News

Felipe Salles’ “Lullaby Project” CD Gets Rave Reviews
Monday, December 17, 2018
The latest CD by Felipe Salles, The Lullaby Project and Other Works for Large Ensemble, has been greeted with overwhelmingly positive reviews since its release by Tapestry Records in September 2018.

American Musicological Society Presents Teaching Award to Erinn Knyt
Wednesday, 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
Friday, 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.

Ricciardi Receives International Recognition for his Tasso in Music Project
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Assistant Professor of Music History Emiliano Ricciardi has recently received important international recognition for the Tasso in Music Project, an NEH-funded digital edition of the early modern musical settings of poetry by Torquato Tasso, of which he is the director and general editor.

Music Theory Faculty Present Work at Prestigious Conference
Friday, October 26, 2018
Three faculty from the Department of Music and Dance presented work at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory (SMT), which took place November 1-4, 2018 in San Antonio, TX.

UMass Chamber Choir Performs Special 40th Anniversary Concert
Monday, October 15, 2018
On Sunday, Nov. 4 at 4pm, the UMass Chamber Choir presented a special Retrospective concert to celebrate its 40th Anniversary, featuring choral director Tony Thornton and professor emeritus Wayne Abercrombie conducting the Chamber Choir & Alumni.