College Conservatory of Music
| Motto | Juncta Juvant ("Strength in Unity") |
|---|---|
| Type | Public (state university) |
| Established | 1819 |
| Dean | Peter Landgren |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.ccm.uc.edu |
The University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is the performing arts college of the University of Cincinnati and is one of the nation's leading music conservatories. Several departments at CCM have been ranked nationally among university programs for pursuing a graduate music degree, including Its opera/voice program, its conducting program, its music composition program and its drama program. CCM is an All Steinway School, acquiring that title in early 2009 after purchasing 165 new pianos, the largest unit purchase in Steinway history.[2]
The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music was formed in August 1955 from the merger of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, formed in 1867 as part of a girls' finishing school, and the College of Music of Cincinnati, which opened in 1878. CCM was later incorporated into the University of Cincinnati on August 1, 1962. The college is sometimes mistakenly (if not outright intentionally) still called the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by various publications such as Broadway Playbills, performer biographies, and even CCM alumni themselves (who rarely refer to themselves as alumni of the "University of Cincinnati") to distance CCM from its association with the University of Cincinnati. Since Nancy L. Zimpher became UC's president, the various UC colleges, including CCM, have been more tightly integrated under the University of Cincinnati name, including new campus signage and campus publications (including concert programs and calendars) that state the college's full name.
Today, CCM has an enrollment of about 1500, with a relatively even number of undergraduate and graduate students, and it is the largest single source of performing arts presentations in the entire state of Ohio. Though most performances are free to all University of Cincinnati students, CCM does not offer a music minor, and most classes are restricted to students of the college with the exception of a few music history and music appreciation classes.
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