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Music Student Helkin Sosa Receives "Rising Researcher" Award
Helkin Sosa with Chancellor Subbaswamy, receiving an award.

Department of Music & Dance senior Helkin Sosa has been recognized as a Rising Researcher by UMass Amherst, one of only nine students to earn that distinction during the spring 2023 semester.

April 25, 2023
UMassGives: Supporting the Wind Ensemble trip to Ecuador
The logo for UMass Gives.

This year, the Wind Ensemble's upcoming trip to Ecuador is the focus for our UMassGives campaign.  Please click on the "Give Happy" button to donate. UMassGives donations are accepted through 11:59pm on 4/27.

April 24, 2023
UMass Hosts Fifth Biennial Bach Festival & Symposium
The logo for the April 2023 Bach Fest & Symposium.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced plans for the 2023 Bach Festival and Symposium (April 21-23) hosted by the Department of Music and Dance. For complete information, please consult the special Bach Festival & Symposium website:  www.umass.edu/bach.

March 31, 2023
Felipe Salles' 'The New Immigrant Experience' Returns for Immigration and Citizenship Celebration
Felipe Salles holding a saxophone.

On April 4, Professor of Jazz Studies Felipe Salles reprises his award-winning work to conclude a two-day immigration and citizenship celebration at UMass.

March 28, 2023
New Book by Lisa Lehmberg Examines Music’s Impact on Seniors
The book cover of “Music, Senior Centers, and Quality of Life” by Lisa Lehmberg and C. Victor Fung.

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. 

March 10, 2023
Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis Performs with UMass Jazz Ensemble I
Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis performing with the Jazz Ensemble I in the background.

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

March 3, 2023
Alumna Natalie Lewis Wins First Place in Houston Grand Opera’s “Concert of Arias”
Natalie Lewis singing opera.

Natalie Lewis ’21, a voice alumna from the Music & Dance Department, took 1st place in the Houston Grand Opera’s “Concert of Arias” competition in early February.

February 22, 2023
Charles Treger, Former UMass Violin Professor, Passes Away
Charles Treger playing the violin.

On January 12, 2023, renowned violinist and former UMass music professor Charles Treger passed away at the age of 87.

January 20, 2023
"Kinetic Five" Jazz Ensemble Represents UMass at National Jazz Education Conference
"Kinetic Five" Jazz Ensemble playing at the JENerations Jazz Festival.

Students from the UMass Jazz & African American Music Studies (JAAMS) program were recently invited to perform at the Jazz Education Network’s national conference, which took place Jan. 4-7 in Orlando, FL.

January 17, 2023

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