Interview with Stephen Jacobsen

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself- where are you from, where did you receive your training, and how did you get to Cincinnati? I’m from Lake Arrowhead, California. Which is a little tourist trap of a town in the San Bernadino Mountains. I trained at Lake Arrowhead School of Dance, and Anaheim Ballet [...]

An Interview with Cincinnati Ballet dancer Jimmy Cunningham

1.Tell us a little bit about yourself- where are you from, where did you receive your training, and how did you get to cincinnati? I grew up in south-eastern Ohio near Marietta.  Just across the Ohio River in Parkersburg WV, I learned how to dance with Suzy and Norma Gunter at a small dance school.  [...]

Today at the Taft Museum

It’s a warm and lovely Sunday at the end of February. A lazy Sunday isn’t complete without a great musical soundtrack.  This afternoon, come out and join Shakespeare, Schubert, Basho and c:n musicians at 2pm at the Taft Museum downtown. We perform a preview of the upcoming Words+Music program.  Ted will play from Ned Rorem’s [...]

The amazing Heather Britt

Meet Heather Britt – dancer and choreographer extraordinaire! c:n’s partner in crime for Carnival – love her!!  She will be debuting a cameo role in the show, you must check it out. More about her:  Heather was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio where she graduated from The School for Creative and Performing Arts with [...]

Last chance to see ballerina Kristi Capps in Cincinnati!

Kristi Capps, the prima ballerina of the Cincinnati Ballet for many years is retiring. She just performed her last program with the Cincinnati Ballet over the weekend with Sammy Project, and is moving to Colorado.  We are so fortunate to be able to perform with this beautiful, talented and creative person before she leaves town.  [...]

introducing Annunziata Tomaro

I’m so delighted to welcome conductor Annunziata Tomaro to the Carnival of the Animals project.  She’s a fantastic person and talented conductor in Cincinnati and is making national headlines winning a recent grant from the League of American Orchestras for Outstanding Women Conductors.  Here’s more about her: Annunziata Tomaro Praised as a “rising light in [...]

09.13.08 elizabeth freimuth

Elizabeth Freimuth is the principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony. Before joining the CSO in 2006, Elizabeth was principal horn of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (2005-2006), principal horn of the Kansas City Symphony(2000-2005) and assistant principal horn of the Colorado Symphony(1998-2000). Elizabeth has performed as the featured soloist with the Kansas City Symphony , [...]

09.12.08 ted nelson

Theodore Nelson is a member of the cello section in the Cincinnati  Symphony Orchestra.  Prior to this engagement, Mr. Nelson served as  Associate Principal cellist of the Kansas City Symphony for five  seasons, and he has also been a member of the Akron Symphony and  Toledo Symphony Orchestras in Ohio. An avid chamber musician, Mr. [...]

09.09.08 patrick schleker

Patrick Schleker was appointed to the position of Principal Timpanist with the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras in August 2006.  Prior to his engagement in Cincinnati, Schleker earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master of Music degree from Cleveland State University.  He also served as Principal Timpanist of [...]

09.08.08 eric bates

Eric Bates is the Second Assistant Concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction on Maestro Paavo Jarvi.  Since his solo debut at the age of eight with the Shreveport Centenary College Orchestra Eric has made solo appearances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony, LeGrand Symphony Orchestra in Oregon, the Tennessee Festival Orchestra, [...]