New CDs Released by UMass Jazz Faculty Felipe Salles, Fumi Tomita
May 23, 2023
Earlier in May, new CDs were released featuring two members of the jazz faculty at the Department of Music and Dance: Felipe Salles' Home is Here and Fumi Tomita on David Detweiler's There Used to Be Rain.
Prof. Erinn Knyt Has Second Book Published on Busoni
May 12, 2023
Erinn E. Knyt, Professor of Music History in the Department of Music and Dance, has had her second book, Ferruccio Busoni as Architect of Sound, published by Oxford University Press.
Jazz Program Claims 3 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards
May 05, 2023
The UMass Vocal Jazz Ensemble (Catherine Jensen-Hole, director), plus students Coleman Hovey, jazz piano & Helkin Sosa, trumpet/ composer, received the DownBeat Awards.
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Singers! Voice Open House, Oct. 14
Free concerts coming up in Sept/Oct:
9/21 Steven Beck & Susan Grace, piano
9/21-25 Chicago Footwork Conference
10/1 Bandtoberfest on the Common
10/1 Ron Gorevic, viola; Steven Beck, piano
10/13 Guest Artist: Louisville Brass
10/16 Bandwidth Faculty Ensemble
Statement on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Videos for Prospective students:
Jazz Studies String Studies
Honor Band for All
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Bezanson Recital Hall and other locations
(All day)
Faculty Concert: Quattro Mani Piano Duo
Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm
Bandtoberfest - Family Concert on the Common
Amherst Town Common
2:00 pm
Faculty Concert: Ronald Gorevic, viola & Steven Beck, piano
Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm
Natalie Lewis '21
Following her recent win at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and her Carnegie Hall debut, we interviewed Natalie Lewis about her competition experiences, her burgeoning opera career and her undergraduate time here at UMass.
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