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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.

  • 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 =>

  • 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=>

  • Young Artist Awards 2023

    Online Competition for Massachusetts high school students, in Voice, Strings & Woodwinds/Brass. More info >

    Young Artist Awards 2023

    Online Competition for Massachusetts high school students, in Voice, Strings & Woodwinds/Brass. More info >

News

New Book by Lisa Lehmberg Examines Music’s Impact on Seniors

March 10, 2023

On March 2nd, UMass Amherst Professor of Music Education Lisa Lehmberg’s newest book, Music, Senior Centers, and Quality of Life, was published by Cambridge University Press.

UMass Music & Dance Announces 3rd Annual Young Artist Awards

March 09, 2023

The UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance is now accepting applications for the 2023 UMass Young Artist Awards, open to high school students who are residents of, or attend school in Massachusetts.

Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis Performs with UMass Jazz Ensemble I

March 03, 2023

Berkshires Jazz presented the concert at Lenox’s Tina Packer Playhouse on Saturday, March 11 at 7pm.

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Events

Mar
23

Graduate Jazz Composers Ensemble

Bezanson Hall, Free
11:00 am

Mar
24

Five College Early Music Collegium

Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm

Mar
26

Conductors’ Chorus: "Even the Song of Birds"

Bezanson Recital Hall
4:00 pm

More Events »
Heloise Goncalves
Student Profile

Héloïse Goncalves '23

When it comes to UMass Amherst’s Registered Student Organizations—better known as RSOs—there’s a little something for everyone. There’s 3D Printing Club, Competitive Bass Fishing, Belly Dancing Club, and now, thanks to Jazz Lab Ensemble vocalist Héloïse Goncalves ‘23, there’s the university’s first-ever Songwriting and Production Club

Continue reading about Héloïse Goncalves
Orchestral violinists
Have a great spring semester!

Enjoy our 2022 Fanfare magazine (pdf)

Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Young Artist Awards competition info

Spring Special Events:
Hip Hop Music Ed Festival, March 9/10
Clarinet Day, Mar 19
High School Jazz Festival, Apr 1
Saxophone Symposium, Apr 15  
Bach Festival & Symposium, Apr 21-23
Dance Science Symposium, Apr 22

Videos for Prospective students:
Jazz Studies   String Studies  Honor Band for All
Website Videos   YouTube channel

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