January 18, 2022

Uc College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence Awadagin Pratt spoke to the Cincinnati Business Courier about his aspirations to diversify the arts industry by encouraging the next generation Black American pianists. Pratt was one of three recipients of the 2021 Sphinx Venture Fund, generating an award of $100,000 to kick-start the biannual Nina Simone Piano Competition beginning summer 2023.

February 23, 2024

The New York Times recently featured the East Coast premiere of "Blind Injustice," an opera based on true exonerations achieved by the Ohio Innocence Project. The production opened on Feb. 16 , 2024, at Peak Performances at Montclair State University. Premiered in 2019 at Cincinnati Opera, the opera was first workshopped through Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW), a collaboration between Cincinnati Opera and UC College-Conservatory of Music.

February 22, 2021

In 2019, Cincinnati Opera premiered Blind Injustice, with music by Scott Davenport Richards and a libretto by David Cote. The work tells the story of Ohioans who were falsely convicted of serious crimes and later exonerated by the Ohio Innocence Project. Blind Injustice was lauded as a “powerful piece of music theater” (The Wall Street Journal) and a “masterpiece” (CityBeat) upon its premiere. Recently, Cincinnati Opera released the live audio recording of the opera through Fanfare Cincinnati, which is now available for streaming and download.

December 11, 2020

UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Johnnia Stigall (BM Viola, '12; MM Viola, '12; MA Arts Administration, '14) is a member of the third cohort of the prestigious Sphinx LEAD (Leaders in Excellence, Arts and Diversity) program. The two-year leadership program is designed to evolve the industry landscape by empowering the next generation of executive leaders.

July 30, 2019

"Blind Injustice," an innovative opera drawing on the lives of six people freed through the work of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, premiered July 22 at the world-renowned Cincinnati Opera to national acclaim.

May 17, 2021

UC College-Conservatory of Music Electronic Media Professor and award-winning journalist Hagit Limor unites students and faculty from across the university in an innovate project to share her father's Holocaust survival story.

July 13, 2021

Aaron Dworkin's Arts Engines features University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Associate Professor of Oboe Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Award-winner and a 2021 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award.

February 22, 2021

UC College-Conservatory of Music Jazz student Myles Twitty was recently included in Cininnati Magazine's list of "five up-and-coming artists" who are offering new music during the pandemic.

February 22, 2021

UC College-Conservatory of Music Arts Administration alumna Kathy Wade received a $10,000 ArtsWave grant and was recently featured by the Cincinnati Business Courier.

October 5, 2020

Three professors who teach in UC College-Conservatory of Music’s Electronic Media department were nominated in the 56th annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards, part of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Professor Hagit Limor won three Emmys for her "Hope After Hate" documentary.