WATCH: CCM participates in international virtual performance with Chinese conservatory
Audiences all over the world can watch the concert in the "Melody of Yangtze River" exchange season
The Wuhan Conservatory of Music invited UC's College-Conservatory of Music to participate in the fifth year of its "Melody of Yangtze River: World Famous Music Institution Exchange Performance Season." The virtual season shares performances from 25 world famous music instutitions and orchestras from 11 countries.
Wuhan Conservatory of Music created an online platform to share live broadcasts of the programs to promote music and arts institutions around the world and to "join hands, actively exert the power of music and inspire people to face the future, fight against the pandemic together and promote development together." The virtual performance season debuted CCM's concert video submission on November 29, 2021 on Yang Shipin, a mobile-based video platform developed by CCTV, China's national broadcaster.
CCM's performance submission showcases the CCM Concert Orchestra, the Ariel Quartet with CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows, CCM Chamber Winds and the CCM Philharmonia with Opera and Voice majors. Repertoire and performance details are below.
Musical Bridges: An International Exchange
Created as part of the Wuhan Conservatory of Music’s Melody of Yangtze River: 2021 World Famous Music Institution Exchange Performance Season
CCM Concert Orchestra (Recorded on Sept. 13, 2021)
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
CCM string quartet-in-residence the Ariel Quartet (Recorded on Oct. 27, 2020)
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin
Jan Grüning, viola
Amit Even Tov, cello
With CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows
Cristian Diaz, viola
Denielle Wilson, cello
CCM Chamber Winds (Recorded on Sept. 20, 2021)
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
CCM Opera and Voice Majors with the CCM Philharmonia (Recorded on March 28, 2021)
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Kathleen Kelly, musical preparation
Marie-France Lefebvre, musical preparation for the Don Giovanni Sextet
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica” (1805), II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai by Ludwig van Beethoven
CCM Concert Orchestra
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major (1761-1765), I. Moderato by Joseph Haydn
CCM Concert Orchestra
String Sextet in B-flat Major No. 1, Op. 18 (1860), I. Allegro ma non troppo by Johannes Brahms
Ariel Quartet and CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows
Sinfonietta for Ten Winds, Op. 188 by Joachim Raff
CCM Chamber Winds
Sextet: “Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CCM Opera and Voice Majors with the CCM Philharmonia
- Brittany Olivia Logan – Donna Elvira
- Johan Hartman – Leporello
- Tyler Johnson – Don Ottavio
- Teresa Perrotta – Donna Anna
- Justin Burgess – Masetto
- Christina Hazen – Zerlina
CCM Concert Orchestra
Violin I
- Emma Joyce, concertmaster
- Sejin Byun, assist. concertmaster
- Yasmine Bougacha
- Yi Jing Guo
- JunJung Hang
- Yeonkyeong Ju
- Jiye Li
- Riki Nagai
- Rafael Roig-Francoli
- Yuanchun Wu
- Yuezi Wu
Violin II
- John Galik, principal
- Ava Shedd, assist. principal
- Korah Cuff
- LaYang Ka
- Jingyu Li
- Gordon Meeks
- Yinyin Sun
- Sushu Xiao
- Chunyu Ye
- Yuqiu Zhao
Viola
- Caleb Robinson, principal
- Chloe Drake, co-assist. principal
- Lauryn Koeppel, co-assist. principal
- Nan Cai
- Murphy Combs
- Ryan De La Ree
- Damian Fogwell
- Cate Mazon
- Celeste Meisel
- Isaiah Morris-Polk
- Aadhivan Ramkumar
- Yiming Shao
- Emily Stegmuller
- Nicholas Wilbur
- Matthias Young
Cello
- Luis Parra, principal
- Nick Man To Tsang, assist. principal
- Aidan Bolding
- Joseph Frank
- Abigail Leidy
- Maximiliano Oppeltz
Double Bass
- Esther Kwon, principal
- Jack Kotchka-Smith, assist. principal
- Riley Foos
- Jane Hanneman
- Anna Mears
- Jason Meusel
- Abby Singer-Miller
Flute
- Caitlyn Lyerly
- Katie Frazier
- Jocelyn Zhang*
Oboe
- Dylan Reynallt**
- Elena Suarez Davila*
- William Raine
Clarinet
- Cameron DeLuca
- Alyssa Barry
- Caylie Vaubel*
- Marian Mayen
Bassoon
- Kathleen Moran*
- Zoë SirLouis
Horn
- Delaney Breen
- Charlie Klukow
- Joe Muhl
- Hannah Kittleson
- Brianne Ihasz
- Josh Hannon*
- Bri Ihasz**
Trumpet
- Taylor Yarbrough
- James Martin*
Trombone
- Andrew Nichols
- Gabe Gilliland
- Jefferson Tunks
Timpani
- Kyle Roemer
Graduate Assistants
- Robbie Garza
- Xiao Geng
- Brian McCann
- Sophie Mok
- Laura Reyes
- Vaughn Richardson
- Hannah Schendel
Orchestra Librarians
- Rebecca Flank
- Kristin Welke
*Principal for Beethoven Symphony No. 3
**Principal for Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1
CCM Chamber Winds
Flute
- Youbeen Cho
- Yian Liu
Oboe
- Leo De La Cruz
- Yayi Senior
Clarinet
- Nathan Murta
- Jason Wilcox
Horn
- Taryn Lee
- Jacob Speakman
Bassoon
- John Robken
- Zachary Elmore
CCM Philharmonia
Violin I
- Magdiell Antequera, concertmaster
- Grace Brown, assistant concertmaster
- Liam Gibb
- Skylar Hansen
- Jungeun Noh
- Tiffany Steinweg
- Alayne Wegner
Violin II
- Maggie Niekamp, principal
- Maalik Glover
- Lauren Greene
- Brittany Hausmann
- Amelia Korbitz
- Rafael Roig-Francoli
Viola
- Julius Adams, principal
- Yu Ting Huang
- Javier Otalora
- Jordan Watt
Cello
- Max Oppeltz, principal
- Marcel Bobe Melendez
- Denielle Wilson
Double Bass
- Peter Kim, principal
- Anna Mears
Flute
- Julianna Eidle, principal
- Vincenzo Volpe
Oboe
- Daniel Outlaw, principal
- Zachary Walker
Clarinet
- Cameron De Luca, principal
- Ken Chen
Bassoon
- Zach Elmore, principal
- Zoe SirLouis
Horn
- Szymon Rywalski, principal
- Catherine Dowd
- Emma Van Zuyle
- Tony Padilla
Trumpet
- Andrew Jeng, principal
- Reynolds Martin
Trombone
- James Smith, principal
Timpani
- TJ Stroth
Harp
- Ashley Lim
Graduate Conducting Assistants
- Xiao Geng
- Kara Piatt
- Shimon Ohi
- Sophie Mok
- Kin Szeto
- Caleb Glickman
Librarians
- Rebecca Flank
- Kristin Welke
Video Production
- MasseyGreenAVP, LLC
- Director: John Massey
- Producer: Matt Green
Camera Operators
- Matt Green
- Glenn Hartong
- John Massey
- Billy Saho
- Derek Sims
- John Tapogna
- Lisa Ventre
Editor/Assistant Producer
- Austin Maynard
Audio Engineers
- Simón Sotelo
- Joel Crawford
Senior Director of Performance Operations
- Rayburn Dobson
CCMONSTAGE Online Series Concept Developed and Managed by
- Curt Whitacre
CCM Digital Content Team
- Kenneth D. Allen
- Clarence M. Brown
- Kevin Burke
- Rebecca Butts
- Rayburn Dobson
- Melissa Godoy
- Mikki Graff
- Melissa Neeley-Nicolini
- Simón Sotelo
- Stephanie Temeles
- Curt Whitacre
CCM Dean | Thomas James Kelly Professor of Music
- Stanley E. Romanstein, PhD
UC Alumni Association Executive Director
- Jennifer L. Heisey
UC Foundation President
- Peter E. Landgren
UC President
- Neville G. Pinto, PhD
Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
Community Partners
The Joseph and Frances Jones Poetker Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation, Ritter & Randolph, LLC, Corporate Counsel
Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
ArtsWave: Funding Arts, Fueling Community
CCMpower: Friends and Alumni Fueling the Future of the Arts
The Strader Fund at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
CCMONSTAGE ONLINE Broadcast Sponsors
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer
Musical Theatre Department Sponsor
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld+
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Dr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsor
Richard E. Thornburgh
Edward Donovan and Cheryl Carter
Jeff Thomas Catering
The Castleberry Family
KMK Law
Sandra & Stephen Joffe
Paula Boggs Muething & Brian Muething
Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
Trish & Rick Bryan
Prestige AV & Creative Services
Graeter’s Ice Cream
CCMpower
The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate & Prejudice through the Performing Arts
Event Sponsors
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
Sponsors listed as of August 30, 2021
Featured image at the top: The CCM Concert Orchestra performing in Corbett Auditorium. Photo/MasseyGreenAVP
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