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CIRCUS MAXIMUS

CCM Wind Symphony
CCM Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE)
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor

Featuring faculty artist Ashley Hall-Tighe, trumpet
Featuring guest artist David Biedenbender, composer

UC Bearcat Band
Christopher J. Nichter, music director
Brian Zielinski and Hagan Zoellers, graduate conducting associates

The CCM Youth Wind Ensemble and members of the UC Bearcat Band join the CCM Wind Symphony and faculty artist Ashley Hall-Tighe for a thrilling concert, culminating in John Corigliano’s epic work “Circus Maximus.”
KABALEVSKY/HUNSBERGER: Overture to Colas Breugnon
WALKER/DISANO: Lyric for Band
BIEDENBENDER: River of Time
CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 3, “Circus Maximus”

Estimated run time: 2 hours

CENDRILLON
Composed by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Caïn

Brian Robertson, director
Mark Gibson, conductor

One of the world’s most beloved fairy tales comes to the CCM stage! Despite being under the thumb of her evil stepmother, a poor girl wishes for her dream to come true. Enter her fairy godmother, who provides a ticket to the royal ball. The girl meets Prince Charming and they fall in love. When the clock strikes midnight, though, she vanishes… leaving only a single shoe behind. Jules Massenet’s elegant score brings wit and charm to this timeless romance based on Charles Perrault’s telling of the Cinderella fairy tale.

Estimated run time: 2 hours and 50 minutes, including intermission

CENDRILLON
Composed by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Caïn

Brian Robertson, director
Mark Gibson, conductor

One of the world’s most beloved fairy tales comes to the CCM stage! Despite being under the thumb of her evil stepmother, a poor girl wishes for her dream to come true. Enter her fairy godmother, who provides a ticket to the royal ball. The girl meets Prince Charming and they fall in love. When the clock strikes midnight, though, she vanishes… leaving only a single shoe behind. Jules Massenet’s elegant score brings wit and charm to this timeless romance based on Charles Perrault’s telling of the Cinderella fairy tale.

Estimated run time: 2 hours and 50 minutes, including intermission

CENDRILLON
Composed by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Henri Caïn

Brian Robertson, director
Mark Gibson, conductor

One of the world’s most beloved fairy tales comes to the CCM stage! Despite being under the thumb of her evil stepmother, a poor girl wishes for her dream to come true. Enter her fairy godmother, who provides a ticket to the royal ball. The girl meets Prince Charming and they fall in love. When the clock strikes midnight, though, she vanishes… leaving only a single shoe behind. Jules Massenet’s elegant score brings wit and charm to this timeless romance based on Charles Perrault’s telling of the Cinderella fairy tale.

Estimated run time: 2 hours and 50 minutes, including intermission

WIT AND FIRE

Ariel Quartet
Featuring guest artists and former CCM faculty members Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank, piano

HAYDN: String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke”
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

FEAST OF CAROLS

CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, Elder High School, Walnut Hills High School and Anderson High School

Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors with guest conductors Stirling Finkbine, David Allen, Anthony Nims, and Stacy Haney
Featuring guest ensemble Seven Hills Brass

Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2025 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Each performance features CCM ensembles with a special guest choir:
• School for Creative and Performing Arts (2 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Elder High School (5 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Walnut Hills High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)
• Anderson High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)

Estimated run time: 2 hours

FEAST OF CAROLS

CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, Elder High School, Walnut Hills High School and Anderson High School
Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors with guest conductors Stirling Finkbine, David Allen, Anthony Nims, and Stacy Haney
Featuring guest ensemble Seven Hills Brass

Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2025 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Each performance features CCM ensembles with a special guest choir:
• School for Creative and Performing Arts (2 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Elder High School (5 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Walnut Hills High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)
• Anderson High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)

Estimated run time: 2 hours

FEAST OF CAROLS

CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, Elder High School, Walnut Hills High School and Anderson High School

Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors with guest conductors Stirling Finkbine, David Allen, Anthony Nims, and Stacy Haney
Featuring guest ensemble Seven Hills Brass

Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2025 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Each performance features CCM ensembles with a special guest choir:
• School for Creative and Performing Arts (2 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Elder High School (5 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Walnut Hills High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)
• Anderson High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)

Estimated run time: 2 hours

FEAST OF CAROLS

CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, Elder High School, Walnut Hills High School and Anderson High School
Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors with guest conductors Stirling Finkbine, David Allen, Anthony Nims, and Stacy Haney
Featuring guest ensemble Seven Hills Brass

Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2025 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Each performance features CCM ensembles with a special guest choir:
• School for Creative and Performing Arts (2 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Elder High School (5 p.m. Dec. 6)
• Walnut Hills High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)
• Anderson High School (2 p.m. Dec. 7)

Estimated run time: 2 hours

Karol Mossakowski, titular organist at St. Sulpice in Paris, will present a concert on the 88-rank Casavant organ at Hyde Park Community UMC.