November 25, 2020
The Lighting Design and Technology program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music is teaching students how to create extended reality productions that primarily use digital media instead of physical sets.
June 30, 2020
New Music USA recently announced six composers who have been co-commissioned to write new orchestral works through its Amplifying Voices Program, supported by the Sphinx Venture Fund. As one of the lead orchestras in the program, Berkeley Symphony co-commissioned UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Brian Raphael Nabors (MM Composition, ’15; DMA Composition, ’19) to write a new piece that will be premiered in the 2021-22 season.
August 10, 2020
Congratulations to two UC College-Conservatory of Music students who are semi-finalists in the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, which is recognized as the premier event of its kind. When the virtual competition resumes in August, rising sophomore Caroline Habig will compete in the tuba student division and second-year master’s student Xianquan will compete in the tuba artist division.
August 24, 2021
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music is delighted to announce that two of its alumni reached the finals of the Lotte Lenya Competition, one of the most prestigious vocal competitions for young artists. Victoria Okafor (MM Voice, ’21) and Max Chernin (BFA Musical Theatre, ‘12) were chosen to compete in a final round of 15 vocalists out of a record applicant pool of over 500.
January 5, 2022
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music alumna Claire Mahony (BFA Make-up and Wig Design, '08) is the hair department head on "Evil," an original series on Paramount+.
December 10, 2021
CCM Musical Theatre has a tradition of welcoming their first-year students with a showcase. However, for the class of 2024, the pandemic had other plans. Determined to make this performance happen, faculty and students adapted to create a virtual performance entitled, “Wake Up,” in which newcomers were featured monologues and performances shot in various locations across Cincinnati.
January 26, 2022
The Cincinnati Opera recently released recordings of excerpts from "Bulrusher," a new opera workshopped during Opera Fusion: New Works in December 2021. Watch the excerpts online.
July 5, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music student Dionte Mercado is one of 10 "driven students" selected for ETC's 2022 North American Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program.
April 25, 2022
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Jazz program will compete in the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jack Rudin Jazz Championship in early 2022.
September 15, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor Sharon Huizinga and Vickie Claiborne, Training Manager for disguise Americas, have been working closely together over the past few years to help video and lighting students learn disguise — a platform that combines leading production software with powerful media server hardware, to empower artists and production houses to tell stories that inspire audiences. This collaboration was recently spotlighted on disguise's website.