CCM ORCHESTRA SERIES PRESENTS
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, Corbett Auditorium
Mark Gibson, music director
Hannah Schendel, graduate student conductor
Featuring student artist Yucheng Zeng, violin
Enjoy contrasting views of tonality and style in a performance that features works by modern master Gabriela Lena Frank, Igor Stravinsky and Antonín Dvořák. Winner of the CCM Violin Concerto Competition, doctoral student Yucheng Zeng will be featured as soloist in Stravinsky’s virtuosic Violin Concerto in D Major, which will be conducted by doctoral student Hannah Schendel.
Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra
Commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
In Andean Peru, spirits are said to inhabit rocks, rivers and mountain peaks with the intent of keeping a watchful eye on travelers passing through highland roads. The apu is one of the more well-known spirits that is sometimes portrayed as a minor deity with a mischievous side who is rarely seen. Simple folk song and a solemn prayer often successfully placate the apu to ensure safe passage through the mountains.
Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra begins with a short folkloric song inspired by the agile pinkillo flute, a small slender instrument that packs well into the small bags of travelers who must travel light. It is followed by the extended haillí of the second movement, a prayer to the apu, which flows attacca to the third movement in which the apu makes its’ brief but brilliant and dazzling appearance before disappearing once again into the mountain peaks.
- Gabriela Lena Frank
Yucheng Zeng, violin
Hannah Schendel, conductor
Zeng is a student of Professor Kurt Sassmannshaus
The CCM Philharmonia, under the direction of Professor and CCM Director of Orchestral Studies Mark Gibson, is recognized as one of the world’s elite conservatory orchestras. The breadth of each season’s concert series rivals many of the world’s great performing organizations, and the Philharmonia presents a body of repertoire that encompasses more than what most conservatories venture to program. The close bond between the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and CCM’s orchestral program invigorates student conductors and instrumentalists alike, and CCM’s commitment to high standards enriches the cultural life of Greater Cincinnati.
the flair and technique of a professional ensemble
Rafael's Music Notes
Mark Gibson, music director
Hannah Schendel, graduate student conductor
1 denotes principal player in Frank
2 denotes principal player in Stravinsky
3 denotes principal player in Dvorak
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March 27, 2024
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia takes the stage with an exciting program of all Spanish-inspired music on Friday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in CCM’s Corbett Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
Event: March 28, 2024 8:00 PM
UC College-Conservatory of Music presents "Once On This Island," a Caribbean-set retelling of "The Little Mermaid," on March 28-30 at Patricia Corbett Theater. From the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (BM Composition, ’82), the musical shares the story of one small firl who finds love in a world of prejudice.
March 11, 2024
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) alumna Chaowen Ting (MM Orchestral Conducting, ‘11) recently won second prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Conducting Competition. Held annually Karlovy Vary, in the Czech Republic, the Mendelssohn Competition draws talent from all over the world, and past awardees hold posts at major symphonies and operas in Europe, America and Asia.
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