CCM Celebrates Bernstein’s Broadway Legacy in Concert

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 Bailee Endebrock and Frankie Thams, along with recent graduates Paul Schwensen and Emily Kristen Morris, for this Prestige Series performance. Luke Flood, Henry Lewers, Buddy Langley and Mark Gibson 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)

– Intermission –

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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 CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

What’s the Buzz? CCM Presents ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

CCM’s musical theatre stars of tomorrow present the 1970s rock opera on Thursday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, March 4, 2018. Tickets available through the CCM Box Office.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar opens at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Directed and choreographed by Diane Lala with musical direction by Roger Grodsky, the 1970s rock opera features an iconic score with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

A timeless work that has captured audiences for over 40 years, Jesus Christ Superstar’s rock score contains such well-known numbers as “Superstar,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemane.” The musical is based on the last week of Jesus’ life. Set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally known series of events, the story is told through the eyes of Jesus’ betrayer, Judas.

“While this story took place in biblical times, its depiction of people uniting behind a movement could easily apply to the social and political movements of today,” Lala says.

Lala has “integrated the old and the new” in CCM’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar — costumes inspired by biblical times and by the malls of today, scenic elements and props representing different periods such as characters using stone goblets as well as iPhones.

“This is a story for all times,” Lala says. “It asks the question: Would you die for a people and an ideology that you believed in with your whole heart?”

CCM’s musical theatre stars of tomorrow present Jesus Christ Superstar on Feb. 22-25 and Feb. 28-March 4, 2018 in Patricia Corbett Theater. Complete event information is below.
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice

Creative Team

• Diana Lala, director and choreographer
• Roger Grodsky, musical director
• Kevin Chlapecka, associate director and choreographer*
• Matthew D. Hamel, scenic designer*
• Erik McCandless, lighting designer*
• Matt. D Birchmeier, sound designer*
• k. Jenny Jones, fight choreographer
• Ashley Berg, costume designer*
• Meredith Keister, hair and make-up designer*
• Kyle Birdsall, stage manager*
• Levi Kiess and Mara Tunnicliff, prop masters*

*CCM student

The Company

• Jesus – Bryce Baxter^, Stavros Koumbaros*
• Judas – Jordan Miller^, Alex Stone*
• Mary Magdalene – Keaton Whittaker^, Ciara Alyse Harris*
• Simon Zealotes – Ej Dohring
• Peter – Christopher Kelley
• James – Daniel Marhelko
• John – Donelvan Thigpen
• Thaddeus – Ben Pimental
• Thomas – Matt Copley
• Andrew – Emily Ashton Meredith
• Phillip – Areo Keller
• Bartholomew/Priest 3 – Marissa Hecker
• Matthew – Emily Royer
• James, the lesser – Madelaine Vandenberg
• Caiaphas – Gabe Wrobel
• Annas – Madison Hagler
• Pontius Pilate – Phillip Johnson-Richardson
• King Herod – Derek Kastner
• Priest 1 – Hank Von Kolnitz
• Priest 2 – Nick Berninger
• Ensemble – Andrew Alstat, Anya Murphy Axel, Aria Braswell, Michael Canu, Emily Celeste Fink, Kylie Goldstein, Joshua Johnson, Elijah King, Jenny Mollet, Kyle Pollak, Bryn Purvis, Erich Schleck, Ethan Zeph
• Swings – Haley Holcomb, Quinn Surdez

^ Friday, Feb. 23; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.; Thursday, March 1; Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 4
* Thursday, Feb. 22; Saturday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 25; Wednesday, Feb. 28; Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m.

Performance Times

• 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22
• 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23
• 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24
• 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25
• 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28
• 8 p.m. Thursday, March 1
• 8 p.m. Friday, March 2
• 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3
• 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4

Location
Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets to Jesus Christ Superstar are $31-35 for adults, $22-25 for non-UC students and $18-21 for UC students with a valid ID. Student rush tickets will be sold one hour before each performance to non-UC students for $12 or $25, based on availability. UC students can receive one free student rush ticket with a valid ID, based on availability.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online at ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice/mainstage/jesus-christ-superstar.

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s

Musical Theatre Production Sponsor: Elizabeth C. B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld

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Story by CCM graduate student Jonathan Dellinger

CCM Presents Acclaimed Tenor Stuart Skelton in Recital on Feb. 20

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Supported by the Thomas W. Busse Trust

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Story by CCM graduate student Alexandra Doyle

Photo by Sim Canetty Clarke

Celebrate Valentine’s Weekend with an Afternoon of Music and Memories at CCM

Student and faculty artists from CCM’s music and theatre arts programs present a concert of great works about love on Sunday, Feb. 18 — just in time for Valentine’s weekend.

CCM’s Acting, Choral, Dance, Jazz, Opera, Orchestra, Piano and Winds departments unite for a special concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, in Corbett Auditorium. Dubbed “Con Amore,” this unique program features excerpts from iconic works by Ravel, Shakespeare, Brahms, Puccini and more!

Repertoire
RAVEL: Bolero; featuring dancers from CCM’s Ballet Ensemble and the CCM Concert Orchestra

SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and Juliet (excerpt); featuring performers from CCM’s Acting program

BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes; featuring the CCM Chorale

VARIOUS: Love Songs; featuring CCM Jazz musicians performing with the Art Blakey Ensemble

MOBBERLEY: Words of Love; featuring the CCM Wind Orchestra with soprano Yewon Yoon

RAVEL: La Valse; featuring husband-and-wife pianists Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank

PUCCINI: “Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso” from La Rondine; featuring the CCM Concert Orchestra and singers Amber Monroe, Claire Lopatka, Brandon Russell and Robert Stahley

Presented as part of CCM’s Sesquicentennial Celebration, Con Amore will spotlight 150 years of love stories during one unforgettable afternoon of music and memories.

Performance Time
4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18

Location
Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village,
University of Cincinnati

Purchasing Tickets
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for non-UC students and FREE for UC students with valid ID. Free UC student tickets available beginning Feb. 8.

Single tickets are on sale now and can be purchased in person at the CCM Box Office, over the telephone at 513-556-4183 or online though out 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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

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CCM presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Foundation

CCM’s Studio Opera Series Presents Handel’s ‘Ariodante’

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music showcases its young opera stars with the Studio Series production of Ariodante, 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.

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Opera Department Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Rosenthal

Opera Production Sponsor: Genevieve Smith
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Story by CCM graduate student Alexandra Doyle

 

 

CCM Slideshows: Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’

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.

View the slideshow below for your first look at CCM’s production:

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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.”

CCM Choral Ensembles Present World Premiere by Dale Warland on Feb. 11

The Spring 2018 Choral Series opens with the world premiere of Dale Warland’s I Hear America Singing, commissioned to celebrate CCM’s 150^th 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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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SPRING 2018 CHORAL SERIES

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

CCM Winds Series Presents New Works, Masterpieces and More This Semester

CCM’s Spring 2018 Winds Series presents twelve free and ticketed concerts between January 31 and April 18, featuring new works by the college’s up-and-coming composers and classic pieces by renowned artists.

The Wind Orchestra’s first ticketed performance of the semester, Musical Brilliance, takes place at 8 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 1 in CCM’s Corbett Auditorium. Created to inspire and ignite audiences’ imaginations, the program features Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity, James Mobberley’s Songs of Love, Larry Clark’s Samurai and Jeff Tyzik’s Images.

CCM’s Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble join forces to present An Evening of Classics at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 in Corbett Auditorium, featuring works by J.S. Bach, Gioachino Rossini, Percy Grainger, Henry Fillmore and more!

At 8 p.m. on Friday, March 2, CCM’s Wind Orchestra celebrates the legacy of Leonard Bernstein with Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Three Dance Episodes from On the Town. The program also includes Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian and Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.

The concert series comes to a close at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, as the CCM Wind Orchestra transports audiences to Other Worlds. The program features music about other levels of existence including Eric Whitacre’s Ghost Train, Óscar Navarro’s Gods of Olympus and more!

Tickets for CCM’s Spring 2018 Winds Series concerts are on sale now. View the complete performance listings below!
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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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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SPRING 2018 WINDS SERIES

8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31
• Winds Series •
WAR AND PEACE
CCM Wind Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Join the CCM Wind Ensemble for an evening of music composed in response to war, conflict and loss that celebrates the remarkable tenacity of the human spirit in striving for peace. With this concert, we recognize the centennial of the end of WWI.
MILHAUD: Suite Française
MASLANKA: Liberation
J.S. BACH/REED: Komm süßer Tod
MESSIAEN: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1
• Winds Series •
MUSICAL BRILLIANCE
CCM Wind Orchestra
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
Music has the power to generate and describe an infinite variety of images and impressions. This program presents music that shines and shimmers in the imagination. Join us, listen and envision!
SCHWANTNER: Luminosity
MOBBERLEY: Songs of Love for soprano and winds
CLARK: Samurai
TYZIK: Images
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11
• Winds Series •
NEW WORKS FROM CCM COMPOSERS
CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
The performance features works by CCM’s up-and-coming student composers. Repertoire will be selected by CCM’s Wind Studies and Composition faculty members.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15
• Winds Series •
AN EVENING OF CLASSICS
CCM Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
Terence Milligan and Kevin Michael Holzman, music directors and conductors
WIND ENSEMBLE
J.S. BACH/CAILLIET: Chorale Prelude to Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 and “Little” Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578
WOOD: Mannin Veen
RESPIGHI/ROSSINI: La Boutique fantasque
CHEN: Dance Festival
WIND ORCHESTRA
SCHWANTNER: ... and the mountains rising nowhere
GRAINGER: Colonial Song
GRAINGER: Gum-Sucker’s March
ITOH: Daydreams
FILLMORE: The Crosley March
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, March 1
• Winds Series •
STAR WARS: MUSIC FOR THE STAGE AND BIG SCREEN
CCM Wind Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Inspired by the enduring popularity of John Williams’ most beloved soundtrack, this concert features wind ensemble works inspired by or transcribed directly from film and musical theatre scores.
BERNSTEIN/GRUNDMAN: Overture to Candide
DE MEIJ: “Gandalf” from Lord of the Rings
DANYEW: This World Alive
WILLIAMS/HUNSBERGER: Star Wars Trilogy
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 2
• CCM at 150 Celebrates Bernstein at 100 •
BERNSTEIN, KHACHATURIAN, 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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4 p.m. Sunday, March 4
• Winds Series •
CONCERTOS
CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
Featuring CCM alumnus Jordan Dodson, guitar
IBERT: Concerto pour Violoncelle
GOSS: A Concerto of Colours for guitar and wind ensemble (Ohio Premiere)
RAVEL: Introduction et Allegro  
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, March 25
• Winds Series •
PRISM XXI
CCM Wind Orchestra, CCM Wind Ensemble, CCM Jazz Ensembles and Special Guests
Terence Milligan and Kevin Michael Holzman, music directors and conductors
CCM proudly presents 60 minutes of crowd-pleasing, non-stop excitement by diverse performers throughout Corbett Auditorium. An annual favorite, this year’s PRISM concert showcases the future stars of tomorrow from CCM Preparatory and Community Engagement!
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $15 general, $10 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12
• Winds Series •
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING
CCM Chamber Winds
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
ELLERBY: Divertimento
RAFF: Sinfonietta, Op. 188
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, April 15
• Winds Series •
HAPPY, WACKY MUSIC
CCM Chamber Players
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
STRAUSS: Symphony for Winds The Happy Workshop
IBERT: Divertissement for Chamber Orchestra
Additional repertoire to be announced.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, April 17
• Winds Series •
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE
CCM Wind Ensemble
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
This popular saying comes from an Old English rhyme that refers to the objects a bride carries or wears on her wedding day for good luck. It just so happens that the saying also lends itself to a great concert program. Join the CCM Wind Ensemble for our final concert of the academic year — this is one you don’t want to miss!
GABRIELI: Selections from Sacrae Symphoniae
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
PROKOFIEV/DE MEIJ: Romeo and Juliet
MACKEY: Wine-Dark Sea
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18
• Winds Series •
OTHER WORLDS
CCM Wind Orchestra
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
The supernatural world, the spiritual world, other worlds – are they real? Do they exist? We weigh those questions as we present music about other levels of existence.
WHITACRE: Ghost Train
MACKEY: The Frozen Cathedral
NAVARRO: Gods of Olympus
DAUGHERTY: Red Cape Tango
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    

CCM Opera d’Arte Presents Triple Bill of ‘Trouble in Tahiti,’ ‘The Telephone’ and ‘Tale for a Deaf Ear’

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.

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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CCM Season Presenting Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Opera d’arte Sponsor: Rafael & Kimberly Daniel de Acha Foundation
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Story by CCM graduate student Alexandra Doyle

CCM’s Music For Food Concert Returns This Sunday, Jan. 28

CCM presents the Music for Food benefit concert at 2 p.m. this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 at CCM’s Dierterle Vocal Arts Center. Part of a national musician-led initiative to support local hunger relief, all proceeds from this chamber music concert will benefit Cincinnati’s Freestore Foodbank.

Now in its third year, the concert is presented by series coordinators Lydia Brown, Gwen Coleman Detwiler and CCM’s string-quartet-in-residence, the Ariel Quartet.

In lieu of paid admission, concert attendees are asked to bring a donation of non-perishable food items or cash. All proceeds benefit the Freestore Foodbank.

About Music For Food
Music for Food is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on hunger relief. It’s concert series that strives to raise resources and awareness in the fight against hunger. The organization is in its seventh season and has local chapters in ten U.S. cities. Over 335,000 meals have been provided as a direct result of Music for Food concerts. Learn more by visiting www.musicforfood.net.

About Cincinnati’s Freestore Foodbank
Recognized as non-profit of the year at the 2016 Cincinnati USA Business Awards, the Freestore Foodbank serves 23 million meals each year across 20 counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. As one of Ohio’s largest foodbanks, the non-profit organization distributes meals through a network of 350 community partner agencies, which includes food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, community centers, senior centers and daycare facilities. Ninety-four percent of donations to the foodbank go directly to programs and services. The Freestore Foodbank is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity and a member of Feeding America and United Way. Learn more by visiting www.freestorefoodbank.org.

Performance Time
2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28

Location
Dieterle Vocal Arts Center, Room 300
CCM Village, University of Cincinnati

Admission
Non-perishable food items or cash donation. Suggested donation: $20 general, $15 students

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.

For directions to CCM Village, visit ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.
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Story by CCM graduate student Jonathan Dellinger