CCM Announces Winter 2012 Schedule of Events

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) will present nearly 1,000 public events throughout the year and offers free admission to many of its performances. Unless otherwise indicated, all events listed here take place on the CCM campus and are free. Some events require paid admission; please see individual event information for details and ordering information.

Tickets and Additional Information:
Please visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice or contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

Parking:
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus.

All programs are subject to change. Visit http://ccm.uc.edu for the most current event information.

2012 WINTER Quarterly Calendar Event Listings

January

7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4
• CCM Preparatory Department •
Jazz Explosion
Location: Lakota West High School Theater
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7
Percussion Ensemble
CCM Percussion Ensemble presents works from "old" to "new,” beginning with Varèse's iconic Ionisation and other masterworks by John Cage, Lou Harrison and Henry Cowell and modern chamber pieces by Steve Reich and Vinko Globokar. In addition, the group will premiere a composition by CCM composer Tyler Niemeyer.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8
• Faculty Artist Series •
Patricia Linhart, soprano
Julie Spangler, piano
“The Winter Recycle (Recital): Pat and Julie ‘Go Green’”
A cabaret of some of our favorites from past concerts, with a few new surprises. Recycle your party favors at this “going green” recital!
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9
• Faculty Artist Series •
Michael Chertock, piano
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12
• CCM Preparatory Department •
CCM Youth Jazz Orchestra
CCM Youth Jazz Orchestra is a select big band ensemble, with students hailing from all over the Greater Cincinnati area. The ensemble performs a wide variety of big band literature from Duke Ellington to John Fedchock and Count Basie to Fred Sturm. An emphasis is placed on stylistic ensemble musicianship and improvisation.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
Sander Gilman, Emory University
“Mark the Music:” Jews, Music, and Modernity
Location: Baur Room
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17
• Faculty Artist Series •
Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin
Christoph Sassmannshaus, cello
Haeri Suh, piano
Guest Artist Anna Reider, violin
Guest Artist Catharine Carroll, viola
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, H. XV:25
Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1/1
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18
Sonic Explorations
Electronic works by CCM faculty and student composers.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
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6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20
“A Moveable Feast” Benefit Event
Hosted by the Friends of CCM
Experience the magic of the CCM Village as you sample performances by CCM "stars of tomorrow." Create your own menu and timetable of artistic selections including jazz, musical theatre, piano, opera, drama, dance, orchestra, wind symphony and much more! And, join the Friends for culinary delights and wines throughout the Village. Your ticket will help the Friends of CCM continue to support the hopes and dreams of CCM students through scholarships.
Location: CCM Village
Admission: Special ticket prices and limited seating. For more information, please contact CCM External Relations at 513-556-2100.
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8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23
• Guest Artist Series •
West Point Band
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24
• Chamber Music Series •
Classical Guitar Ensemble
Clare Callahan, director
Solos, duo, trios and quartets by Warlock, Britten, Dowland, Granados,
Gagnon, Laurent and Pujol, among others.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26
• Faculty Artist Series •
Faculty Jazztet
James Bunte, Brent Gallaher, Rick VanMatre, saxophones; Kim Pensyl, Scott Belck, trumpets; Rusty Burge, vibraphone; Marc Fields, trombone; James E. Smith, guitar; Phil DeGreg, piano; Chris Berg, bass; Art Gore, John Von Ohlen, drums
Featuring special guest artist Rich Perry, saxophone
An evening of intimate chamber jazz with Rich Perry, one of New York's most creative musical voices.
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: Free
Jazz Series Sponsors: Christopher Dietz & Family and Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27
• CCM Orchestra Series •
Philharmonia Orchestra
Brad Garner, flute
Mark Gibson, music director
Apo Hsu, guest conductor
“American Voices XIV: Flute-tastic!”
Featuring The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, Suite from “The Incredible Flutist” by Piston, and John Corigliano’s Pied Piper Fantasy.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29
• CCM Choral Series •
Chamber Choir and Chorale, UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses, Cincinnati Children’s Choir and guest artists—Cincinnati Boychoir
Earl Rivers, Brett Scott, Olga Artemova, Michael Fuchs, Robyn Lana and Christopher Eanes, conductors
“Winter Choral Showcase”
Featuring Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year, music of David Lang and William Hawley and a cappella and accompanied works.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29
• CCM Winds Series •
Chamber Players
Glenn D. Price, music director and conductor
“CCM Composers Concert”
Five CCM composers and five CCM conductors collaborate to present an exciting and diverse program of contemporary music.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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February

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3
2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4
• Studio Musical Series •
Studio Musical: TBA
Steven Goldstein, director
Roger Grodsky, musical director
Diane Lala, choreographer
CCM presents an unforgettable, Tony Award-winning rock musical as part of its 2011-12 Studio Series. Due to publisher restrictions, we are unable to release the title of this audience-favorite production at this time.
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Monday, January 30 at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for more information and to reserve tickets. Limit two tickets per order.
Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
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8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3
• CCM Winds Series •
Wind Ensemble
Terence Milligan, music director and conductor
“Cornerstones”
Featuring significant works by a variety of composers, displaying the extraordinary musicianship of each student with these cornerstones of the wind band repertoire.
Rimsky-Korsakov: “Procession of Nobles” from Mlada
Chance: Elegy
Mennin: Canzona
Boon Hua Lien, graduate guest conductor
Schönberg: Theme and Variations, Op. 43a
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: Free
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4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4
• Starling Series •
Starling Showcase
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: Free
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8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4
• CCM Winds Series •
Wind Symphony
Glenn D. Price, conductor
“The Latin Scene”
Revueltas: Sensemaya
Ginastera: Estancia
Rosauro: Concerto for Marimba
Serrano: El Torico de la Cuerda
Valencia: Suite Colombiana No. 2
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5
• CCM Jazz Series •
Jazz Lab Band
Dominic Marino and Phil DeGreg, conductors
“Composers’ Concert”
Featuring new music by CCM students and other contemporary composers.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
Jazz Series Sponsors: Christopher Dietz & Family and Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6
Brass Choir
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: Free
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8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10
2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12
• Mainstage Opera Series •
Don Giovanni
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Junghyun Cho, conductor
Nicholas Muni, director
Mozart’s extraordinary treatment of the Don Juan legend traces his adventures through a day of love, lust, life and death. Its unique blend of comedy and solemnity has led to its classification by many as the greatest opera ever composed. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $27-$29, $17-$19 students, $11 student rush tickets available for Saturday matinee beginning at 1 p.m. on Feb. 11; limit two rush tickets per student ID.
Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s
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7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12
• Chamber Music Series •
Classical Guitar Chamber Music
Clare Callahan, director
Music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Loeillet and Paganini among others.
Location: Watson Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13
• Faculty Artist Series •
Phil DeGreg, piano
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16
7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17
2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18
• Studio Drama Series •
TRANSMIGRATION: A Festival of Student-Created New Works
TRANSMIGRATION, so named for “the movement from one place to another,” or “the transition from one state of being to another,” is a festival of new works created by the acting students in CCM Drama. Performed simultaneously in different locations throughout CCM Village, TRANSMIGRATION will allow the audience to sample four different 30-minute new works of their choosing in one spectacular evening. Recognized by CityBeat with a Best AlterNative Theatre Cincinnati Entertainment Award nomination.
Location: Various locations in CCM Village
Tickets: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Monday, February 13, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
Drama Studio Series Sponsor: Neil Artman & Margaret Straub
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2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
Steven Rings, University of Chicago
On Tonal Hearing: Quale and Chroma Revisited
Location: Baur Room
Admission: FREE
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3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19
• CCM Winds Series •
Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble
Glenn D. Price and Terence Milligan, conductors
“Prism XV: Your Passport to CCM”
Featuring a musical trip around the world in sixty non-stop minutes.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19
• Starling Series •
Starling Chamber Orchestra
Kurt Sassmannshaus, music director
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: Free
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20
• Faculty Artist Series •
Joel Hoffman, composer
A concert of recently-composed chamber music featuring CCM faculty, students and guest artists.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22
Café MoMus: Contemporary Music Ensemble
Annunziata Tomaro, music director
An evening of modern music in a coffeehouse setting, featuring:
L. Larsen: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Gwen Detweiler, soprano
J. Trigo: Ricercare VI
Dieter Hennings, guitar
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24
2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25
2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26
8 p.m. Thursday, March 1
8 p.m. Friday, March 2
2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, March 3
2 p.m. Sunday, March 4
• Mainstage Musical Theatre Series •
Into the Woods
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Aubrey Berg, director
Steven Goers, musical director
Patti James, choreographer
Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods combines characters from Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and other classic fairy tales in a delightfully twisted story of adventure, deceit, misfortune and greed. The Tony Award-winning Into the Woods follows the journey of a Baker and his Wife on their quest to reverse a curse put on them by the Witch next door, forcing them to face the consequences of their actions. As the fairy tale characters work to fulfill their greatest wishes, they learn a heartwarming moral of the importance of family and community.
This production celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre at CCM.
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Tickets: $27-$29, $17-$19 students, $11 student rush tickets available for Saturday matinee beginning at 1 p.m. on February 25 and March 3; limit two rush tickets per student ID.
Mainstage Season Production Sponsor: Macy’s
Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Lighting Sponsor: Vincent Lighting Systems
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8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25
• CCM Orchestra & Choral Series •
Chamber Choir, Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra and Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Featuring Deborah Nansteel, mezzo-soprano, as Marguerite, Daniel Ross, tenor, as Faust, and Kenneth Shaw, bass-baritone, as Méphistophélès
Earl Rivers, conductor
Visuals by Raul Barcelona
“Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24)”
Berlioz breathes new life into Goethe’s Faust as a légende dramatique (dramatic legend), retelling the Faust story in a cinematic, action-paced musical event.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26
• CCM Winds Series •
Chamber Players
Glenn D. Price, conductor
“Soloist Showcase Concert”
Outstanding student and faculty soloists take the spotlight for this special concert.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: FREE
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27
• Faculty Artist Series •
Marie-France Lefebvre, piano
Sujean Kim, violin
Yaël Senamaud, viola
Nathaniel Chaitkin, cello
Featuring works by Mozart and Brahms.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: Free
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27
Brass Choir
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: Free
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8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28
• CCM Choral Series •
UC Men’s and Women’s Choruses and Cabaret Singers
Olga Artemova and Michael Fuchs, conductors
UC Choruses Winter Concert
Featuring Brahms' Schicksalslied, Ron Nelson's Ring Out Wild Bells and other a cappella and accompanied classical and popular choral works.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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March

2 p.m. Friday, March 2
• Thinking About Music Lecture Series •
Sarah Fuller, Stony Brook University
Confronting Dissonance Theory and Practices in 14th-Century French Musical Culture
Location: Baur Room
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 2
• CCM Orchestra Series •
CCM Concert Orchestra
Annunziata Tomaro, conductor
Stravinsky: Le baiser de la fée (The fairy’s kiss): “Divertimento”
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 2
8 p.m. Saturday, March 3
2 p.m. Sunday, March 4
• Studio Opera Series •
The Tragedy of Carmen
Adapted by Marius Constant and Peter Brook
From the opera by Georges Bizet
English translation by Sheldon Harnick
Isaac Selya, conductor
Steven Goldstein, director
A 90-minute version of Bizet’s beloved opera from the daringly innovative stage directors Peter Brook and Marius Constant, the Tony Award-winning adaptation tells the tale of the alluring gypsy Carmen and her dealings with love, lust and jealousy. “It is surely a transcendental ‘musical’ and such a brilliant piece of theater,” raved The Daily News’ Douglas Watt at its premiere.
In French with English surtitles
Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater
Tickets: Admission is free, but reservations are required. Tickets become available on Monday, February 27, at noon—please contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.
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4 p.m. Sunday, March 4
• Faculty Artist Series •
Elisabeth Pridonoff, piano
Guest Artist Paul York, cello
Pridonoff and York perform a variety of works from both the classical and contemporary repertoire, including a work by CCM composition faculty member Miguel Roig-Francolí. Also on the program are works by Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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2 p.m. Tuesday, March 6
• CCM Winds Series •
Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble
Elysian Trombone Consort, guest artists
Glenn D. Price and Terence Milligan, conductors
Annual Concerto Concert
CCM Winds is proud to feature the Elysian Trombone Consort on this concert. Each member is a virtuoso soloist and the Concerto for Four Trombones and Wind Ensemble gives each player ample opportunity to display his or her considerable talent. This concert will open with a work conducted by Angela Holt, graduate guest conductor.
Frigyes Hidas: Etude
Angela Holt, graduate guest conductor
John Crouch: Concerto for Four Trombones and Wind Ensemble
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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8 p.m. Tuesday, March 6
• Faculty Artist Series •
Rodney Stucky, lute and baroque guitar
Mary Stucky, mezzo-soprano
Karl Wohlwend, baroque guitar
The program consists of music from the beginning of the French baroque style and includes solo lute music of Robert Ballard, air de cour for voice and lute of Estienne Moulinié, solo and duo baroque guitar music from the court of Louis the XIV and more.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, March 7
• Guest Artist Series •
Trifecta Trio
Aryn Day Sweeney, oboe
Jeffery Whaley, horn
Chih Long Hu, piano
Location: Watson Hall
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Friday, March 9
• CCM Orchestra Series •
Philharmonia Orchestra
Chen Lin, guest conductor
“Boldly Brahms”
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Featuring the winner of the CCM Piano Competition
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, March 10
2 p.m. Sunday, March 11
• CCM Dance Series •
Winter Dance Concert
Michael Tevlin, director
The Choreographers’ Showcase will feature ten new pieces choreographed by CCM dance majors and produced by student lighting designers, stage managers and crew. This performance is in celebration and loving memory of CCM ance major Corrine Patterson (1991 – 2010). Contributions towards the Scholarship Fund in her honor will be accepted during intermission.
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: Free
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the support of The Corbett Endowment at CCM.
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4 p.m. Sunday, March 11
• CCM Jazz Series •
Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band
John Von Ohlen, drums
Scott Belck and Dominic Marino, conductors
“Stan Kenton Tribute Concert”
Experience the power and excitement of Kenton’s Neophonic music.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
Jazz Series Sponsors: Christopher Dietz & Family and Jamey Aebersold Jazz
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7 p.m. Monday, March 12
• CCM Preparatory Department •
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble and Cincinnati Junior Youth Wind Ensemble
Lauren Heller and Ann Porter, conductors
Some of the area’s finest young musicians perform traditional and contemporary music for bands.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE
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8 p.m. Wednesday, March 14
University of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Chia-Hsuan Lin, music director and conductor
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: Free
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1 p.m. Saturday, March 17
• CCM Preparatory Department •
Preparatory Department Brass Choir
Paul Hillner, music director
The area’s finest young brass musicians perform a concert of music composed and arranged for brass choir.
Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Admission: FREE
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4 p.m. Saturday, March 17
• CCM Choral Series •
Cincinnati Children’s Choir
Robyn Lana, director
“Voices of Angels”
Join some of Cincinnati's finest young singers as they perform repertoire from classical to folk and world. Premiering the winning composition of the Cincinnati Children’s Choir's 2011 national composition competition.
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $12 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE
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7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 17
2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 18
• CCM Preparatory Department •
Prep Musical: A Year with Frog and Toad
Music by Robert Reale
Book and lyrics by Willie Reale
(Original Broadway Version)
Location: Patricia Corbett Theater
Admission: $12 general admission, $8 students

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