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  • Music at UMass


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

    Music at UMass


    The Music Program provides over 200 performance opportunities, many instrumental & vocal ensembles, and student solo & studio recitals. 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 =>

  • Apply and Audition!

    Apply now for the Music major or minor, or the Dance major, and join us in 2024!  We offer Conservatory-level training with a caring community supporting you along the way. More =>

    Apply and Audition!

    Apply now for the Music major or minor, or the Dance major, and join us in 2024!  We offer Conservatory-level training with a caring community supporting you along the way. More =>

News

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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Campus pond and Bromery Center for the Arts
Happy autumn!

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Don't miss MULTIBANDS, Fri Nov. 3  Tix=>
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
Website Videos   YouTube channel

Events

Sep
21-25

Werk Related: Chicago Footwork Conference

Bezanson Recital Hall and other locations
(All day)

Sep
21

Faculty Concert: Quattro Mani Piano Duo

Bezanson Recital Hall, Free
7:30 pm

Oct
01
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Natalie Lewis
Alumni Profile

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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