July 13, 2021
Aaron Dworkin's Arts Engines features University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Associate Professor of Oboe Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Award-winner and a 2021 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award.
July 14, 2021
Directed by University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music alumna Torie Wiggins, "The Good Trouble Project" explores identity, perception, relationships and the highs, lows and in-betweens of what it's like to be Black in today's America.
July 8, 2021
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have selected five outstanding musicians for their next class of CSO/CCM Diversity Fellows. Born out of a mutual desire to help American orchestras become more inclusive and better represent the communities they serve, the performance fellowship program was launched in 2015 and continues with a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
June 7, 2021
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Brittannie McKenna Travis won national and regional awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
June 21, 2021
The School, Stage & Screen podcast created by UC College-Conservatory of Music alumni takes listeners inside the entertainment industry with stories and advice from Broadway performers, television actors, movie producers, make-up artists and more. WVXU's Cincinnati Edition recently featured the podcast in an interview with co-hosts Brian J. Leitten (BFA E-Media, ’02) and Dylan Mulvaney (BFA Musical Theatre, ’19).
December 9, 2019
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is proud to announce that Aya Yoshida has been awarded first prize in CCM’s Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition. The Zemlinsky Prize, instituted in 1990 and awarded every six or seven years, promotes the music of young composers from around the world, while honoring Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942), a composer who is becoming increasingly recognized as among the 20th century's significant musical voices. Previous winners include Ulrich Kreppein, Nerong Prangcharoen and Moritz Eggert.
July 7, 2021
CCM Associate Professor of Voice Amy Johnson was named a Distinguished Vocal Artist of the American Prize as part of that competition's annual Independence Day Honors program. The award was presented to both Johnson and mezzo-soprano Adriana Zabala by the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts in memory of the great Wagnerian baritone, Friedrich Schorr, and his wife, Virginia. An internationally-known soprano and vocal pedagogue, Johnson is recognized as one of America's finest singing actresses. She currently serves as co-director of CCM's Undergraduate Opera Workshop.
July 22, 2021
CCM's "Thinking About Music" lecture series continues with a virtual presentation titled “Hans or Hanuš: Winterberg’s Complex Tangles with the 20th Century” by Michael Haas, a Grammy Award-winning recording producer. Originally presented via Zoom on March 19, 2021, the lecture is now available for on-demand viewing.
July 26, 2021
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music doctoral pianist Ningjialu “Lulu” Liu was a winner of the recent PianoTexas Young Artist Concerto Competition, hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.
July 22, 2021
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Ciara Alyse Harris (BFA Musical Theatre, '18) shares how she adjusted to life off stage when performances were cancelled during the pandemic.