What's Happening
Center for 21st Century Music announces expanded June in Buffalo festival in 2013
The Center for 21st Century Music is excited to announce the details of the first ever June in Buffalo Performance Institute! For the first year ever, contemporary music performers around the world are invited to participate in masterclasses, seminars, workshops, and performances at June in Buffalo, and work with members of the June in Buffalo Performance Faculty, including the JACK Quartet, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, Tom Kolor, Jonathan Golove, and New York Philharmonic pianist-in-residence and Performance Institute director Eric Huebner. For more info click here.
Advanced Certificate in Contemporary Performance
The Advanced Certificate in Contemporary Performance at the UB Music Department is a new degree plan designed to provide students with creative opportunities to develop their experience in contemporary music performance.
Students will study all aspects of contemporary music performance, presentation, recording, and entrepreneurship.
In collaboration with UB's Center for 21st Century Music, students have the opportunity to perform with the Slee Sinfonietta, at the June in Buffalo Festival, and in the greater Buffalo area. The Department is home to an internationally recognized graduate program in Composition, exceptional performance venues, and a comprehensive library collection of contemporary music scores and recordings.
Open enrollment going on now! More info.
New Steinway B arrives in Baird Recital Hall
The Music Department is proud to add a new Steinway Model B piano to Baird Recital Hall. The magnificent grand piano is a wonderfully balanced and versatile instrument that will accommodate the wide variety of events held in the hall, from master classes and intimate piano recitals to lectures and chamber music performances. More info.
Featured News
Welcoming Yuki Numata
Yuki Numata Resnick is rapidly gaining attention as a charismatic virtuoso, having performed as a soloist with the New World Symphony, the University at Buffalo's Slee Sinfonietta, the Wordless Music Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra. An active freelancer, Ms. Numata Resnick is a member of Talea Ensemble and performs frequently with Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Signal, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO) and with The Links, an ensemble of which she is a founding member. She has appeared at numerous summer festivals including Music in the Vineyards, Tanglewood, Music Academy of the West and The Banff Centre.
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Ms. Numata Resnick holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan. Her principal teachers include Andrew Jennings, Zvi Zeitlin and Gwen Thompson. Beginning in September 2013, she will hold the position of Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at the University at Buffalo and is very much looking forward to joining both the UB and Buffalo communities.
Summer at UB Music
There are lots of great things happening this Summer at the Music Dept:
June in Buffalo
The 28th annual June in Buffalo festival offers an intensive schedule of seminars, lectures, workshops, professional presentations, participant forums and open rehearsals as well as afternoon and evening concerts open to the general public. This year with a new performance institute organized by Eric Huebner. June 3rd-9th 2013.
UB Summer String Workshop 2013
A six-day course open to string players of all ages. The workshop's goal is to expose players and music educators to the many facets of string playing in our current era. Through the workshop, participants will be able to work intensively and improve their skills in solo, chamber music and orchestral playing.
Summer Classes
The music department offers a wide variety of adventurous summer classes, all of which fulfill general education requirements and are open to non-majors. Available in both classroom and online formats, this year's schedule includes courses on Jamaican Music, Glee and the TV Musical, Heavy Metal, the Sonic Arts Union and many more!
Fall 2013 Applications
For more information or to sign up for an audition and apply to the UB Department of Music, please click on the links below:
Undergraduate Audition Request Form
Undergraduate Application Packet
Auditions for Fall 2013 Admissions
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Lippes Concert Hall
(UB students only)
UB Concerto Competition Auditions
Friday, November 22, 2013
Lippes Concert Hall
Auditions for Spring/Fall 2014 Admissions
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Lippes Concert Hall
(during Open House)
Saturday/Sunday, February 1-2, 2014
Lippes Concert Hall
(voice/instrumental)
must audition in October or February for scholarship consideration
Saturday/Sunday, March 29-30, 2014
Lippes Concert Hall
(late applicants for Fall 2014 admission)
Upcoming Events
June in Buffalo
UB Summer String Workshop 2013
For more info on upcoming events, check out the 2012-13 Season Brochure