The UMass Symphony Orchestra and more than 175 vocalists will fill Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall with the powerful sound of Verdi’s Requiem in a special collaborative concert on Sunday, April 26th at 4:00 PM.
The UMass Amherst Chorale will join with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and faculty soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine for “Gloria! From Vivaldi to Gershwin,” at 3pm on Sat., April 11, at Springfield Symphony Hall.
Julia Edwards, a 2010 graduate of the UMass Department of Music and Dance, has been named 2026 Maine Teacher of the Year for her role as the choral music teacher at Poland Regional High School and Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland, Maine.
Professor of Music Education Dr. Stephen A. Paparo will join a distinguished group of UMass Amherst faculty in the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association’s (MICCA) Paul Smith Hall of Fame.
When the cast of The Marriage of Figaro took the Bowker Auditorium stage for the first of two performances on February 6th, it marked an important return for the opera community in the Pioneer Valley.
The Department of Music and Dance is saddened to announce that PhD student Neuba Silva passed away in her home on December 20th, after a battle with cancer.
UMass jazz trombone faculty member Ben Barnett has earned his second career Grammy Award nomination, up for Best Latin Jazz Album as a member of Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Department of Music and Dance chair Dr. Matthew Westgate has been named a UMass Amherst Distinguished Faculty member for the 2025-26 academic year, to present his lecture on Dec. 2, 2025.
