Administration & Staff
Department Chair: Salvatore Macchia
Faculty Opening for Fall 2022: Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano
Director of Graduate Studies: Erinn E. Knyt
Director of Undergraduate Studies: TBD
Director of Faculty Mentoring and Development: Lisa Lehmberg
Chief Undergraduate Advisor: Erica Drake
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Program Directors:
Choral Studies, Tony Thornton
Dance Program, Thomas Vacanti
Jazz & African American Music Studies, Jeffrey W. Holmes
Minuteman Marching Band, Timothy T. Anderson
Orchestral Studies, Morihiko Nakahara
Wind Studies, Matthew Westgate
Staff Collaborative Pianist:
Julian Drummond, julianrdrummond@gmail.com
Area Coordinators:
Brass, Gregory Spiridopoulos
Jazz, Jeffrey W. Holmes
Music Education, Lisa Lehmberg
Music History/Musicology, Erinn Knyt
Music Theory, Brent Auerbach
Percussion, Ayano Katoka
Piano, Gilles Vonsattel
Strings, Elizabeth Chang
Voice, William Hite
Woodwinds, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Nicole Avakian
Graduate Program Coordinator
273 Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-0311
navakian@umass.edu
Jacqueline "Jacqui" Bodin
Assistant to the Department Chair
273 Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-3306
bodin@umass.edu
Ryan Dominik
Facilities & Scheduling Coordinator
263C Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-9987
rdominik@umass.edu
Erica Drake
Chief Undergraduate Advisor & Honors Program Coordinator
353 Bromery Center for the Arts
413-545-9901
edrake@umass.edu
Eliza Frasier
Business Manager, Marching Band
208 George Parks Marching Band Building
(413) 545-3410
e.frasier@umass.edu
Nathaniel Gowen
Director of Recruitment, Admissions & Career Planning
263A Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-6048
musicadmissions@umass.edu
Matt Longhi
Director of Marketing and Publicity
351 Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-0018
mlonghi@umass.edu
Cathleen A. Maclutsky
Administrative Coordinator, Dance Program
352 Bartlett Hall
130 Hicks Way, UMass, Amherst MA 01003
(413) 545-6064
cmaclutsky@dance.umass.edu
Angelie Peterson
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
263C Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-6065
angeliep@umass.edu
Eric Roth
Website Manager; Publicity/Marketing Assistant
351 Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 577-2154
eroth@umass.edu
(Position open)
Business Manager
267 Bromery Center for the Arts
(413) 545-0070
