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Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.
Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>
Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

UMass To Host Virtual Concert by Renowned Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

May 05, 2021

“Tasso at Ferrara,” aired May 15 @ 2pm, features settings of Torquato Tasso’s epic poetry by late-Renaissance composers.

Juilliard Awards Full Scholarship to UMass Voice Student Natalie Lewis

May 04, 2021

Natalie Lewis ’21, a voice student in the Music & Dance Department, has recently been awarded a Kovner Fellowship to attend The Juilliard School in New York City.

Graduate Student Britney Alcine to Attend Eastman Leadership Academy in June

April 30, 2021

Britney Alcine, a UMass graduate student studying orchestral conducting, has been awarded a full scholarship to attend the Eastman Leadership Academy in Rochester, NY on June 23-26.

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Events

May

Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Tributes

Online via YouTube
2:00 pm

May

UMass Jazz Ensemble - Spring 2021

Online via YouTube
7:30 pm

May

Tasso at Ferrara - Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

Online via YouTube
2:00 pm

More Events »

For comprehensive resources and updates regarding the University's response to COVID-19, please visit the UMass Amherst Coronavirus website.

Have a great Spring semester!

Spring COVID info for Music & Dance students
Building/Room info/reservations for Music students

See our Student Recitals page for all the live-streamed & pre-recorded concerts in April/May

Videos for Prospective students:
Jazz Studies String Studies Honor Band for All

Website Videos YouTube channel

NEW: UMass Young Artist Awards

Community letter from Chair Macchia

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

UMass To Host Virtual Concert by Renowned Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

Juilliard Awards Full Scholarship to UMass Voice Student Natalie Lewis

Graduate Student Britney Alcine to Attend Eastman Leadership Academy in June

Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Tributes

UMass Jazz Ensemble - Spring 2021

Tasso at Ferrara - Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Music at UMass The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Dance at UMass We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

UMass To Host Virtual Concert by Renowned Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

Juilliard Awards Full Scholarship to UMass Voice Student Natalie Lewis

Graduate Student Britney Alcine to Attend Eastman Leadership Academy in June

Vocal Jazz Ensemble - Tributes

UMass Jazz Ensemble - Spring 2021

Tasso at Ferrara - Vocal Ensemble La Compagnia del Madrigale

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>