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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.
Music at UMass

The Music Program at UMass Amherst provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, 17 instrumental ensembles, 6 vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. More..

Music at UMass

The Music Program at UMass Amherst provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, 17 instrumental ensembles, 6 vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. 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..

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..
A Limón Dance Legacy Concert

REFLECT/RESPOND: On Jan. 25, 2019, the renowned José Limón Dance Company and UMass Dancers present a special program of works honoring the Limón legacy.

A Limón Dance Legacy Concert

REFLECT/RESPOND: On Jan. 25, 2019, the renowned José Limón Dance Company and UMass Dancers present a special program of works honoring the Limón legacy.

American Musicological Society Presents Teaching Award to Erinn Knyt

November 28, 2018

Erinn E. Knyt, Associate Professor of Music History at UMass Amherst, has been awarded the American Musicological Society's Teaching Award for her article entitled "Teaching Music History to Graduate Students" (Journal of Music History Pedagogy 6, 2016).

Grad Jazz Student Brian Martin Receives National Recognition for New Composition

November 16, 2018

A composition by UMass Amherst graduate student Brian Martin was one of only six selected for inclusion in the Young Composer Showcase by the Jazz Education Network.

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Events

Dec

Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Bezanson Recital Hall
1:00 pm

Dec

UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30 pm

Dec

Chapel Jazz & Jazz Lab Ensembles

Bowker Auditorium
7:30 pm

Jan

Music of UMass Composers

Bezanson Recital Hall
7:30 pm

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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.

Music at UMass

The Music Program at UMass Amherst provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, 17 instrumental ensembles, 6 vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. 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..

A Limón Dance Legacy Concert

REFLECT/RESPOND: On Jan. 25, 2019, the renowned José Limón Dance Company and UMass Dancers present a special program of works honoring the Limón legacy.

American Musicological Society Presents Teaching Award to Erinn Knyt

Grad Jazz Student Brian Martin Receives National Recognition for New Composition

Vocal Jazz Ensemble

UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra

Chapel Jazz & Jazz Lab Ensembles

Music of UMass Composers

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

Music at UMass The Music Program at UMass Amherst provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, 17 instrumental ensembles, 6 vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. 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..

A Limón Dance Legacy Concert REFLECT/RESPOND: On Jan. 25, 2019, the renowned José Limón Dance Company and UMass Dancers present a special program of works honoring the Limón legacy.

American Musicological Society Presents Teaching Award to Erinn Knyt

Grad Jazz Student Brian Martin Receives National Recognition for New Composition

Vocal Jazz Ensemble

UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra

Chapel Jazz & Jazz Lab Ensembles

Music of UMass Composers

Apply & Audition: Music or Dance

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

Music at UMass

The Music Program at UMass Amherst provides over 200 performance and concert opportunities, 17 instrumental ensembles, 6 vocal ensembles, and student solo and studio recital series. 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..

A Limón Dance Legacy Concert

REFLECT/RESPOND: On Jan. 25, 2019, the renowned José Limón Dance Company and UMass Dancers present a special program of works honoring the Limón legacy.