News

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.

Earlier this year, the UMass Vocal Jazz Group, directed by Catherine Jensen-Hole, was among the winners in the 2022 Student Music Awards sponsored by DownBeat Magazine.

Associate Professor of Music History Emiliano Ricciardi has been awarded a 3-year, $224,688 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his Tasso in Music Project.

In accordance with current guidance from the University, the Department of Music & Dance will no longer require proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or a recent negative test to attend our events.

This fall, we are pleased to welcome two new Assistant Professors: pianist/educator Steven Beck, and hip-hop dancer/educator Duane Lee Holland, Jr.  Also joining us as Lecturers are Interim Director of Choral Studies Lindsay Pope and Symphony Band conductor Lindsay Bronnenkant.

Matthew Westgate, Associate Professor and Director of Wind Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been named chair of the Department of Music and Dance, effective July 2022.