Graduate Music Concentrations
DEGREE SUBPLANS (required & optional courses & projects) for each graduate music concentration, as well as the Graduate Handbook, are available in this Google drive folder. See the page for Graduate Admissions Info/Requirements to learn more and to find out whether your concentration requires an Audition.
Coordinators and their contact info are listed for each graduate concentration:
Collaborative Piano: Prof. Gilles Vonsattel, gvonsatt@admin.umass.edu
Composition: Prof. Salvatore Macchia, smacchia@music.umass.edu
Conducting: For both MM in Conducting & MM in Music Education with Conducting Emphasis
- Wind Conducting: Prof. Matthew Westgate, mwestgate@music.umass.edu, 413-545-6056
- Orchestral Conducting: To be announced
- Choral Conducting: Prof. Lindsay Pope, lpope@music.umass.edu, 413-545-0437
Music Education: Prof. Lisa Lehmberg, lehmberg@music.umass.edu
Music Theory: Prof. Brent Auerbach, brent@umass.edu
Music History: Prof. Erinn Knyt, eknyt@music.umass.edu, 413-545-1247
Jazz Composition & Arranging: Prof. Jeffrey Holmes, jwholmes@music.umass.edu, 413-545-6046
Performance: Contact the Professor who teaches your instrument/voice. Now offering an additional Jazz option. Strings: see info for the Graduate String Quartet Program.
Graduate Program Director
Professor Erinn Knyt
Department of Music and Dance, Fine Arts Center Room 366
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9330
Phone: 413-545-1247, e-mail: eknyt@music.umass.edu
Graduate Program Coordinator
Nicole Avakian, Bromery Center, Rm. 273, 413-545-0311, navakian@umass.edu
Additional information or mailed forms may be obtained from the:
Music Admissions Director, Nathaniel Gowen
Fine Arts Center Room 263A
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9300
musicadmissions@umass.edu, (413) 545-6048
