CCM Welcomes Summer with Workshops and Special Events

Summer at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) features educational workshops for budding artists as well as special performance events throughout the season. Please see below for a complete schedule of interactive workshop opportunities and special events.

ON-CAMPUS WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Music07 - June 10-16
Music07 is weeklong festival of new music on the CCM campus. Faculty artists, guest performing ensembles eighth blackbird and the Amernet Quartet, and visiting composers Michael Nyman, Zygmunt Krauze and Frederic Rzewski will work with select young composers and performing artists to prepare and perform new musical works. Each day of the festival culminates in a public performance of new music that is free and open to the public. Please visit the Music07 Web site for a complete schedule.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-9504
E-mail: joel.hoffman@uc.edu
Web: www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx

Accent07 - June 10-16
Accent07 is a chamber music festival for college-age musicians (and advanced high school students) featuring daily private lessons, classes and orchestra rehearsals with internationally renowned artist-faculty. The concurrent Crescend07, a division of Accent07, is a complementary program geared toward outstanding high school and middle school musicians. Accent07 opens with a faculty concert and showcases its participants with concerts on the CCM campus, all of which are free and open to the public. Please visit the Accent07 Web site for a complete schedule.

For more information:
Phone: 513-375-8675
E-mail: dorotea.hoffman@uc.edu
Web: www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx/accent

Cincinnati Flute Symposium - June 17-23
The Cincinnati Flute Symposium is open to every age and performance level of flute enthusiast, and participants are selected by taped audition. The symposium presents an opportunity for participants to rehearse, take lessons, participate in master classes, and perform in recital with some of the nation's most celebrated flutists. In addition, several leading flute manufacturers exhibit their instruments for attendees to view and try. At the end of the symposium, attendees vote on the top three performing participants based on the six days of master classes. Cash prizes are awarded, and the winners perform in a Gala Closing Concert.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-4476
E-mail: bradley.garner@uc.edu
Web: www.cincyflute.com

Alba Emoting - June 22-July 1
CCM hosts a weeklong course in Alba Emoting, a safe, purely physical alternative to emotion memory and other psychological techniques for releasing, maintaining and controlling emotional states on stage. The course identifies six basic emotions from which all others derive. Each of the basic emotions, as well as emotional neutrality, has its own unique, identifiable set of bodily responses that are universal to all humans. By reproducing three aspects of these patterns-breathing, posture and facial expression-an actor can experience and express genuine, organic emotion at will, without the use of memory or images.

Most important, through the use of the seventh pattern, called a "step-out," the actor can leave any emotion just as easily and return to psychophysical neutrality. The ability to return to emotional neutrality creates a solid foundation for safe emotional work, in class or in performance, and is therefore central to the Alba Emoting technique. Once learned correctly, the step-out pattern is effective regardless of how an emotional state was initially aroused.

This training course is open to beginners in Alba Emoting as well as intermediate and advanced levels. Please visit the Alba Emoting Web site for more details.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-1981
E-mail: rocco.dalvera@uc.edu
Web: www.albaemotingna.org

Conducting Workshop - June 26-29
This workshop is designed to address the needs of today's public school conductors/educators and is open to new and experienced teachers. Each conducting opportunity is videotaped, followed by one-on-one critique sessions. Special emphasis is placed on score preparation and analysis, left and right hand interaction, mixed meter conducting and rehearsal techniques.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-9424
E-mail: rodney.winther@uc.edu
Web: www.ccm.uc.edu/winds/summer.htm

Classical Guitar Workshop - July 23-29
The Classical Guitar Workshop is open to players of all ages and skill levels, offering a rich environment that builds confidence and provides perspective. Guitar enthusiasts participate in master classes, ensembles and technique classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. There are special sessions on early music, Latin styles, individual composers, arranging for guitar and more. Nightly recitals are performed by faculty ensembles, guest soloists and chamber musicians, as well as participants.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-9542
E-mail: clare.callahan@uc.edu
Web: www.ccmguitarworkshop.org

Grandin Festival - August 11-31
The Grandin Festival is a three-week session offering study and performance of vocal and instrumental chamber music for young artists under the guidance of internationally renowned guest artists, coaches and CCM faculty. The festival features a number of free, public concert performances by participating artists. Please visit the Grandin Festival Web site for details.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-9536
E-mail: barbara.honn@uc.edu
Web: www.ccm.uc.edu/grandin

OVERSEAS PROGRAMS
CCM also offers course options for young musicians interested in studying abroad. The programs below feature a number of public performances-please check the associated Web sites for more information.

Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca (Italy) - June 10-July 14
Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca is a five-week comprehensive Italian study and performance program set in the Tuscan city of Lucca. Over 100 young artists are selected to work with a 35-member international faculty. OTMFL is pleased to announce that in its 2007 season, the opera production will be a double billing of Mascagni's L'Amico Fritz and Wolf-Ferrari's Il Segreto di Susanna. Throughout the festival, more than 20 additional vocal, orchestral and chamber concerts are performed against the backdrop of the sunny and stunning landscape of Tuscany.

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-5662
E-mail: operalucca@uc.edu
Web: www.ccmoperalucca.org

Piano Study Abroad  (Italy and Belgium)
* Amalfi Coast Music Festival, Italy - July 1-July 13
Faculty includes Boris Berman (USA), Michele Campanella (Italy), Luiz de Moura Castro (Brazil), Ian Hobson (England), Fernando Laires (USA), Thomas Mastroianni (USA), Elizabeth Pridonoff (USA), Eugene Pridonoff (USA), Nelita True (USA).
Web: www.musicalstudies.com

* International Piano Week of Belgium, Wavre, Belgium - July 24-August 1
Faculty includes Diane Andersen (Belgium), Luiz de Moura Castro (Brazil), CŽcile Edel-Latos (France), Johan Schmidt (Belgium), Kornelia Ogorkowna (Belgium), Elizabeth Pridonoff (USA), Eugene Pridonoff (USA).
Web: http://diane-andersen.org/musica/index.html

For more information:
Phone: 513-556-9515
E-mail: eugene.pridonoff@uc.edu
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For general questions regarding all of the above CCM summer programs, please contact:
CCM Summer Programs
Phone: 513-556-9198
E-mail: joan.vanbrocklin@uc.edu
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CCM PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT SUMMER EVENTS
The CCM Preparatory Department offers a wide selection of summer arts opportunities for students ranging from ages 5 to 20.

For more information, contact the Preparatory Department at:
Phone: 513-556-2595
E-mail: ccmprep@uc.edu
Web: www.ccm.uc.edu/prep

Popcorn Playhouse, for ages 5-7
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY FULL.
Campers learn songs, dance and create theater crafts with CCM Prep theater faculty. Limited to 30 campers.
June 11-15, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Fee: $180

Musical Theater Experience, for ages 8-12
This camp is an introduction to acting, singing, dancing and basic on-stage techniques for students with little or no theater experience. Limited to 80 students.
June 18-22, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Fee: $200

VoiceWorks
CCM Prep and Artworks collaborate on an annual music project for high school students. Coachings, rehearsals and various classes culminate in performances throughout Greater Cincinnati. For more information please call 556-2595.
June 18-July 27
Fee: FREE

Summer Oboe Workshop, for grades 8 to 12
This workshop focuses on oboe repertoire, reed making and performance issues for oboists of all abilities.
June 25-29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fee: $200

Camp Curtain Call, for ages 8-14
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY FULL.
Both two-week musical theater camps perform Charlotte's Web. Campers must have previous theater experience. Audition required.
June 25-July 7 or July 9-21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee: $365

NEW! High School Drama & Musical Theater Camp, for ages 14-18
This theater training program for high school students has sessions on acting, voice, movement, dance, music skills, improvisation, stage combat and more. The workshop is three weeks long, with an option to only participate in the first week.
June 25-July 13, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee:  Three weeks, $600; One week, $250

High School Musical: "Big River," for ages 14 +
Students participating in the High School Drama & Musical Theater Camp or VoiceWorks program are eligible to participate in a production of Big River. The musical is based on Mark Twain's timeless classic and set to music and lyrics by Roger Miller.
June 25-July 15, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
Fee:  $150

Standing Room Only (Special Learners)
Everyone needs their time in the spotlight! This two-week camp will give special learners their much deserved time as the campers work together to produce a short musical theater presentation.
July 2-13 (no classes July 4)
10 a.m.-noon ages 7-10; 1 p.m.-3 p.m. ages 11-14
Fee: $100

Cincinnati Piano Institute
CCM Prep piano faculty offer the second annual week-long piano institute. All piano students, as well as students interested in beginning piano study, are welcome to participate.
Ages 4-13: July 18-23; Fee: $250-$300 depending on the level of the student
Ages 14+ : July 25-30; Fee: $300

Summer Jazz Band, for grades 9-12
CCM Jazz and Prep sponsor this Jazz Camp, which includes classes in jazz theory and improvisation and concludes with a performance. Spots are limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
July 18-27, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fee: $225

Cincinnati Children's Choir Festival, for 3rd-8th grades
Young singers interested in enjoying and developing musicianship skills are welcome to participate in this festival.
July 23-28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee: $160
Registration material available through the Cincinnati Children's Choir office at (513) 556-0338 or choir@cincinnatichoir.org.

Summer Band Experience
The band will be featured in concert at the end of the camp. Open to all woodwind, brass and percussion players who have completed fifth through eighth grade and have been playing their instrument for at least one year.
July 30-August 10, 9 a.m.-noon daily
Fee: $200

Dance Classes
Two sessions of ballet for various levels from beginner through advanced are offered through the ballet program. Please call the office at 513-556-2595 for a complete schedule.