April 28, 2020
After investing countless hours in classrooms, practice rooms, studios, workshops and rehearsal halls, the Class of 2020 is graduating from UC’s College-Conservatory of Music. Congratulations!
June 15, 2020
CCM alumna Karen Zhang (BM Piano Performance, ’16; MM Piano Performance, ’18) is the 2020 recipient of the Music Teachers National Association’s MarySue Harris Studio Teacher Fellowship. This $3,000 grant, funded by the MarySue Harris Endowment Fund, is presented annually to a recently graduated independent studio music teacher who demonstrates commitment to the music teaching profession and outstanding studio development.
August 25, 2020
For 15 years, Cincinnati public radio station 91.7 WVXU has highlighted the local arts scene in its “Around Cincinnati” broadcast, produced and hosted by Lee Hay on Sunday evenings. Throughout this time, the radio program has welcomed countless guests from UC College-Conservatory of Music including faculty, alumni and students.
July 28, 2020
Watch CCM faculty and alumni perform in 'Cincinnati Opera at 100' special
September 30, 2020
Out of over 200 applicants, 12 conductors made it to La Maestra competition, including three CCM alumni: Tong, Maria Fuller (MM Orchestral Conducting, ’19; AD Opera Coaching, ’17; MM Piano Performance, ‘15) and Jiajing Lai (MM Orchestral Conducting, ‘15). Lai also advanced to the semi-final round.
September 30, 2020
Southern Methodist University's DataArts, the National Center for Arts Research, recently released the 2020 Arts Vibrancy Index Report, which measures the hotbeds of America's arts and culture. For the first time in the annual report's history, Cincinnati made the top-20 large metropolitan area list.
November 17, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music DMA piano student Yaoyue Huang won the Alberto Ginastera prize at the 14th International Piano Competition of Orléans. The international piano competition is arguably the most prestigious contemporary music competition in the world. Watch Huang’s performance for the competition.
December 1, 2020
Awadagin Pratt, a UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence, isn’t letting the COVID-19 pandemic keep him away from the concert hall or the teaching studio. Between now and the end of 2020, he will be a featured soloist on at three performances alongside the Vancouver, Lima, and Cincinnati symphonies.
June 15, 2021
Current CCM doctoral pianist Jiao Sun took home the second prize and $5,000 from the Washington International Piano Competition in early June. Sun, who attended Eastman before moving to Cincinnati for her Artist Diploma and doctorate, studies with CCM Associate Professor of Piano Soyeon Kate Lee. For her performance, Sun prepared a a full recital program of works by Brahms, Vine, Haydn, Prokofiev and Bach.
June 1, 2021
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music offers dozens of different general studies and arts elective courses in fall 2021. 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! Course offerings include options for in-person and online instruction.