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Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.
Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>
Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Spiridopoulos, Wind Ensemble Release New CD

December 02, 2022

The UMass Wind Ensemble, led by Matthew Westgate, and trombonist Greg Spiridopoulos have a new CD on MSR Classics: SYNCHRONOUS: New Works for Trombone & Wind Ensemble, including concertos by UMass faculty.

LAB:SYNC Director Aston McCullough Presents at National HBCU Week Conference

November 18, 2022

Asst. Professor Aston K. McCullough, who directs the Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance, presented research innovations at the 2022 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week Conference.

New Book Co-Edited by Lisa Lehmberg Released by Routledge

September 19, 2022

Professor of Music Education Lisa Lehmberg has co-edited a new book titled Meanings of Music Participation: Scenarios from the United States which was published in late August by Routledge.

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Events

Feb

02-04

Convergence: An Experimental Evening of Dance

Totman Performance Lab
7:30 pm

Feb

Jazz Faculty Concert

Bezanson Hall, Free
7:30 pm

Feb

37th Annual H.S. Honor Band Concert

Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall, FREE
(All day)

Feb

UMass Opera Showcase: Love & Lust, Lost & Found

Bowker Auditorium
3:00 pm

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Enjoy our 2022 Fanfare magazine (pdf)

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Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Spiridopoulos, Wind Ensemble Release New CD

LAB:SYNC Director Aston McCullough Presents at National HBCU Week Conference

New Book Co-Edited by Lisa Lehmberg Released by Routledge

Convergence: An Experimental Evening of Dance

Jazz Faculty Concert

37th Annual H.S. Honor Band Concert

UMass Opera Showcase: Love & Lust, Lost & Found

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Dance at UMass We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

Music at UMass The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>

Spiridopoulos, Wind Ensemble Release New CD

LAB:SYNC Director Aston McCullough Presents at National HBCU Week Conference

New Book Co-Edited by Lisa Lehmberg Released by Routledge

Convergence: An Experimental Evening of Dance

Jazz Faculty Concert

37th Annual H.S. Honor Band Concert

UMass Opera Showcase: Love & Lust, Lost & Found

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

Interested in joining the Music or Dance program? Find out more about our degree offerings and audition process.

Dance at UMass

We seek to prepare students in both the technical & theoretical aspects of dance. The Dance Program offers BFA & BA degree tracks, and places equal emphasis on the idioms of ballet, modern dance, and jazz. More =>

Music at UMass

The Music Program provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, many instrumental and vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More=>