UB Department of Music

Name: UB Department of Music
Address: 220 Baird Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260, US
Telephone: (716) 645-2765
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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.

06/17/2025

Summer cleaning update! B1 Baird, our main basement rehearsal space, had its floor stripped and waxed for the first time in….? Shoutout to Cindi, our super dedicated facilities staff person.

06/12/2025

That would be UB PhD in Music Theory and Historical Musicology graduate Sarah Louden!

06/10/2025

It may be summer break, but there is still lots of exciting student and faculty news to highlight!

https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music/news/recent-news.html

06/08/2025

Thank you to all who joined us for our special June in Buffalo bonus event this evening at Silo City. Eight of our composition students composed new works for the silo at Marine Terminal A. The pieces were beautifully realized by the musicians of the Metropolis Ensemble and listened to intensely by a capacity audience of over 80 people.

06/06/2025

June in Buffalo concludes tomorrow (Saturday) with a special event featuring the Metropolis Ensemble at Silo City at 6pm. They will be performing 8 world premieres by our PhD in Composition students in the abandoned silo at Marine Terminal A which were composed specifically for the site.

The event is free but you must complete a waiver to attend. More details here:

June in Buffalo wraps June 7, 6pm at Silo City with new works by UB PhD composers, played by Metropolis Ensemble in a grain silo

06/05/2025

Yesterday, department chairs bid farewell to Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Robin Schulze, who has led the College over the last 8 years. Under Robin’s leadership, the Department of Music was expanded to include now 20 full time faculty as well as new degree programs including a newly approved DMA in Contemporary Music Performance and a new combined 5 year program in Music Education. We are so grateful to Robin for her support of our department and her leadership during what was an especially challenging time for higher education. We wish her all the best in her future endeavors!

06/03/2025

Catch the livestream of tonight’s Slee Sinfonietta concert on the second night of June in Buffalo.
Program in the description!

June 3, 2025James Baker, conductorProgram:One-Way Street - Ming TsaoHear My Voice - Kyujung LimDouble Quintet - Zi Tao Chua~Intermission~we are all burning i...

06/01/2025

Congratulations to Professor Jaman Dunn-Danger and the cast and orchestra of Buffalo Opera Unlimited’s production of Joshua’s Boots by Adolphus Hailstork. The cast included several current UB students: Jamie Gangemi, Robert Bartolotta and Rosa Vu. Adjunct professor Michael Tumiel and the academic advisor for the music department Adriana Pera played in the orchestra. It’s always wonderful to see members of our UB family past and present contributing to the cultural richness of Buffalo.

05/28/2025

June in Buffalo turns 50 this year!

Thanks to Buffalo Rising for the thoughtful article:
👉 https://www.buffalorising.com/2025/05/where-new-music-blooms-june-in-buffalo-celebrates-50-years/

https://www.buffalorising.com/2025/05/where-new-music-blooms-june-in-buffalo-celebrates-50-years/

This summer, the University at Buffalo’s renowned June in Buffalo festival marks its 50th anniversary, celebrating half a century as a vital force in contemporary music. Curated by Artistic Director

05/27/2025

🎶 The wait is over... the June in Buffalo Festival calendar is now LIVE! 🎶

Explore a full week of groundbreaking concerts, masterclasses, and composer talks from today’s leading voices in contemporary music.

📅 Join us June 1–7
🎻 View the full schedule now and start planning your week: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music21c/june-in-buffalo.html

June in Buffalo is a prestigious festival and conference dedicated to contemporary composers, hosted annually at the University at Buffalo. With over 40 years of history, it has become a cornerstone of modern music, providing an unparalleled platform for composers to refine their craft, co...

05/14/2025

✨ 50 Years of New Music ✨

We're so excited for this year's June in Buffalo Festival!

Read all about it:

The June in Buffalo music festival and conference marks its 50th year with a notable lineup of senior composers, resident ensembles and special guests.

05/12/2025

Congratulations to Professor Melissa White on being named the Artistic Director of Clarion Concerts - a major classical chamber music presenting organization in the Hudson Valley.

Violinist and UB professor Melissa White has been named the new artistic director of Clarion Concerts, where she aims to honor tradition while championing inclusivity and new voices in chamber music.

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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.