND SOUND
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest ensemble Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble
Richard Canter, conductor
The CCM Wind Symphony presents a program which immerses the audience in a vivid, surround-sound experience, from the antiphonal choirs of Giovanni Gabrieli’s Aria della Battaglia to the exuberant celebration of life in the face of tragedy in Nkeiru Okoye’s Voices Shouting Out. Mason Bates’ Mothership expands this idea into the digital age, layering electronic sounds and live “dockings” to create a swirling, three-dimensional soundscape. The evening culminates in Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Wind Ensemble, where the ensemble itself becomes a spatial instrument, surrounding listeners with shifting colors, textures and explosive energy.
GABRIELI: Aria della Bataglia, arr. Scatterday
OKOYE: Voices Shouting Out
BATES: Mothership
BRYANT: Concerto for Wind Ensemble
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6
• CCM Orchestra Series •
ETERNAL BRAHMS
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, conductor
Any faculty/student/guest artists or ensembles?
STRAUSS: “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome
TORKE: Concerto for Soprano Saxophone
TOMASI: Concerto for Alto Saxophone
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7
• CCM Jazz Series •
THE WORLD OF STAN KENTON
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
Experience the power and majesty of the great Stan Kenton, whose influential band represented the heights orchestral jazz concert music and swinging dance music. From Malagueña and Intermission Riff to Artistry in Rhythm, this show is certain to knock your jazz socks off!
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9
• CCM Orchestra Series •
CCM Concert Orchestra
Mark Gibson, conductor
Aik Khai Pung, music director
STRAUSS: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
TBD work
KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, “The Peacock”
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Promotional graphic for "Much Ado About Nothing." Graphic design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13
• CCM Play Series •
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
By William Shakespeare
Susan Felder, director
Any CCM-specific production elements you want to plug? Setting, etc.?]
A romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing follows two couples as they navigate love, deception and a witty “battle of the sexes.” Claudio and Hero’s love is tested by a cruel trick. Meanwhile, the fiercely independent Beatrice and eternal bachelor Benedick spar in a war of words. This classic comedy proves that even in a world full of gossip, mistaken identities, and mind games — love, in all its messy glory, prevails.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $26 adult, $15 student, $20 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16
• CCM Jazz Series •
THE MUSIC OF FREDDIE HUBBARD, WOODY SHAW AND MORE!
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
Featuring guest artist Carl Allen, drums
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20
• CCM Prep Series •
STARLING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
Serenades for string orchestra, solo works and concertos, played by accomplished teenagers. Starling Prep alumni have won competitions and Grammy Awards. Come and hear them first!
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22
• CCM Winds Series •
BRASS SHOWCASE
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
Featuring guest artist James Gourlay, and guest ensemble River’s Edge Brass Band
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
EVARTS: Exuberance!
MENDEZ: Romanza (horn feature)
WILLIAMS: Star Wars Main Title
WAGNER: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Ariel Quartet. Photo/provided.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23
•CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series•
HOMMAGE À BEETHOVEN
Ariel Quartet
SCHNITTKE: String Quartet No. 3
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
Estimated run time: TBD
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.
Graphic provided by Prof. Kenneth Shaw.
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27
• CCM Undergraduate Opera de Arte Series •
DOUBLE BILL: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST + AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Vittorio Giannini, composer; Robert A. Simon, librettist (Beauty and the Beast)
Gian Carlo Menotti, composer and librettist (Amahl and The Night Visitors)
Jeffrey Springer, director
Brett Scott, music director
Kenneth Shaw, producer
Opera d’arte presents a double bill of two one-act operas — one written specifically for radio, and the other written as a television production. This production will put the audience into the earliest days of the developing technologies of radio and TV.
Estimated run time: 2 hours, plus a 15-minute intermission
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $10 adult, $10 student, $10 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28
• CCM Orchestra Series •
CONDUCTING MASTER CLASS CONCERT
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
The CCM Philharmonia welcomes eight gifted conductors from around the world to participate in a four-day conducting master class. Witness their performance of two legendary masterworks, the culmination of a weekend of artistic growth working with CCM Director of Orchestral Studies Mark Gibson.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 1
• CCM Composition Series •
A VIEW FROM THE EDGE
Featuring new works by CCM student composers.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, March 1
• CCM Choral Series •
PROFESSIONAL CHORAL SINGING RESIDENCY CONCERT
CCM Chamber Choir and CCM Chorale
Joe Miller and Brett Scott, music directors and conductors
Featuring guest ensemble I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingsworth, guest conductor
CCM Choirs join Robert Hollingsworth and his award winning I Fagiolini music ensemble for a concert celebrating their residency.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, 325 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202
Admission: FREE
8:30 p.m. Monday, March 1
UNDERGRADUATE VOICE RECITAL
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Mary Emery Hall, Rm. 3250
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 2
THE POCKET ORCHESTRA TODAY
Musica Nova
Nick Photinos, music director
The “Pierrot” sextet has been a fixture of new music since Arnold Schonberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” over a century ago. Musica Nova explores an array of recent repertoire for this configuration (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion).
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3
• CCM Wind Series •
THROUGH LIGHT AND COLOR
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Featuring guest composer Viet Cuong
Cincinnati Junior Youth Wind Ensemble (Jr. CYWE)
Richard Canter, conductor
Guest composer Viet Cuong and the Cincinnati Junior Youth Wind Ensemble join the CCM Wind Ensemble for an exciting program of music that explores the rich colors of music for winds and percussion. Their program ranges from the Renaissance dances from Tielman Susato to the consortium premiere of Texas-based composer Ryan Lindveit’s Color Theory.
SUSATO/DUNNIGAN: Selections from The Danserye
CUONG: Lasting Light
GRAINGER: Children's March
LINDVEIT: Color Theory
Estimated run time: 2 hours with intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
Promotional image for "Cabaret." Graphic Design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Thursday, March 4
8 p.m. Friday, March 5
2 p.m. Saturday, March 6
8 p.m. Saturday, March 6
• CCM Musical Theatre Series •
CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Rachel Stevens, director
Ian Axness, music director and conductor
Jessica Harris, choreographer
Forget all your troubles and come to the Cabaret, where life is beautiful and the music is always playing. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of bohemian Berlin in the late 1920s. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. A Tony Award-winning musical, beloved songs include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Maybe This Time.”
Content advisory: This production contains mature themes, including strong sexual content, profanity, drug use, abortion, violence, antisemitism and Nazi imagery.
Estimated run time: 2 hours, including a 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.
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5
• CCM Winds Series •
OF LAND AND SEA
CCM Wind Symphony
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest composer Viet Cuong
A program of music inspired by both the wonders of the natural world and the those created by the ingenuity of the human mind. From Michael Gilbertson’s Usonian Dwellings, inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, to Viet Cuong’s “Deep Down” Symphony No. 1, this program takes us on a journey of exploration and exhilaration.
RESPIGHI: Huntingtontower Ballad
GILBERTSON: Usonian Dwellings
GARRUP: Forged by the Sea
CUONG: Deep Down: Symphony No. 1
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.
3 p.m. Saturday, March 6
• Jazz Series •
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL: GALA CONCERT
CCM Jazz Orchestra
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 guest artist from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
4 p.m. Sunday, March 7
• CCM Orchestra Series •
CCM Concert Orchestra
Mark Gibson, conductor
Aik Khai Pung, music director
WALTON: Johannesburg Festival Orchestra
GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in am (1904)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 (1902)
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Monday, March 8
ACTING SENIOR SHOWCASE AND DOLLY AWARDS
Featuring the Class of 2027
Enjoy the talents of the CCM Acting Class of 2027 in its exciting industry showcase prior to its professional debut in Chicago.
Estimated run time: 40 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Philharmonia. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10
• CCM Orchestra Series •
MAHLER FIVE
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
The next stop on CCM Philharmonia’s Mahler excursion is his epic Symphony No. 5, paired with the world premiere of CCM Professor Michael Fiday’s new orchestral work “5.” Introduced to American audiences with its U.S. premiere by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1905, Mahler’s fifth is a romantic masterpiece — from the iconic trumpet fanfare opening to the final Adagietto, often dubbed Mahler’s “greatest hit,” the music takes audiences on an emotional journey from mourning to triumph.
FIDAY: “5” *World Premiere
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor (1902)
Estimated run time: 100 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. Wednesday, March 10
• CCM Composition Series •
SONIC EXPLORATIONS
Featuring an evening of electroacoustic and computer music by CCM students, faculty and guests.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Friday, March 12
7 p.m. Saturday, March 13
• Musical Theatre Series •
MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE
Featuring the Class of 2027
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 33rd edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2027 prior to its New York City debut.
Estimated run time: 60 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 12
• CCM Choral Series •
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CONCERT
CCM Chorale
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
UC Choruses
Featuring guest ensemble Madrigalchor
CCM welcomes guest ensemble Madrigalchor, from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, led by Martin Steidler.
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
Cincinnati Youth Choir. Photo/ Provided.
5 p.m. Sunday, March 14
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence Series •
JUST KEEP SINGING!
Cincinnati Youth Choir
Kelsey Burkett, Hope Milthaler, Melissa Surman, Jacquelyn Thompson, directors and conductors
For 34 years, the Cincinnati Youth Choir has given young people a place to grow, connect, and find their voice. Just Keep Singing celebrates that legacy with a concert honoring our past, present, and future. Join us for an evening of beloved repertoire and new favorites as we look back on three decades of song and forward to all that is still to come.
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.
2 p.m. Saturday, March 27
7 p.m. Saturday, March 27
MUSICAL THEATRE FRESHMXN SHOWCASE
Featuring the class of 2030
Freshmxn Showcase is a program developed, choreographed, directed and performed entirely by the first-year BFA Musical Theatre students. Freshmxn Showcase serves as an initial launch pad into life at CCM, allowing students to discuss and settle on themes and ideas that represent their point of views as a cohort. Together, they collaborate on song selections and staging that share the stories they wish to tell. Join the celebration of the class of 2030’s entry to CCM Musical Theatre.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Dance. Photo by Dale Pickett.
8 p.m. Thursday, April 1
8 p.m. Friday, April 2
2 p.m. Saturday, April 3
8 p.m., Saturday, April 3
• CCM Dance Series •
JOYFUL NOISE
Shauna Steele, director
Featuring guest choreographer Sidra Bell
CCM Dance and the CCM Concert Orchestra, led by Mark Gibson, present an evening of exuberant ballet and modern dance. The program includes selections from Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, including Act III, the Pas de Troix from Act I and the Dryad Queen from Act II. It also features a TBA piece by guest choreographer Sidra Bell, Adjustible Wrench by Michael Torkes and the prelude of Phillip Glass’ Akhnaten.
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.
1:30 p.m. Friday, April 2
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
REVISITING “ELOQUENCE” IN THE MUSIC OF J.S. BACH
Karl Braunschweig Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Music at Wayne State University
Recent work on schema theory and partimento practice has profoundly reshaped how we think about harmony and the compositional process in eighteenth-century music and invites us to reconsider how these insights elucidate important aspects of Bach’s signature style, particularly as it relates to earlier ideas about melody and rhetoric. This talk revisits the notion of eloquence as it relates to common schemata and other important characteristics of Bach’s style, including the “continuo polyphony” (Dahlhaus) of the early eighteenth century, a “hierarchical counterpoint” resulting from a historical layering of specific practices. Reconsideration of selected passages from the composer’s instrumental and vocal works from this perspective vividly reveals some of these important practices that together deepen our understanding of his unique aesthetic achievement. These practices include the interaction of distinct compositional layers, expressive melodic lines, and the general shaping of form—hallmarks of Bach’s compositional technique, which we can interpret as a mark of eloquence, as an updated conception of musical rhetoric resonant with eighteenth-century ideas.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: CCM Baur Room
Admission: FREE
8 p.m. Friday, April 2
OPERA SHOWCASE
Featuring CCM Artist Diploma Opera students
An evening of arias, songs and scenes from opera and musical theater works.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Steel Drum Band. Photo by Andrew Higley.
7 p.m. Sunday, April 4
• CCM 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: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Connor Boyle.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6
• CCM Winds Series •
STAR WARS X THE PLANETS
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Journey through the galaxy in a cosmic concert featuring Gustav Holst’s celestial showpiece The Planets and John Williams’ epic Star Wars Suite. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Production students.
HOLST: The Planets
WILLIAMS: Star Wars Suite
Estimated run time: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
Ariel Quartet. Photo/provided.
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6
• CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series •
NEW WORLDS
Ariel Quartet
Featuring guest artist Barry Shiffman, viola
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91
PENDERECKI: String Quartet No. 1
DVOŘÁK: String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, B. 180, “American”
Estimated run time: TBD
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. Wednesday, April 7
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: CCM Mary Emery Hall, Rm. 3250
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8
• CCM Choral Series •
UC CHORUSES SPRING CONCERT
Alta Petit
Hannah Duff, Caleb Hixon, conductors
Juncta Juvant
Andrew Miller, Zachary Lindquist, conductors
Cabaret Singers
Alberto de la Paz, Rupert Peacock, conductors
Join the UC Choruses for the culminating celebration of a thrilling year of music making, featuring diverse and engaging choral offerings.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
5 p.m. Saturday, April 10
• CCM Prep Series •
STARLING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
Serenades for String Orchestra, solo works and concertos, played by accomplished teenagers. Starling Prep alumni have won competitions and Grammy Awards. Come and hear them first!
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, April 11
CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION WINNER RECITALS
The winning groups from CCM's Chamber Music Competition perform in two concerts showcasing the best of CCM's chamber program. Please join us for a reception in the Baur Room between the two concerts.
Estimated run time: 100 minutes, each concert
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12
• CCM Winds Series •
HISTORY OF CCM BRASS CHOIR
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
Featuring alumni guest artist Nate Siler, conductor
Join us for an evening of music, showcasing Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story and compositions from the Thor Johnson-Robert King Composition contest that the CCM Brass Choir hosted in the mid 1940’s.
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12
ANZÛ QUARTET AND THE MUSIC OF KEN THOMSON
Musica Nova
Nick Photinos, music director
Featuring guest artist Anzû Quartet (Olivia de Prato, violin; Ashley Bathgate, cello; Ken Thomson, clarinet; Karl Larson, piano)
Musica Nova welcomes the new music supergroup Anzu Quartet in a concert of works by Ken Thomson and side-by side performances with Musica Nova of music by Philip Glass and more.
Estimated run time: 70 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13
• CCM Jazz Series •
SINGER UNLIMITED
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director
Featuring a CCM Jazz student vocalist
CCM Jazz vocal students will be featured singing different styles of Jazz from Swing to Bebop and more!
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 14
• CCM Winds Series •
PAST ECHOES, PRESENT SOUND
CCM Wind Ensemble
Tyler Ehrlich, music director and conductor
Featuring guest ensemble Campbell County High School Wind Ensemble
Nick Little, conductor
The CCM Wind Ensemble is joined by the Campbell County High School Wind Ensemble for their final concert of the season. Their program includes Flourishes and Meditations by Michael Gandolfi, a 20th-century fantasy on an anonymous Renaissance melody, and Starry Crown by Donald Grantham, a work that sets ‘gutbucket’ gospel music of the 1920s and 1930s for modern wind ensemble.
TOWER: Fascinating Ribbons
GANDOLFI: Flourishes and Meditations
PERSICHETTI: Divertimento for Band
ITOH: Daydreams
GRANTHAM: Starry Crown
Estimated run time: 2 hours with intermission
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. Thursday, April 15
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
Promotional graphic for "Ariadne Auf Naxos." Design by Mikki Graff.
8 p.m. Thursday, April 15
8 p.m. Friday, April 16
2 p.m. Saturday, April 17
• CCM Opera Series •
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Brian Robertson, director
William R. Langley, conductor
A lighthearted “opera within an opera,” Ariadne auf Naxos entertains audiences with high art and low comedy. Heartbreak meets humor when a serious opera and a bawdy comedy troupe are forced to perform simultaneously on stage. The result is a witty, yet heartwarming, story about love, loss and transformation. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 35 minutes, including one 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.
5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18
CHAMBER BASH
CCM students perform a variety of chamber music from the canon and beyond
Estimated run time: 90 min per concert
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
CCM Jazz Orchestra. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7 p.m. Sunday, April 18
• CCM Jazz Series •
CINCINNATI TO NEW YORK
CCM Jazz Orchestra
Scott Belck, music director
Featuring guest artist Jared Schonig, drums
Get ready for a night of electrifying high energy jazz with a modern twist when the CCM Jazz Orchestra is joined by top-call jazz NYC drummer Jared Schonig. New riffs, standards and everything in between all come to life with this thrilling season finale!
Estimated run time: 75 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. Thursday, April 22
SUPERNOVA: MUSICA NOVA PLAYS VIEW FROM THE EDGE
Musica Nova
Nick Photinos, music director
CCM students premiere new chamber music by CCM student composers.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
CCM Wind Symphony. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23
• CCM Winds + Orchestra Series •
JOURNEYS THROUGH TIME
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Micheal Holzman, music director and conductor
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Travel across time, myth and imagination in a concert that blends vivid contemporary soundscapes with the sweeping power of the Romantic era. Music by David Biedenbender, Ida Gotkovsky and Patrick Harlin launches us into a world where time bends and motion propels us forward. The journey continues with the majestic music of Richard Wagner, from the radiant Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg to the shimmering forest textures of “Waldweben" and the thrilling momentum of "Siegfried’s Rhine Journey.” From fleeting moments to epic sagas, this program invites audiences to experience music that captures the passage of time and the power of storytelling in sound. Presented with colorful lighting designed by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
CCM Wind Symphony:
BIEDENBENDER: Time Flies
GOTKOVSKY: Poeme du feu
HARLIN: The Time Traveler
CCM Philharmonia:
WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)
WAGNER: “Waldweben," from Siegfried (1876)
WAGNER: "Siegfried’s Rhine Journey," from Götterdämmerung (1876)
Estimated run time: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: 19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
CCM Choral Studies. Photo by Mark Lyons.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24
• CCM Ochestra and Choral Series •
PASSAGE INTO SPIRIT
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director
CCM Chorale and CCM Chamber Choir
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
TBD work
BASS: Passage Into Spirit
POULENC: Gloria (1959)
Estimated run time: 100 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: 19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.
1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 25
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
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27
UC SYMPHONY SPRING CONCERT
UC Symphony Orchestra
Angelo Anton, music director and conductor
Join the UC Symphony for an inspiring evening of music. Consisting of students and faculty from across the entire University of Cincinnati community, these musicians are sure to impress and inspire!
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28
BEARCAT BANDS SPRING CONCERT
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!
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
CCM Prep Youth Ballet. Photo/ Provided by CCM Prep.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28
BEARCAT BANDS SPRING CONCERT
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!
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
2 p.m. Sunday, May 2
• CCM Prep Series •
SPRING BALLET DEMONSTRATION: MOTHER GOOSE AND FRIENDS
Tricia Sundbeck, director
From the smallest three-year-old to our seniors heading out into the world. This annual recital gives our families an opportunity to see how much their child have improved throughout the year.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: FREE
7 p.m. Monday, May 3
• CCM Prep Series •
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Cincinnati Jr. Youth Wind Ensemble (Jr. CYWE)
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble Saxophone Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman, Richard Canter and Peter Koury, music directors and conductors
The CYWE, Jr. CYWE and CYWE Saxophone Ensemble present an exciting program of popular holiday tunes, and more!
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, with intermission
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 5
• CCM Prep Series •
SUZUKI STRINGS GRAND FINALE
Joyce Grabell, director
Hear the work and progress of Suzuki students from ages 3 to 18, who will perform pieces from the Suzuki and standard repertoire.
Estimated run time: 60 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
12:15 p.m. Saturday, May 8
• CCM Prep Series •
PREP JAZZ SHOWCASE
CCM Youth Jazz Orchestra, CCM Prep High School Jazz Combo, CCM Jr. Jazz Orchestra
Eric Lechliter, Brad Myers and Alex Merk, music directors
Join 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 strut their stuff in an exciting Jazz showcase.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office; student and group discounts are available.
Experiencing the magic of CCM OnStage has never been easier! Purchase your tickets:
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CCM’s Box Office hours are Tue-Fri from 1-5 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 phone at 513-556-4183 or email at boxoff@uc.edu.
Directions and Parking
CCM is located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. For detailed driving directions, visit ccm.uc.edu/directions.
Parking is available in UC's CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Effective July 1, 2023, all University of Cincinnati Parking Services locations are cashless. Pay for parking securely with your credit/debit card. All major credit cards accepted.
CCM OnStage patrons can add pre-paid parking to their checkout carts when purchasing tickets. Pre-paid parking is date/performance specific. CCM Garage parking rates for a performance or special event is usually available for $10-15. Learn more about parking at UC's CCM Garage.
For additional information on parking at UC, please visit uc.edu/about/parking.
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