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On Dec. 7 (Jazz Ensemble I), 10 (Vocal Jazz) and 12 (Chapel & Jazz Lab), the Department of Music & Dance presents concerts by ensembles from their Jazz and African-American Music Studies program.

The UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance presents early music concerts on Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, both directed by Early Music Professor Robert Eisenstein.

On Saturday, December 2 at 7:30pm in Bowker Auditorium, the Department of Music & Dance presents a performance by the UMass Marimba Bands and Ensembles, led by Thomas Hannum.

On Monday, December 4, the UMass Wind Ensemble and Concert Band present a dual performance titled “Of Hard and Soft Edges.”

On Wednesday, December 6, the UMass Symphony Band and Percussion Ensemble share the stage for a unique and ambitious program.

On Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, the Department of Music and Dance will present Cadáver Exquisito, a surrealist evening of dance theater by the University Dancers. Directed and choreographed by Thomas Vacanti and Leslie Frye Maietta, the performances will take place at 7:30 each evening in the Totman Performance Lab.