July 28, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) DMA Piano student Kara Huber and Piano Professor Michelle Conda speak to Cincinnati Business Courier reporter Janelle Gelfand about the challenges of teaching music virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 24, 2020
Bill Rinehart's latest "OKI Wanna Know" segment on WVXU features the organist at Great American Ball Park, UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus John Schutte (Music Theory, ATT '84-'87).
July 15, 2020
In the middle of his final semester at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music, orchestral conducting student Jeremy Robin Lyons found himself in a new world that deprived him — for now — of the communal experience of making music with other people in person. The pandemic canceled performances, forced classes to move online and separated loved ones, but Robins was hopeful and set out to create a virtual choir and orchestra project that united musicians online.
July 29, 2020
The Musical Theatre Department at UC's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) proudly presents its first Virtual Senior Showcase. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented CCM Musical Theatre from holding its customary Senior Showcases for agents and casting directors in New York this spring, the program's new Virtual Senior Showcase allows industry insiders and the general public to see this year's seniors in action.
April 14, 2020
A professional violinist, two CCM students and a Schulich School of Music student make music at home
April 13, 2020
Richard Oberacker's Tony Award-winning musical features the work of multiple CCM alumni
April 27, 2020
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra recently announced that longtime donors Ashley and Barbara “Bobbie” Ford made a major gift to endow the orchestra’s assistant conductor chair, currently held by UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus François López-Ferrer (BM Composition, ‘12).
April 1, 2022
UC College-Conservatory of Music alum Alex Gartner (BM Music Education ‘12) recently finished a commission in partnership with a coalition of memory care associations, including TimeSlips Creative Storytelling (Milwaukee, WI) and Dementia Inclusive Durham (Durham, NC). The piece “Toward Something New” will be premiered by the Durham Children’s Choir in late May.
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.
September 8, 2021
Recent UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Declan Hayden (BM Percussion Performance, ‘20; BM Music Education, ‘20) won a position this summer with the touring production of percussion and theatre troupe STOMP. The ensemble has twelve members, with eight of those members performing on any given night. Hayden’s character is called “Potato Head,” whom STOMP describes as “the rock steady rhythmic center of the show.”