2020 Year-In-Review

2020 Year-In-Review

2020 was expected to be a break-out year for CMS, with a growing number of students, group classes, outreach programs, volunteer projects, and events.  We had a lovely Faculty-Student Recital on March 1, which included the debut of our vibraphone and performances by...
Native Plant Garden Gold Award Project

Native Plant Garden Gold Award Project

Former CMS student and 2020 William Allen High School graduate, Sammi Ciommo, designed and installed the native plant garden at CMS.  Sammi created the garden in 2019 as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award Project. The plants were donated by BB&T now Truist with...
CMS Teacher, Cliff Tracy, Helps Keep the Funk Alive

CMS Teacher, Cliff Tracy, Helps Keep the Funk Alive

CMS teacher Clifford Tracy was a contributing artist to “Keep the Funk Alive,” an 8-month musical collaboration with Grammy award-winning French jazz instrumentalist and composer, Philippe Saisse.  This project started at the onset of the COVID-19 quarantine and...
Cincinnati Song Project Records in Baker Hall

Cincinnati Song Project Records in Baker Hall

In December 2020, former student of CMS teacher Dail Richie, Toni Marie Palmertree, along with Kathleen Kelly, Laura LeVoir, and Ellen Rissinger recorded “A World of Song: Colorful Thoughts” in the Dorothy H. Baker Recital Hall at CMS, as part of the Cincinnati Song...
Gala Recital – Cancelled for 2021

Gala Recital – Cancelled for 2021

Sunday, June 13, 2021 Cancelled for 2021 At the end of each school year, CMS students who scored highest in the Gala Auditions will perform in the annual Gala Recital.  The highest-scoring students receive scholarship awards for continued study at...