Rowan University Music Department

03/09/2026

Calling all high school students! 🎶

Don’t miss the last Rowan University Open House of the spring semester. Tour campus, connect with faculty and students, and learn more about programs in the Department of Music.

Register today at go.rowan.edu/artsopenhouse

03/06/2026

Bring your friends, bring your family, and experience a night millions of years in the making! 🎷🦴

The Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University is hosting a one-of-a-kind evening where smooth jazz meets deep time. Enjoy light fare and a cash bar, and experience an extraordinary live performance set against the backdrop of a world-famous fossil site.

Featuring Rowan University Music Department Faculty:
Denis DiBlasio (Saxophone & Flute)
Doug Mapp (Bass)
Behn Gillece (Vibraphone)

Saturday, March 28 at 6:00 PM
Learn more & get tickets:
https://www.efm.org/events/jazz-night

02/25/2026

Day of Giving at Rowan University is here! 🎶

Support our Music programs by investing in the next generation of artists, educators, and innovators by visiting give.rowan.edu/RDG_MusicDept to learn more and give now!

Forge a brighter future.

02/25/2026

Join us for a special workshop on Hip Hop music production with Grammy Award-winning producers Bennie Briggman and Michael Briggman(Project Kidz)!

Their credits include Meek Mill, Lil U*i Vert, Trippie Redd, Nicki Minaj, Sleepy Hallow, Kay Flock, Travis Scott, Kodak Black, Sada Baby, Future, and more.

Thursday 2/26/26
6:30pm
Wilson Hall 113
Open to all Rowan students and alumni.
Rowan University Alumni Association Rowan University The Arts at Rowan University Rowan University Music Department

02/24/2026

Tonight @ 7:30pm!

go.rowan.edu/tickets

Spotlight Series: Betz & Gillece Quartet

The Betz & Gillece Quartet will present a program highlighting original compositions and fresh arrangements, blending Brian Betz’s lyrical guitar style with Behn Gillece’s modern vibraphone voice. The concert will feature music from Behn’s recent album Pivot Point (Posi-Tone, 2025), as well as new works slated for his next recording. Together with Dan Monaghan and Charles Ford, the group offers an evening of swinging, dynamic, and forward-looking jazz.

2/24 @ 7:30pm
Boyd Recital Hall

02/10/2026

01/20/2026

We are so excited that the U.S. Air Force Brass Band Quintet will be joining our faculty and students on stage tonight!

📍Pfleeger Concert Hall
⏰7:30pm
🎟️FREE, but required!

Reserve your seat at go.rowan.edu/tickets

The U.S. Air Force Band Brass Quartet performs a patriotic piece ahead of their free performance tonight.

10/30/2025

October 30, 1970
First show in the US at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) in Glassboro, N.J.

09/08/2025

THIS WEEK:
🌟 Wednesday 9/10 -- Spotlight Series: Tim Schwarz

Tickets are FREE for Rowan Students
🎟 go.rowan.edu/tickets

09/04/2025

📣 New Faculty Announcement 📣

Please join us in welcoming our bassoon faculty, Dr. Joseph Swift! The bassoonist enjoys a varied career as a performer, educator and recording artist and has performed as a solo, chamber and orchestral musician across the United States, Canada and Europe.

Dr. Swift currently serves as principal bassoon of the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of New York, Ann Arbor Symphony, and Napa Festival Orchestra among others, he also earned a Silver Medal in the Senior Wind Division in the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with the Vanguard Reed Quintet.

Dr. Swift holds degrees from Western Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and Stony Brook University’s Music Department. His primary teachers include Robert Williams, Gwendolyn Rose, Jeffrey Lyman, and Frank Morelli.