June 15, 2020

Faculty from theatre programs at University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and Ohio Northern University joined Playbill live to answer questions about auditioning for college, how much of a triple threat rising high school seniors need to be, how educational institutions are responding to the Black Lives Matter movement and more.

August 24, 2020

Businesswoman Tammi Scott opens the Nostalgia Wine and Jazz Lounge in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine neighborhood. Inspired by Cincinnati history, the new space features music programming arranged by UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Marcus Cash.

August 11, 2020

UC’s College-Conservatory of Music Dance program offers a co-op program that connects students to professional ballet companies while they complete their BFA degrees, creating a pipeline that leads young artists to their future careers.

August 11, 2020

Downtown’s Christ Church Cathedral dedicated a new C.B. Fisk organ Opus 148 in their Centennial Cathedral in 2018. To learn more about this special instrument, WVXU’s Alexander Watson recently spoke with UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Organ and Harpsichord Michael Unger and David Pike, head tonalist from C. B. Fisk Organ Builders.

October 5, 2020

UC College-Conservatory of Music Classical Guitar student Luke Jackson gives a couch concert as part of the Distilled Theatre Company's virtual concert series.

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 30, 2021

The Freshman Musical Theatre class at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music marked the conclusion of their first year in the BFA program with a virtual showcase titled “Wake Up.” The performance features a variety of student-curated monologues and performances that were shot on location at Cincinnati theatres, parks and museums.

June 14, 2021

Recent CCM graduate Teresa Perrotta (MM Voice, ’19; AD Opera Performance, ’21) has barely left CCM’s halls, but her successful career is already beginning. She is the starring voice on a new album of John Corigliano’s The Ghost of Versailles, recorded after the production’s premiere at the Glimmerglass Festival in 2019 during its appearance at the Château du Versailles itself later that year. On the multimedia recording, Perrotta plays the role of Marie Antoinette

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.

March 21, 2022

Twenty-three current and incoming students competed for five coveted full-tuition scholarships and $50,000 in additional awards during CCM's 2021 Opera Scholarship Competition. Since its inauguration in 1976, this annual competition welcomes current and incoming CCM voice students to compete for scholarships and cash prizes. A panel of judges composed of opera industry professionals selects each year’s class of prizewinners.