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December 2013
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MUSIC
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Dec. 3 Tuesday 7:30pm
FAC Concert Hall
WIND ENSEMBLE & CONCERT BAND
James Patrick Miller & Timothy T. Anderson, directors
John Bottomley, tuba soloist
Pierre Leemans' March of the Belgian Paratroopers, Percy Grainger's Handel in the Strand, Dana Wilson's Concerto for Tuba & Wind Ensemble, & David Maslanka's Symphony No. 7
Online Ticketing or see below for Ticket Info |
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Dec. 4 Wednesday 8:15pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
FIVE COLLEGE COLLEGIUM
Robert Eisenstein, director
The Collegium Choir is joined by winds, strings, percussion & guitar for seasonal music from 16th & 17th century Portugal, featuring motets & Mass movements from the Cathedrals of Evora, Lisbon and Coimbra, & rhythmic Villancicos by Gaspar Fernandes.
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Dec. 5 Thursday 3:45pm
Rm. 155, Music Wing of Fine Arts Center
MUSIC THEORY SPEAKER'S SERIES
Jason Hooper, UMass Amherst Music Theory faculty
Schenker's Conception of Sonata Form before the Urlinie:
History, Theory & Aesthetics
Free and open to the public |
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Dec. 5 Thursday 8pm
FAC Concert Hall
SYMPHONY BAND & PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
James Patrick Miller & Ayano Kataoka, directors
Grainger's Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol, Anders Nilsson's Krasch! & music by Bernstein, Schuller, Van der Roost, Fillmore, Klatzow & more
Online Ticketing or see below for Ticket Info |
Dec. 6 Friday 10am Bezanson Recital Hall
GUEST ARTIST MASTER CLASS
Sophie Shao, cello
Top prize winner at the Rostropovich & Tchaikovsky competitions, Ms. Shao has performed with the BBC Concert & American Symphony Orchestras, & is on the faculty at Vassar College & Bard Conservatory of Music.
Free and open to the public
Online Ticketing to Trio Concert on Sat. 12/7 at 8pm |
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Dec. 6 Friday 5pm Bezanson Recital Hall
GUEST ARTIST MASTERCLASS
Frank Huang, violin
Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony & a Naumberg Prize winner, Mr. Huang is on the faculty of the Shepard School of Music, Rice University.
Free and open to the public
Online Ticketing to Trio Concert on Sat. 12/7 at 8pm |
Dec. 6 & 7 Fri/Sat 8pm Bowker Auditorium
UNIVERSITY DANCERS
Paul Dennis, director
Sidra Bell: At the Bazaar (world premiere), Jennifer Hart: Before/After, Billbob Brown: Judgments & a work by new UMass Dance professor Erica Wilson-Perkins
Tickets: Fri Sat See below for Ticket Info |
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Dec. 7 Saturday 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
FACULTY CONCERT
Gilles Vonsattel, piano with guests
Frank Huang, violin & Sophie Shao, cello
Piano Trios by Haydn, Schumann & Brahms
Online Ticketing or see below for Ticket Info |
Ticketed concerts:
Free for Music/Dance majors or minors (except special events)
$3 for UMass Amherst students (except Dance concerts)
$5 for other students, seniors & children under 18
$10 for general public ($14 for Univ. Dancers)
Box Office 413-545-2511 or usually available at the door
Online Ticketing page: fac.umass.edu/MusicandDance
HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON!
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FEATURED OFF-CAMPUS PERFORMANCES:
Minuteman Marching Band, Timothy T. Anderson, director
Thomas Hannum, associate director
Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade
New York City,
November 28, 2013
Watch for them at Macy's at 11:24am...Link to MassLive article
5th Annual Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference, Dallas, TX
January 8-11, 2014
UMass Amherst Jazz Nonet performs Sat, Jan 11, 12 noon, Conservatory Stage.
Student Composition Showcase, Jan 11, 2pm, Pegasus Ballroom, includes September Again by winning composer & JAAMS student Lucas Apostoleris.
Jeffrey W. Holmes performs with Earl MacDonald & the Jazz Education All-Stars on Friday, Jan. 10 at 12 noon on the Inspirations Stage.
The Jazz & African-American Studies Music Program
will have a booth (#410), co-run with Jazz in July.
UMass Amherst Chamber Choir, Tony Thornton, conductor
Performs at the Eastern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association, Baltimore, MD, February 5-8, 2014
www.acdaeast.org
UMass Amherst Symphony Band, James Patrick Miller, conductor
Performs at the College Band Directors Assoc. Eastern Div. Conference
New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, March 6, 2014
Joined by guests: percussion artist Michael Burritt; composers Gunther Schuller & Daniel Nelson & conductors Heidi Johanna Miller, Robert Franzblau & Timothy T. Anderson
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FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
Here is a Video about the Music Program at UMass Amherst
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