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Dance Greats on Zoom: Tara Brown BFA'13
Online via Zoom
7:00 pm
An online discussion with UMass BFA dance alumna Tara Brown. Dance students and alumni are welcome to join; please contact Dance Program administrator Cathy Maclutsky at cmaclutsky@dance.umass.edu for the Zoom link.
Bandtoberfest - Family Concert on the Common
Amherst Town Common
2:00 pm
A family-friendly outdoor musical celebration of autumn featuring the UMass Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band - FREE
Faculty Concert: Ronald Gorevic, viola & Steven Beck, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Music by George Rochberg, Frank Bridge, and the two viola sonatas by Johannes Brahms
Dance Program Open House, Fall 2023
Online via Zoom
6:00 pm
We have curated a Virtual Open House for prospective dance majors, including high school juniors and seniors, transfers and current UMass students. Registration =>
Guest Artist Concert: Louisville Brass
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Founded in 1993, Louisville Brass is the resident brass chamber ensemble at the University of Louisville School of Music.
2023 Voice Area Open House & Mock Auditions
Bezanson Recital Hall
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
A free informational session designed to introduce high school students, their parents and teachers to the classical voice audition experience at the collegiate level.
Faculty Chamber Music: Bandwidth Ensemble & Friends
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Music by Gesualdo, David Amram, Jennifer Higdon, Nancy Galbraith, Charles Wuorinen & Guillaume Connesson
Chapel Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble I
Bowker Auditorium
7:30 pm
Chapel Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble I - ONLINE TICKETING
Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band
Tillis Performance Hall
7:30 pm
Matthew Westgate and Lindsay Bronnenkant, conductors
Online Ticketing =>
Music by Grainger, Wagner, Bach, Persichetti, Ginastera & our own Lindsay Bronnenkant
Woodwind Chamber Ensembles
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
3:00 pm
Remy Taghavi and Cobus du Toit, coordinators
Music by Wind Quintets and other small ensembles
Jazz Lab & Graduate Jazz Composers Ensembles
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Matt Padula, director of Jazz Lab
Featuring new tunes by student composers
Brass Chamber Music Concert
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Chamber music performed by ensembles from our combined brass studios - FREE.
YouTube livestream link =>
UMass Symphony Orchestra
Tillis Performance Hall
7:30 pm
Featuring music by Dvorák, Mendelssohn, and Dukas
Online Ticketing
49th Annual Multiband Pops Concert
Tillis Performance Hall
7:30 pm
Our fast-paced showcase of wind, brass, jazz, vocal, orchestral & percussion ensembles, plus the Minuteman Marching Band.
UMass Chamber Choir: Coming Home (3pm Concert)
Old Chapel
3:00 pm
Music by Esmail, Kirchner, Guillaume, and a commissioned premiere by Hannah Gruendemann
UMass Chamber Choir: Coming Home (7pm Concert)
Old Chapel
7:00 pm
Music by Esmail, Kirchner, Guillaume, and a commissioned premiere by Hannah Gruendemann
Opus One Chamber Orchestra
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Elizabeth Chang & Edward Arron, faculty coordinators
This advanced conductor-less orchestra performs classic and contemporary works from the string orchestra repertoire.
Guest Artist: Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, baritone saxophone
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Guest Artist: Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, baritone saxophone with Adam Merrill, piano
Guest Artist Concert: Kris Danielsen, trombone
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
With our own Nikki Stoia, piano
Dr. Kristoffer Danielsen is a freelance trombonist and educator active throughout New England.
Chamber Jazz Ensembles Showcase
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Small jazz ensembles (combos) perform jazz classics and new works.
