MUSIC & DANCE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY JOB OPENINGS:

Ballet (pdf file)
Director of Wind Ensemble (pdf file)
Lecturer in Percussion (pdf file)
Lecturer in Voice (pdf file)

THE STAGE IS SET FOR YOU TO...

LISTEN (Click on links for more information):

• Fall 2007 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
  
  
  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