Jeffrey W. Holmes, Felipe Salles & Tom Giampietro, directors
Guest: Dave Liebman, saxophone, multiple Grammy nominee & National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master honoree
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Dave Liebman
Faculty Recital UMass Composers, Past & Present
Tuesday, October 9th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Lynn Klock, saxophone, assisted by Elizabeth Chang, violin; Michael Compitello, percussion; Laura Klock, horn; Salvatore Macchia, contrabass; Scott Bailey, Estela Olevsky & Nadine Shank, piano
Music written for Lynn Klock by Salvatore Macchia: Sonata Reminisenza and Ritual III, Robert Stern: Music for a Midsummer Evening & Marc-Antonio Consoli: Saxlodie
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Lynn Klock
Trombone Choir
Wednesday, October 3rd* 8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Greg Spiridopoulos, director
Music by James Kazik, Anton Bruckner, J.S. Bach, Allen Chase, & Norman Bolter
No charge
*Changed from original date of October 10th
Voice Area Open House & Audition Seminar
Saturday, October 13th 1:00-5:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall (John Cheek Voice Masterclass begins at 6:30pm)
An event for high school singers, their parents, & voice/choral teachers interested in college auditions & the UMass Amherst Voice Program.
1pm: Registration, Orientation, Mini-tours 1:30pm: Audition Seminar with Q&A 2:30pm: Masterclass with UMass Voice Faculty 4:30pm: Mini-Recital, UMass Voice Students
Sponsored by the Paulina Stark Vocal Enhancement Fund
No Charge
John Cheek
University Orchestra
Teresa Cheung, director
Tuesday, October 16th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony #5 (Reformation), OP. 107; Jean Sibelius's Finlandia Op. 26, No. 7 and Karelia Suite, Op. 11; W.A. Mozart's Overture to the Magic Flute K. 620
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Wind Ensemble
Thursday, October 18th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
James Patrick Miller, conductor
Richard Strauss: Suite in B flat; Op.4, Maslanka: Symphony No. 4; Holst: Hammersmith & works by Gabrieli & J.S. Bach
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Symphony Band
Heidi Miller, guest conductor
Friday, October 19th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Tuesdays in Bezanson Faculty Performers
Tuesday, October 23rd 8pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
William Hite, tenor; Elizabeth Chang, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Astrid Schween, cello, Salvatore Macchia, contrabass & guest Alissa Leiser, piano
Includes Schubert: "Trout" Quintet & Schubert songs
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
William Hite, tenor
Music Alumni Reunion
Friday, October 26th 5:15pm (New time) University Club
Mini-concert, intimate dinner with Chair Jeff Cox & the Faculty, & 38th Annual Multibands Pops concert
Dinner: Wine, Salad, Main Dish, Fresh Vegetable, Potato, Dessert, Coffee/Tea Choices for Main Dish: Vegetarian Farmer's Risotto, Grilled Swordfish & Mango Salsa, or Petite Fillet Mignon
Guests are very welcome!
Reunion Package: $35 per person; includes mini-concert, dinner, & Multiband Pops concert To Register: (413) 545 2511, ask for Music Alumni Reunion or BUY TICKETS ONLINE
38th Annual Multiband Pops Showcase Concert
Friday, October 26th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall Jeffrey W. Holmes, producer & director
Don't miss this fast-paced showcase, featuring the Minuteman Marching Band, UMass Dancers, & several other wind, brass, choral, percussion & orchestral ensembles
Tickets: $15 other students, children, seniors; $20 general public 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Mass ACDA/ UMass High School & Collegiate Choral Festival
Saturday, October 27th 5:30pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Tony Thornton & Stephen Paparo, conductors UMass Chamber Choir & Chorale, ACDA Honor Choirs
To Include: Mozart's Coronation Mass with 250 singers & orchestra
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Stephen Paparo, conductor, with Chorale
Jazz Lab Ensemble
Tuesday, October 30th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Micah Maurio & Jeff Schneider, directors
Includes Cole Porter's So In Love, Oliver Nelson's Stolen Moments, Kern/Harbach's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & music by Lennie Niehaus, Frank Wess & Rob McConnell
No Charge
Faculty Voice Recital POSTPONED TO NOV. 27 DUE TO ILLNESS
Saturday, November 3rd 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Amy Johnson, soprano; with Marjorie Melnick, mezzo-soprano, William Hite, tenor & guest artists Joshua Greene, assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and Vernon Hartman, Metropolitan Opera baritone
Amy Johnson
Graduate Jazz Recital
Tuesday, November 2nd 7:30pm Fine Arts Center, Room 44
Micah Maurio, jazz trumpet
Free
Violin Masterclass
Friday, October 19th 10am Bezanson Recital Hall
Katie Lansdale, guest violinist, Artist Teacher at The Hartt School