The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Music and Dance is proud to host the second Five College New Music Festival, a celebration of the rich musical life of the Pioneer Valley both past and present. The Festival includes nearly fifty performers and composers, primarily current and former faculty members but also a few members of our student community as well as the community at large.

CONCERTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9

7:15 PM - Pre-Concert Talk: Five College Composers
8 PM - Five College Composers’ Concert

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10

1:30 PM - Presentation of Composition Award
2 PM - An Afternoon of Premieres
7:15 PM - Pre-Concert Talk. Margaret O'Brien: "The Musical Joyce"
8 PM - Heritage Concert

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11

2:15 PM - Pre-Concert Talk. Ernest May: "Horizons of New Music"
3 PM - Horizons Concert

Salvatore Macchia, Elizabeth Chang, Eric Sawyer and Judith Gordon, festival coordinators

All concerts are free of charge and will take place in Bezanson Hall, UMass Amherst. Click here for more information about our program.

Five Colleges, Inc.
UMass Amherst Arts Council & UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance
Music Departments of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke & Smith Colleges
Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency