Symbiosis at CCM: Music08, Accent08_Crescendo08

Held concurrently with Music08, June 15-21 at CCM, are Accent08 and Crescendo08.
   Accent08 is a chamber music festival for college age and advanced high school musicians.  Crescendo08, the young musicians division of Accent08, is geared for high school and middle school students.
   Accent08 and Crescendo08 share the same faculty of CCM and guest artists and have some classes in common. (Accent08 and Music08 overlap in composition studies and also have some faculty in common).
   Accent08 and Crescendo08 offer chamber music and private lessons, classes in composition, improvisation, music history and theory, concerto competitions and ensemble activities, including advanced orchestra led by Dayton Philharmonic music director Neal Gittleman, and a percussion ensemble led by CCM faculty percussionist James Culley.
   Student concerts are held through the week.  Final concerts are June 21.
   Although registration for participants has closed, most events are free and open to the public. beginning with an hour-long faculty recital at 5:20 p.m. June 15 in CCM’s Cohen Family Studio Theater.  Artistic director of Accent08 is Dorotea Vismara Hoffman.
   For a complete schedule, visit www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx/accent.