CCM Welcomes Leaders From The World Choir Games With A Performance And Ceremony On July 9

Cincinnati Children’s Choir, Ensemble-In-Residence at CCM.

The University of Cincinnati will welcome international representatives from the 2012 World Choir Games in a special public event scheduled for Monday, July 9. This welcome ceremony will commence with a 1 p.m. performance by the Cincinnati Children’s Choir, an ensemble-in-residence at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), followed by a brief reception and then an official welcome to the World Choir Council at 2 p.m.

These events are free and open to the community. Both the performance and welcome ceremony will take place in UC’s Corbett Auditorium in CCM Village. A brief reception will be held in the Atrium of UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts before the welcome ceremony.

Assistant Dean of CCM Prep Featured in Current Issue of ‘Cincy Chic’

“We have amazing students of all ages and abilities, and they perform over 100 times a year throughout the area,” explains CCM Prep Assistant Dean Amy Dennison.

The CCM Preparatory Department’s Assistant Dean Amy Dennison is profiled in the current arts-focused issue of online lifestyle publication Cincy Chic.

Dennison discusses the Preparatory Department’s role within both CCM and the Greater Cincinnati community with Cincy Chic editor Alyssa Howard. You can read the entire feature here.

CCM Prep Presents Spring Musical ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’

CCM Prep students rehearse the music for 'A Year With Frog and Toad,' presented March 17 and 18 in Patricia Corbett Theater.

The Preparatory Department of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music presents its spring musical production of Robert and Willie Reale’s A Year with Frog and Toad on March 17 and 18 in Patricia Corbett Theater.

A cast of 40 talented Prep students will bring to life the beloved characters of Arnold Lobel’s popular children’s book in a production that the entire family can enjoy!

CCM Preparatory Department Announces 2012 Summer Programs

The Preparatory Department of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM Prep) is now accepting registrations for its 2012 summer programs. Programs will be offered at UC’s Clifton campus and at UC Blue Ash College.

This year’s new program offerings include a theatre camp for adults and a ballet camp for young dancers featuring story ballets.

CCM Prep Hosts Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Recital on Oct. 30

Some of the best young musical talent in Greater Cincinnati will be featured at the annual fundraising recital for the Gino DiMario Memorial Scholarship Fund at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 30.

CCM Preparatory Department Expands to UC Blue Ash Campus

The Preparatory Department of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM Prep) will begin offering arts opportunities for the community at UC Blue Ash College on October 8, 2011. Dance classes for children are already offered at the nearby Mayerson Jewish Community Center.

CCM Showcases the Art of the Piano July 5 – 16

Next week, CCM welcomes 24 internationally trained pianists and nine world-class master teachers for the inaugural Art of the Piano master class series and Liszt competition.

Starling Chamber Orchestra’s Josh Halpern Takes Top Honors at MTNA Senior String Competition

Congratulations to Josh Halpern, who won top honors at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Senior String Competition.

Halpern, 17, is a junior at Oakwood High School. He is principal cellist of the Starling Chamber Orchestra, part of CCM’s pre-college program for advanced strings students. At Starling, Halpern is also a member of The Polaris String Quartet, which performed in Salzburg, Austria last month and will compete in the prestigious Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in South Bend, Indiana this month.

CCM Preparatory Department Pilots New String Program

The CCM Preparatory Department is teaching families at Mt. Washington Elementary School how to play the violin. This initiative is a partnership between CCM Prep, Mt. Washington Elementary School and CECH PASS (University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services/Partner for Achieving School Success).

The Mt. Washington/University of Cincinnati 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program called “Castle Connections” provides opportunities for Cincinnati Public School students to experience a wealth of enrichment activities as well as academic extensions in an after school setting. UC PASS was selected to be the lead agency for Mt. Washington because of the varied resources within the university. Rayma Waters, UC PASS Co-Director states, “We are very fortunate to have CCM Prep partner with Castle Connections, the quality of instruction is unsurpassed and providing the instruments enables family participation. With less and less art and music being offered through the schools, this program is providing a valuable resource!”

CCM Prep’s Starling Preparatory String Project Visits Austria

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Earlier this month, a string quartet of teenagers from Cincinnati’s Starling Program (Jenny Lee and Billy Fang, violins; Demi Fang, viola; Josh Halpern, cello; and 13-year old violin virtuoso Isabella Geis) traveled to Salzburg, Austria. They played a concert at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg on April 10 with young pianists from Salzburg: 11 year old Marie Decker, and adjunct faculty member Johannes Wilhelm. The program included a piano concerto by Haydn, virtuoso works for violin and for piano, Dvorak’s American String Quartet, as well as Dvorak’s entire piano quintet. The identical program had been performed on March 7 in CCM’s Robert J. Werner Recital Hall.

CCM’s Starling Program and the Leopold Mozart Academy of the University Mozarteum plan to continue this transatlantic collaboration of their young artists.