Choral Intensive
A student conductor at a previous summer workshop.
Declared “one of this country’s leading conservatories” by the New York Times, CCM offers an exceptional summer choral intensive program lead by the college's world renowned faculty.
The summer 2026 Choral Intensive offers two tracks for particpants — the International Conducting Training Program and the Choral Conducting Workshop. Learn more about the tracks below.
Choral Conducting Workshop
- Dates: July 13-18, 2026
- Instructor: Dr. L. Brett Scott (Director)
- Tuition: $700 (after Early-Bird discount ends)
- Early-Bird Discount: $600 (Register by May 1st)
- Cincinnati Public School educators save 10% on summer workshops (Cannot be used in conjunction with the Early-Bird discount)
- No audition requirement
Offering exceptional training in choral pedagogy, literature, and performance, the CCM Choral Conducting Workshop is open to all musicians. The workshop will be a week-long immersion in new pedagogies and literature with participants receiving daily training in conducting, voice and choral pedagogy, performance practice, and a wide range of historic and modern repertoire. Featuring CCM’s outstanding choral and voice faculty, the week will include a performance on the final day. Participants will also be able to intersect with the International Conducting Training Program.
International Conducting Training Program
- Dates: July 11-18, 2026
- Instructor: Dr. L. Brett Scott (Director), Dr. Marie Bucoy-Calavan (Guest Clinician, Artistic Director of the Choral Arts Society of Washington)
- Tuition: $1,125 (campus housing and parking are available separately for an additional fee) Auditions are required.
- Audition Applications Open: November 1, 2025
- Audition Applications Close: April 4, 2026 (Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by mid-April)
Providing advanced conducting training for professionals seeking to gain experience and guidance from CCM’s renowned conducting faculty, participants will be selected from online auditions. Conductors will receive intensive training in score analysis, work with a professional chorus and orchestra, and participate in the CCM Choral Conducting Workshop.
ICTP offers opportunities for Conducting Fellows and Apprentices. Conducting Fellows will prepare masterworks for performance during the week-long festival. Apprentices will engage in all areas of preparation and will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with the faculty.
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae
- Two photos: one headshot or still photo, and one photo while conducting
- Repertoire List or works performed and studied
- Two letters of references
- Video of rehearsal – 15 minutes
- Video of performances – 15-30 minutes. This can be one performance or a selection from several performances.
Daniel Weeks,
Dieterle Chair of Music in memory of George Andreas and Elsa Fischer Dieterle; Professor of Voice
Housing
Housing is available for an additional fee for the CCM Summer Choral Intensive.