September 7, 2021
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Associate Professor of Voice and CCM alum Stuart Skelton will be the featured soloist for Last Night at the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concert premieres Sept. 11, 2021, in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
September 13, 2021
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music offers dozens of different general studies and arts elective courses in spring 2022. These credit-granting courses are open to all UC students and cover a wide range of topics including dance, movies and media, music and theatre arts!
March 1, 2022
Ciara Alyse Harris (CCM Musical Theatre BFA ‘18) spoke with Broadway World about her role as Alana Beck in the national tour of "Dear Evan Hansen." She began as the understudy for Alana and Zoe and was recently reintroduced to the stage as a leading lady in the tour, which is slated to run at the Dayton Live Schuster Center in Dayton, Ohio on March 8-13, 2022.
February 15, 2022
CET Cincinnati Public Television's arts and culture series Showcase with Barbara Kellar recently featured CCM Associate Professor of Keyboard (Organ and Harpsichord) Michael Unger in an episode with Robert Anderson, pastor of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church.
March 14, 2022
CCM Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence Awadagin Pratt was one of three recipients of $100,000 in grant funding from the Sphinx Organization. Sphinx describes itself as a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts, with a strong focus on classical music.
May 24, 2022
The New York Times features the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's revival of The Wreckers by British composer Ethel Smyth, which features UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Karis Tucker (MM Voice, '16). The mezzo-soprano plays Thurza in the opera, which runs May 21-June 24 at the Festival.
September 19, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music piano professor Awadagin Pratt is preparing debut performances with both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing a commissioned work by contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery.
October 3, 2022
Cincinnati CityBeat featured students in the sports media production program at UC who participate in an experience-based learning effort that allows them to work outside of the classroom to produce and direct television broadcasts that air live on ESPN+. It’s the result of a partnership between CCM, ESPN+ and UC Athletics. The class is also part of UC’s Co-op 2.0 program.
August 18, 2023
A faculty member and an alumna of UC College-Conservatory of Music's Media Production program won National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmys during the 2023 award cycle. Professor Joe Brackman won an Ohio Valley Emmy Award in the Director category and alumna Paula Gibson Pujol (BFA '19) won a Northwest Regional Emmy in the Sports Program, Post-Produced or Edited category.
June 28, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music Musical Theatre alumnus Blaine Alden Krauss is the inaugural recipient of YoungArts' The Ashley Longshore Excellence in the Arts Award. In honor of musical theatre artist Patrick B. Hale, the award aims to support to artists at all stages of their careers. Winners receive an unrestricted $25,000 award and mentorship opportunities.