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CCM AND CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ESTABLISH DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EXCEPTIONAL STRING PLAYERSFunded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program provides an unparalleled two-year learning experience for graduate-level violin, viola, violoncello and double bass players coming from populations that are historically underrepresented in classical music. Read more...

CCM AND TWIN TOWERS TEAM UP TO BRING NEW MUSICAL EXPERIENCES TO SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY RESIDENTSCCM graduate students Annie Barr and Alyssa Griffith are the inaugural artists-in-residence in a new program that provides free housing at Twin Towers in exchange for allowing inside access to music’s creative process. Read more...

OPERA FUSION GRANT RENEWED BY MELLON FOUNDATIONCCM and Cincinnati Opera’s groundbreaking Opera Fusion program will produce six more workshops over the next three years thanks to a $300,000 gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Read more...

ALUMNI APPLAUSE

ALL ABOUT THAT BASS: CCM ALUMNUS FINDS SUCCESS TOURING WITH POP STARS AND BROADWAY PRODUCTIONSMaurice A. Ellis (BM Jazz Studies, 2012) has quickly made a name for himself as a bassist for some of pop music's biggest stars. Most recently, he has toured with Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Meghan Trainor and made memorable appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Read more...

CCM ALUMNUS TAKES SECOND PLACE AT ALTAMURA/CARUSO COMPETITIONBaritone Emmett O’Hanlon (BM Voice, 2012) tied for second place at the international voice competition on Sunday, Oct. 25. He won a cash prize of $6,000 as the second-place winner. Read more...

FACULTY FANFARE

LIFE, MUSIC AND THE ART OF FREEDOM WITH CCM ADJUNCT PROFESSOR JENNIFER ROIG-FRANCOLÍThe CCM faculty member and Alexander Technique teacher shares insight into her busy schedule and all-encompassing approach to stress and pain relief. Read more…

CCM GRAD AND ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER WINS FIRST PRIZE AT INTERNATIONAL CONDUCTING COMPETITIONAlumnus and adjunct faculty member Junghyun James Cho (MM Orchestral Conducting, 2013; AD Opera Coaching, 2014) received top honors at the 2015 Blue Danube International Opera Conducting Competition. Read more...

STUDENT SALUTES

CCM DOCTORAL CANDIDATE TAKES TOP HONORS AT SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITIONSecond-year doctoral student Youkyoung Kim won the Gold Medalist prize along with the Audience Favorite prize in the professional category of this year’s Seattle International Piano Competition. As the winner of the competition’s professional category, she also received a $2,000 cash prize. Read more...

CCM STUDENT COMPOSER RECEIVES GRANT SUPPORT FROM ARTSWAVE AND PEOPLE’S LIBERTYSecond-year Master of Music candidate Nate May has been awarded a total of $16,500 in grants to support a performance of his thesis in April of 2016. Read more...

UNDERGRADUATE SAXOPHONE QUARTET ADVANCES IN MTNA COMPETITIONThe Torrential Quartet has advanced to the regional round of the chamber music competition hosted by the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). The Quartet – which is comprised of CCM students Mark Harrison, Caleb Burkhardt, Samuel Lana and Kyle Kidwell – is vying for a place in the MTNA National Finals in April of 2016. Read more...

CCM IN THE NEWS

Review: Parlor-Style Mozart from the Ariel Quartet (New York Times). Read more...

Lessons Learned with CCM Preparatory Faculty Member Dee Anne Bryll (CityBeat). Read more...

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CCM Alumnae Laura Hall (BFA Musical Theatre, 2007) and Kate Wesler (BFA Musical Theatre, 2014) discuss their roles with the national tour of Pippin on WKRC TV’s Good Morning Cincinnati. Watch now.

CCM Dean Peter Landgren and CSO President Trey Devey discuss CCM’s new Diversity Fellowship initiative with Rachel Katz on WWFM: The Classical Network. Listen now.

A group of students, faculty and alumni involved in this summer’s “Expedition Alaska” Production Master Class project share their experiences on WVXU 91.7 FM’s Cincinnati Edition. Listen now.

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CCM’S SECOND ANNUAL 48-HOUR FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES GUESTS FROM KENYA All UC students are invited to participate in a whirlwind weekend of filmmaking, scheduled for Nov. 6 – 8, 2015. This year’s festival will include a unique cultural exchange with Kenyatta University. Read more.

CCM FACULTY ARTIST AWADAGIN PRATT JOINS THE ARIEL QUARTET FOR A PERFORMANCE OF DVOŘÁK’S PIANO QUINTETThe internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet continues its 2015-16 concert series in grand fashion on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with a program featuring works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Dvořák. Read more.

CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR PRESENTS SPECIAL LECTURE AT CCMThe UC Fellows of the Graduate School welcomes French conductor Louis Langrée as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Read more.

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