Music Department

Union College Schola Cantorum, Concert Choir and Philharmonic - Lamentatio Herois
Friday, Oct 23rd @ 7:00 PM
Memorial Chapel

Union College Jazz Ensemble - Vocal Jazz!
Wednesday, Oct 28th @ 8:00 PM
Emerson Auditorium

Zakuro-Daiko - Happy Halloween!
Friday, Oct 30th @ 7:00 PM
and Saturday, Oct 31st @ 1:00 PM
Emerson Auditorium

Early Music Ensemble - Charming Music from the Baroque Era written in Italy, Germany, and France
Sunday, Nov 8th @ 2:00 PM
Emerson Auditorium

Union College Jazz Ensemble and Latin Percussion Workshop
with special guest The Pedro José Pastrana Trio
Wednesday, Nov 11th @ 7:30 PM
Emerson Auditorium

Tickets will be available at the door. Suggested donations:
General public - $15
Union Faculty/staff/alumni - $10
Students/Seniors/Children under 12 - $5

The money from ticket sales will go directly into supporting the ensembles. We would like to make sure our concerts are accessible to all, a sliding scale donation option for a ticket will be available at the door.

Courses

AMU 110 Class Piano 1
Prof McMullen - TTH 1:55-3:40pm

AMU 160 From Chant to Mozart
Prof McMullen - TTH 9:00 - 10:45am

AMU 201 Materials and Design II
Prof Chandler - MWF 10:30-11:35am

AMU 202 Musical Thinking: World and Pop
Prof Olsen - MWF 11:45am-12:50pm

AMU 224 Music & Trauma in WWII
Prof Byun - TTh 1:55-3:40pm

AMU 240 Music Tech 2: Recording, Mixing and Synthesizing Sound
Prof Chandler - MWF 1:50-2:55pm

AMU 307 The Art and Music of Radiohead
Prof Matsue - MW 3:05-4:45pm

Ensembles / Practica

AMU 012 Japanese Drumming and Global Fusion Band
Prof Matsue - Th 6:30-9:00pm

AMU 014 Concert 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 Union College Philharmonic Orchestra
Prof Byun - T 7-9:15pm

AMU 018 Early Music Ensemble
Prof McMullen - M 5-7pm

Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Matsue, Chair of the Music Department and Director of Global and Popular Musics Program, for being awarded the Community Engagement Excellence Award at the 2026 Student Leadership Celebration.

Read the full list of leadership award recipients here: Students, faculty and staff honored at leadership awards ceremony.

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.

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.