Event Name: AMERICA 250
Event Locator: 2026-ADXGWW

• CCM Winds Series •
AMERICA 250
CCM Brass Choir
Timothy Northcut, music director and conductor
Featuring brass chamber music by American composers performed by students in CCM’s Brass Choir, Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Choir, Trombone Choir, Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble Brass Quintet, Brass Quartet and Brass Trio. 
COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
SCHULLER: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
Estimated run time: TBC
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE

Event Name: SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS
Event Locator: 2026-ADXGLB

• CCM Winds Series •
SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring guest ensemble Youth Performing Arts School Wind Ensemble 
Kevin Callihan, director; Conner Kinmon, associate director 
A program in which familiar musical traditions are transformed through new voices and fresh perspectives. From Gao Hong’s vibrant Celebration, Percy Grainger’s heartfelt Colonial Song and Donald Grantham’s dance-infused J’ai été au bal to Carlos Simon’s powerful reimagining of the spiritual Sweet Chariot, each work reshapes song, dance and folk material into an original composition. The concert culminates in Paul Hindemith’s iconic Symphonic Metamorphosis, where themes by Carl Maria von Weber are transformed into Hindemith’s instantly recognizable compositional style. 
YPAS Wind Ensemble: 
MENNIN: Canzona 
ESMAIL: Rozana 
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition 
CCM Wind Symphony: 
HONG:?Celebration 
GRAINGER:?Colonial Song 
GRANTHAM:?J'ai été au bal 
SIMON:?Sweet Chariot 
HINDEMITH:?Symphonic Metamorphosis 
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.

Event Name: MAHLER FOUR
Event Locator: 2026-ADXGLG

• CCM Orchestra Series •
MAHLER FOUR
CCM Philharmonia
Annunziata Tomaro, guest conductor
Featuring TBA student soloist
The CCM Philharmonia embarks on a 2-year exploration of Mahler’s middle symphonies. The journey begins with his heavenly Symphony No. 4.
DUKAS:  Fanfare from “La Péri” (1912)                                                                                                        
CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte (2011)                                                                                                                               
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (1899-1901)                                                                                             
Estimated run time: 90 minutes 
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.

Event Name: CROSSINGS
Event Locator: 2026-ADXJHK

• CCM Winds Series •
CROSSINGS 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE) 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
A program highlighting works celebrating how song is woven into the fabric of original compositions. These pieces reveal how familiar melodies can cross from their original form into complex modern compositions — from Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy, which transforms English folk songs into vivid, character-filled miniatures, and David Maslanka’s Symphony No. 2, which incorporates tradition African American melody “Deep River” into a deeply spiritual symphonic journey, to Warren Benson’s The Passing Bell which reimagines hymns through fresh harmonic and rhythmic language.
GRAINGER:?Lincolnshire Posy 
BENSON: The Passing Bell 
MASLANKA: Symphony No. 2 
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.

Event Name: A SEA SYMPHONY
Event Locator: 2026-ADXJKG

• CCM Orchestra and Choral Series •
A SEA SYMPHONY  
CCM Philharmonia, CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale
Joe Miller, conductor
Featuring TBA student soloists
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony gives voice to majesty and mystery of the ocean, bringing musical life to sea poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. A Sea Symphony is celebrated for its ambitious scope, masterful integration of choral and orchestral forces, and its deep emotional and philosophical impact. It stands as a testament to Vaughan Williams’ creativity and his ability to capture the grandeur of the natural world through music. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students. 
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony
Estimated run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.

Event Name: ROMANTIC TITANS: FAITH AND FIRE
Event Locator: 2026-ADXJKV

• CCM Orchestra Series •
ROMANTIC TITANS: FAITH AND FIRE
CCM Concert Orchestra
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
BERLIOZ: Overture Le Corsaire
SCHUMANN: Konzertstück for Four horns
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"
Estimated run time: 75 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE

Event Name: UC SYMPHONY WINTER CONCERT
Event Locator: 2026-ADXJNK

UC SYMPHONY WINTER CONCERT? 
UC Symphony Orchestra 
Angelo Anton, music director and conductor 
Join the UC Symphony for an inspiring evening of music. Consisting of students and faculty from across the entire University of Cincinnati community, these musicians are sure to impress and inspire!?? 
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE

Event Name: CONDUCTING MASTER CLASS CONCERT
Event Locator: 2026-ADXQLF

• CCM Orchestra Series • 
CONDUCTING MASTER CLASS CONCERT
CCM Philharmonia and CCM Concert Orchestra
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
The CCM Philharmonia and CCM Concert Orchestra welcome eight gifted conductors from around the world to participate in a four-day conducting master class. Witness their performance of two legendary masterworks, the culmination of a weekend of artistic growth working with CCM Director of Orchestral Studies Mark Gibson. 
SIBELIUS:  Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 
BRAHMS:  Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE

Event Name: OF LAND AND SEA
Event Locator: 2026-AFBMDS

• CCM Winds Series •
OF LAND AND SEA 
CCM Wind Symphony 
Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble (CYWE) 
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor 
Featuring guest composer Viet Cuong 
A program of music inspired by both the wonders of the natural world and the those created by the ingenuity of the human mind. From Michael Gilbertson’s Usonian Dwellings, inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, to Viet Cuong’s “Deep Down” Symphony No. 1, this program takes us on a journey of exploration and exhilaration.  
RESPIGHI: Huntingtontower Ballad 
GILBERTSON: Usonian Dwellings 
GARRUP: Forged by the Sea 
CUONG: Deep Down: Symphony No. 1 
Estimated run time: 2 hours
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.

Event Name: CCM Concert Orchestra
Event Locator: 2026-AFCFKZ

• CCM Orchestra Series •
CCM Concert Orchestra
Mark Gibson, conductor
Aik Khai Pung, music director
WALTON: Johannesburg Festival Orchestra
GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in am (1904)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 (1902)
Estimated run time: TBD
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Admission: FREE

Event Name: MAHLER FIVE
Event Locator: 2026-AFCFMA

• CCM Orchestra Series •
MAHLER FIVE
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
The next stop on CCM Philharmonia’s Mahler excursion is his epic Symphony No. 5, paired with the world premiere of CCM Professor Michael Fiday’s new orchestral work “5.” Introduced to American audiences with its U.S. premiere by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 1905, Mahler’s fifth is a romantic masterpiece — from the iconic trumpet fanfare opening to the final Adagietto, often dubbed Mahler’s “greatest hit,” the music takes audiences on an emotional journey from mourning to triumph.
FIDAY: “5” *World Premiere
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor (1902)
Estimated run time: 100 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.