UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance

09/14/2026

A few highlights from this past weekend's Five College New Music Festival. Congratulations to all of the fabulous participants and thank you to the crowd who packed Bezanson Hall all weekend!

09/09/2026

Welcome back lunch (and four-square!)

09/08/2026

Welcome back for the 2026-27 school year! Hope everyone is having a great first day!

09/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Welcome Back graduate lunch today!

09/03/2026

We are so excited to welcome the to campus this week. We can't wait to see you perform, create, inspire and grow during your time at UMass!

09/01/2026

Musicologist Marianna Ritchey, who explores classical music in contemporary American capitalism through diverse lenses, is this month's Spotlight Scholar!

Musicologist Marianna Ritchey explores classical music in contemporary American capitalism through diverse lenses.

08/21/2026

Join us September 11-13 for "Music Without Royalties", the ninth iteration of the Five College New Music Festival!

The Department of Music and Dance at UMass Amherst provides a comprehensive education for its students through a combination of established and innovative pedagogical approaches, inspiring them to realize their full artistic potential while equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and experiences....

08/18/2026

We are excited to announce that Evan Angus MacCarthy is now Associate Professor of Music History!

MacCarthy earned a Ph.D. in historical musicology from Harvard University. His research focuses on the history of 15th-century music, late medieval chant, German music in the Baroque era, and 19th-century American music. He is published in the 19th-Century Music Review, the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Music & Letters, Renaissance Quarterly, Journal of Musicological Research, and other collections. His forthcoming book is titled Ruled by the Muses: Italian Humanists and their Study of Music in the 15th Century. He edited the plainchants for the final volume of the Magnus Liber Organi edition and wrote a series of liner notes for the first-ever recordings of works by Thomas de Hartmann (1884-1956). MacCarthy previously taught at West Virginia, Harvard and Boston Universities, College of the Holy Cross, and MIT. He served two terms as President of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society and is a co-organizer of the biennial UMass Bach Festival & Symposium.

08/06/2026

The cohort at this summer's Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival included lots of former and current students and faculty members!

From left: Junior staff: Ruth Tumplam MM '17, Junior program head counselor; counselors Kyle McDonough BM' 25, MM' 28, Nataliia Yermeichuk BM'27, Spencer Lee, BM '22, PPC '23

Students: Laura Krauss '29, Sarah Johnson MM '27,Ella Bilge '27, Madeleine Guillaumot MM'26

Resident Assistants: Allie Schumacher MM '26, Aidan Klingsberg BM '25, PPC '26, MM '28

Staff: Elizabeth Chang (faculty), Artistic Director; Frantz Kjoniksen BM '22, MM '24, PPC '25, Operations Associate; Amanda Stenroos MM '15, General Manager; Rose Baker MM‘22

Missing: Hyobi Sim, viola faculty and Joonyoung Rhee '29

07/28/2026

We are hiring!

A full-time Collaborative Pianist job is now accepting applications.

Title: Collaborative Pianist Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: Humanities & Fine Arts Department: Music & Dance Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work Arrangement: Onsite Job Summary The University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance seeks a full-time C...