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16
Oct
7:30 pm ET
Venue: Tillis Hall,
Music,
Band,
Chamber Music,
Choral,
Jazz,
Orchestra,
Percussion,
Special Events
52nd Annual Multiband Pops Concert
Minuteman Marching Band

The beloved annual showcase features jazz, wind, orchestral, choral, percussion, and chamber ensembles, plus the Minuteman Marching Band for the entire second half! Online Ticketing

18
Oct
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm ET
Dance,
Special Events
Dance Program Open House 2026
Dance students practice at UMass Amherst

Open House for prospective dance majors on Zoom: Interact with dance majors & faculty, receive a program overview, Q&A and virtual tour of our facilities. Current dance students share excerpts of their performances & research.

20
Oct
7:30 pm ET
Venue: Bezanson Hall,
Music,
Band,
Chamber Music
Trombone Choirs & Trombone Quartets - Oct. '26
UMass Trombone Choir

Performances by the Trombone Choir, Jazz Trombone Choir and Trombone Quartets, coordinated by trombone professors Kris Danielsen & Ben Barnett.

21
Oct
7:30 pm ET
Venue: Bezanson Hall,
Music,
Chamber Music,
Faculty Performance,
Guest Artists,
Jazz
Faculty Concert: Fumi Tomita, jazz bass (Fall 2026)
Yokai image

Faculty bassist Fumi Tomita performs a special concert entitled Yokai! Songs of the Japanese Supernatural

22
Oct
11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET
Music,
Guest Artists,
Lectures
Research in Music Series - Talks by Chris White and Max Mielcarek
Christopher White and Max Mielcarek

Talks by UMass Music Theory Professor Christopher White and Masters student Max Mielcarek.

22
Oct
7:30 pm ET
Venue: Bezanson Hall,
Music,
Faculty Performance,
Piano
Faculty Concert: Gilles Vonsattel, piano - Beethoven Sonata Series #1
Gilles Vonsattel, piano

The first concert in Vonsattel's Beethoven Sonata Series, featuring the Waldstein and Hammerklavier Sonatas along with the very first sonata from 1795, Op. 2 #1.

23
Oct
7:30 pm ET
Venue: Tillis Hall,
Music,
Orchestra
UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra - Oct. '26
Orchestral violinists

The UMass Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, as well as a new work for Trombone & Orchestra by Annika Socolofsky, commissioned & performed by Greg Spiridopoulos.

24
Oct
10:00 am - 1:00 pm ET
Music,
Lectures,
Special Events,
Workshops
Voice Area Open House & Mock Auditions 2026
Opera

Our annual Voice Area Open House in Bezanson Hall, to help high school singers (and their families & teachers) prepare for the collegiate voice audition. Register

27
Oct
11:00 am ET
Venue: Other,
Music,
Lectures
Research in Music Series - A Talk by Michael McLaughlin & R. David Cox
Michael McLaughlin and R. David Cox

A talk in Bromery Rm. 421, "The Coming Emmanuel: New Research into Ancient Texts and Their Music" by Masters student Michael McLaughlin & R. David Cox, authors of a new book, The Coming Emmanuel: Jesus and the Great O Antiphons.

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