August 25, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Jack Lazzaro (BFA Acting, 04) received his first Emmy nomination in 2020 for his work as a key makeup artist on Netflix’s Ozark, starring Jason Bateman. Atlanta-based magazine VoyageATL recently featured Lazzaro as a “hidden gem” of the community.
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.
October 6, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Jordan Pollard (MM Jazz Studies, ’14) recently spoke to Cincinnati Spectrum News 1 network about her experience teaching at the Cincinnati Music School during the pandemic.
October 5, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Randa Minkarah (BFA Broadcasting, ’82) co-founded Resonance AI, which was recently named one of TechCrunch’s Top Picks for Disrupt 2020, a conference (held virtually this year) that promotes tech startups in a variety of categories.
November 4, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Jennifer Williams (AD Opera Stage Directing, '12) was recently featured by Classical Singer Magazine for her work on representing dynamic portrayals of women on the operatic stage.
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
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Bryard Huggins releases a new album to celebrate the 10 year anniversary since the release of his debut album.
April 5, 2022
You might have noticed an enthusiastic trumpet player in a white tuxedo performing next to Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards last weekend. Brian Newman (Jazz Studies, att. ’99-’03) is a longtime band member of the pop star-turned-belter, and the award show was no exception.
September 7, 2021
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory Associate Professor of Voice and CCM alum Stuart Skelton will be the featured soloist for Last Night at the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concert premieres Sept. 11, 2021, in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
September 27, 2021
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music is pleased to share that one of its faculty, Assistant Professor of Voice Quinn Patrick Ankrum, was chosen by UC’s Office of Research for a $10,000 research grant. The funding will go toward Our House is on Fire, a newly-commissioned musical work for voice and piano, accompanying visual and written works, and freely-available digital performances of that work.