Department of Music

Music Department

Department of Music Fall Concerts

Fall concerts poster

UNION COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 @ 8:00PM

EMERSON AUDITORIUM

UNION COLLEGE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT CHOIR THE MOLDAU AND MOZART REQUIEM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 @ 1:00PM

MEMORIAL CHAPEL

JAPANESE DRUMMING WORKSHOP FINAL CONCERT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS ZAKURO-DAIKO

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 @ 6:00PM AND

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1 @ 1:00PM

EMERSON AUDITORIUM

UNION COLLEGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE VOCAL JAZZ!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 @ 8:00PM

EMERSON AUDITORIUM

EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE THE MUSICAL MAGNETISM OF LONDON IN THE 18TH CENTURY - COMPOSITIONS BY AVISON, GLUCK, LOEILLET, AND ABEL

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 @ 2:00PM

EMERSON AUDITORIUM

Department of Music Winter 2026 Courses

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Winter 2026 Courses

AMU 110 Class Piano 1

Prof McMullen | MW 3:05-4:45pm

AMU 201 Materials and Design II

Prof Olsen | MWF 10:30-11:35am

AMU 214 Romanticism

Prof McMullen | TTh 9:00-10:45am

AMU 220 Mapping Musical Lives: Ethnography of Performing Arts

Prof Matsue | TTh 1:55-3:40pm

AMU 221 History of Rock and Roll

Prof Matsue | MW 3:05-4:45am

AMU 236 Cabaret Workshop

Prof Byun | TTh 1:55-3:40pm

AMU 304 Composition and

Performance Projects

Prof Olsen | MWF 11:45am-12:50pm


Ensembles

AMU 012 Japanese Drumming

and Global Fusion Band

Prof Matsue | Th 6:30-9:00pm

AMU 014 Choir

Prof Byun | TTh 5-6:15pm

AMU 015 Jazz Ensemble

Prof Olsen | W 7-9pm

AMU 016 Schola Cantorum

Prof Byun | W 5-6:45pm

AMU 017 Orchestra

Prof Byun | T 7-9:15pm

AMU 018 Early Music Ensemble

Prof McMullen | M 5-7pm

Aaron Rueter ’25 performs with Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia Philharmonic

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.

Overview

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.