Music Performance

Undergraduate (BA, BM) and Graduate Degrees (MM) are offered in Music Performance. The Music Minor also focuses on Performance.

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List of Instruments/Voice

Private (or "Applied") Lessons (as part of music degree programs) are offered in

Flute - Cobus du Toit Oboe - Fredric T. Cohen Clarinet - Romie de Guise-Langlois Bassoon - Remy Taghavi Saxophone - Jonathan Hulting-Cohen Trumpet - Eric Berlin Horn (French horn) - Joshua Michal Trombone - Gregory Spiridopoulos Tuba/Euphonium - John Bottomley Percussion - Ayano Kataoka

Violin - Elizabeth Chang Viola - Ronald Gorevic Cello - Edward Arron String Bass - Salvatore Macchia Piano - Gilles Vonsattel, Ludmila Krasin, Steven Beck Voice - William Hite, Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Marjorie Melnick Click to view String Studies at UMass video >

Jazz Faculty:
Piano, Trumpet - Jeffrey W. Holmes
Saxophone - Felipe Salles
Voice - Catherine Jensen-Hole
Bass - Shigefumi Tomita
Drum Set - Thomas Giampietro
Guitar - Robert Ferrier

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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

For Jazz Performance, please see the Jazz Degree Programs webpage

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music Performance (classical) subplan

Click for Undergraduate Audition Requirements

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Graduate Music Performance

Graduate Performance programs (for the Master of Music degree) are available in both Classical (non-jazz) and Jazz tracks.
See Graduate Course Subplans, listings of course and project requirements for each concentration, including Master of Music in Performance and Master of Music in Performance (Jazz track).

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.

Please note: There is now a Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance, with any of the traditional jazz instruments or voice. Candidates for the Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging may also 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.