October 3, 2025
UC College-Conservatory of music celebrates Pulizter and Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon during her residency at CCM on Oct. 16-18, 2025. Audiences are invited to experience the music of this contemporary classical composer in a variety of free and ticketed concerts; tickets on sale through the CCM Box Office.
September 17, 2025
WVXU turned to UC musicologist Jonathan Kregor for a look into the Chicken Dance's rise to fame.
August 25, 2025
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music will welcome a variety of new faculty and staff members to its roster of distinguished performing and media arts experts, researchers and educators this fall.
August 19, 2025
Experience world-class performances by the next generation of performing and media artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)! The college’s fall 2025 schedule of major events is now available; tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
August 18, 2025
August 15 marked the 150th birthday of celebrated Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. NPR did a deep dive on Coleridge-Taylor’s history, his legacy in Britain and the biases that impacted his short but robust career. NPR spoke with Sam Reenan, PhD, one of the College-Conservatory of Music’s new faculty members. Reenan, who joins the music theory faculty for the 2025-2026 academic year, spoke on Coleridge-Taylor’s legacy in Britain.
August 13, 2025
UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras welcomes Alexandra Kori Hill as a Provostal Post-Doctoral Fellow at CCM, where she will continue her research and teach while preparing for a future faculty position. Hill will be mentored by CCM Assistant Professor of Music Studies Kristy Swift and CCM Professor of Ethnomusicology Stefan Fiol during the one-year appointment, which begins this fall.
August 1, 2025
CCM Dean Peter J. Jutras shares a message with the college community ahead of the 2025-26 academic year and performance season.
June 30, 2025
UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras recently announced the appointment of Maggie Perrino as the college's new Assistant Dean of CCM Prep and Community Engagement. In this role, Perrino will lead a team of faculty and administrative staff at CCM Prep, which offers a wide variety of programs in music, dance and the theatre arts throughout the year for people of all ages and abilities. She will also oversee CCM’s Summer Programs for youth, teens and adults. Perrino's appointment begins on June 30, 2025.
June 6, 2025
UC College-Conservatory of Music Dean Pete Jutras has announced the appointment of Sam Reenan, PhD, as CCM's new Assistant Professor of Music Theory. His faculty appointment officially begins on Aug. 15, 2025. Reenan holds a PhD and MA in music theory from the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester) and bachelor’s degrees in music theory and biological sciences from the University of Connecticut. As an educator, Reenan strives to facilitate students’ growth as engaged musical thinkers, communicators and respectful collaborators.