CCM’s Diane Kvapil Receives 2011 Acclaim Educator Award

When a theater educator succeeds, it’s usually the students who get the applause. But once a year the Cincinnati theater community gives a great big standing ovation to a few area teachers who inspire excellence on and off their school stages. Working long hours, out of the spotlight, these committed men and women foster collaborative creativity in all its forms, maintain vibrant educational theater programs in tough budgetary times, and produce graduates with a lifelong love of the performing arts — and the skills and values they’ll need to succeed in any field they choose.

CCM’s own Diane Kvapil received one of two Enquirer/Fifth Third Bank Theater Educator Awards presented this year; the other went to Lisa Bodollo of Mother of Mercy High School (Theater Educator Award Winner). The Acclaim Educator Winner, Kvapil has taught at CCM since 1977. Both Kvapil and Bodollo will receive a financial award for their schools’ theater programs.

In “Figaro,” Women Rule!

Janelle Gelfand profiles the women behind CCM’s production of The Marriage of Figaro in today’s Enquirer. You can view an expanded version of the story here.

You can learn more about the production here.

“The Marriage of Figaro” Opens Tonight!

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Beginning this evening and running through Sunday, Feb. 13, CCM’s Mainstage Series of Operas, Dramas and Musicals presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Mark Lyons provides us with a preview slideshow.

Extremely limited tickets are still available for our matinee performances. Learn more about the production at ccm.uc.edu.

Acclaim Awards Smile Upon CCM’s “A Little Night Music”

The Acclaim Awards smiled twice upon the CCM’s studio production of A Little Night Music, recommending the show and rewarding it with nominations for its musical director Anthony De Angelis and supporting actress Michelle Berkowitz.

“The Marriage of Figaro” Featured on WVXU’s “Around Cincinnati”

Robin Guarino of CCM’s Opera Department recently joined Anne Arenstein to talk about CCM’s upcoming production of The Marriage of Figaro for WVXU‘s Around Cincinnati.

You can listen to the full interview here.

CCM Preparatory Department to Present New Musical

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The CCM Preparatory Department is proud to present the world premiere adaptation of The Last Dragon of Camelot, a musical adapted for young actors, March 18 – 20. The authors of the musical are Alyn Cardarelli, a graduate of The Second City Training Center and co-founder of Emerald City Theatre, Chicago’s largest theatre dedicated to families and Steve Goers, a versatile musician and performer who is a faculty member of the CCM Musical Theatre department. Cardarelli and Goers have revised the original show specifically for the CCM Prep Department Theatre Arts program by rewriting songs and script appropriate for middle school actors and singers.

Eminent Scholar Series Presents Amernet

CCM’s Eminent Scholar in Chamber Music, James Tocco, performs with special guests the Amernet String Quartet from Florida International University tonight, February 7 at 8:00 p.m. in Werner Recital Hall. The program will feature the Taneyev Piano Quintet and more. Lauded for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered worldwide praise and recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets. The concert is free and open to the general public.

CCM Prep’s Amy Dennison on Performing: The Good, The Bad & When Do I Start?

After her guest post on “Why Your Child Needs the Arts”, Family Friendly Cincinnati invited our own Amy Dennison, Director of  the CCM Preparatory Department, back as a guest contributor. You can view Dennison’s latest post on kids and the performing arts here.

Jerry Springer Visits CCM’s Walter & Marilyn Bartlett Television Production Center

CCM E-Media had a surprise guest yesterday afternoon in the form of the one and only Jerry Springer. Springer was visiting UC’s campus and, drawn by Walter E. Bartlett’s name on the Walter and Marilyn Bartlett Television Production Center, decided to take a tour of our Electronic Media facilities.

CCM Soprano Featured on NPR’s “From The Top” Next Week

Alisa Suzanne Jordheim

Soprano Alisa Suzanne Jordheim, a student in CCM’s DMA Voice program, appears on an upcoming episode of NPR’s From The Top. The hit radio program features America’s best young classical musicians and is hosted by acclaimed pianist Christopher O’Riley. On the show, Jordheim performs three selections from Gordon Getty’s celebrated song cycle “The White Election,” accompanied by O’Riley. The episode airs nationally next week and locally on WGUC 90.9 FM at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12. The episode was taped before a live audience at the Lincoln Theater Napa Valley on Jan. 23, 2011. Learn more about Jordheim after the jump!