CCM Prep

🎭 Meet the faces of our 2026 CCM Musical Theatre Intensive cohort! ✨

We’re thrilled to welcome this incredible group of artists to the program as they’ll be singing, dancing, acting, and creating memories all summer long!

💬 Are you part of the MTI cohort this summer? Drop a 👋 in the comments!

Let’s give a big round of applause to this AMAZING cohort! 🎉👏🏼

What a fantastic first day of camp! 🎻🩰

Our Elementary Strings Camp and Storytime Ballet Camp campers jumped right in, making music, dancing, creating, and making new friends. 💖

We can't wait for all the fun and learning the rest of the week has in store! 🌟

Did you know? ✨

Our Storytime Ballet Camps are designed to build more than dance skills. 📚

Each camp includes storytelling, imagination, movement games, crafts, and themed activities that help dancers grow in confidence, creativity, and independence. All while having so much fun they don't realize how much they're learning. ✨

Spots are still available! We'd love to dance with your little one this summer. Check out the Storytime Camp themes below. 💗

🧜🏼‍♀️ ✨Mermaids & Pirates (June 1-5)
🧌 ✨Trolls in the Enchanted Forest (June 8-12)
🥀✨Beauty & the Beast (July 6-10)

✨ Senior Spotlight - Hilda Villa-Wilkins ✨

Hilda is a clarinetist in the CCM Youth Wind Ensembles! She is graduating from Goshen High School as a National Honor Society Member with an Honors Diploma. 🏆

After receiving a scholarship for Music Education, Hilda plans to attend Ohio State University at the Columbus Campus. She would like to thank CCM Prep for this wonderful experience, and the opportunity to play with all of these amazing musicians!

We'll miss you Hilda, and can't wait to see what you do next! 🤍

✨ Senior Spotlight - Brianna Flaig ✨

Brianna is a flutist in the CCM Youth Wind Ensemble! She has been with CCM Prep for 3 years, and will be graduating this spring from Milford High School. 🏆

Brianna is majoring in Media Production with a focus in Audio Production at University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music! Congratulations Brianna, we can't wait to see you this fall as a Bearcat! 🐾

We're so excited to share that three of our CCM Prep staff members, Dr. Joyce Chan Grabell, Spring Pillow, and Nicole Ortiz will be presenting Thursday, May 14 at Arts Impact Ohio! Their session, Arts Partnerships in Schools, will explore the impact of meaningful collaboration between schools, teaching artists, and CCM Prep. 🎻🎭🩰

We're looking forward to a great day of conversation and advocacy for arts education across Ohio! Catch these three in the Koufax Ampitheater at the Graduate Hotel on UC's campus at 1:15 PM. ✨

For more details on what's happening at the conference, visit artsimpactohio.org/aioagenda

✨ Senior Spotlight - Cooper Benton ✨

Cooper is a current senior at Larry A. Ryle High School. He has been involved in CYWE and CYWE Sax Ensemble for the past year. His favorite memory from CYWE is meeting composers like Kevin Day. Cooper is involved in Ryle’s Marching Band as a drum major and recently attended Kentucky’s Governors Scholars Program with a focus in Music Theory & Performance. 🎶

This fall, Cooper will be attending the University of Kentucky to study Engineering and Spanish! We're so proud of you, Cooper! 🏆

🎭 Does your kiddo love to sing, dance, and act?

✨ Our Elementary & Jr. Musical Theatre campers spend their days playing theatre games, learning choreography, building performance skills, and having tons of fun with new friends ☀️

Limited spots remain! Register now at ccm.uc.edu/arts4all/summer/youth-teen-programs

✨ Senior Spotlight - Mina Shen ✨

Mina has been studying Suzuki violin with Dr. Grabell since she was four years old and is a member of the Northern Kentucky Sinfonia. 🎻

This spring, Mina is graduating from Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Her passions include competitive cheer, traveling, German, Spanish and aquatic life and aquariums!

Mina will be studying Speech Pathology at the University of Kentucky this fall. We'll miss you so much, Mina! 🤍