Administration & Staff
Department Chair (incoming Fall 2019): Salvatore Macchia
Director of Graduate Studies: Erinn E. Knyt (Incoming Fall 2019)
Director of Undergraduate Studies: TBD
Director of Faculty Mentoring and Development: Lisa Lehmberg
Chief Undergraduate Music Advisor: Nikki Stoia
Program Directors:
Choral Studies, Tony Thornton
Dance Program, Thomas Vacanti
Jazz & African American Music Studies, Jeffrey W. Holmes
Minuteman Marching Band, Timothy T. Anderson
Orchestral Studies, Morihiko Nakahara
Wind Studies, Matthew Westgate
Area Coordinators:
Brass, Gregory Spiridopoulos
Jazz, Jeffrey W. Holmes
Music Education, Lisa Lehmberg
Music History/Musicology, Erinn Knyt
Music Theory, Jason Hooper
Percussion, Ayano Katoka
Piano, Nadine Shank
Strings, Elizabeth Chang
Voice, William Hite
Woodwinds, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Jacqueline "Jacqui" Bodin
Assistant to the Department Chair
273 Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-3306
bodin@umass.edu
Ryan Dominik
Facilities & Scheduling Coordinator
263C Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-9987
rdominik@umass.edu
Eliza Frasier
Business Manager, Marching Band
208 George Parks Marching Band Building
(413) 545-3410
e.frasier@umass.edu
Nathaniel Gowen
Director of Recruitment, Admissions & Career Planning
263A Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-6048
musicadmissions@umass.edu
Matt Longhi
Director of Marketing and Publicity
351 Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-0018
mlonghi@umass.edu
Cathleen A. Maclutsky
Administrative Coordinator, Dance Program
11 Totman Building
(413) 545-6064
cmaclutsky@dance.umass.edu
Angelie Peterson
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
263C Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-6065
angeliep@umass.edu
Eric Roth
Website Manager; Publicity/Marketing Assistant
351 Fine Arts Center
(413) 577-2154
eroth@umass.edu
Colleen Wetzel
Business Manager
267 Fine Arts Center
(413) 545-0070
wetzel@umass.edu