Conducting Faculty

Winds

Matthew Westgate
Director of Wind Studies
Matthew Westgate sitting with hands clasped.
Conducts: Wind Ensemble
Matthew Westgate sitting with hands clasped.
Timothy T. Anderson
Director of Minuteman Marching Band
Timothy Anderson directing in front of a basketball game.
Conducts: Marching Band, Concert Band
Timothy Anderson directing in front of a basketball game.
Lindsay Bronnenkant
Wind Studies
A headshot of Lindsay Bronnenkant.
Conducts: Symphony Band
A headshot of Lindsay Bronnenkant.

Jazz

Jeffrey W. Holmes
Director of Jazz & African American Music Studies
Jeffrey W. Holmes.
Conducts: Jazz Ensemble I, Studio Orchestra
Jeffrey W. Holmes.
Thomas Giampietro
Jazz Studies
Thomas Giampietro holding a cup and about to play a cymbal outside on the UMass Amherst campus.
Conducts: Chapel Jazz
Thomas Giampietro holding a cup and about to play a cymbal outside on the UMass Amherst campus.
Felipe Salles
Jazz Studies
Felipe Salles holding three music instruments including a saxophone.
Conducts: Chapel Jazz
Felipe Salles holding three music instruments including a saxophone.
Mitch Chakour
Director of Vocal Jazz
Mitch Chakour
Conducts: Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Mitch Chakour

String

Gonzalo Alexander Hidalgo Ardila
Director of Orchestral Studies
Hidalgo Ardila posed to conduct while sheet music falls around him.
Conducts: UMass Symphony Orchestra, All-University Orchestra
Hidalgo Ardila posed to conduct while sheet music falls around him.

Vocal

Lindsay Pope
Director of Choral Studies
Lindsay Pope.
Conducts: UMass Chamber Choir
Lindsay Pope.
Stephen A. Paparo
Music Education
A headshot of Stephen Paparo.
Conducts: University Chorale
A headshot of Stephen Paparo.