Next OnStage: CCM shares spring schedule of major events

7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14
• CCM Fundraising Special Event Series •  
THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC HONORS ALUMNUS STEPHEN FLAHERTY AT CARNEGIE HALL! 
Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Stephen Flaherty, writing partner to book writer/lyricist Lynn Ahrens, will receive a one-night-only multimedia, multi-ensemble, all-star tribute at New York’s Carnegie Hall! Created by fellow alums Kevin McCollum, Jim Semmelman, Jeffrey Saver and David Goldsmith, the evening will be a time-capsule performance “Thirty Years Of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty,” which received its world-premiere at CCM in September 2022. The evening provides an in-depth exploration of the career and work of the composer from college to Broadway and beyond, with filmed interviews serving to introduce each live performance. Musical selections will include never-before-performed selections from Flaherty’s childhood with his own lyrics; the first song of Ahrens and Flaherty; a new song from the upcoming revival of My Favorite Year; songs from new Ahrens and Flaherty shows Little Dancer and Knoxville; the New York premiere of “The Lorax” from Seussical; as well as favorites from Lucky Stiff, Once On This Island, A Man Of No Importance and Ragtime. Expected to reprise their performances at Carnegie Hall will be CCM alums/Flaherty-Ahrens Broadway Veterans Christy Altomare, Ashley Brown, Jason Graae, Aaron Lazar, Bryonha Marie, Geoff Packard, Stephanie Jae Park and Alton Fitzgerald White. Current CCM Musical Theatre and Dance students will also be featured throughout the evening, along with a CCM student orchestra, under the direction of Jeff Saver. Proceeds from the evening will support new and ongoing educational programming at CCM, as well as student scholarship opportunities.  
Location: Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.
Tickets: Special ticket pricing and limited seating. Buy tickets online.  
For benefit details or sponsorship opportunities, call CCM Development and Alumni Relations at 513-556-2528. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 
• Winds Series • 
HOPE RISING 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring faculty artist Margaret Tung, horn 
Featuring Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble 
Rick Canter, conductor 
The CCM Wind Symphony is joined by faculty artist Margaret Tung and the Walnut Hills High School Wind Ensemble for an exciting evening of virtuosic music.
PURCELL/STUCKY: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
SHAW/FISHER: and the swallow
LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium
LIKHUTA: Sure-Fire Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble
TIAN: Sinfonia
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 
• Orchestral Series • 
LOVE AND DEATH 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Inspired by Shakespeare’s timeless epic, Romeo and Juliet, the CCM Philharmonia rings in the New Year performing classics of Berlioz, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev on themes of love and death. 
BERLIOZ: Symphonic Movements from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (1839) 
STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24 (1889)  
PROKOFIEV: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet (1935) 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 Student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 
• Percussion Series • 
A TRIP TO TRINIDAD AND BACK 
CCM Steel Drum Band 
Russell Burge, music coordinator 
CCM’s Steel Drum Band presents an evening of the traditional music of Trinidad, along with pop, folk and reggae compositions. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 
• Winds Series •
INSPIRATIONS
CCM Wind Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Michael Mergen, trumpet 
Featuring emeritus faculty Terence Milligan, conductor 
Featuring guest ensemble Christian Academy of Louisville 
The CCM Wind Ensemble performs music inspired by landmarks and cultures. 
SCHUMAN: George Washington Bridge 
GRYC: Evensong for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble 
STRAWN: Snowday 
TOWER: Fascinating Ribbons 
REED: La Fiesta Mexicana 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*ASL interpreting is available during the Friday, Feb. 9 performance

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9* 
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 
• Play Series • 
CLUE: ON STAGE 
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn 
Written by Sandy Rustin 
Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price 
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture 
Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE 
Original Music by Michael Holland 
Brant Russell, director 
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery play. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth–the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT! 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

By special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 4 p.m on Saturday, Feb. 10. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Jazz Series •
STANDARD DEVIATION 
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Christopher Andrews, music director
CCM Jazz Lab Band explores the innovations big bands have used to popularize and contribute to the “Great American Songbook.” Originally a title coined to describe popular songs from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway show tunes, or Hollywood musicals, the “Great American Songbook” has been a valuable resource for jazz musicians, providing inspiration for many great performances and recordings. Travel with us through time as we examine the efforts of notable jazz arrangers and their dedication to the development of the jazz standard.   
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Tuesday, Feb. 13. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 
•CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series•
CETERA DESUNT: THE REST IS MISSING 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring guest artist Lera Auerbach, piano; and Rafael DeStella, double bass
A renaissance artist for modern times, Lera Auerbach is a widely recognized conductor, pianist and composer. She is also an award-winning poet and an exhibited visual artist. This performance features Auerbach’s String Quartet No. 10, “Frozen Dreams” and String Quartet No. 3, “Cetera Desunt.” Auerbach and DeStella will also join the Ariel Quartet on piano for Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet. 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50 adult, $15 student, $19.75 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Tuesday, Feb. 13. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 
• Undergraduate Opera Series • 
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO 
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte 
Amy Johnson, stage director and co-producer
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
Cory Battey, assistant conductor and musical preparation
Kenneth Shaw, set designer and co-producer
Robert Doak, set construction
Corey Cochran, costume designer
Susan Moser, choreographer
Stephen Variames, musical preparation/repetiteur
Parker Konkle, musical preparation/repetiteur
William Meckstroth, lighting designer
CCM's award-winning undergraduate opera program, Opera d’arte, presents Mozart’s extraordinary masterpiece - a light-hearted take on life's more serious themes of intrigue and lessons in fidelity.   
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater  
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 
3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
LITTLE WOMEN 
The Broadway Musical 
Book by Allan Knee 
Music by Jason Howland 
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein 
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott 
Vincent DeGeorge, director and choreographer 
Julie Spangler, music director 
Little Women tells a story of personal discovery, heartache, hope and everlasting love. Based on Louisa May Alcott's life, it follows the adventures of sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March. Jo is trying to sell her stories for publication, but the publishers are not interested – her friend, Professor Bhaer, tells her that she has to do better and write more from herself. Begrudgingly taking this advice, Jo weaves the story of herself and her sisters and their experience growing up in Civil War America. 
Location: Household Books, located at 2533 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45206
Tickets: $29.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23
• Winds Series • 
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring student artist Trinity Le, piano 
Featuring guest ensemble Mason High School Wind Symphony 
Avious Jackson, conductor 
Join us for an exhilarating evening of music inspired by the Earth, featuring Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6, “The Blue Marble,” a cinematic experience. 
DAY: Shimmering Sunshine 
MILHAUD: La Création du Monde 
MESSIAEN: Oiseaux Exotiques 
GIROUX: Symphony No. 6, “The Blue Marble” 
Estimated run time: 2 hours 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 
• Jazz Series • 
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON FESTIVAL: GALA CONCERT 
CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
Featuring guest artist Bruce Harris, trumpet 
CCM’s Essentially Ellington festival, sponsored by Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center, returns in full swing! The daylong event features the region’s top high school jazz ensembles, and the gala concert will feature the CCM Jazz Orchestra and guest artist Bruce Harris, trumpet; visit his professional website. 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 
• Guest Artist Series • 
Park Stickney, jazz harpist 
Featuring faculty artist James Bunte, saxophone; and student artist Teddy Mechley, bass 
Park Stickney makes his Cincinnati debut in a recital of his own compositions and jazz standards. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Stickney also received his PhD from Trinity Laban Conservatory in London, where his studies focused on extreme harp pedaling. He currently holds teaching positions at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon and the Haute Ecole de Musique in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also frequently appears as a teacher and performer at the world’s premiere harp festivals. Learn more about his performance at CCM. 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall   
Admission: FREE

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29
8 p.m. Friday, March 1 
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 
• Opera Series • 
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Opera in three acts 
Composed by Leoš Janáček 
Revised version by Jiri Zahrádka 
Brian Robertson, director 
Vinay Parameswaran, guest conductor 
Based on a famous 1920s Czech comic strip, Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen explores the universal longing for youth and purpose, through the lens of philosophical reflection on the cycle of life. The Vixen, a fox, and the Forester’s intertwined stories, are reflective of the surrealist movement blossoming in the 1920’s. Their journeys share the conflict of irrational worlds, dreams and desires, weathered in the animal and human experience. Sung in Czech. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 2. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29
8 p.m. Friday, March 1
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 
• Dance Series • 
STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE 
Shauna Steele, director 
There is something for everyone to enjoy in this performance, which features six-to-eight original works created by the next generation of choreographers from CCM Dance. Students take extra time in their already packed schedules to create works of joyful movement and thought. 
Estimated run time: 75 minutes, including an intermission. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 2. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29
8 p.m. Friday, March 1 
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 
• Opera Series • 
THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Opera in three acts 
Composed by Leoš Janáček 
Revised version by Jiri Zahrádka 
Brian Robertson, director 
Vinay Parameswaran, guest conductor 
Based on a famous 1920s Czech comic strip, Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen explores the universal longing for youth and purpose, through the lens of philosophical reflection on the cycle of life. The Vixen, a fox, and the Forester’s intertwined stories, are reflective of the surrealist movement blossoming in the 1920’s. Their journeys share the conflict of irrational worlds, dreams, and desires, weathered in the animal and human experience. Sung in Czech. 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 2. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29
8 p.m. Friday, March 1
8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 
• Dance Series • 
STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE 
Shauna Steele, director 
There is something for everyone to enjoy in this performance, which features six-to-eight original works created by the next generation of choreographers from CCM Dance. Students take extra time in their already packed schedules to create works of joyful movement and thought. 
Estimated run time: 75 minutes, including an intermission. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*Please note: Traffic on and around campus will be heavier than normal due to a UC Basketball game at Fifth Third Arena at 7 p.m on Saturday, March 2. CCM audience members are encouraged to purchase parking to UC's CCM Garage in advance through the CCM Box Office (purchase available at check out). 

3 p.m. Sunday, March 3
• Choral Series •
THE WORD UNSPOKEN
Featuring guest ensemble Gallicantus and CCM Professional Choral Singing Fellows 
CCM welcomes Gallicantus for its first visit to Cincinnati, where the ensemble will spend a weeklong residency with students. Featuring the music of William Byrd, “The Word Unspoken” is a reference to Byrd's  Catholicism, which he kept hidden due to the politics of Tudor England. Dedicated to renaissance music and directed by Gabriel Crouch, Gallicantus was nominated for a GRAMMY award in 2014 and has an impressive catalog of highly praised recordings. 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, 325 W 8th St. Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 
Tickets: Tickets available through the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains: $40 adult, $20 student at the door with student ID; visit website for details.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 
• Winds Series •
LET’S DANCE! 
CCM Wind Ensemble 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring guest artist Omar Thomas, composer 
Featuring guest ensemble Princeton High School Wind Ensemble 
Kristen Brown, conductor 
The CCM Wind Ensemble welcomes the Princeton High School Wind Ensemble and renowned composer Omar Thomas for an exhilarating night of dances and celebrations! 
GALBRAITH: Danza de los Duendes 
REED: Armenian Dances, Part 1 
BERNSTEIN: Three Dances from On the Town 
BENNETT: Suite of Old American Dances 
THOMAS: Caribana 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 
7 p.m. Thursday, March 7 
7 p.m. Friday, March 8 
• Play Series • 
TRANSMIGRATION 
A Festival of Student-Created New Works 
Brant Russell and Samuel Stricklen, producers 
Nathan Flesh and Sydni Solomon, student producers 
Transmigration, so named for “the movement from one place to another” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” features six teams of CCM Acting students who craft and then perform original 30-minute shows simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village. Transmigration audience members will have the opportunity to experience four different works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. 
Location: CCM Village 
Admission: FREE; ticket reservations are required.

7 p.m. Thursday, March 7 
• CCMpower Special Event Series • 
CCM MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE 
A CCMpower Benefit 
Created and performed by the Class of 2024 in Musical Theatre  
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 31st edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2024 prior to its New York City debut.  
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $75. Special ticket pricing and limited seating. For more information, call CCM Development and Alumni Relations at 513-556-2100.

7 p.m. Friday, March 8 
7 p.m. Saturday, March 9
• Musical Theatre Series •
CCM MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE 
Created and performed by the Class of 2024 in Musical Theatre 
See and hear our musical theatre students in action at the 31st edition of the Senior Showcase, featuring the Class of 2024 prior to its New York City debut. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $18 adult, $15 UC Faculty/Staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student, group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8
• Winds Series • 
OF OUR NEW DAY BEGUN 
CCM Wind Symphony 
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE) 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring guest artist Omar Thomas, composer 
CYWE and CCM Wind Symphony share an unforgettable program of music, featuring renowned guest composer Omar Thomas and a piece by CCM alumnus Shawn E. Okpebholo (DMA Composition, '07). 
CYWE: 
THOMAS: Come Sunday 
WIND SYMPHONY: 
THOMAS: Of Our New Day Begun 
OKPEBHOLO: Heritage 
MILBURN: Meditation 
THOMAS: The Low-Down Brown Get-Down 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 Student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, March 9
• Opera Series • 
OPERA SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 
Experience tomorrow’s opera stars today as CCM hosts its prestigious national competition, featuring students vying for tuition scholarships and monetary prizes. CCM welcomes guest artists Janai Brugger, Martin Katz and Dean Williamson as the competition judges. Choose to attend the full competition, the 10 a.m.-1 p.m. morning session or the 2-5 p.m. afternoon session — audience members can come and go as desired! 
Location: Corbett Auditorium  
Admission: FREE

5 p.m. Sunday, March 10 
• Ensemble-in-Residence Series • 
KEEPERS OF DREAMS 
Cincinnati Youth Choir 
Robyn Lana, music director and conductor 
Now in its 31st year, CYC will feature the CCM resident choirs performing music that celebrates its legacy of 'building tomorrow's leaders one voice at the time.' Highlights will include a new commission by Susan LaBarr, favorite repertoire, and engaging new compositions. Come and celebrate the impact CYC has had for so many seasons! 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, $10 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

4 p.m. Sunday, March 24 
• Winds Series • 
PRISM 
CCM Wind Studies Ensembles 
Featuring the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble and UC Bearcat Band 
The CCM Department of Wind Studies presents our most popular annual concert! Join us for a spectacular performance of nonstop, surround-sound music in Corbett Auditorium featuring the Wind Ensemble, Brass Choir, Jr. CCM Youth Wind Ensemble, CCM Youth Wind Ensemble, UC Bearcat Band and more! 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 Student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 
•CCM String Quartet-in-Residence Series•
BEST OF BRAHMS 
Ariel Quartet 
Featuring faculty artist Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet 
The program includes one of the treasures of chamber music for strings with clarinet — the Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115. The performance begins with Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 59, No. 1.
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 
Tickets: $29.50 adult, $15 student, $19.75 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

*ASL interpreting is available during the Friday, March 29 performance

8 p.m. Thursday, March 28
8 p.m. Friday, March 29* 
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30 
• Musical Theatre Series • 
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND 
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens 
Music by Stephen Flaherty 
Torie Wiggins, alumni guest director 
Casey Reed, student music director 
Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid, this theatrical adaptation features music by CCM alumnus Stephen Flaherty (BM Composition, ’82). Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, and falls in love with him. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger, love or death, the stakes being Ti Moune's life. This Tony Award-winning musical shares the epic story of a woman who travels far and wide to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. 
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, no intermission 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 29 
• Orchestral Series • 
¡SI, SE HABLA ESPAÑOL! 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
Please note the repertoire for this performance has been updated.
Featuring Chapì's Preludio de "La Revoltosa," Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Español and the complete score to De Falla’s humorous tale of love and intrigue under the Andalucian sun, El Sombrero de Tres Picos, (The Three-Cornered Hat).
CHAPÌ: Preludio de "La Revoltosa" (1897) 
RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Español                 
DE FALLA: El Sombrero de Tres Picos (1919)
Estimated run time: 70 minutes  
Location: Corbett Auditorium  
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 Student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 
• Jazz Series • 
Nostalgia: Songs of Spring
CCM Jazz Lab Band
Chris Andrews, music director 
Featuring student artists Sophia Troyer and Michael Martin, vocalists 
The CCM Jazz Lab Band evokes springtime sentiments through the language of jazz. Featuring vocalists Sophia Troyer and Micheal Martin, the evening explores original compositions as well as an array of popular jazz standards aiming to create a nostalgic experience of yesteryear. 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater  
Tickets: $15 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

8 p.m. Thursday, April 4 
8 p.m. Friday, April 5 
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6 
• Opera Series • 
RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTER (LA HIJA DE RAPPACCINI) 
Composed by Daniel Catán 
Libretto by Juan Tovar, based on the play by Octavio Paz and the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
Reduced Orchestration by Mark Robson  
Presented under license by Associated Music Publishers, Inc. copyright owners
Robin Guarino, director
Trevor Kroeger, student conductor 
A young woman, raised among her botanist-father's poisonous plants, has developed a curious and tragic condition that causes her touch to be poisonous to all other living creatures. When a young student falls in love with her, she becomes caught between her romantic dreams and that which has made love impossible for her. Upon its premiere in San Diego (1994), Rappaccini's Daughter became the first work by a Mexican composer to be produced by a major opera house in the US. Catán’s lush score was presented in a new orchestration when CCM and Cincinnati Opera presented the work as part of the first Opera Fusion: New Works project in 2008. 
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater 
Tickets: $25 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

Rappaccini's Daughter by Daniel Catán and Juan Tovar presented under license from G. Schirmer Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, copyright owners.

**Please note the 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, performance has been rescheduled to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13

8 p.m. Thursday, April 11 
8 p.m. Friday, April 12 
2 p.m. Saturday, April 13*
8 p.m. Saturday, April 13 
2 p.m. Sunday, April 14 
• Dance Series • 
LITTLE MERMAID 
Inspired by the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen 
TBD, director 
Jennifer Thiemet and Cathy Petraits, guest choreographers 
Little Mermaid (or The Little Sea Maid) is a timeless tale, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s literary fairy tale. A story of hope, magic and dreams. It embodies bravery and conviction as we travel with a young mermaid as she strikes out fearlessly to discover her own story and bring her dreams to life. Set to David Arkenstone’s composition Borderlands, the ballet features original projections by CCM Lighting Design and Technology, and performances by CCM Dance majors with students from CCM Prep’s dance and theatre arts programs. 
*Meet the merfolk: Bring your costume and dress like a favorite story book character for the show! Featuring photo ops and a chance to meet merfolk from 3:30-4 p.m on Saturday, April 13. **Please note the new time
Estimated run time: 90 minutes, including intermission 
Location: Corbett Auditorium  
Tickets: $36 adult, $20 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $10 children 12 and under, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19
• Winds Series • 
EMERGING LIGHT 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Featuring faculty artist Catharine Carroll Lees, viola 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring Guest Composer Joel Puckett 
Featuring guest ensemble Ryle High School Wind Symphony 
Joe Craig, conductor 
Even in the darkest of hours, we await the coming light. Join the CCM Wind Symphony for an inspiring evening of music as we celebrate the end of the year. 
BOULANGER: D'un matin de printemps 
PUCKETT: It perched for vespers nine
PUCKETT: I wake in the dark and remember 
MASLANKA: Symphony No. 8 
Estimated run time: 2 hours 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 
• Orchestral and Jazz Series • 
PHILHARMONIC JAZZ RETURNS! 
CCM Philharmonia 
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor 
CCM Jazz Orchestra 
Scott Belck, music director 
The Philharmonia season concludes with a long-awaited reunion with the award-winning CCM Jazz Orchestra in a performance of jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 3, “Swing Symphony.”  The concert opens with Gershwin’s Concerto in F, featuring the winner of the CCM piano concerto competition.
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F (1925)
MARSALIS: Symphony No. 3, “Swing Symphony” (2010)
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 
• Choral Series • 
THE TOWER AND THE GARDEN 
CCM Chamber Choir 
Joe Miller, music director and conductor 
Featuring faculty artist Kenneth Griffiths, piano 
The Chamber Choir welcomes CCM Professor of Collaborative Piano Kenneth Griffiths for Henk Badings' evocative Trois Chanson Bretonnes. The choir also performs The Tower and the Garden by Gregory Spears, whose operas Castor and Patience and Fellow Travelers were workshopped during Opera Fusion: New Works, CCM’s collaboration with Cincinnati Opera. With texts by Thomas Merton, Denise Levertov and Keith Garebian, The Tower and the Garden is a setting of three poems for choir and string quartet. The texts juxtapose the dangers of technological hubris (the tower) and the need for a place of refuge (the garden) in a world threatened by war and ecological disaster. 
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 15 minutes  
Location: Knox Presbyterian Church, 3400 Michigan Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45208  
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26 
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 
• Prep Series • 
SPRING YOUTH BALLET CONCERT 
Tricia Sundbeck, director 
The CCM Youth Ballet Companies feature accomplished students from ages nine through adult, performing traditional and contemporary works choreographed by CCM and CCM Prep faculty. This culminating performance of the school-year features works choreographed by our graduating seniors! 
Estimated run time: 75 minutes 
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater 
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $10 student, $15.50 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available.

2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5 
• Ensemble-in-Residence Series • 
JOYFUL VOICES 
Cincinnati Youth Choir  
Robyn Lana, music director and conductor 
The Cincinnati Youth Choir will commemorate a full season engaging youth and impacting the world around them. Join the resident and regional choirs as they lift their joyful voices in celebration.  
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: Available through the Cincinnati Youth Choir website.