Recent News

  • New Combined Program
    11/22/24
    The University at Buffalo Department of Music and Graduate School of Education are pleased to announce the planned formation of a new five-year combined Bachelor's and Master's program in Music Education.
  • Graduate and Undergraduate student scholarships
    11/26/24
    The Department of Music is thrilled to offer an array of scholarships and financial support for incoming students to its undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
  • New album release!
    11/18/24
    Professor Jon Nelson has released two new albums. "Credo," out today on the 8 Bells label, features the group Prof. Nelson founded over 30 years ago, the Meridian Arts Ensemble, performing a selection of recent music by David Sanford and Daniel Grabois along with arrangements of Haydn and Stravinsky.
  • PhD Student James Falzone’s Music Featured on New Recording
    10/29/24
    Fifth-year PhD student in Composition James Falzone has released his debut full-profile CD on New World Records. Titled “A Curving Abacus,” the album features performances by renowned ensembles including Ostrava New Orchestra conducted by Owen Underhill; Ostravská Banda under the direction of Petr Kotík; ELISION Ensemble; Arditti Quartet; and Switch~ Ensemble led by Jason Thorpe Buchanan.
  • Q&A with Sungmin Shin
    8/14/24
    Sungmin Shin from the Department of Music participates in Q&A.
  • UB Outstanding Senior Q&A
    7/15/24
    Madison (Matt) Reimer is the 2024 Outstanding Senior for the Department of Music. Reimer graduated summa cum laude in May with a Bachelor of Arts in vocal performance and is the recipient of the Baird Opera Scholarship.
  • UB’s Department of Music offers its 2nd Annual Gift to the Community Concert
    5/1/24
    UB’s Department of Music offers its 2nd Annual Gift to the Community Concert celebrating the strength and musical diversity of the Buffalo community. Faculty, students and local musical luminaries join together this Mother’s Day for a program of jazz, classical and Afro-Latin music.
  • Assistant Teaching Professor Colter Harper’s new book Jazz in the Hill
    4/25/24
    The book is a history of the jazz scene in Pittsburgh’s Hill District from the 1920s through the 1960s.