CCM students perform excerpts from Jennifer Higdon's "Cold Mountain" (Oct. 18, 2025)

Описание: CCM's Chamber Series presents excerpts from Jennifer Higdon's "Cold Mountain," featuring tenor Cameron Howard as Veasy, baritone Alan Rendzak as Inman, soprano Sabina Balsamo as Ada and mezzo-soprano Claire Strong as Ruby, accompanied by pianist Wenhao He. The performed excerpts include:

Act 1 Scene 5 00:16
Act 2 Scene 10 06:40
Act 2 Scene 11 10:50
End Credits 18:06

CCM welcomed Higdon for a three day residency in October 2025, which included a variety of public performances and a Composition Symposium for CCM students, faculty and staff. More than 300 students were involved in the festival's performances, which featured Higdon's compositions for orchestra, wind band, choral, opera, percussion and chamber music.

View program details at https://www.uc.edu/content/dam/refres...

This performance is part of the CCM Chamber Series Concert "Opera, Chamber and Percussion: The Music of Jennifer Higdon," which was originally presented in Robert J. Werner Recital Hall on Oct. 18, 2025.

CCM CHAMBER SERIES PRESENTS
OPERA, CHAMBER AND PERCUSSION:
THE MUSIC OF JENNIFER HIGDON
Amy Johnson and Kirill Kuzmin, vocal coaches
Excerpts from "Cold Mountain" (2015)
Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Cameron Howard, tenor as Veasy
Alan Rendzak, baritone as Inman
Sabina Balsamo, soprano as Ada
Claire Strong, mezzo soprano as Ruby
Wenhao He, piano

This video was produced, filmed and edited by Ben Terribilini, a senior in CCM's Media Production BFA program, as part of his capstone project. The video was co-produced with CCM Recording Productions.

Producer/Editor | Ben Terribilini

Camera
Taylor DeBoo
Melissa Godoy
Derek Stacy
Ben Terribilini

Music Recording & Mix | Simón Sotelo