CCM’s ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

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The largest presenter/producer of performing arts in Ohio, UC’s CCM (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music) (CCM) has just announced its lineup of events for Season 2019-2020, including operas, musicals, plays, dance programs, symphony concerts, jazz evenings, chamber music concerts, and recitals by faculty and students.

$99 Orchestra concerts subscription packages with attractive discounts off single ticket prices can be purchased online at ccmonstage.universitytickets.com, over the phone at 513-556-4183, or in person at the CCM Box Office in the Atrium of UC’s Corbett Center for the Performing Arts

ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS WITH CCM Philharmonia, Mark Gibson, music director

7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20
DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op. 46, No. 1 DVOŘÁK: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, with Giora Schmidt, violin BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 102, with Dror Biran, piano PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100

7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1
LISZT: Totentanz SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D Major

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15
DEBUSSY: Prélude à L’après-midi d’un faune RAVEL: Piano Concerto BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique
Louis Langrée, guest conductor

Rafael de Acha     http://www.RafaelMusicNotes.com

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Rafael de Acha has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arts as a performer, stage director, producer, and educator. He was born and grew up in Cuba. At the age of 17 he moved to the United States to study Drama at the University of Minnesota, and later Languages at L.A. City College, Music at the Juilliard School of Music, at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Master's degree. He has taught courses on the History of Music at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and at Florida International University, and contributed writings and reviews to Seen and Heard International (www.seenandheard-international.com ) and to this blog. He co-founded the award-winning New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he produced and staged twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater, including fifty world premieres of plays that went on to have international and national productions on and off Broadway, including Ana in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2002 and Tony Nomination 2003.) In 2006 he was presented with a citation from The Dade County Cultural Affairs Council for “trailblazing contributions to the arts in South Florida.”