Music Department

Music Department Steinmetz Chamber Music Showcase
Friday, May 8th, 11:30 am. Emerson Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Concert Choir, Schola Cantorum, and Orchestra
Promenade
Friday, May 8th, 7:00 pm
Memorial Chapel. Tickets available on Eventbrite

Jazz Ensemble: Steinmetz Concert
Saturday, May 9th, 11:00 am, Emerson Auditorium. Tickets available on Eventbrite

Zakuro-Daiko: The Bold and the Beautiful
Friday, May 15th, 7:00 pm and Saturday, May 16, 1:00 pm,
Emerson Auditorium. Tickets available on Eventbrite

Jazz Ensemble: Vocal Jazz!
Wednesday, May 20th, 8:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium. Tickets available on Eventbrite.

Early Music Ensemble
Exquisite Baroque Pieces from
France, Germany, and England
Sunday, May 24th, 2:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium. Tickets available on Eventbrite.

Mollyjane Boyle ‘26: Senior Cabaret Recital
Monday, June 1st, 5:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Student Recital
Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Alex Overholt ‘26: Senior Lecture Recital on the Pipe Organ
Wednesday, June 3rd, 5:00 pm, Memorial Chapel. Free and open to the public.

Chamber Music Workshop: Showcase Concert
Thursday, June 4th, 7:00 pm, Emerson Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Willow Melton, Music and Anthropology double major, class of '28 completed an excellent ethnographic study of Asia Arts New York and their recent performances celebrating Lunar New Year for Professor Jennifer Matsue's class Mapping Musical Lives: Ethnography of the Performing Arts. Willow has been invited to join their upcoming concert, “A Music Dialogue on the Silk Road,” on March 22 at The Egg – Swyer Theatre (see the trailer for the event here).

Wei Qin, President of Asian Arts New York (www.asianartsny.org) explains that this concert brings together musicians from different musical traditions, creating a musical dialogue that celebrates cultural diversity while seeking connection and unity through music. She is extending a special promotion code for Union staff, faculty, and students in case anyone would like to come and support Willow and the other 14 musicians participating in the concert.

Promotion code: AANY – for 15% off all ticket levels, including student and teacher tickets.

Tickets can be accessed through the website above by clicking “Get Tickets,” which will take you directly to The Egg’s ticketing page.

Students are enjoying a new state-of-the-art lighting system in Emerson Auditorium, thanks to a generous donation from Michael DiPietro ’70 and his wife, Alice Fishman.

Read the article here.

Pakk Hui '00 was going to be a doctor. He’d charted a path towards medicine his entire life, earning two advanced degrees in healthcare-related fields.

But he became something different—a composer. Because the music always found him. Even when he was immersing himself in science as a biology major at Union.

Read his story here.

Rueter, a tenor, joined an international roster of vocalists alongside Albany Pro Musica, the Capital Region’s preeminent choral ensemble, in a performance of Carl Orff’s iconic Carmina Burana cantata. Read more here.

Union College offers a wide variety of courses in music theory, music technology, composition, music history, world music, and jazz studies. The music faculty are incredibly Interdisciplinary, and offer courses that intersect with other departments and programs across campus. Students enjoy many opportunities to perform in our numerous ensembles and develop musicianship through private lessons. We offer a Major, ID, Minor and a Global and Popular Musics Minor.