CCM

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CCM Cincinatti Conservatory of Music
Presentation by Alyssa Caputo
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Size

• Enrollment
• 57 undergraduate actors
• Over 1400 undergraduates and graduates attend CCM
• 18-20 actors are accepted every year

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Environment

• School Setting
• Urban
• Located in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Population of 250,000-499,999

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Admission Requirements

• Application Deadline- December 1, 2009
• Tests Required- SAT or ACT
• Sent directly from testing services only
• Codes ACT 3340, SAT 1833
• Average test scores
• ACT 22-27,
• SAT
• 500-610 reading
• 520-640 Math
• 490-600 Writing

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Academics

• Total degrees in CCM BFA, BM, MA, MM, MFA, AD,
  DMA, DME, PhD
• CCMs drama program BFA in Dramatic Performance
• Areas of study 100 total including
• Dramatic Performance, Dance (with Ballet
  Emphasis), Jazz Studies, Music Education, Musical
  Theatre, Theatre Design and Production, Opera,
  Music, etc.

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Academic (cont.)

• Accreditation NAST, NASM, and NASD
• Student/Faculty ratio- 71
• Typical Class Size 20

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Audition/Application Requirements

• TWO contrasting monologues (CCMs website lists
  monologue donts)
• Classical (before 1910)
• Contemporary
• Should not exceed 5 minutes total
• Need to bring Headshot/Resume to audition
• Application, counselors UC College Prep form,
  one recommendation form, and transcript.
• Applicants need to view CCMs audition handbook
  for directions to know where, who, and what to
  send materials to

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Notable Faculty

• Rocco Dal Vera (book- Voice Onstage and Off,
  vocal coachof Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and
  Tony-Award winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the
  Park, chair of voice and speech department at the
  American Academy of Dramatic Arts)
• Richard E. Hess- Recent directing credits at CCM
  include Anon(ymous) (ACCLAIM Award for
  Outstanding Production) Big Love, The Ladys Not
  For Burning, Noises Off, Brigadoon (Cincinnati
  Entertainment Award (CEA) for Outstanding
  Musical), and Tony Kushner's Angels in America,
  Part One Millennium Approaches (CEA for Ensemble
  Acting Performance). 10 Daytony Awards including
  Best Direction and Production
• Robert Pavlovich (Award-winning theater actor,
  Big Easy Awards in Search and Destroy and Of Mice
  and Men)

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Notable Alumni

• Catherine Moore (now apart of Carnegie Mellons
  drama program as a faculty member)
• Keith Pillow (Judging Amy, Desperite Housewives,
  CSI, Friends)
• Nicole Callender (NYC and Regional acting credits
  include Kat in All in the Miming, Anton in
  Showbusiness, Lily in Crumbs from the Table of
  Joy,  Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Lady
  McDuff, in Macbeth,  Viola in Twelfth Night, and
  more.
• Her stunt work can be seen in Enchanted,
  Underdog, Super Ex Girlfriend, All My Children,
  The Black Donnelys, Across the Universe, The
  Inside Man, Freedomland, War of the Worlds,
  Ladder 49, Alfie, Strangers with Candy, Save the
  Last Dance, Third Watch, Rescue Me, Law Order
  SVU, Law Order...

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College Expenses

• Tuition 23,922
• Room and board
• Undergraduates in residence hall 5,799-7,278
  per year
• Undergraduate meal plan 3,711-3,903 per year
• Estimated total 36,582
• Application fee 110
• Deposit 100

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Financial Aid

• Talent-based is announced April 1st no
  applications needed.
• Cincinnatus Academic Scholarship up to 30,000
  per year
• MUST submit UC/CCC application, transcript, and
  test scores to UC by Dec. 1st to qualify

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Facilities

• Theaters
• Ralph Corbett Auditorium (700 seats)
• Patricia Corbett Theatre (400)
• Cohen Family Studio Theatre (140)

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Connections!

• York and Falcon Theatre (LA and NY)
• Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
• Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
• And lots, lots more!

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Rec Center

• 3 pools
• 8 racquet ball courts
• 6-court gymnasium
• 1/8 mile track
• 200 pieces of specialized fitness equipment
• Climbing Wall
• Three multi-purpose rooms
• Zias Juice Bar
• 224 residence hall beds and 6 classrooms
• Market on Main convenience store
• CenterCourt Dining Center
• Stadium View Cafe

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Housing

• 7 residence halls
• Some include
• Calhoun co-ed, 12 story with double/single rooms
• Schneider co-ed, four person suit with
  individual bathrooms
• Stratford Heights housing for affiliated and non
  affiliated groups

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