CCM's fall schedule of ticketed performances now available

Described by the American Record Guide as "a consummate ensemble gifted with utter musicality and remarkable interpretive power," CCM's String Quartet-in-Residence has earned a glowing international reputation. This performance is presented in memory of Paul Sittenfeld.

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde" 
RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

CCM’s internationally acclaimed String-Quartet-in-Residence continues its concert series with Lera Auerbach’s “Frozen Dreams,” which premiered in 2020, and Béla Bartók’s penultimate quartet.

AUERBACH: String Quartet No. 10, “Frozen Dreams” 
BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 5

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

CCM Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Youth Choir and Choral Alumni Choir
Joe Miller, conductor

BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu nostri
SHAW: To the Hands

3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31
Christ Church Cathedral, 318 East 4th Street, Cincinnati OH, 45202

Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Robyn Lana, music director 

The Cincinnati Youth Choir will brighten your hearts and minds with sounds of the season celebrating holidays, family, friendship, and singing together again. 

2 and 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 
Corbett Auditorium

Shauna Steele, director

Experience emerging choreographers as CCM dance majors present dynamic and diverse works from classical ballet to contemporary dance with themes ranging from the definition of love, to the nature of light and dark in our souls, to a work embodying the aurora borealis. Music ranges from Claude DeBussy’s Suite bergamasque, L. 75, No. 3, “Clair de lune" to an instrumental composition by MISSIO.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17 
Cohen Family Studio Theater

Shauna Steele, director 
Featuring world premieres by choreographer Shauna Steele and composer Aya Yoshida, Alexander Zemlinsky Prize Winner

CCM Dance showcases an array of classic and contemporary works restaged and choreographed by CCM Dance faculty and guest choreographers. From Paquita, choreographed by Marius Petipa (1910) and restaged by Deirdre Carberry, to Falling Upwards by Shauna Steele, which features the world premiere of a new work by Aya Yoshida, winner of the international Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition. The premiere is performed by the CCM Dance Ensemble and the CCM Philharmonia, conducted by Mark Gibson.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 
3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5
Patricia Corbett Theater 

CCM Chamber Choir, Chorale and Concert Orchestra, UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses, and Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Featuring guest choirs from Mason High School, Kings High School, Dixie Heights High School, and Anderson High School 
Robyn Lana, Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors, with guest conductors 

Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2021 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs from Mason High School, Kings High School, Dixie Heights High School and Anderson High School.

2 and 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 
2 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
Featuring Grammy Award Winning Saxophonist Chip McNeill

Live and in living color, the acclaimed CCM Jazz Orchestra celebrates the music of two of the 20th century’s most influential artists, Michael Brecker and Jaco Pastorius. The band is joined by Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Chip McNeill, so buckle your seatbelts for a night of fireworks!

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Jazz Lab Band
Craig Bailey, music director

The CCM Jazz Lab Band performs high-energy classics by great composers Cole Porter, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman and others.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director

Join the CCM Jazz Orchestra for a swinging night of music from the pen of jazz master John Clayton. Leader of the Grammy Award-winning Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and one of the most in-demand bass players on the planet, Clayton’s music runs the gamut from hard-swinging big band, to funky post-bop, to the subtle beauty of the most poignant ballads. This night will have you dancing in your seat.

7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Jazz Lab Band 
Craig Bailey, music director

Celebrating the greats of Latin jazz, including Poncho Sanchez, Ray Barretto and Tito Puente, Mario Bauza, and Jerry Gonzalez. 

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band 
Featuring CCM Musical Theatre students 
Scott Belck, music director 
Diane Lala, choreographer

Enjoy our original version of Ellington’s remarkable adaptation of The Nutcracker Suite, brought to life with stunning choreography from CCM Musical Theatre’s stars of tomorrow.

2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21
Patricia Corbett Theater

Book by Douglas Carter Beane 
Music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar 
Based on the Universal Pictures film with a screenplay by Richard Danus and Marc Rubel
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sara Murchison,/Dale Smith & Carl Smulyan 
Diane Lala director and choreographer 
Ian Axness, musical director

Experience the magic of the 1980s in this Tony Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you! Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time: the first roller disco! But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds. Xanadu is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31 
Patricia Corbett Theater

Book by Enda Walsh 
Music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová 
Based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney 
Richard Hess, director 
Steve Goers, musical director 
Eric Santagata, musical staging

On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music in this Tony Award-winning musical. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by emotionally charged music. Featuring all of the magical songs from the critically acclaimed film, including the Oscar-winning "Falling Slowly," this achingly beautiful, joyously uplifting show strikes an unforgettable chord in audiences and speaks to the power of music to connect us all.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13  
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14  
Cohen Family Studio Theater

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte 
Brian McCann, conductor  
Robin Guarino, director

The most popular of Mozart’s operas, The Marriage of Figaro presents a comically tangled web of infidelity, duplicity, blackmail and mistaken identity, all leading to a happily-ever-after ending. Recounting a single day of madness in the palace of Count Almaviva, this classic opera buffa is celebrated for its wonderful arias, complemented by some of the finest ensemble scenes ever written. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 
2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

For the first time since February 2020, the CCM Philharmonia returns to the Corbett Auditorium stage at full strength in a diverse and dynamic program, featuring works by a rising star, a neglected master, and the first masterwork of one of the great symphonists of our tradition.

MONTGOMERY: Starburst 
PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement 
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1

7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor

The CCM Philharmonia honors American composers from different traditions with music influenced by rock, folk and European styles.

TORKE: Ecstatic Orange 
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80 
DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director 
Kevin Michael Holzman, conductor 
Featuring faculty artists Michael Chertock, piano; Catharine Lees, viola; and Michael Mergen, trumpet

We are thrilled to welcome faculty artists Michael Chertock, Catharine Lees and Kevin Michael Holzman back to the stage. They are joined by CCM’s new trumpet professor, Michael Mergen, in a program of challenging virtuosity and creativity. Featuring music of Tania León, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 
LEÓN: Para Viola y Orquesta (1994) 
HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major

7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12
Patricia Corbett Theater

By Thornton Wilder 
Brant Russell, director 
Carol Brammer, assistant director 
Karl Meyers, music director

Winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this timeless portrait of life in a mythical New Hampshire town has become an American classic. Through the lives of Grover’s Corners residents George Gibbs and Emily Webb, Wilder explores the universal questions about the meaning of love, life and death.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 (preview) 
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 
2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 
Patricia Corbett Theater

By William Shakespeare 
k. Jenny Jones, director

Roman senators Brutus and Cassius lead a group effort to assassinate Julius Caesar and end his tyrannical rule. But his assassination does not help matters, sending the people of Rome into warring factions as the city descends into bloody civil chaos.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 
7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5
Cohen Family Studio Theater

Tricia Sundbeck, director 

The CCM Youth Ballet Companies feature talented students from ages nine through adult, performing traditional and contemporary works choreographed by CCM and CCM Prep faculty. 

7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 
Patricia Corbett Theater

CCM Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble 
Kevin Michael Holzman and Thomas Gamboa, music directors and conductors 
Featuring Shannon Cochran, soprano

The CCM Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with a program of American composers.

Wind Ensemble 
NELSON: Rocky Point Holiday 
McCUNE: High Water Rising 
SCHUMAN: New England Triptych

Wind Symphony 
ARCHER: Fanfare Politeia 
IVES: Variations on “America” 
MACKEY: Places We Can No Longer Go 
STILL: Symphony No. 1 in A-flat Major, “Afro-American”

4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Denise Tryon, horn

The CCM Wind Symphony ventures into the world of fables and dreams with CCM Associate Professor of Horn Denise Tryon and Percy Grainger’s classic Lincolnshire Posy.

TIAN: Petals of Fire 
HOLLAND: Dream Elegy   
LIKHUTA: Vivid Dreams Concerto for Low Horn and Wind Ensemble 
TICHELI: Lux Perpetua 
GRAINGER: Lincolnshire Posy

7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1 
Corbett Auditorium

CCM Wind Symphony and Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE) 
Kevin Michael Holzman and Ann Porter, music directors and conductors 
Featuring faculty artist James Bunte, saxophone 
Featuring guest artist Jason Alexander Holmes, narrator

The CCM Wind Symphony is joined by the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE) and faculty artist James Bunte, saxophone, in a thrilling program featuring Joseph Schwantner’s monumental work inspired by the visionary speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

HIGDON: Fanfare Ritmico 
WORK: Autumn Walk   
LOVE: Solace, A Lyric Concerto 
SCHWANTNER: New Morning for the World: “Daybreak of Freedom”

7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5
Corbett Auditorium