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DownBeat Magazine publishes In-Depth Article on Felipe Salles’ "Home is Here"
The "Home is Here" CD cover, which depicts a snail on blue asphalt.

Home is Here, a recent CD by UMass professor Felipe Salles, is the subject of an in-depth article in DownBeat Magazine by music journalist Ted Panken.

October 19, 2023
Graduate Students Present at National Music Teacher Conference
Emma Rose standing with Jessica Wiseman at the National Music Teacher Conference.

Jessica Wiseman (Ph.D., Music Education) & Emma Rose (MM, Music Education), presented their research at the National Assoc. for Music Education’s Symposium on Music Teacher Education in Salt Lake City, Oct. 12-14.

October 18, 2023
Spotlight on our Graduating Seniors
Monroe Randall playing cello.

Profiles of select graduating seniors recommended by faculty: Timothy Goliger, Héloïse Goncalves, Enoch Hsiao, Natalie Mundis, Dylan Walter & Monroe Randall.

May 24, 2023
New CDs Released by UMass Jazz Faculty Felipe Salles, Fumi Tomita
Felipe Salles playing saxophone on the left, and Fumi Tomita playing bass on the right.

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.

May 23, 2023
Music and Dance Programs Hold 2023 Convocation Ceremonies
Dr. Westgate standing with Qeanu Smith.

The Department of Music & Dance held its annual Convocations on May 16 (Music) and May 17 (Dance) to honor its graduates and scholarship award winners.

May 18, 2023
Prof. Erinn Knyt Has Second Book Published on Busoni
A headshot of Erinn Knyt.

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.

May 12, 2023
Jazz Program Claims 3 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards
The vocal jazz ensemble performing.

The UMass Vocal Jazz Ensemble (Catherine Jensen-Hole, director), plus students Coleman Hovey, jazz piano & Helkin Sosa, trumpet/ composer, received the DownBeat Awards.

May 5, 2023
UMass Music & Dance Announces 3rd Annual Young Artist Awards
Ethan Fisher Chavez playing the violin.

The Department of Music & Dance is accepting applications (through May 15) for the 2023 UMass Young Artist Awards, open to Massachusetts high school students.

May 4, 2023
Natalie Lewis ’21 Wins the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition
A headshot of Natalie Lewis.

Mezzo-soprano and UMass alumna Natalie Lewis ’21 is one of six winners of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

April 28, 2023

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