CCM Presents Bearcat Piano Festival This Weekend

CCM Associate Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence Awadagin Pratt.

CCM proudly presents the fourth annual Bearcat Piano Festival this week. Master classes and recitals run Thursday, Feb. 7, through Saturday, Feb. 9, in UC’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall. Special guests include Daniel Shapiro, Arnaldo Cohen and Dror Biran.

View a schedule of festival events after the jump. All master classes and recitals are FREE and open to the general public. Reservations are not required. The Bearcat Piano Festival is coordinated by Awadagin Pratt, Associate Professor of Piano and Artist-in-Residence at CCM.

CCM Welcomes Pianist, Conductor and Master Teacher Leon Fleisher for Residency

Master teacher Leon Fleisher. Photography by Koichi Miura.

CCM welcomes internationally renowned conductor and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Chair of Piano Leon Fleisher for a residency in conjunction with our Conducting Beethoven Workshop this week.

Recipient of the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors and subject of the 2006 Oscar-nominated short documentary Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story, Fleisher is widely recognized as one of the world’s truly great artists.

Fleisher will lead master classes in UC’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall from 10-11:30 a.m. this Saturday and from 2-4 p.m. this Sunday. Both sessions are open to the general public, but seating is limited.

Tony Award-Winning Scenic Designer David Gallo Visits CCM

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Last week, CCM’s Theatre Design & Production students were given a special treat: a visit from acclaimed scenic and projection designer David Gallo. With designs spanning the gamut from Broadway musicals to rock concert tours, Gallo’s work is highly respected in the field, evidenced by his Tony Award for Best Scenic Design, the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Set Design (The Drowsy Chaperone, 2006).

UC Head Football Coach Butch Jones Conducts Master Class At CCM

CCM Dean Peter Landgren, UC Head Football Coach Butch Jones and CCM Assistant Professor of Trombone Tim Anderson.

Earlier today, UC Head Football Coach Butch Jones stopped by CCM’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall to give a master class on performance preparation and mental conditioning.

From dealing with nerves and eliminating distractions to strategies for staying motivated, Coach Jones discussed the similarities between athletic and musical performance to a hall filled with CCM students and faculty!

CCM’s Art of the Piano Scholarship Competition Announces Winners

Congratulations to John Kamfonas and Martin Leung, co-first prize winners of CCM’s Art of the Piano Scholarship Competition.

Held in conjunction with the Art of the Piano Master Class and Recital Series, the competition took place on July 11 and was judged by Myong Joo Lee, HaeSun Paik and Frank Weinstock.