Music and Dance

Extra Credit
An illustration of a person sitting between a collage of speakers and roaring lions
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Jeremy Geragotelis ’28PhD on teaching students to question sound and silence.

Extra Credit
Max Roach smiling while playing drums.
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Fall in love with Max Roach in three songs

Spring 2024
An orange tiger laying in tall grass

Class Notes and more

Fall 2023
Natalie Lewis seated in front of a white brick wall looking to her left.

Class Notes and more

Fall 2023
“Save the Drake” is spelled out in neon lights.
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UMass alums help create a music venue in the name of an infamous landmark

Spring 2022
Performer on stage with lights.

Class Notes and more

Extra Credit
 Dancer in a lab doing an arabesque while wearing an oxygen monitoring mask

UMass researchers study the health benefits of dancing—at any level

Fall 2021
Black and white headshots of interviewees are shown surrounded by small images of objects from their individual stories.

Change. How do we make it happen—or cope with it when it happens to us?

Summer 2021
Student dancing in field.
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How the pandemic pushed innovation in the arts

Extra Credit
Woman in mud masque and crown
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UMass alumna turned actress stars in new Seeka TV show Big Girl

Winter 2020
Tillis on stage playing the sax.

Remembering an intrepid reporter’s exploration of racial inequality—and other alumni who’ve left the world a better place

Winter 2020
UMass wind ensemble playing on steps of the Fine Arts Center. The campus pond, fall foliage, and other buildings are seen in the background.
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Wind Ensemble finds a way to harmonize—safely