UMass Boston

Faculty & Staff

Department Chair

Carrie Ann Quinn
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

Amy Sue Hazel, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator
AmySue.Hazel [@] umb.edu

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

Ensemble Directors & Music Coordinators

Ensemble Directors

Sommer Forrester, Conductor, UMass Boston Orchestra
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

David Giessow, Choral Director
David.Giessow@umb.edu

Peter Janson, Director, Jazz Ensembles
Peter,Janson@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 Pruett
David.Pruett@umb.edu

Theatre Curriculum Committee
Robert Lublin
Robert.Lublin@umb.edu

Dance Curriculum Committee
Amy Sue Hazel
AmySue.Hazel [@] umb.edu

Department Personnel Committee
Robert Lublin
Robert.Lublin@umb.edu

Susan Cunningham Campbell Scholarship Committee
Peter Jansen
Peter.Jansen [@] umb.edu

Music Ensemble Committee (MEC)
Sommer Forrester
Sommer.Forrester@umb.edu

Theatre Arts Productions Advisory (TAPA) Committee
Joshua Kohler
Joshua.Kohler@umb.edu

 

The Department of Performing Arts comprises faculty in Dance, Music and Theatre Arts. 

Music (Classroom)

Theatre Arts

Dance

Music (Applied Faculty and Accompanists)