MUSIC & DANCE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY JOB OPENINGS:

• Director of Wind Studies/Conductor of Wind Ensembles
• Assistant Professor in Piano
• Assistant Professor in Jazz Studies
• Director of Choral Ensembles
  

THE STAGE IS SET FOR YOU TO...

LISTEN (Click on links for more information):

• Fall 2008 online Concert Calendar

EXPLORE:

• PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES in large and small ensembles. The UMass Amherst Music & Dance FACULTY is acclaimed nationally and internationally as performers, composers and scholars.

VISIT: (see below for contact information)

2nd REUNION for MUSIC ALUMNI
on Homecoming Weekend
October 17, 2008

MUSIC & DANCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITES:

• Dance Department
• Choral Ensembles
• Minuteman Marching Band
• Opus One String Ensemble
• University Orchestra
• Horn Studio
• Saxophone Studio
• Pedagogy of Dance Dance Revolution video game (Prof. Brent Auerbach)

FIVE COLLEGE WEBSITES:

• Five College Early Music Program
• Five College Dance Department
• Five Colleges Events Calendar

EXPERIENCE:

• AN AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

• AN ARTISTICALLY EXCELLENT DEPARTMENT coupled with the almost unlimited educational, cultural and social opportunities of a major liberal arts university.

• AN INTIMATE AND SUPPORTIVE MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT that nurtures individual talents and interests.

• A DEPARTMENT WITH A TRACK RECORD OF GRADUATING SUCCESSFUL ALUMNI whose education enables them to obtain interesting, well-paying jobs.

• PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS for which there is strong market demand.

• SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE OFFERINGS - Graduate and undergraduate
  (Contact: Roger Rideout 413-545-2106 or rideout@music.umass.edu)
  
  
  The Department of Music & Dance
  Jeff Cox, Department Chair
  Room 273, Fine Arts Center East
  (off North Pleasant St.)
  University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Amherst, MA 01003-9300
  
  Phone: (413) 545-2227
  Fax: (413) 545-2092
  Admissions: (413) 545-6048
  Admissions email: cthornley@music.umass.edu
  Dance area: (413) 545-2413
  Graduate programs: (413) 545-0311

“I arrived feeling overwhelmed and unprepared — I departed with confidence, experience and training. A large school undergrad experience was excellent preparation and grounding to move on to graduate work in a conservatory setting.”

Andrew Malloy BM '74
Freelance Jazz Musician