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We are a department of music with a unique and committed focus on contemporary classical music, building on a long and distinguished institutional history. We offer comprehensive instruction across four traditional musical disciplines: performance, composition, musicology, and music theory, granting undergraduate and graduate degrees. We sponsor and present dozens of student, faculty and in-house

professional, and visiting-artist concerts each year. The department boasts a core performance faculty of seven full-time individuals in the areas of clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, voice, violin/viola and violoncello -- all versatile, virtuoso musicians with broad interests, but sharing a deep and central focus on the music of our time. Beyond this core performance faculty, the department features an excellent part-time faculty filling out the instrumental complement, and also including such non-traditionally orchestral instruments as classical and electric guitar, organ and harpsichord, electric bass, classical and jazz saxophone, jazz piano, and more. The Center for 21st Century Music provides a framework for new musical creation and presentation, while the Ph.D. program in music composition has evolved to become one of the most internationally competitive and renowned. A generous endowment established by Frederick and Alice Slee sponsors a remarkable annual cycle of all the Beethoven string quartets, while supporting the historical and continuing excellence of the Music Theory program, including its newly founded Slee Institute for Tonal Harmony.

04/02/2025

Highlight from the "Around the World on 6 Strings in 60 Minutes" concert at the Buffalo International Guitar Festival featuring current UB students Eric Aquilina (bass guitar), Ravi Greene (drums), UB alums Ricky Hoover and Oscar Woodrich, UB faculty Claudia Brown, George Caldwell, Stephen Guerra, Sungmin Shin alongside distinguished guests from WNY and beyond!

Congratulations Prof. Sungmin Shin and the UB Guitar Studio on another successful run of the Buffalo International Guita...
04/02/2025

Congratulations Prof. Sungmin Shin and the UB Guitar Studio on another successful run of the Buffalo International Guitar Festival!

Nothing like a cool $178,135 to equip a new intermedia lab and performance space in B1 Slee…
03/28/2025

Nothing like a cool $178,135 to equip a new intermedia lab and performance space in B1 Slee…

The Department of Music has secured $178,135 to develop a state-of-the-art experimental intermedia space in B1 Slee Hall, featuring immersive audio and visual technology to support cutting-edge work in music, media and interdisciplinary arts.

🎶 Verona Quartet – March 27 🎶The Verona Quartet returns to UB for the next concert in the Slee Beethoven String Quartet ...
03/26/2025

🎶 Verona Quartet – March 27 🎶

The Verona Quartet returns to UB for the next concert in the Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, performing Beethoven’s String Quartets Op. 95, Op. 18 No. 6, and Op. 132.

📅 Thursday, March 27, 2025
🕢 7:30 PM
📍 Lippes Concert Hall, Slee Hall | UB North Campus

🎻 Don’t miss this chance to hear a world-class ensemble perform these iconic works! Free for UB students.

🎟️ Purchase tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/slee-beethoven-string-quartet-cycle-part-buffalo-new-york-03-27-2025/event/00006121A5262730

See you there!

03/11/2025

Tonight at 7:30 our Slee Sinfonietta performs new works by four of our PhD in Composition students including James Falzone, Will Brobston, Thomas Little and Brian Caswell. The concert is the first of two events this week featuring our students in composition. The second is on Friday at 3pm in Slee Hall and features the New York City based Talea Ensemble in a free concert featuring works by Lihuen Sirvent, Sohwa Lee, Francisco Corthey, Chi Yen Huang, Jackson Roush and Carlos Andres Bonilla.

For tickets to tonight's event, please visit Ticketmaster:

Please join UB Choir TONIGHT as they perform Bruckner’s Mass in E Minor alongside Harmonia Chamber Singers and wind ense...
03/08/2025

Please join UB Choir TONIGHT as they perform Bruckner’s Mass in E Minor alongside Harmonia Chamber Singers and wind ensemble at 7:30 pm at Assumption Church, 435 Amherst Street!

Join us for an evening with the Bohemian Trio as part of the Slee Visiting Artist Series. 📅 Friday, March 7, 2025⏰ 7:30 ...
03/05/2025

Join us for an evening with the Bohemian Trio as part of the Slee Visiting Artist Series.

📅 Friday, March 7, 2025
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Lippes Concert Hall | Slee Hall
🏛 University at Buffalo, North Campus

This dynamic trio blends classical, Latin, and jazz influences to create a truly unique musical experience.

🎟 Tickets: $20
🎟 FREE for students!

Don’t miss this extraordinary performance—grab your tickets now: https://www.ticketmaster.com/slee-visiting-artist-series-bohemian-trio-buffalo-new-york-03-07-2025/event/0000612195A418C5

Join us for an unforgettable night of world-class jazz at the UB Music at Hallwalls Concert on Monday, March 3rd, at 7:3...
02/28/2025

Join us for an unforgettable night of world-class jazz at the UB Music at Hallwalls Concert on Monday, March 3rd, at 7:30 PM! This special evening features Grammy-winning pianist and UB jazz faculty member George Caldwell, bringing his incredible artistry to the intimate setting of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.

📅 Monday, March 3rd
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Congratulations to MM Vocal Performance students Rosa Vu and Matt Reimer and recent UB alumni Madison (Goodnight) Barnes...
02/27/2025

Congratulations to MM Vocal Performance students Rosa Vu and Matt Reimer and recent UB alumni Madison (Goodnight) Barnes and Julia Anne Cordani on their recording and performance with Vox Lusciniae Choir this past weekend in Buffalo under the direction of Dr. Brian Stevens! The women's choir, which also includes UB faculty member Claudia Brown, performed works by living female composers. Go, UB singers!

Join UB Choirs, Harmonia Chamber Singers, and a professional wind ensemble for the Bruckner Mass No. 2 in E Minor, March...
02/27/2025

Join UB Choirs, Harmonia Chamber Singers, and a professional wind ensemble for the Bruckner Mass No. 2 in E Minor, March 8th, 7:30 pm at Assumption Church on Amherst Street. Celebrating Bruckner's 200th! One performance only-please join us!

02/27/2025

A snippet of UB Choir rehearsing with Harmonia Chamber Singers in their first combined rehearsal last night for the Bruckner Mass in E Minor, to be held on March 8th with wind ensemble at 7:30 at Assumption Church on Amherst Street. More information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1169264728095181

📢 Concert Postponed ❄️Due to today’s snowy weather, the Michael Serio and Debi Adams concert scheduled for 3PM in Lippes...
02/16/2025

📢 Concert Postponed ❄️

Due to today’s snowy weather, the Michael Serio and Debi Adams concert scheduled for 3PM in Lippes Hall is being postponed until March 29th.

Stay safe and warm, and we’ll see you in March! 🎶✨

Join us for a special faculty recital this Sunday!Date: Sunday, February 16Time: 3 p.m.Location: Lippes Concert Hall, Sl...
02/14/2025

Join us for a special faculty recital this Sunday!

Date: Sunday, February 16
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Lippes Concert Hall, Slee Hall

Michael Serio and Debi Adams of the Well-Tempered Piano Duo will present a program featuring a rich variety of four-hand piano works. The performance will include Ligeti’s Five Pieces for Piano Four-Hands, Mel Bonis’ Suite en Forme de Valses, and William Bolcom’s Primer and Other Duets, along with Debussy’s Six Épigraphes Antiques and Florence Price’s Sketches in Sepia, which has been specially arranged by the duo. The program will also feature Ronaldo Miranda’s Frevo.

Tickets are FREE

For more info visit: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music/events/concert-calendar.html

We look forward to seeing you there!

We had a wonderful and enriching week with the Atlantic Brass Quintet. They led masterclasses, read through 8(!) studen...
02/08/2025

We had a wonderful and enriching week with the Atlantic Brass Quintet. They led masterclasses, read through 8(!) student compositions and performed a terrific concert which included a performance of Professor Jeffrey Scott’s recent composition for the group entitled “Sermon for Saints and Sinners” a deeply personal work recounting the composers encounter with his estranged step father. Prof. Scott gave a gripping account as the narrator for the performance.

If you are interested in learning more about our recently announced combined 5 year program in Music Education, click be...
01/28/2025

If you are interested in learning more about our recently announced combined 5 year program in Music Education, click below.

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A snippet of UB Choir rehearsing with Harmonia Chamber Singers in their first combined rehearsal last night for the Bruckner Mass in E Minor, to be held on March 8th with wind ensemble at 7:30 at Assumption Church on Amherst Street. More information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1169264728095181

The Mingus Dynasty Septet in Slee Hall tonight (David Kikoski, piano) tearing up our new Bösendorfer. Fun fact: Charles Mingus was Slee Visiting Professor in 1971. It was a thrill to feature his music and legacy in Buffalo.

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We are a department of music with a unique and committed focus on contemporary classical music, building on a long and distinguished institutional history. We offer comprehensive instruction across four traditional musical disciplines: performance, composition, musicology, and music theory, granting undergraduate and graduate degrees. We sponsor and present dozens of student, faculty and in-house professional, and visiting-artist concerts each year. The department boasts a core performance faculty of seven full-time individuals in the areas of clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion, voice, violin/viola and violoncello -- all versatile, virtuoso musicians with broad interests, but sharing a deep and central focus on the music of our time. Beyond this core performance faculty, the department features an excellent part-time faculty filling out the instrumental complement, and also including such non-traditionally orchestral instruments as classical and electric guitar, organ and harpsichord, electric bass, classical and jazz saxophone, jazz piano, and more. The Center for 21st Century Music provides a framework for new musical creation and presentation, while the Ph.D. program in music composition has evolved to become one of the most internationally competitive and renowned. A generous endowment established by Frederick and Alice Slee sponsors a remarkable annual cycle of all the Beethoven string quartets, while supporting the historical and continuing excellence of the Music Theory program, including its newly founded Slee Institute for Tonal Harmony.