Various ensembles from the 2010 CCM Spoleto Festival perform in Bosco Sacro, or “Sacred Grove” in Monteluco outside the main walls of Spoleto, Italy.
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Beginning at 7pm on Thursday, August 12th, the University of Cincinnati will present a very special recital featuring CCM Prep faculty and students. Set on the porch and plaza of UC’s Tangeman University Center, the recital is part of Play Me, I’m Yours: Greater Cincinnati, an internationally touring street-art exhibit featuring the work of Luke Jerram. Video and more after the jump.
Lady Gaga’s recent performance on NBC’s The Today Show featured CCM alumnus Brian Newman on trumpet. Catch a segment of the performance below:
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Things may be quiet at CCM Village in Cincinnati this summer, but the CCM Spoleto Opera and Classical Music Festival is just getting started. CCM Spoleto gave its inaugural performance at the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti to an enthusiastic crowd of locals and students Saturday, July 24. Led by director Annunziata Tomaro, the concert began with Barber’s impressive Overture to “The School for Scandal”. Guest pianist and CCM faculty member James Tocco closed out the first half with Beethoven’s perennial favorite, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major “Emperor”. The second half of the evening featured Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony in e Minor—showcasing the artistry of the festival’s talented instrumentalists.
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Students of CCM Spoleto arrive in the Italian town and prepare for the five week classical music and opera festival hosted by CCM.
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CCM is pleased to announce details for the 2010-11 Mainstage Series of drama, musical theatre and opera productions.
The 2010-2011 Mainstage Season will sweep you away – from Argentina to small town America, from riotous farce to the deepest of human emotions and across a landscape of truly great works in musical theatre, drama and opera. With sensational Tony Award-winning musical theatre hits, comedy and pathos from the American master playwright Thornton Wilder and opera in all of its glory, each title will be brought to life by the brightest and freshest young talent in Cincinnati. Here is a first look at what next season has to offer:
CCM’s Division of Music Education presents a look back at the 2009-10 academic year. By T.J. Allen.
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1st collector for 2009-10 CCM:MUED End of Year Movie
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Based on the classic novel by Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men tells the story of George and Lennie, two displaced farm hands during the Great Depression. Chasing the American dream to someday own their own stake of land, the pair travels across the California countryside in search of work. When their journey leads them into trouble, one friend must make a tragic choice to save the other. Sung in English with supertitles. Opening night will feature special pre- and post-performance talks by Maestro Carlisle Floyd.
Life turns upside down in a small Kansas town when a handsome drifter arrives to stir hearts both young and old. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, this bittersweet comedy has set audiences’ hearts ablaze as lives are changed on Labor Day weekend at the annual community picnic. It’s never too late to fall in love!
Congratulations to recent CCM Electronic Media Division graduates Dustin Chow and Steven Shaefer on their 2010 National Student Emmy Award-win. Chow and Shaefer won the Emmy for “Music-Best Use” for their experimental musical montage, “Today,” featuring an original song composed by Shaefer and performed by the band Where They Landed, of which both Shaefer and Chow are members. “Today” was also a nominee in the “Music-Composition” category. Learn more about the award-winning film at http://www.todaycincinnati.com.
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