Music Performance
Undergraduate (BA, BM) and Graduate Degrees (MM) are offered in Music Performance. The Music Minor also focuses on Performance.
List of Instruments/Voice
Private (or "Applied") Lessons (as part of music degree programs) are offered in:
Flute - Cobus du Toit |
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Percussion - Ayano Kataoka |
Jazz Faculty:
Piano, Trumpet - Jeffrey W. Holmes
Saxophone - Felipe Salles
Voice - Catherine Jensen-Hole
Bass - Shigefumi Tomita
Percussion/Drums - Thomas Giampietro
Guitar - Robert Ferrier
Please note: There is no graduate degree in Jazz performance, but candidates for the Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging may study one of the traditional jazz instruments: saxophone, trumpet, trombone, percussion/drums, bass, piano, voice or guitar. Please contact the Jazz Program Director, Jeffrey W. Holmes, jwholmes@music.umass.edu, 413-545-6046 with questions.
Undergraduate Music Performance
Focuses on intensive private study, including junior and senior recitals, with the intent of preparing students to enter the performance arena. Graduates may also teach privately and/or do further study to prepare for college level teaching.
Links to detailed course Bachelor of Music subplans (pdf format) in Performance:
Wind/Brass/Percussion
Strings (Click to view String Studies video)
Voice
Keyboard
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music subplan
Click for Undergraduate Audition Requirements
Graduate Music Performance
Course Subplan/Degree checklist: M.M. in Performance (pdf file)
Graduate String Quartet program (Graduate Assistantships)
Click to view String Studies video >
Complete Graduate Handbook (pdf file)
Please contact the faculty member who teaches your instrument for more information.
Click for Graduate Audition Requirements.