Caroline Sackleh

Caroline Sackleh, DMA (she/her), is CCM's Assistant Director of Admissions (Undergraduate) and joined the college in January 2022. She holds over seven years of collegiate admissions experience, combined, from Louisiana State University School of Music and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Caroline is the Founder and Director of New Downbeat; a new music collective that features women musicians performing works from living composers exclusively. She most recently received her Doctorate in Bassoon Performance from CCM with a cognate in Chamber Music, where she studied with William Winstead, Martin Garcia, Christopher Sales, and Martin James.

In addition to her work within the new music sphere, she is an active freelancer in and around the Cincinnati tri-state area and has performed with many notable orchestras, such as: Dayton Philharmonic, Richmond Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, and the Urbana-Champaign Symphony Orchestra.

Caroline received a Master’s degree from Louisiana State University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; both in Bassoon Performance.

Some of her interests include gardening, cooking, live concerts, hiking, and knitting.

BM: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015 (Bassoon Performance)

MM: Louisiana State University 2017 (Bassoon Performance)

DMA: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) 2020 (Bassoon Performance)