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October 20, 2026
The University of Cincinnati Bearcat mascot was voted Cincinnati’s favorite mascot in a Cincinnati Enquirer reader poll, earning 45.1% of the vote and topping other local favorites.
October 20, 2026
Media Production students from the UC College-Conservatory of Music will help produce and broadcast "The Rotation" live, bringing the Big 12 original to Basketball Media Days on Oct. 20-21 in Kansas City. Watch their work on episode 2 of “The Rotation,” airing live on the Big 12’s YouTube channel each day from 2-4 p.m. CT, with interviews and short-form content available across Big 12’s social media platforms.
October 19, 2026
The Carnegie closes its 2026 season of musicals with the cult-favorite "Carrie: The Musical." Produced in partnership with CCM and featuring performers from the college's nationally recognized Musical Theatre program, the production runs at The Carnegie Oct. 23-Nov. 1, 2026.
October 15, 2026
Cincinnati Public Radio features CCM's new Conservatory Series in its latest "Cincinnati Spotlight." The series launches on Wednesday, Oct. 21 with its inaugural "Grand Tradition" concert featuring a variety of CCM's distinguished faculty artists.
October 14, 2026
The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) has named Jiayi Lu, a second-year DMA student studying piano performance at CCM, as its 2026-27 Ohio Young Artist Piano Competition winner. Selected from a field of 18 competitors as the state winner, Lu will represent Ohio in the MTNA East Central Division Competition, performing in competition against winning pianists from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
October 13, 2026
The internationally renowned faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) take center stage this October in a variety of chamber music performances.
October 12, 2026
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is taking its celebrated jazz tradition to the international stage this month as a group of faculty members from CCM's Department of Jazz Studies prepares for a historic performance tour in Greece.
October 12, 2026
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.
October 9, 2026
A team of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music students designed “Echoes of Light,” a music-and-light installation on Ohio’s largest mural for BLINK, Cincinnati’s massive public light and art festival.
October 8, 2026
UC College-Conservatory of Music presents a variety of ticketed concerts on Oct. 15-18, 2026, that feature student artists and esteemed guests. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office!
Event: November 19, 2026 7:30 PM
Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) invite the public to an exclusive preview of Claude & Marcel, a new opera commissioned by West Edge Opera, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, at Cincinnati Music Hall’s Wilks Studio (1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202). This special sneak peek will be presented through Cincinnati Opera and CCM’s dynamic creative partnership, Opera Fusion: New Works, which offers composers and librettists the opportunity to refine their works-in-progress through Cincinnati-based workshops.
October 6, 2026
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Dylan Mulvaney (BFA Musical Theatre, '19) visited campus to meet with current students on Friday, Oct. 2. During the 2.5 hour Q & A session, Dylan talked about her career, shared advice and answered questions from CCM's current Musical Theatre students.
October 1, 2026
UC College-Conservatory of Music hosts a workshop for tuba and euphonium musicians on Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled "Elevate," the workshop is designed for high school and college students; registration is now open.
September 29, 2026
A partnership between the University of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati Foundation is expanding scholarship support for Ohio students.
September 23, 2026
CCM Dean Pete Jutras shares a message with the college's community as he enters his third year.
September 20, 2026
UC President Neville Pinto and team hosted the second annual Bright Beginnings glow party for first-year students
September 16, 2026
Media Production students from the UC College-Conservatory of Music won 8 Student Production Awards, commonly referred to as "Student Emmys," from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Including the winning projects, CCM Media Production received 24 award nominations that span 13 categories from non-fiction and fiction to arts/entertainment and sports.
September 15, 2026
Symphony Behind the Scenes, a 10-week adult education series from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and UC College-Conservatory of Music, invites audiences behind the curtain of a professional orchestra. From artistic planning and rehearsal techniques to administration, education and concerto production, this course offers an insider’s view of how symphonic music comes to life.
September 14, 2026
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music has once again been named as one of Playbill’s Top 10 most represented schools on Broadway.
September 14, 2026
UC College-Conservatory of Music alumna Xian Zhang (DMA Orchestral Conducting, att. ’98-01) embarks on her second year leading the Seattle Symphony Orchestra with a season-opening concert in Benaroya Hall, which recently completed a $20M renovation project.
September 11, 2026
UC College-Conservatory of Music's BFA Musical Theatre students received advice and words of wisdom from one of the most influential composer and lyricists in America in a master class on Thursday, Sept. 10. From Broadway's Wicked, Godspell and Pippin to Disney's Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (and many, many more), Schwartz's work has moved generations of music and theatre lovers. Dozens of CCM students got to learn from his mentorship up close in a 2-hour workshop and Q&A in Cohen Family Studio Theater.
September 9, 2026
The University of Cincinnati recorded its largest enrollment ever in fall 2026 with more than 54,400 students, driven by record first-year enrollment, growth at UC Blue Ash and rising College Credit Plus participation.
September 9, 2026
Spencer Lackey is taking his scary stories from social media to feature films with Lust, a movie he wrote and will direct. A few months ago, The Hollywood Reporter informally surveyed agents, managers and producers about who could be the next Curry Barker (Obsession) or Kane Parsons (Backrooms). UC College-Conservatory of Music alumnus Spencer Lackey (BFA Acting, '17) was one of the names that kept coming up as a potential "next big thing in the horror space."
September 8, 2026
The Cincinnati May Festival has announced the appointment of Dami Choi, a first-year DMA student in CCM’s renowned choral conducting program, as its Conducting Fellow for the 2026-27 season. Choi, who will serve as the assistant conductor for the May Festival Chorus this year, previously earned her Master of Music degree from the University of British Columbia.