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75th Anniversary Celebrations
We're Celebrating the Music Department's 75th Anniversary!
Two big weekends are coming in 2014; come to one or both!
All events revolve around YOU, our alumni, and your participation.
There is NO CHARGE to participate in the 75th Anniversary events, except for the optional April 12th Luncheon & March 9th Reception.
You must REGISTER ONLINE to be included.
For Jazz & Saxophone Alumni, March 7-9, 2014
33rd Annual JAZZ SHOWCASE,
Jeffrey W. Holmes, director
March 8, Saturday
1-2:30pm: Jazz Alumni Combos rehearse
3-6pm: Jazz Alumni Combos perform in Bezanson March 9, Sunday
10am: Rehearsals of Alumni Big Bands & Alumni Vocal Jazz Ensemble
2pm: Jazz Showcase Performance, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Reception to follow at Amherst Brewing Company (cost TBA) Jazz Showcase Conductors:
Jeffrey W. Holmes & Catherine Jensen-Hole (Coordinators), Thomas Giampietro, Felipe Salles
Guest Conductors: Frederick Tillis, David Sporny, others TBA
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32nd NEW ENGLAND SAXOPHONE SYMPOSIUM, Celebrating Lynn Klock's 34 years at UMass
Saxophonists are welcome to play at
Jazz Showcase & Sax Symposium events
March 7, Friday
7:30-10pm: Saxophone Solo/Quartet performances
March 8, Saturday
9am - 1pm: Saxophone Solo/Quartet performances
7:30pm: Saxophone Grand Finale with alumni & current students in Bezanson
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For Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra Players,
April 11-12, 2014
April 11, Friday
7 - 9:30pm: Rehearsals - Choose to rehearse & perform with the Alumni Band, Chorus or Orchestra
April 12, Saturday
9:30am - 12noon: Rehearsals of the Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra
12:30-2pm: Enjoy a Buffet Luncheon in the Campus Center Auditorium with current & former faculty. Menu includes salads, two main courses (one vegetarian), desserts, coffee/tea, plus a BIG presentation of past and present faculty/student images. To attend the Luncheon, you must purchase tickets, $28 per person. (413-545-2511 or Online)
2-4pm: Free time to enjoy the campus
4pm: Performances by the Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Conductors: Timothy Anderson, Brandon Keith Brown, Thom Hannum, James Patrick Miller, Tony Thornton
Guest Conductors: E. Wayne Abercrombie, John Jenkins, Malcolm W. Rowell
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We look forward to seeing you
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Faculty names from banner photo above (1984), left to right:
T. Dennis Brown, Peter Tanner, George Parks, Walter Chesnut, Leopold (Terry) Teraspulsky, Jeffrey Holmes, Nadine Shank, Michael Sussman, Julian Olevsky, Salvatore Macchia, Joanne Tanner, Robert Stern, Frank Morelli, Lynn Klock, Nigel Coxe, Estela Olevsky, Laura Klock, David Sporny, Dennis Burkh (conductor), Jon Humphrey
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