College-Conservatory of Music Cincinnati
The College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is the faculty of music at the University of Cincinnati .
history
The institute emerged in 1955 from the merger of the "Cincinnati Conservatory of Music" founded by Clara Baur in 1867 and the "College of Music Cincinnati", which emerged in 1878. On August 1, 1962, it was incorporated into the University of Cincinnati , Ohio's second largest state university . Until 2007 the premises, located in the south of the western university campus, were continuously expanded. The CCM includes the Corbett Auditorium with 750 seats, the Patricia Corbett Theater (400 seats) and several smaller stages (Cohen Family Studio Theater, Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, Watson Recital Hall).
meaning
With currently 1,500 students and 150 teachers, it is the largest music college in the US state of Ohio. University rankings (including "US News world report") rank it among the best American music colleges. The conducting and singing classes have been particularly outstanding departments for years. Many influential personalities of the international music scene are graduates of the CCM and confirm the excellent reputation of this institute.
Graduates
- Kazem Abdullah - conductor
- Kathleen Battle - opera singer
- David Daniels - countertenor
- Robin Johannsen - singer of the Bayreuth Festival
- James Levine - conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
- Sandra Moon - soprano
- Sarah Jessica Parker - actress
- Christian Tetzlaff - violinist
- Harold L. Walters - composer
- Xian Zhang - Deputy Chief Conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Lecturers
- Dorothy DeLay - violinist
- Mark Gibson - conductor
- Paavo Järvi - guest lecturer for orchestral conducting
- Henry Meyer - violinist
- Ulrich Nicolai - conductor
- Awadagin Pratt - pianist
- Thomas Pasatieri - composer
- Vadim Repin - guest professor for violin
- Kurt Sassmannshaus - violinist
- Rudolf Serkin - pianist
- Jenő Takács - composer and pianist
- Italo Tajo - singer (among others frequent stage partner of Maria Callas )
- Hugh Wolff - conductor, guest lecturer for orchestral conducting
International cooperation
The CCM is a partner university of the Munich University of Music and Theater .
Web links
- Homepage (English)
Footnotes
Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '46.9 " N , 84 ° 31' 5.6" W.