The CCM Philharmonia and Musical Theatre stars of tomorrow present Broadway hits from Leonard Bernstein, Frank Loesser and Jule Styne in concert this Sunday, Feb. 25.
One of the world’s most comprehensive celebrations of Leonard Bernstein’s musical legacy continues at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music on Sunday, Feb. 25. CCM’s Bernstein Festival presents “Lenny and Friends on Broadway,” featuring the CCM Philharmonia with Musical Theatre alumni and students in concert at 7 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium.
To celebrate Bernstein’s Broadway legacy, the concert showcases popular music from Wonderful Town, On the Town and West Side Story. Highlights also include hit selections from Jule Styne’s Gypsy, Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Frank Loesser’s Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
The acclaimed CCM Philharmonia will be joined by current Musical Theatre students BaileeEndebrock and Frankie Thams, along with recent graduates PaulSchwensen and EmilyKristen Morris, for this Prestige Series performance. LukeFlood, HenryLewers, BuddyLangley and MarkGibson conduct.
Tickets are on sale now for CCM’s “Lenny and Friends on Broadway.” For ticketing information visit the CCM Box Office or refer to the event information below.
About CCM’s Bernstein Festival Leonard Bernstein at 100 is the world-wide celebration of the 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein and his monumental career as a composer, conductor, educator, musician, cultural ambassador and humanitarian. CCM’s Bernstein Festival continues through November 2018, spanning two concert seasons and over a dozen major performances! Highlights include Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, the Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront, The Age of Anxiety, Trouble in Tahiti, Serenade after Plato’s Symposium, Chichester Psalms, Songfest, Fancy Free and much more. View a complete listing of upcoming performances at ccm.uc.edu/about/villagenews/save-the-date/bernstein-centennial-festival.
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Repertoire BERNSTEIN: Overture to Wonderful Town (1952-53)
LOESSER: Selections from Guys and Dolls (1950)
BERNSTEIN: Selections from On the Town (1944)
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STYNE: Overture to Gypsy (1959)
PORTER: Selections from Kiss Me Kate (1948)
BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story (1957)
LOESSER: Selections from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1957)
Performance Time 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25
Location Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati
Purchasing Tickets Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for non-UC students and FREE for UC students with valid ID.
Single tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online through our e-Box Office! Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
The world renowned operatic vocalist returns to his alma matter for CCM’s Busse Fund Guest Artist Recital on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
CCM’s Sesquicentennial Celebration welcomes back accomplished alumnus Stuart Skelton (MM Voice, 1995) for a Busse Fund Guest Artist Recital at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Skelton will be accompanied by CCM faculty artist Kenneth Griffiths, in a program featuring works for piano and voice by Grainger, Liszt and Korngold, as well as several works by Icelandic composers.
A Grammy-nominated tenor and the 2014 International Opera Awards Male Singer of the Year, Skelton is critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty and intensely dramatic portrayals. He has appeared in many of the world’s most celebrated opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, English National Opera and Paris Opera.
Some of the roles that Skelton has performed with great success include the title roles in Lohengrin, Parsifal and Peter Grimes, as well as Florestan in Fidelio, Max in Der Freischütz and Siegmund in Der Ring des Nibelungen. His schedule for the current season includes his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Fidelio, performances of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, and a reprisal of his lauded Siegmund in Der Ring des Nielungen in his Royal Opera House, Convent Garden debut.
Skelton is a heldentenor, or a heroic tenor, which means that his strengths are in projection and dramatic vocal delivery.
“What makes the portrayal so special is the tenor’s ability to run the gamut from the tenderest intimacy to the most thrilling heroics, with the voice itself smoothly running through the necessary gears, and able to grow yet further even when you think it has reached its limits,” said a review of Skelton’s performance of Siegmund in Die Walküre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
Skelton’s powerful and smooth vocal technique will be on full display during his triumphant return to CCM on Feb. 20 in the Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. In addition to his guest artist recital, Skelton will present master classes from 3-6 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 21 and from 10:10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in the Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.
Stuart Skelton’s performance is supported by the Thomas W. Busse Trust.
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Repertoire
GRAINGER: Bold William Taylor
GRAINGER: Willow, Willow
GRAINGER: Hard-Hearted Barbara
EINARSSON: Draumalandið (Land of My Dreams)
PÓRARINSSON: Fuglinn í fjörunni (The Seagull)
KALDALÓNS: Ave María
LISZT: Four Settings of Victor Hugo
KORNGOLD: Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14
TURINA: Poema en forma de canciones
Performance Time
8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20
Location
Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, CCM Village,
University of Cincinnati
Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for non-UC students and FREE for UC students with valid ID.
Single tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online through our e-Box Office! Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music showcases its young opera stars with the Studio Series production ofAriodante, which boasts music by George Frideric Handel and a libretto based on a work by Antonio Salvi. Directed by CCM Opera Chair Robin Guarino and conducted by Jiannan Cheng, the opera runs Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 in CCM’s Cohen Family Studio Theater.
Hailed as one of Handel’s finest operas, Ariodante presents a tale of royal intrigue and betrayal set in the remote Scottish Highlands. The daughter of the King of Scotland is happily engaged to Prince Ariodante, but the scheming Duke Polinesso plots to take the princess’ hand in marriage and seize the throne for himself. Intrigue ensues in this celebrated opera seria, but true love wins the day!
Ariodante premiered at Convent Garden in 1735 and, after its initial success, fell into obscurity for almost two centuries. In the 1970’s, opera companies began to stage revivals of the opera, and now it is a staple of the operatic repertoire.
Admission is free but reservations are required; tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 12. Visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Orders are limited to two tickets each.
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Cast List
Ariodante – Chelsea Duval-Major*, Kayleigh Decker^
Ginevra – Murrella Parton*, Heidi Middendorf^
Dalinda – Caitlin Gotimer*, Nicolette Book^
Polinesso – Amber Fasquelle*, Brianna Brag^
Lurcanio – Ben Lee*, Chandler Johnson^
Le Re – Michael Hyatt*, Samson McCrady^
Oduardo – Tyler Johnson
Ariodante’s Page – Lisa Rogali
Re’s Page – Zane Hill
*Saturday, Feb. 17
^Friday, Feb. 16 and Sunday, Feb . 18
Performance Times
8 p.m. Friday Feb. 16
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18
Location Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village,
University of Cincinnati
Admission Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Feb. 12. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Parking and Directions Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Please visit uc.edu/parkingfor more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
CCM Mainstage Acting presents “Love and Information” on Feb. 8-11, 2018 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Photos by Mark Lyons.
British playwright Caryl Churchill is known for writing thought-provoking works that are rife with theatrical experimentation. Many of her plays offer some sort of political or societal commentary — they ask questions but offer no answers, which allows the audience to find their own.
Such is the case in Churchill’s Love and Information, which runs today, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 in CCM’s Patricia Corbett Theater. The play is presented in a series of self-contained scenes that examine the various ways people search for and consume information. Over the course of CCM’s 90-minute production, 28 acting students portray more than 100 characters who are looking for ways to connect with each other in today’s technology-driven culture.
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“Leave it to Ms. Churchill to come up with a work that so ingeniously and exhaustively mirrors our age of the splintered attention span,” writes The New York Times in a review of the NY Theater Workshop of Love and Information. “Throughout her career, which spans more than four decades, this British playwright has proved herself without peer in creating expressly topical works in which form and function are one.”
The Spring 2018 Choral Series opens with the world premiere of Dale Warland’s I Hear America Singing, commissioned to celebrate CCM’s 150th Anniversary.
The Department of Choral Studies at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music presents nine free and ticketed performances during its Spring 2018 Concert Series, beginning with a special program honoring CCM’s Sesquicentennial at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 11 in Corbett Auditorium.
The CCM Chamber Choir, led by Earl Rivers, opens the concert series on Sunday, Feb. 11 with the world premiere of Dale Warland’s I Hear America Singing, commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of CCM’s founding.
Founder of the Grammy Award-nominated Dale Warland Singers and an inductee in the American Classical Music Hall of Fame, Warland’s (HonDoc, 2008) distinguished career as a choral composer and conductor spans more than six decades. CCM is home to the Dale Warland Singers Archive, which is among the largest collection of contemporary choral works in the country.
Warland chose to set the commissioned choral work to text from Walt Whitman’s I Hear America Singing, which was revised for the fourth edition of Leaves of Grass in 1867 — the same year Clara Baur founded the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
“Whitman, in this poem, creates an image of an America unified by song and hard work,” Warland says. “I cannot help but believe that the founders and early participants associated with CCM must have been fully aware of Whitman’s passion for music and the high regard that he had for singing.”
In celebration of CCM’s Sesquicentennial, acclaimed countertenor and alumnus Michael Maniaci (BM, 1999) returns to CCM as the featured soloist in the Feb. 11 concert with the Chamber Choir in Leonard Bernstein’s Missa Brevis. Praised for his rare, thrilling voice and sensational stage presence, Maniaci will also return to CCM to solo in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms for a second concert on March 8.
The Feb. 11 concert also features performances from the Cincinnati Children’s Choir Bel Canto, directed by Robyn Lana; the UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses, conducted by Kevin Coker and Molly Getsinger; and the CCM Chorale, conducted by Brett Scott, in Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder (New Love Songs).
CCM’s Spring 2018 Choral Series presents nine concerts between Feb. 11 and April 29. View the complete performance listings below! Tickets are available through the CCM Box Office.
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Event Information
All events listed below take place on the campus of the University of Cincinnati unless otherwise indicated. Some events do require purchased tickets; please see individual event information for single ticket prices and ordering information.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online through our e-Box Office! Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
All event dates and programs are subject to change. Visit ccm.uc.edu or contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for the most current event information.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
• CCM at 150 Celebrates Bernstein at 100 • CELEBRATING CCM’S SESQUICENTENNIAL WITH DALE WARLAND
CCM Chamber Choir and Chorale, Cincinnati Children’s Choir Bel Canto, and UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses
Earl Rivers, Robyn Lana, Kevin Coker and Molly Getsinger, conductors
CCM’s Sesquicentennial Celebration features guest conductor/composer-in-residence Dale Warland (HonDoc, 2008), inductee in the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and founder of the Grammy Award-nominated Dale Warland Singers. The CCM Chamber Choir presents the world premiere of I Hear America Singing commissioned by the CCM Choral Department and composed by Warland in honor of the 150th anniversary of CCM’s founding. CCM Chamber Choir also presents Leonard Bernstein’s Missa Brevis, featuring countertenor and CCM alumnus Michael Maniaci, and the CCM Chorale presents Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder (New Love Songs). Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Monday, March 5
• Guest Artist Series • COLORS OF EUROPE: CONTEMPORARY CHORAL MUSIC
Madrigalchor from Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Martin Steidler, music director and conductor
Madrigalchor presents contemporary a cappella and accompanied choral works of Buchenberg (Germany), Busto (Spain), Esenvalds (Latvia), Gjeilo (Norway), Herzog (Austria), Petrassi (Italy), Tormis (Estonia) and Vujic (Serbia). Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, March 8
• CCM at 150 Celebrates Bernstein at 100 • BERNSTEIN’S CHICHESTER PSALMS AND SAXOPHONE CONCERTOS
CCM Concert Orchestra and Chorale
Featuring guest artists from the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Convention
Aik Khai Pung and Brett Scott, music directors and conductors
Bernstein’s most popular choral/orchestra work, Chichester Psalms, premiered in 1965 with the composer conducting. The work features countertenor and CCM alumnus Michael Maniaci and Bernstein-selected texts from Psalms 23, 100, 108 and 131 of the Hebrew Bible. Saxophone repertoire to be announced. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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5 p.m. Sunday, March 18
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence • CELEBRATE YOUTH: LEGACY25
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Robyn Lana, music director
The Cincinnati Children’s Choir celebrates its 25th anniversary. Premiering commissions by Ola Gjeilo and Rollo Dilworth, the program will highlight some of the finest, most recognized children’s choir repertoire as well as past commissions. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, March 21
• Choral Series • MUSIC THAT UNITES
UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses
Kevin Coker and Molly Getsinger, conductors
Comprised of students from all 14 UC colleges, the UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses and Cabaret Singers offer a variety of classical, popular, folk and jazz arrangements of Copland, Davison, Forrest, LaBarr, Ramsey and Walker. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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3 p.m. Sunday, April 8
• Choral Series • MONTEVERDI FESTIVAL
CCM Chamber Choir, CCM student soloists and Early Music guest artists
Earl Rivers, conductor
CCM’s Monteverdi Festival features madrigals from Books V, VI, VII and VIII, and concerto works from Selva Morale e Spirituale. Early Music guest artists playing period instruments join CCM students for a feast of chamber and large-scale works. Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Saturday, April 14
• Choral Series • LISZT’S VIA CRUCIS
CCM Chorale
Brett Scott, conductor
Kenneth Griffiths, piano
Composed between 1866 and 1878 for chorus and solo organ or piano, Liszt’s Via Crucis portrays Jesus’ journey carrying the cross in 14 meditations, each representing a station of the cross. Location: Patricia Corbett Theater Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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3 p.m. Sunday, April 15
• Choral Series • CCM Chorale
Featuring Cincinnati’s Musica Sacra Chorus
Brett Scott, conductor
CCM Chorale combines with Music Sacra, one of Cincinnati’s notable volunteer choruses, to perform an all-Schubert program of Romantic choral/orchestral masterworks. SCHUBERT: Mass in A-Flat, D. 678 SCHUBERT: Stabat Mater, D. 383 Location: St. Boniface Church, 1750 Chase Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45223 Admission: FREE
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5 p.m. Sunday, April 29
• CCM Ensemble-in-Residence • WE SING: HOPE AND UNITY – LEGACY25
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Robyn Lana, music director
This concert will complete the 25th anniversary season as we celebrate international friendships made since the choir began. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors: Jan Rogers, Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
The three operas offer contrasting insights into the extremes of human relationships. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018.
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music presents the annual showcase of its young operatic stars-of-tomorrow with CCM’s Undergraduate Opera d’arte performances on Friday, Feb. 2 through Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 in Cohen Family Studio Theater. This year features a triple bill of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone and a rarely-performed production of Marc Bucci’s Tale for a Deaf Ear.
Each short opera is connected by themes of romantic love, but the works address different stages of a relationship; Trouble in Tahiti shows the decline of a marriage, The Telephone depicts the beginning of courtship, and Tale for a Deaf Ear illustrates the devastating finale of more than just a marriage. The shows are tied together not only by subject matter but also by an Ed Sullivan-style emcee who will address the audience between operas.
This production of Trouble in Tahiti is part of CCM’s yearlong celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary — one of the most comprehensive Leonard Bernstein at 100 festivals in the world. Bernstein wrote the work, which he considered a musical theatre piece, during his honeymoon in 1951. He had just finished composing On the Town, and he would finish Candide and West Side Story later in the 1950s.
“The music is evocative of the radio commercials of the time, especially in the jazz trio,” says Kenneth Shaw, CCM professor of voice and co-producer of this triple bill. “It serves as sort of a modern day Greek chorus by commenting on the sad story with upbeat ‘perfect picture’ music, which describes the ideal suburban life so many Americans were pursuing at that time.”
As Shaw and the triple bill’s director Amy Johnson searched for other short operas to present with Trouble in Tahiti, they found an article about a 1957 double bill by the New York City Opera that featured Bernstein’s work and Bucci’s Tale for a Deaf Ear. They were captivated by the story and the music. It took months of digging, with the help of the head of CCM’s Library, Jenny Doctor, to locate Bucci’s son and, with him, the orchestral score for Tale for a Deaf Ear.
According to the research of Shaw, Johnson and Doctor, this will only be the fourth presentation of the opera. The previous presentations were its premiere in 1954 at Tanglewood, a 1957 production by New York City Opera and a 1999 production at New York’s Center for Contemporary Opera.
“We sincerely hope our production of this work will bring it into its rightful place in the lexicon of American opera,” Shaw says. “We are giving it a much larger audience by placing this triple bill into the National Opera Association’s Opera Production Competition. This is the same competition in which several of our previous productions have won honors, including last year’s second place win for Albert Herring.”
Admission to CCM’s Undergraduate Opera d’arte triple bill is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, January 29 and can be reserved in person at the CCM Box Office or by calling 513-556-4183. Reservations are limited to two tickets apiece.
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TROUBLE IN TAHITI
Music and libretto by Leonard Bernstein
THE TELEPHONE
Music and words by Gian Carlo Menotti
TALE FOR A DEAF EAR
Music and lyrics by Marc Bucci
Creative Team
Brett Scott, conductor
Amy Johnson, stage director and co-producer
Kenneth Shaw, co-producer
Gabriela Sam, assistant stage director
Performance Times
8 p.m. Friday Feb. 2
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4
Location Cohen Family Studio Theater, CCM Village,
University of Cincinnati
Admission Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available at noon on Monday, Jan. 29. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Please visit uc.edu/parkingfor more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
CCM’s 150th Anniversary Mainstage Series continues with a preview performance of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Described by the New York Times as “thought-churning” and “deeply poignant,” the play explores how people connect in today’s technology-driven culture.
Love and Information is presented in 68 self-contained scenes, some of which have no dialogue and are only seconds long. Every scene touches on ways people search for and consume knowledge, and explores how that information impacts their relationships.
“Caryl Churchill is known for creating experimental but also incredibly relevant and emotionally provocative dramas,” says CCM Acting professor Brant Russell, Love and Information director. “It’s edgy but also extremely accessible and relatable.”
Some scenes give insight into familiar situations like breakups, reunions and depression, others feature seemingly superficial interactions like people dancing in a jazzercise class.
With 28 CCM Acting students portraying more than 100 characters, Love and Information makes high demands of its cast. CCM’s Acting Department has cast every eligible acting student in the production, which excludes the freshman class.
“It’s our 150th Anniversary, so we wanted to show off what CCM Acting has to offer, and I think this play shows us off really well,” Russell says. “The design aspects are spectacular and the acting is phenomenal — it’s exactly what audiences have come to expect from CCM.”
The set is separated into seven areas to illustrate the play’s multiple locations, including a kitchen, an entry way, a bar and a psychiatrist’s office. Actors and lighting effects will guide the audience from scene to scene as the stage transforms in front of them like a kaleidoscope throughout the production.
Originally produced at London’s Royal Court Theater in 2012, Love and Information was adapted for an American audience in a New York Theater Workshop. The themes and situations it presents are universal, Russell adds:
“Audiences will leave the theater having been plunged into a world of emotional conflict in our new era of information and will emerge with a new understanding of how we should relate to each other in 2018.”
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LOVE AND INFORMATION
Written by Carly Churchill
Love and Information will last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. There will be no intermission.
*This production makes use of strobe lighting effects
Creative Team
Brant Russell, director
Matthew D. Hamel, scenic designer*
Justin Dudzik, lighting designer*
Gabriella DiVincenzo, assistant director*
Meghan Winter, stage manager*
Edward Mineishi, sound designer*
Brandon Thompson, costume designer*
*CCM Student
Cast List Chandler Bates, Carissa Cardy, Jabari Carter, Lauren Carter, Kenzie Clark, Will Clark, Zoe Cotzias, Jacqueline Daaleman, Mafer Del Real, Sarah Durham, James Egbert, Ella Eggold, Matt Fox, Isaac Hickox-Young, Paige Jordan, Carter LaCava, Graham Lutes, Jeremy Maislin, Gabriella Medina, Briley Oakley, Meg Olson, Madeleine Page-Schmit, Olivia Passafiume, Madison Pullman, Josh Reiter, Graham Rogers, Rupert Spraul, Jack Steiner
Performance Times
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 (preview)
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9
2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
Location Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati
Purchasing Tickets Tickets to Love and Information are $27-31 for adults, $17-20 for non-UC students and $15-18 for UC students with a valid ID. Tickets to the Feb. 7 preview performance are just $15.
Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $15, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.
Parking and Directions Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
Swing into the semester with CCM Jazz Ensembles, which present a series of seven free and ticketed concerts beginning this Sunday, Jan. 28.
CCM’s Spring 2018 Jazz Series begins this Sunday, Jan. 28 and continues through April 22, featuring works by jazz greats Benny Goodman, Thad Jones, Miles Davis and more, along with new pieces by students and alumni!
The concert series opens at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28 with the CCM Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of CCM jazz faculty member Steve Allee. The program features exciting new compositions from CCM Jazz Studies composers and pioneering masters.
Later in the semester, Allee directs the CCM Jazz Orchestra in a special concert dedicated to the music of the “King of Swing” Benny Goodman on Sunday, March 4. One of the true giants of jazz, Goodman’s enormous popularity in the mid-1930s helped establish the big band sound firmly in the popular consciousness of America. The concert welcomes Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Loren Schoenberg as guest conductor.
On Sunday, April 8, CCM Jazz celebrates the legacy of American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader Thad Jones. The jazz master’s career took off in the 1930s at Blue Note Records in Detroit. He went on to solo with the acclaimed Count Basie Orchestra and performed regularly at the famed Village Vanguard jazz club in New York.
CCM jazz faculty member Craig Bailey directs the CCM Jazz Lab Band in the closing concert on Sunday, April 22 with “Trumpets All Out.” Program highlights include the music of Tom Harrell, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderley, Randy Brecker, Don Ellis and other trumpet masters of yesterday and today.
CCM Jazz presents an exciting lineup of free and ticketed concerts in its Spring 2018 Concert Series. View the complete performance listing below!
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Event Information All events listed below take place on the campus of the University of Cincinnati unless otherwise indicated. Please see individual event information for single ticket prices and ordering information.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online now through our e-Box Office! Visit ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice for CCM Box Office hours and location.
All event dates and programs are subject to change. Visit ccm.uc.edu or contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for the most current event information.
Parking and Directions Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for more information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28
• Jazz Series • CONTEMPORARY VISIONS: THE 21ST CENTURY JAZZ ORCHESTRA CCM Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band Steve Allee, music director and conductor Exciting compositions from CCM Jazz Studies composers and pioneering masters. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6
• Jazz Series • BLUE NOTE REVISITED CCM Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Combos Craig Bailey and Steve Allee, music directors and conductors Featuring music from the artists of the Blue Note Record Label. Location: Corbett Auditorium Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13
• Faculty Artist Series • CCM Faculty Jazztet CCM’s world-famous jazz faculty artists show off their skills with a set of cool charts and blazing solos! Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall Admission: FREE
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7 p.m. Sunday, March 4
• Prestige Event Series • LET’S DANCE: THE MUSIC OF BENNY GOODMAN, KING OF SWING CCM Jazz Orchestra Steve Allee, music director Featuring guest conductor Loren Schoenberg One of the true “Giants of Jazz,” Benny Goodman’s enormous popularity helped establish the big band sound firmly in the popular consciousness of America.
Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $20 general, $15 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, March 27
• Jazz Series • NEW COMPOSERS: YOUNG LIONS OF THE JAZZ WRITING WORLD
CCM Jazz Lab Band Craig Bailey, music director and conductor Featuring exciting new works from CCM students and alumni, along with pieces by today’s hottest composers! Location: Corbett Auditorium Admission: FREE
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7 p.m. Sunday, April 8
• Jazz and Orchestra Series • THE LEGACY OF THAD JONES: 50 YEARS AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD CCM Jazz Steve Allee, music director Thad Jones’ music embodies the height of sophistication, the depths of hard-driving swing, the relentless groove of the blues and the beauty of a compositional style like no other. Join us for an evening celebrating the music of this American jazz master. Location: Patricia Corbett Theater Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, April 22
• Jazz Series • TRUMPETS ALL OUT CCM Jazz Lab Band Craig Bailey, music director Celebrating the music of Tom Harrell, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderley, Randy Brecker, Don Ellis and other trumpet masters of yesterday and today. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Cincinnati’s favorite fundraiser returns this Friday, Jan. 19, as CCM proudly presents its annual Moveable Feast! Take a look at this year’s artistic menu to create your own schedule of 20-minute samplings of student entertainment, along with backstage tours and much more.
In honor of CCM’s 150-year legacy of inspiring the stars of tomorrow, this year’s event features a performance by alumnus Brian Newman, who will solo with the Jazz Orchestra as the “opening course” on Moveable Feast’s artistic menu. Newman will also cap off the evening at the new Blue-Note After Party. Featuring performances by Newman, CCM alumni and students, this exclusive after party lasts from 10:30 p.m. until midnight. Tickets to Moveable Feast and the Blue-Note After Party are sold separately and can be purchased online at ccm.weshareonline.org/ws/opportunities/MoveableFeast2018.
View the Moveable Feast program online or scroll below for a complete list of performances.
A map of CCM Village is below, including food stations with dinner by-the-bite from Jeff Thomas Catering. Be sure to visit the CCM Box Office during Moveable Feast for special discounts on spring concerts and Mainstage performances.
Moveable Feast Artistic Menu
Corbett Auditorium
Jazz Orchestra – 7:30 p.m.
Steel Drum Band – 8:30 p.m.
Philharmonia Orchestra – 10 p.m.
Room 3705 Preparatory and Community Engagement – 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19. Tickets to this year’s Moveable Feast are moving fast, so don’t delay – get yours before they’re gone and experience an unforgettable evening of artistic and culinary delights! Visit ccm.weshareonline.org/ws/opportunities/MoveableFeast2018 to order tickets.
During its 150th anniversary season, CCM commemorates the 100th birthday of cultural icon Leonard Bernstein with an unprecedented series of events.
Celebration is in the air at CCM as the 150-year-old performing and media arts institution prepares to commemorate the 100th birthday of an American icon. In 2018, CCM will stage a year-long festival memorializing the legacy of composer, conductor, educator and activist/humanitarian Leonard Bernstein. Beginning on January 26, 2018, this wide-ranging festival will span two concert seasons and include over a dozen major performances, making it one of the world’s most comprehensive Bernstein Centennial Celebrations!
CCM’s Bernstein Festival features the talents of students and faculty members from throughout the college, united in a celebration of the life and career of one monumental artist. Bernstein, who would have turned 100 years old on Aug. 25, 2018, was a towering figure of 20th-century music and culture. He achieved international acclaim as the composer of West Side Story, Candide, On the Town and other stage and orchestral works. The celebrated conductor of the New York Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, Bernstein was equally esteemed as an educator whose televised Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic created generations of music lovers.
CCM’s festival showcases many of Bernstein’s signature works, including the iconic “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, the monumental Age of Anxiety symphony for piano and orchestra, Songfest, the Symphonic Suite from Academy Award-winning film On the Waterfront, poignantly satirical one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti and much more.
In addition to Bernstein’s compositions, CCM’s festival also showcases music by Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, David Diamond and other composers who were championed by Bernstein through his work as a conductor and musical ambassador. According to Interim Dean bruce mcclung, “These works by Bernstein’s colleagues and the younger American composers who he promoted will help provide a cultural and musical context for CCM’s festival.”
For CCM Director of Orchestral Studies MarkGibson, programming this festival has been fulfilling both artistically and personally. “Lenny is the reason I am on the podium today and have been in the halls of CCM every year for the past 20 years,” says Gibson, who studied with Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Center as the Bernstein Conducting Fellow in 1986.
A college-wide celebration of Bernstein’s artistic output and ongoing influence seemed like a natural fit for CCM’s ongoing Sesquicentennial Celebration, too. “During this same year that CCM celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding, Lenny would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Let’s do it for him, let’s throw him a party all year long.”
The festivities begin on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, as Gibson leads the CCM Philharmonia in a concert featuring Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story along with Lenny’s “anthem,” the beloved Overture to Candide. The concert also features CCM Eminent Scholar of Chamber Music and Piano James Tocco in Bernstein’s highly dramatic second symphony, The Age of Anxiety. Like Gibson, Tocco was mentored by Bernstein earlier in his career, working closely with him on the world-premiere recording of Bernstein’s complete works for solo piano in 1983. Tocco has performed The Age of Anxiety with orchestras around the world and recorded it with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
CCM’s Bernstein Festival continues through March with performances by the Opera d’Arte undergraduate opera series, Wind Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Concert Orchestra, Chorale and much more. The festival then resumes in September with another series of events leading up to the CCM Jazz Orchestra’s performance of Stan Kenton’s West Side Story on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018.
Some of CCM’s Bernstein Festival performances are free and open to the general public, while others require paid admission. Audiences can also purchase the “Bernstein Experience” package, which provides access to every ticketed festival event and comes with additional perks. View complete schedule and ticketing information for CCM’s Bernstein Festival below.
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CCM’S BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL
SPRING 2018
8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 BERNSTEIN FESTIVAL OPENING CONCERT CCM Philharmonia Featuring Eminent Scholar of Chamber Music James Tocco, piano Mark Gibson, music director and conductor BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide (1956)
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety) (1949/65) Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 TROUBLE IN TAHITI Music and libretto by Leonard Bernstein THE TELEPHONE Music and words by Gian Carlo Menotti TALE FOR A DEAF EAR Music and lyrics by Marc Bucci Brett Scott, conductor Amy Johnson, stage director and co-producer Kenneth Shaw, co-producer Gabriela Sam, assistant stage director The CCM Opera d’arte Series of undergraduate productions proudly presents a triple bill of one-act American operas! Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti candidly portrays the troubled marriage of a young suburban couple. Written between Bernstein’s biggest Broadway successes, Trouble in Tahiti draws upon popular song styles to deliver an uncompromising critique of Mid-century American marriage. The triple bill also includes Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone and Mark Bucci’s rarely produced, but haunting, Tale for a Deaf Ear. Taken together, Opera d’arte’s triple bill offers three contrasting views into the extremes of human relationships. Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: Admission is free. Reservations are required. Tickets become available to Bernstein Festival subscribers at noon on Monday, Jan. 22. They are available to the general public beginning at noon on Monday, Jan. 29. Please visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Opera d’arte Sponsor: Rafael & Kimberly Daniel de Acha Foundation
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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 CELEBRATING CCM’S SESQUICENTENNIAL WITH DALE WARLAND
CCM Chamber Choir and Chorale, Cincinnati Children’s Choir Bel Canto, and UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses Earl Rivers, Robyn Lana, Kevin Coker, Molly Getsinger and Graeme Langager, conductors CCM’s Sesquicentennial Celebration includes a choral concert featuring guest conductor/composer-in-residence Dale Warland (HonDoc, 2008), inductee in the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and founder of the Grammy Award-nominated Dale Warland Singers. The CCM Chamber Choir presents the world premiere of I Hear America Singing commissioned by the CCM Choral Department and composed by Warland in honor of the 150th anniversary of CCM’s founding. CCM Chamber Choir also presents Leonard Bernstein’s Missa Brevis, and guest conductor and alumnus Graeme Langager leads the CCM Chorale in Brahms’ NeueLiebeslieder (New Love Songs). Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 FUN AND GAMES CCM Philharmonia Featuring the winners of the CCM String Quartet Competition Mark Gibson, music director Annunziata Tomaro, guest conductor CCM’s Sesquicentennial Celebration welcomes back CCM alumna and former faculty member Annunziata Tomaro (DMA Orchestral Conducting, 2014) for a can’t-miss concert featuring the CCM Philharmonia with the internationally acclaimed Ariel Quartet!
BERNSTEIN: Overture to Slava! ADAMS: Absolute Jest STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka (1911 version) Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 LENNY AND FRIENDS ON BROADWAY CCM Philharmonia Mark Gibson, music director and conductor Join us for a celebration of Bernstein’s Broadway legacy, including works by Bernstein, Loesser, Weill, Sondheim and Styne. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $20 general, $15 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 2 BERNSTEIN, KHACHATURIAN, R. STRAUSS: DANCES CCM Wind Orchestra Terence Milligan, music director and conductor Leonard Bernstein was an American treasure and a larger-than-life force in music. We celebrate his 100 years with “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story and “Three Dance Episodes” from On the Town, along with Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 REMEMBERING LENNY: NEW WORKS AND OLD FRIENDS Café MoMus Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor LUKAS FOSS: Time Cycle DAVID CLAY METTENS: In This World (World Premiere)
HSIN-LEI CHEN: Vortex•Hymn (World Premiere) Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, March 8 BERNSTEIN’S CHICHESTER PSALMS AND SAXOPHONE CONCERTOS CCM Concert Orchestra and Chorale Featuring guest artists from the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Convention Aik Khai Pung and Brett Scott, music directors and conductors Bernstein’s most popular choral/orchestra work, Chichester Psalms, premiered in 1965 with the composer conducting. The work features a boy soprano (or countertenor), and the texts that Bernstein selected from Psalms 23, 100, 108 and 131 of the Hebrew Bible. Saxophone repertoire to be announced. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 30 BERNSTEIN’S SERENADE AFTER PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM AND STRAUSS’ ‘GROßMACHTIGE PRINZESSIN’ FROM ARIADNE AUF NAXOS CCM Concert Orchestra Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor STRAUSS: “Großmachtige Prinzessin” from Ariadne auf Naxos Featuring the winner of the CCM Voice Competition
BERNSTEIN: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium Featuring the winner of the CCM Violin Concerto Competition
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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FALL 2018
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 LENNY AND FRIENDS CCM Philharmonia and Concert Orchestra Mark Gibson and Aik Khai Pung, music directors and conductors Concert Orchestra CHAVEZ: Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India)
THOMPSON: Symphony No. 2 (1931) excerpt
DIAMOND: Music to Romeo and Juliet (1947) Philharmonia COPLAND: El Salón México HARRIS: Symphony No. 3
BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31 BERNSTEIN AND FRIENDS CCM Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Terrence Milligan and Kevin Michael Holzman, music directors and conductors
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront THOMSON: A Solemn Music COPLAND: Incidental Music from Our Town BERNSTEIN: Slava! Additional works to be announced Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 SONGFEST AND FANCYFREE CCM Philharmonia Featuring CCM Voice faculty members and student soloists Mark Gibson, music director and conductor Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 STAN KENTON’S WEST SIDE STORY CCM Jazz Orchestra Scott Belck, music director and conductor Hear CCM jazz students perform music from Kenton’s West Side Story album, which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Large Group (Instrumental) in 1962. Location: Corbett Auditorium Tickets: $20 general, $15 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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Purchasing Tickets Single tickets to all Spring 2018 Bernstein Festival events are now available for purchase through the CCM Box Office in person, over the phone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/bernstein-festival. Ticket prices vary; see individual event listings for additional information. Tickets for CCM’s Fall 2018 Bernstein Festival events will go on sale in August.
Experience the complete Bernstein Festival! CCM subscribers can purchase CCM’s “Bernstein Experience” package for $160, giving them access to every ticketed concert in CCM’s Bernstein Festival at a savings of over 20% off single ticket prices. Bernstein Experience package holders get first access to CCM’s Fall 2018 festival events. Package holders also receive exclusive perks for CCM’s non-ticketed Bernstein Festival events, including early access to tickets for Trouble in Tahiti!
To purchase a Bernstein Experience package, contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183. Already have tickets to some of these events? Call the Box Office to upgrade to the Bernstein Experience package. The Bernstein Experience is available for purchase through January 26, 2018.
Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit uc.edu/parking for information on parking rates.
For detailed maps and directions, please visit uc.edu/visitors. Additional parking is available off-campus at the U Square complex on Calhoun Street and other neighboring lots.
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