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Dance Workshops with Kelli Forman
Totman Gym
3:00 pm
Chicago Footwork: 3:00 - 4:30pm
Commercial Heels: 4:30 - 6:00pm
Lecture/Discussion with Renowned Film Music Editor Peter Myles
Bezanson Recital Hall, FREE
11:00 am
Lecture/Discussion with Peter Myles, Music Editor of movies from the Star Wars, Harry Potter, and X-Men franchises, and many more!
Free and open to all UMass/Five College Students
Werk Related - Chicago Footwork Music & Dance Event
UMass Amherst & other Five College locations
(All day)
Masterclasses, Panel Discussions, Community Party, Lectures, Performances, and a Footwork Frenzy Battle (Sunday, 3-6pm)
Featuring King Charles, Pause Eddie, DJ T-Rell, Kelli Forman, Prince JRon, ShaDawn Battle, Miki Ishizaka, and Anthony & Talia Sugarman
Bandtoberfest - Family Concert on the Common
Amherst Common
2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
A family-friendly outdoor musical event that celebrates the joy of Autumn and the Harvest. The UMass Wind Ensembles and the Amherst BID will provide non-stop, live musical entertainment celebrating all cultures.
Celebrating Bird: The Music of Charlie Parker
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
A Faculty Concert by Fumi Tomita, jazz bass
With Jeff Holmes, piano; Tom Giampietro, drums & guest David Detweiler, saxophone
Celebrating Pearl Primus, Dancer & Choreographer
Bowker Auditorium
7:00 pm
Collaborators, colleagues, and friends of Pearl Primus assemble for a special evening to honor the legacy of the legendary choreographer-dancer.
Percussion Day 2021 at UMass Amherst
Bezanson Hall & Concert Hall
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
An in-person Day of Percussion for the community, high school and college students and their families.
Ayano Kataoka, coordinator (UMass Percussion Professor)
With guest artists including Mike Truesdell, Percussion Professor at Ithaca College
Jazz Ensemble I & Chapel Jazz
Bowker Auditorium (Stockbridge Hall)
7:30 pm
Jeffrey W. Holmes and Felipe Salles, directors
Guest Artist Concert: Steven Beck, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Complete solo piano sonatas by George Walker (1922-2018).
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Afterwardsness
Totman Gym
7:30 pm
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presents a unique performance that places the audience in an immersive environment with the dancers.
Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Andrew Wilcox & Mark Walker, directors
Faculty Concert: Joshua Michal, horn
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
With Ludmila Krasin, piano
Music by Baldwin, Jevtic, Nagy, Michal & Sadler
Faculty Concert: Edward Arron, cello & Jeewon Park, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall, FREE
7:30 pm
Faculty Concert: Edward Arron, cello & Jeewon Park, piano
Music of Mendelssohn, Pärt & Rachmaninoff
Free event.
Faculty Concert: Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Bach's French Suite; Beethoven's Waldstein & Appassianata Sonatas
47th Annual Multiband Pops Concert
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30 pm
Jeffrey W. Holmes, producer/director Buy Tickets
Our spectacular, fast-paced showcase of jazz, wind, choral, orchestral, and percussion ensembles, plus the Minuteman Marching Band.
Opus One Chamber Orchestra
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Elizabeth Chang, Kathryn Lockwood & Edward Arron, faculty coordinators
A faculty-student collaboration; repertoire to be announced
Brass Chamber Ensembles
Bezanson Recital Hall, FREE
7:30 pm
Brass Chamber Ensembles
Coordinator, Greg Spiridopoulos
Free event.
