TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY PRODUCER
KEVIN MCCOLLUM JOINS CCM’S FACULTY
AS DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR

 As part of his appointment, the renowned theatre producer and honored University of Cincinnati alumnus will develop a new musical theatre incubator program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music.

Kevin McCollum

CINCINNATI, OH — Peter Landgren, dean and Thomas James Kelly professor of music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), has appointed leading Broadway producer Kevin McCollum to the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor. McCollum’s initial appointment will be for three years and will become effective in August of 2015.

A distinguished alumnus of the University of Cincinnati, McCollum (BFA Musical Theatre, 1984; HonDoc, 2005) is the Tony Award-winning producer of Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Motown the Musical and many other acclaimed Broadway, off-Broadway and touring productions. Earlier this spring, McCollum received two more Tony nominations for his current productions of Something…