December 14, 2021
Students from the Media Production Division at UC's College-Conservatory of Music won five College Student Production Awards from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. CCM Media Production won more awards than any other program, college or university that competed in the Ohio Valley four-state region.
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.
March 15, 2022
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into CCM performances courtesy of the new Backstage at CCM documentary series. In "The Cello Lesson," viewers can join first-year master of music student Audrey Hudgens for a lesson and conversation with CCM faculty member Alan Rafferty, who also serves as the Ruth F. Rosevear Chair with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
March 15, 2022
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into CCM performances courtesy of the new Backstage at CCM documentary series. A companion piece to The Cello Lesson mini documentary, Microphone Shootout takes viewers inside one of CCM faculty member Aaron Almashy's audio/sound production classes as he and his students record student cellist Audrey Hudgens' lesson with CCM faculty member and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra cellist Alan Rafferty.
July 11, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music Associate Professor of Horn Denise Tryon is the 2022 winner of The American Prize in Instrumental Performance in the professional division. Tryon was selected from applications reviewed from all across the United States.
July 20, 2022
KayCee Galano (BM Violin, 22) steps in on short notice to perform Saint-Saens’ Fantasy for Violin and Harp, Op. 124, with Juilliard harp faculty member June Han at the Bowdoin International Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. on July 20.
January 3, 2023
UC College-Conservatory of Music Interim Dean Jonathan Kregor has announced the addition of acclaimed hornist Margaret Tung to the college’s roster of distinguished performing and media arts faculty members. Hailed as “masterly” in the Chicago Classical Review and “spot on at every moment” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tung begins her appointment as CCM Associate Professor of Horn on Aug. 15, 2023.
September 26, 2022
The UC College-Conservatory of Music is proud to share news of the appointment of alumnus Stephen Jones (MM Double Bass, ‘22) to the tenure-track position of Assistant Principal Bass in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
April 17, 2023
Lighting Design and Technology students at UC's College-Conservatory of Music put their creativity on bright display during their Light Art Festival, presented outside in the CCM circle and inside the atrium on April 21-23, 2023.
September 27, 2022
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music offers dozens of arts elective courses each semester which are open to all UC students. In spring 2023, you can sing in a choir, study video game music, watch Disney movies, and more—all for college credit!