Horn Studio - University of Massachusetts, Amherst

	Welcome and thanks for visiting the UMass Amherst Horn Studio website! Located in scenic western Massachusetts, the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst offers students the advantages of a close-knit community along with the programs and opportunities provided by being at the state’s flagship public university. We have students and faculty from across the country and from around the world who have come together to collaborate and grow as musicians and scholars. I hope the information provided here will give you a glimpse into what we do. Please be in touch if you need any further information or wish to schedule a visit. We’d love to have you come for a concert or day of classes. Laura Klock, Professor of Horn laklock@music.umass.edu For more information, please also visit the website for the Department of Music at UMASS Amherst.
	.::NEWS The 2010 Northeast Horn Workshop will be held March 12 - 14 at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. See www.northeasthornworkshop2010.org for further information. The 2010 IHS International Symposium will be held July 19 - 25 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For more information, go to http://www.hornsociety.org.		.::UPCOMING EVENT:: Happy Fall!!! Nov. 17 Tuesday 8:00pm AVANTI PLUS, a faculty student collaborative in Bezanson Recital Hall Featuring works by Mozart & Beethoven Nov. 18 Wednesday 8:15pm GRADUATE BRASS QUINTET in Bezanson Recital Hall including works by Jan Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Beethoven, Maurer & Byrd. No charge Nov. 21 Saturday 8pm UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr. & Tony Thornton, directors Works by Rameau, Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances & Concerto for Orchestra, plus Vivaldi: Gloria St. Mary's Church, 3 Elm Street, Northampton No charge Dec. 3 Thursday WIND ENSEMBLE James Patrick Miller, director Carolyn Bremer: Early Light, Ottorino Respighi: Huntingtower, Dana Wilson: Dance of the New World, Percy Grainger: Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol & J.S. Bach: Mein Jesu, was fur Seelenweh 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public Dec. 10 Thursday SYMPHONY BAND & PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE James Patrick Miller & Ayano Kataoka, directors Band performs: Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F for Military Band, J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Ron Nelson: Courtly Airs & Dances & Julius Fucik: The Florentiner March Percussion Ensemble performs: Edgard Varese: Ionisation, Thierry de Mey: Musique de Table, John Fitz Rogers: Once Removed & excerpts from Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, in a collaboration with the Dance Department (Paul Dennis, choreographer; Colby Kuzontkoski, arranger) 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $3-UMass Amherst students/ $5-Other students, seniors, children/ $10-General public For further details and more concert listings, please refer to the Music Department calendar at http://www.umass.edu/music/eventcalendar/
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