Welcome Back
New Music Concert

Sunday, September 9th
4pm  Bezanson Recital Hall
No Charge

Coordinated by Elizabeth Chang & Salvatore Macchia
Elizabeth Chang, violin; Judith Gordon, piano; Astrid Schween, cello; Lynn Klock, saxophone; Laura Klock, horn; Salvatore Macchia, contrabass; Michael Compitello, percussion; Eric Sawyer, piano; Gilles Vonsattel, piano

Music by George Benjamin, Eric Sawyer, Salvatore Macchia & Arthur Berger

Faculty Recital

Sunday, September 16th
4pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone & Nikki Stoia, piano

Including works by Ewazen, Kreneck & Guilmant

Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors     Buy Tickets Online

Faculty Recital
In this Moment: Women & their Songs

Tuesday, September 18th
8pm Bezanson Recital Hall

Nadine Shank, piano & Katherine Eberle, mezzo-soprano, Univ. of Iowa faculty

Contemporary songs by American women composers: Judith Cloud, Lori Laitman, Libby Larsen, Juliana Hal & Lisa Neher

Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors   Buy Tickets Online

 Katherine Eberle
Nadine Shank

Massachusetts Dance Festival

Saturday, September 22nd

9am-5pm Workshops, Totman Building DETAILS

7pm Gala Concert of Professional Companies, Bowker Auditorium

Including: BoSoma, Contrapose Dance, Mariah Steele/Quicksilver, Navarasa Dance Theater, Sorvino Dance Project & the University Dancers

Tickets to 7pm concert: $20 online prior to 9/22 (www.massdancefestival.org
or 508 429 7577)          $25 at door

Contrapose Dance

Massachusetts Dance Festival

Sunday, September 23rd

10am-2pm Workshops, Totman Building
3pm Concert of Emerging Companies, Bowker Auditorium

Including Dances by Isadora, Iranian Dance Artists, CHIMERAlab, Eclipse Modern Company & Rebecca Steinberg & Artists

Tickets to 3pm concert: $15 online prior to 9/23 (www.massdancefestival.org or 508 429 7577)
                           $20 at door

Iranian Dance Artists

Faculty Recital

Friday, September 28th
8pm Bezanson Recital Hall

John Bottomley, tuba & Nikki Stoia, piano

Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors    Buy Tickets Online

Jazz Ensemble I & Chapel Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, October 2nd
8pm Bowker Auditorium

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

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

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!

11am - 12noon    Bezanson Recital Hall

Welcoming and informational meeting with Chair Jeff Cox & faculty

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

WELCOME ALL MUSIC STUDENTS!

11am - 12noon    Bezanson Recital Hall

Welcoming and informational meeting with Chair Jeff Cox & faculty

All Music Majors/Minors/Graduates/Undergraduates should attend.

The Chiron Chamber Orchestra
Kaleidoscope Concert

Friday, September 14th
7:30pm   Newman Center Chapel at UMass

With guest conductor, Jonathan Brennand

Featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Astor Piazzolla

Violinist Michelle Painter

Janis Brenner Guest Dance Workshop: Technique

Friday, September 14th
1pm Totman Building, Rm. 13

Guest dance artist, Janis Brenner, will hold a workshop on technique for dance students.

No Charge

Janis Brenner Guest Dance Workshop: Voice

Saturday, September 15th
1pm Totman Building, Rm. 13

Guest dance artist, Janis Brenner, will hold a workshop on voice for dance students.

No Charge