Chicago College of Performing Arts

09/04/2026

Tonight, Friday, September 4th, at the Chicago Jazz Festival, happening right downtown in Millennium Park, CCPA has four faculty members performing in the lineup!

Henry Johnson (Artist Faculty, jazz guitar) will be at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ the Jo Ann Daugherty Trio from 4–4:45pm.
 
Constantine Alexander (Artist Faculty, jazz trumpet) and Ben Dillinger (Adjunct Faculty) will be performing with Constantine’s group, Firetet, from 4:30–6:15pm at the WDCB Jazz Lounge on the South Promenade.  
 
Marlene Rosenberg (Artist Faculty, jazz bass) will be performing with her quintet from 6:45–7:45pm also at the WDCB Jazz Lounge on the South Promenade.

A free concert in the beautiful Millennium Park, listening to world class jazz played by the incredible CCPA Jazz and Contemporary Music faculty, with a backdrop of downtown Chicago? Perfection.

09/03/2026

Welcome to part three of our four-part CCPA Enrollment Office advice series, featuring another member of our all-star, all-alum team, Admission Counselor Parker Morley (he/him)!

Parker graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre here at CCPA in 2023! He worked in the Enrollment Office for 3 years as a student, and has been here nearly 3 more years as a professional counselor.

Thank you for the great advice, Parker!

09/03/2026

We are excited to announce that legendary composer John Bucchino will be giving a master class at CCPA on Friday, September 11 from 12:30-3:30pm. Mr. Bucchino will be Zooming in live to Ganz Hall and working with our Theatre Conservatory students, with piano collaboration provided by CCPA’s Coordinator of Musical Theatre, Prof. Nick Sula. 

John Bucchino’s songs have been performed and recorded by renowned pop (Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins), theatre (Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald), cabaret (Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein), and classical (Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Voight, Nathan Gunn), artists as well as The Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Among his honors are two Drama Desk nominations, The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, The Jonathan Larson Award, The Kleban Award, and The Los Angeles Ovation Award.

We are so very excited to watch him work with our incredible students!

This is a free performance, and no reservations are required. Non-Roosevelt guests may be asked to show photo ID to enter campus buildings.

09/02/2026

Welcome to part two of our four-part CCPA Enrollment Office advice series, featuring another member of our all-star, all-alum team, Admission Counselor Rebekah Green (she/her)!

Rebekah’s collegiate journey started at the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) with a Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance (2021), and it continued here at CCPA with a Master of Music in Orchestral Studies (2024). She worked in the Enrollment Office for 2 years as a student, and has been here nearly 2 more years as a professional counselor.

Thank you for the great advice, Rebekah!

09/01/2026

This is such an amazing partnership and opportunity! We are so proud to be a part of this wonderful program.

The experiential learning program combines in-person and virtual programming designed to help students explore creative and administrative careers in the arts.

09/01/2026

The CCPA Enrollment Team has been working with our new students for many months (and sometimes longer!), guiding them through the exciting, confusing, wondrous, and often stressful process of college admissions, ultimately leading to their recent arrival here on campus.

Our Enrollment Office is unique, because it is 100% comprised of CCPA alumni! Being alum, they have a deep understanding of what the new student journey at CCPA looks like, and they would like to offer some advice to help further guide our new students as they begin their fall semester 💚

Part one of our four-part series features Jessica Meaux (they/she), our Assistant Director of Enrollment!

Jessica’s collegiate journey started at the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dual Concentrations of Flute Performance and Music Theory (2016), and it continued here at CCPA with a Master’s Degree in Flute Performance (2018) and a Professional Diploma in Orchestral Studies (2020). They worked in the Enrollment Office for 3.5 years as a student, and have been here 4 years as a professional staff member.

Thank you for the great advice, Jessica!

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

Our Musical Theatre Dance Concentration students are ready to reach for the stars! ✨🩰

Happy First Day of Classes, everyone! Let’s have an incredible fall semester 💚