Private Lessons
The core of our program is private lessons with our talented and experienced faculty.
CCM Preparatory teachers follow a curriculum developed by our faculty that includes musical and technical skills for each level, suggested repertoire and additional learning experiences. Most of our teachers use their own training, experience, knowledge and talent to teach students.
To register for lessons, visit CCM Prep's online registration website. Then choose your desired instrument/discipline for the private lessons. Additional instructions are provided for each instrument/discipline on the registration website.
CCM Prep's private lesson packages include 30 lessons for the entire school year. Students must know how long lessons will be (30, 45 or 60 minutes) and must register online before beginning their studies. CCM Prep offers private instuction in all of the subjects listed below:
- Acting
- Ballet
- Bassoon
- Cello
- Cello - Suzuki
- Clarinet
- Flute
- Guitar
- Guitar- Jazz
- Harp
- Harpsichord
- Musical Theatre Dance
- Musical Theatre Voice
- Oboe
- Percussion
- Piano
- Piano - Jazz
- Piano - Suzuki
- Saxophone
- Tap
- Theory/Composition
- Ukulele
- Viola
- Viola - Suzuki
- Violin
- Violin - Suzuki
- Voice
Catharine Carroll Lees,
Professor of Viola, Geraldine B. Gee Chair of Viola
513-903-7927
Jane Michelle Conda,
Professor of Piano; Coordinator of Secondary Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Division Head, Keyboard Studies; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Piano
513-556-9525
Eva G. Floyd,
Associate Professor of Music Education, Director of CCM Community Women's Choir
513-556-9506
Takako Hayase Frautschi,
Performing Arts Specialist (CCM Prep Master Teacher, Piano)
513-556-6638
Thomas P Gamboa,
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Wind Studies
513-556-5394
Betty Anne Gottlieb,
Associate Professor of Music Education (Strings), Director of New Horizons Orchestra
513-556-9530
Joyce Chan Grabell,
Performing Arts Specialist (CCM Prep Master Teacher, Suzuki Violin and Viola)
513-556-2595
Ellen R. Harrison,
Adjunct Associate Professor of Composition; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Theory and Composition
513-556-2595
Martin Charles Hebel,
CCM Prep Music Theory/Composition Instructor
513-556-2595
Paul R. Hillner,
Director of CCM Prep Brass Choir; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Trumpet
513-324-0516
Kevin Michael Holzman,
Assistant Professor and Director of Wind Studies; Division Head, Ensembles and Conducting
513-556-9424
Dan Karlsberg,
Adjunct Instructor; CCM Prep Master Teacher, Jazz Piano
513-556-2696
Andrew P. Millar,
CCM Prep Master Teacher, Piano
Ann M. Porter,
Professor of Music Education; Chair, Division of Music Education
513-556-9527
Kurt Sassmannshaus,
Professor of Violin; the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Classical Violin
513-556-9550
Won-Bin Yim,
Associate Professor of Violin; Chair, String Department
513-556-5254
Interested students can learn more about CCM Prep's private lessons by submitting an inquiry online. Here you will create an account pm CCM Prep's registration website and answer a few questions related to private lessons. Then CCM Prep staff will help set up a trial lesson with an instructor.
You can also follow these instructions to create a new account on CCM Prep's registration system, ASAP Connected:
- Create a new account in our registration system, ASAP Connected. Click the "Login here" link and then the "Create New Account" button
- Once you have created an account, click on "Private Lessons" on the left side of the screen. Then click "Overview" and then the link that reads "Click Here to Inquire About Private Lessons."
- Once you have submitted the inquiry form, CCM Prep staff will help set up a trial lesson with an instructor.
All new students may contact the CCM Prep Office at 513-556-2595, or by e-mail at ccmprep@uc.edu to learn about music programs at CCM Preparatory.
For current CCM Prep students who wish to continue their private lessons this school year, please contact your instructor first to confirm your continuing schedule. All private lessons for fall will continue to be offered remotely. For scheduling purposes, the first day of fall lessons will be August 22.
Students must be registered for lessons before they can begin their studies. For the 2020-21 school year, we will register private lessons students for fall and spring semester seperately.
Returning students should receive information about an invoice for fall 2020 for 15 lessons and will need to login to the registration system, click to sign the waiver and confirm their lessons. Any necessary changes can be submitted through the registration system (changing the number of lessons, the length of the lessons) or by emailing CCM Prep. Fall invoicing will be initiated in August and Spring invoicing will occur later in the fall semester (November or December).