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.
The Department of Music and Dance mourns the death on Aug. 11, 2025 of Sheila Jordan, the beloved jazz vocalist who taught at Jazz in July for many years.
The Coltrane Tribute Ensemble from the Jazz & African-American Music Studies Program (JAAMS) has been selected to receive a 2025 Student Music Award from DownBeat Magazine.
The class of 2025 was celebrated today in Bezanson Hall during the annual Music Convocation ceremonies, including the announcement of 15 music scholarship and department awards.
