Contact

Performing Arts Department Location: University Hall, Room 2247, Second Floor

Phone: 617.287.5640
Email: performing.arts@umb.edu

Carrie Ann Quinn, Chair, Performing Arts Department
Carrieann.Quinn@umb.edu

Administrative Contacts

Tanya Williams, Administrative Assistant
Tanya.Williams@umb.edu

Bill Doncaster, Outreach Coordinator
Bill.Doncaster@umb.edu

Joshua Kohler, Production Manager
Joshua.Kohler@umb.edu

Program Coordinators

Sommer Forrester, Music Program Coordinator, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Robert Lublin, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator, Robert.Lublin@umb.edu

Danny Swain, Dance Program Coordinator, Daniel.Swain@umb.edu

Ensemble Directors

The UMass Boston Orchestra
Sommer Forrester, Conductor, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu
About the Orchestra

The UMass Boston Jazz Ensembles
Peter Janson, Director, Peter,Janson@umb.edu

The UMass Boston Chamber Singers and University Chorus
David Giessow, Choral Director, David.Giessow@umb.edu

Music Coordinators

Peter Janson, Guitar Studies, Peter.Janson@umb.edu
Sommer Forrester, Juries, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu
Sommer Forrester, Music Education, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu
Timothy McFarland, Piano Studies, Timothy.McFarland@umb.edu
David Giessow, Vocal Studies, David.Giessow@umb.edu

Standing Committee Chairs

Music Curriculum Committee, David Patterson, David.Patterson@umb.edu
Theatre Curriculum Committee, Robert Lublin, Robert.Lublin@umb.edu
Dance Curriculum Committee, Sommer Forrester, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Department Personnel Committee, Robert Lublin, Robert.Lublin@umb.edu
Susan Cunningham Campbell Scholarship Committee, David Pruett, David.Pruett@umb.edu
Music Ensemble Committee (MEC), Sommer Forrester, Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu
Theatre Arts Productions Advisory (TAPA) Committee, Joshua Kohler, Joshua.Kohler@umb.edu

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