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Jazz Ensemble I, Jeffrey W. Holmes, director
UMass Music & Dance Featured at All-State Music Conference
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance will be well represented at this year's Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Conference, which takes place at Boston's Seaport Hotel February 28-March 2, 2019.
Scheduled presenters and performers include:
Dr. Stephen Paparo, Associate Professor of Music Education & Conductor of the University Chorale
"Teaching Essential Singing Skills in Choir"
Thurs. 9:15-10:15am, Plaza Ballroom
Christine McHugh Sirard, UMass Minuteman Marching Band Visual Coordinator
"Help With Your Color Guard: How to Build a Guard You and Your Students Will Love"
Thurs. 1:15-2:30pm, South End
Thomas Hannum, UMass Minuteman Marching Band Associate Director
"Building a Rhythmic Vocabulary for Your Winds"
Fri. 12:30-1:30pm, Back Bay Complex
- UMass Jazz Ensemble I, conducted by Jeffrey Holmes, Director of Jazz & African-American Music Studies
Friday 6-7pm, Plaza Ballroom