Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors
Wind Ensemble
Saturday, March 2nd 4pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
James Patrick Miller, conductor
Featuring Guest Composer-in-Residence Jennifer Bellor, Nazareth College
Including Bellor's Uprising for drum set & wind ensemble with faculty soloist Thomas Giampietro. Also works by Schwantner, Husa, Milhaud, and Javier Marquez, winner of the 2013 UMass Wind Ensemble Composition Contest-premiere of his winning work Danza Hipnotica.
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors
Jennifer Bellor, guest composer
String Day
Sunday, March 3rd 9am- 3:30pm Fine Arts Center, Music Wing
Join Us! We welcome Senior, Intermediate and Junior participants for a fun filled day of music making with the faculty and umass string students. Chamber Music readings, orchestra, and lecture/discussions culminate in the String Day Concert at 1:30pm.
For string players: pre-college students & their parents, private or classroom string teachers & orchestra directorsFaculty Concert, Masterclass, Informal Orchestra Rehearsal & Mini-Concert With Professors Elizabeth Chang (violin), Kathryn Lockwood (viola & coordinator), Astrid Schween (cello), Salvatore Macchia (bass) & Opus One Chamber Orchestra RegistrationDue date: 2/21 In advance: $25 for students, includes lunch; parents & teachers free, lunch $10 Late applicants as space permits: $35, lunch $10 Online Registration: http://www.umass.edu/stringday/register.html Information: http://www.umass.edu/stringday
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Five College Jazz Festival
Saturday, March 9th 10am - 4pm, Campus Center, Smith College
Big Band, combo & vocal jazz ensembles from UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Hampshire College, & Smith College
No charge
Tuesdays in Bezanson Jazz Faculty
Tuesday, March 12th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Featuring Jeff Holmes, Catherine Jensen-Hole, Felipe Salles, Tom Giampietro, Bob Ferrier, and Bob Weiner performing music by Jensen-Hole, Herbie Hancock (arr. Salles), Pat Methany, Rodgers/Hart & others
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Trombone Choir
Wednesday, March 13th 8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Greg Spiridopoulos, director
Transcriptions & originals for Trombone Choir. Including a new work by UMass graduate student Renee Morgan & Berklee College of Music Professor Gregory Fritze's Vertigo
No charge
American College Dance Festival: New England Regional Conference Rites of Spring
Thursday, March 14th (Festival continues March 15-16) Bowker Auditorium
2pm: Adjudicated Dance Concert, $5 Students/seniors; $10 General public, available at the door
Registration for dancers is closed, but concerts are open to the public
Sponsored by UMass Music & Dance and Five College Dance Depts. American College Dance Festival, New England Regional Conference Classes/events by & for students/faculty from college dance programs
Tickets: $5 students, seniors, children /$10 general public - available at the door
Sponsored by UMass Music & Dance and Five College Dance Depts.
Conference is closed for dancer registration, but concerts are open to the public Details: www.regonline.com/umass2013
American College Dance Festival: New England Regional Conference Rites of Spring
Saturday, March 16th (Conference is March 14-16)
Adjudicated concert: 1pm, Bowker Auditorium
Tickets: $5 students, seniors, children / $10 general public - available at the door
Informal concert: 7pm, Bowker Auditorium, no charge
Sponsored by UMass Music & Dance and Five College Dance Depts.
Conference is closed for dancer registration; concerts are open to the public Details: www.regonline.com/umass2013
Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, March 27th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
James Patrick Miller, artistic director
Charles O'Brien, graduate conductor
Works by Gounod, Ticheli, Husa, J.S. Bach, and Grainger
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
University Orchestra
Thursday, March 28th 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Teresa Cheung, conductor
Soloists: Concerto Competition Winners Erik Anundson, alto saxophone & Robert T. Scott, percussion
Music: Pierre Max DuboisConcerto pour saxophone alto, Movement I; Joseph Schwanter: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, Movement I & Gustav Holst: The Planets
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Infinity Brass
Friday, March 29th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Eric Berlin & Steve Felix, trumpet; Laura Klock, horn; Greg Spirdopoulos, trombone; & John Bottomley, tuba
Featuring UMass alumnus Edward Jacobs' Passed Time and music from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Faculty Piano Recital
Saturday, March 30th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Repertoire: Beethoven: Six Bagatelles, Op. 126; Heinz Holliger: Partita; Ravel: Sonatine & Gaspard de la Nuit; Honegger: Hommage à Ravel
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Buy Tickets Online
Jazz Lab Ensemble
Thursday, April 4th 8pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Micah Maurio & Jeff Schneider, directors
Big Band Repertoire with new & historical works
No charge
15th Annual UMass High School Jazz Festival
Saturday, April 6th 8:30am- 5:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall & FAC Music Wing
New England high school Big Bands, Combos, & Vocal Jazz Ensembles with adjudications & clinics by guests including vibraphonist Dave Samuels, resident Jazz faculty & music exhibitors
Tuesday, April 2 (Changed from original April 10 date)
8pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Laura Klock, Greg Spiridopoulos, & John Bottomley, directors
Music from the Horn, Trombone, & Tuba/Euphonium studios, featuring original & transcribed works from the classical & popular repertoire. In addition to individual choir performances, the sound of the combined forces will fill the Concert Hall with antiphonal brass music of Giovanni Gabrieli.
No Charge
Vocal Pedagogy Seminar
Sunday, February 24th, Bezanson Recital Hall (also Saturday 2/23)
With nationally-recognized vocal pedagogue Dr. Stephen Austin, University of North Texas
Free masterclasses and sessions on vocal pedagogy, caring for the voice, preparing for college auditions, & more!
Sunday schedule: 10:00am-12:00pm: Chiaroscuro: Don't be Afraid of the Dark or Resonance Balancing 1:00pm: Question & Answer: Loose Ends with Dr. Austin 2:00-4:00pm: Masterclass with Dr. Austin
All events are free and open to the public Professional Development Points (pdp) are available upon request
In order to help us prepare for this exciting free event, please complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM
With the Hampshire Young People's Chorus Chamber Singers, K.C. Conlan, director
Saturday, March 9 4pm First Congregational Church,165 Main St., Amherst
Music by Rutter, Halley, Wallenberg, Smith, Pottle, Lauridsen & others
No charge, donations accepted
Graduate Recital
Maki Matsui, voice
Saturday, March 30, 4:00pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Guest Artist Trumpet Masterclass
Marc Reese, Trumpet, Empire Brass member
Tuesday, April 2, 1:10pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Quintet Masterclass with Guest Artist
Graduate Brass Quintet with guest artist Marc Reese, trumpet, Empire Brass member
Tuesday, April 2, 12:00pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Sunday, March 3, 7:30pm
Graduate Viola Recital
Trevor Andrews, viola
with Nicholas Shaneyfelt, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Sunday, March 10 6:00pm
Vocal Jazz Student Recital
Kelsey Higgins, vocals with rhythm section & small vocal group
Fine Arts Center Music wing Room 44
Free
Sunday, March 10 7:30pm
JUNIOR VOICE & TROMBONE RECITAL
Robert Stahley, voice
Ryan Bisson, trombone
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
GRADUATE TUBA RECITAL
Sunday, March 10, 1pm
Brandon Christie, tuba
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Saturday, March 2, 6pm
GRADUATE CONDUCTING RECITAL
Joshua Harper, conductor
with the UMass Amherst Recital Choir
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Amherst
Free
Senior Recital
Ross Nelson, violin
Monday, April 1, 7pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Free
Junior Recital
Michael Caudill, Jazz Keegan Bass, Jazz
Wednesday, April 3, 8:30pm
Room 44, FAC Music Wing
Free
Junior & Graduate Recital
Christopher Moehringer, trombone Aaron Staluppi, tuba
Friday, April 5, 8pm
Room 44, FAC Music Wing
Free
Graduate Recital
Madeleine Jansen, violin
Tuesday, April 2, 7:30pm
Amherst Unitarian Society
Free
Graduate Recital
Leslie Kahler, clarinet
Saturday, April 6, 7:30pm
Bezanson Recital Hall
Free
Extending Cage's Legacy, Lecture in Music Theory
Rob Haskins, Professor, University of New Hampshire
Friday, March 29, 2013, 1:25pm
Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass Amherst campus
ABOUT THE LECTURE: Since the late 1980s, many scholars have wrestled with Cage’s ideas with varying results. The lecture will offer a provisional assessment of Cage's achievement, including both unjustified and justified criticism of that achievement by other scholars; it will point toward productive ways in which we can engage with and creatively extend Cage’s important legacy, using theater as the principal example.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Rob Haskins, Associate Professor of Music History at the University of New Hampshire, holds a D.M.A. in harpsichord and Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music. He specializes in American music in the second half of the twentieth century, especially the music of John Cage. He has presented papers on Cage in Germany, Canada, and the U.S. His most recent book is John Cage (Reaktion Books). He recorded for Mode Records and served as musical Director for Alarm Will Sound’s 2012 new production of John Cage’s Song Books at the Holland Festival Abrons and River to River Festival (New York).
THIS EVENT IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
March 11 Monday 4:30-6:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
CELLO MASTER CLASS
Mihai Tetel, guest artist Professor, Hartt School, University of Hartford
No charge to observe
March 4 Monday 4:30-6:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
VIOLA MASTERCLASS
Michelle LaCourse, guest violist Professor, Boston University
No charge to observe
CELLO MASTER CLASS
April 1 Monday 4:30-6:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Nancy Green, guest cellist International performer & recording artist
No charge to observe
March 26 Monday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
SENIOR VIOLA RECITAL
Bonnie Heung, viola
Free
Wednesday, April 3 8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall
GRADUATE RECITAL
Aeri Kim, voice
Free
Wed. March 27 10am-12noon Bezanson Recital Hall
VIOLA ORCHESTRAL EXCERPT MASTER CLASS
Amelia Clingman, UMass Alumna, guest artist
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Jennifer Bellor, guest composer 
Dave Samuels
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