We are delighted to report that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the CCM and Cincinnati Opera Association partnership Opera Fusion: New Works a $30,000 grant to support the production of a documentary film chronicling the creation of an American work of opera!
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CCM Video: A Look Back At ‘The Damnation of Faust’
Last month, CCM mounted a unique multimedia production of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust). If you missed this E-Media, Choral and Orchestral collaboration, here is a glimpse of the production that critics have hailed as “extraordinary.”
Discussing ‘The Damnation of Faust’s Visuals with CCM E-Media’s Raul Barcelona
This Saturday, CCM presents a unique multimedia production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust. CCM E-Media faculty member Raul Barcelona recently discussed his work on the project with CCM Public Information Assistant and Arts Administration student Lillian Matchett.
Lillian Matchett: Could you give me a little background about your work at CCM?
Raul Barcelona: I’ve been here now for almost two years. My role here is Assistant Professor of Electronic Media, and I specifically teach new media and video production classes. My main focus is film making, but in the past I have also worked as a web designer and graphics designer, so I am also teaching some of those new media courses as well.
LM: Could you tell me a little about how you originally got involved with the production of The Damnation of Faust?
RB: Earl Rivers [CCM’s Director of Choral Studies and conductor] approached me to see if I would be interested in developing some visuals for the performance. He had this idea that it’s a work that is very cinematic in nature, even just by itself, and he thought that it would be a good opportunity to collaborate so that the music is accompanied with visuals.
LM: What was your original inspiration for the visuals we’ll see on Saturday?
LISTEN: CCM’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’ Featured on WVXU’s Around Cincinnati
Robyn Carey-Allgeyer discussed the upcoming multimedia production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust with CCM’s Earl Rivers on the latest edition of WVXU’s Around Cincinnati.
You can listen to the full interview here. Performance information for The Damnation of Faust is available after the jump!
Projects for CCM E-Media Alumnus Include A Current Box Office Hit
The science fiction film Chronicle topped the box office last weekend and CCM alumnus Elliot Greenberg had a large part in the film’s success. The film was edited by Greenberg, who graduated from CCM E-Media in 2001. You can view the trailer for the film below:
CCM Presents Romantic Dramatic Legend ‘The Damnation of Faust’
CCM’s Chamber Choir, Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra and Cincinnati Children’s Choir combine for an unforgettable performance of the grand and romantic The Damnation of Faust. Hector Berlioz’s imaginative work will be presented at Corbett Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, featuring cinematic visual elements that are the result of collaboration with CCM’s Division of Electronic Media.
CCM Offers New Undergraduate Major in Commercial Music Production
CCM is now accepting applications for an innovative new bachelor of music degree in Commercial Music Production (CMP) that will be offered beginning fall semester 2012. This unique program combines core training in music theory, composition, arranging and musicianship with recording studio techniques, commercial music, songwriting, film scoring and media technologies.
CCM Philharmonia and Wind Symphony Celebrate the Music of America this Month

The CCM Wind Symphony welcomes special guest Michael Daugherty on April 29.
Two of CCM’s major ensembles pay tribute to the prolific and talented composers who were born in or immigrated to America in a two concert pairing. CCM Philharmonia celebrates American immigrant composers on Thursday, April 28 at 8 p.m. in CCM’s Corbett Auditorium, while CCM Wind Symphony features living American-born composers with special guest, Grammy Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium.