July 21, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Stanley E. Romanstein has announced the addition of Sergio Pamies, DMA, to the college’s roster of distinguished performing and media arts faculty members. An accomplished pianist, composer and educator, Pamies’ appointment as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano begins on Aug. 15, 2020.
September 2, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music Assistant Professor of Voice Amy Johnson released her first solo album, "Portrait of an Artist," this summer. The album showcases Johnson’s wide range of vocal abilities, features works in six languages and four pieces that have never been featured on professionally-released albums.
April 14, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Stanley E. Romanstein has announced the addition of choral conductor Joe Miller, DMA, to the college’s roster of distinguished faculty members. A leading authority in the field of choral conducting, Miller is also a two-time graduate of CCM (MM, ‘92; DMA, ‘97). His appointment as professor and director of CCM’s lauded Choral Studies program begins on Aug. 15, 2020, pending approval of the University’s Board of Trustees.
June 1, 2020
UC College-Conservatory of Music Acting Professor Brant Russell recently participated in two digital theatre efforts through Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s Monologues of Hope series and the national One Minute Play Festival (1MPF).
August 11, 2020
Downtown’s Christ Church Cathedral dedicated a new C.B. Fisk organ Opus 148 in their Centennial Cathedral in 2018. To learn more about this special instrument, WVXU’s Alexander Watson recently spoke with UC College-Conservatory of Music Professor of Organ and Harpsichord Michael Unger and David Pike, head tonalist from C. B. Fisk Organ Builders.
March 21, 2022
Twenty-three current and incoming students competed for five coveted full-tuition scholarships and $50,000 in additional awards during CCM's 2021 Opera Scholarship Competition. Since its inauguration in 1976, this annual competition welcomes current and incoming CCM voice students to compete for scholarships and cash prizes. A panel of judges composed of opera industry professionals selects each year’s class of prizewinners.
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.
January 26, 2022
Local audiences can attend the Cincinnati premiere of a new film to watch the work of UC College-Conservatory of Music Acting alum Jack Steiner (BFA '20) and Professor Robert Pavlovich. "They/Them/Us," a film based in Columbus, premieres on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, at the Esquire Theatre in Cincinnati. Audiences can catch showings at noon and at 2 p.m.
February 15, 2022
CET Cincinnati Public Television's arts and culture series Showcase with Barbara Kellar recently featured CCM Associate Professor of Keyboard (Organ and Harpsichord) Michael Unger in an episode with Robert Anderson, pastor of Covenant-First Presbyterian Church.