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MUSIC

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, SEE OUR
Music Program Video
Student Interview Videos

LISTEN TO OUR ENSEMBLES


OFF-CAMPUS PERFORMANCES
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FACULTY OPENINGS:
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Music History      Jazz Dance

View our Spring 2013
EVENTS CALENDAR

Upcoming events below
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SUMMER PROGRAMS:
Workshops in Music Theory Pedagogy, June 24-28
UMass Conducting Institute, July 24-27
Study in Ghana: African Music, Arts & Culture, July 24-Aug. 15
Jazz in July Music Programs, July 8-19
Online Grad. Courses, July 1-Aug. 2


Click here for Theater Department events

UPCOMING CONCERTS: (Click for full WEB CALENDAR)

April 30 & May 1   Tuesday & Wednesday  
7:30pm   Bowker Auditorium
OPERA WORKSHOP
Amy Johnson, program director
Vernon Harman, stage director
Teresa Cheung, conductor
Nicholas Shaneyfelt, piano

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Verdi: La Traviata, Act I

Ticket info below.  Online: Tues or Wed
Or call 413-545-2511 or buy at the door.


Jack Stamp

May 12  Sunday  (Rescheduled from Feb. 9)  
7pm   Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

28th Annual HIGH SCHOOL HONOR BAND

James Patrick Miller, coordinator/conductor
Jack Stamp, guest conductor

Featuring the finest high school wind & percussion musicians in the Northeast

No charge

Ticketed concerts:
Free for Music/Dance majors or minors (except special events)
$3 for UMass Amherst students (except Dance concerts)
$5 for other students, seniors & children under 18
$10 for general public
Box Office 413-545-2511 or usually available at the door
Online Ticketing page: fac.umass.edu/MusicandDance

 


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OFF-CAMPUS UMASS AMHERST PERFORMANCES:

University Chorale, Stephen A. Paparo, conductor
Finalist in the WGBY Together in Song Choral Competition
Performance at Showcase Concert, Paramount Theatre, Springfield, MA
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 7pm

Horn Choir, Laura Klock, director
New Hampshire Music Educators Association Conference, Concord, NH

Friday, April 12, 2013

Studio Orchestra, Jeffrey W. Holmes, director
NAfME Biennial Eastern Division Conference,
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT

Performance with special guest Sheila Jordan, jazz vocalist
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Chamber Choir, Tony Thornton, conductor
Performance, Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony,
State House, Boston MA

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Marimba Bands & Marimba Ensembles, Thomas Hannum, director
Performances & Clinics at Springfield Central High School
and Science & Technology High School

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Cello Ensemble, Astrid Schween, director
Cafe Buenos Aires - The Spirit of Tango
At The Arts Block, Greenfield, MA, Feb. 22 & 24 and
Longy School, Cambridge, MA, March 9

With the Wistaria Chamber Music Society

 

FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:
Here is a Video about the Music Program at UMass Amherst

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