UConn Music

10/20/2026

Join us on Friday, October 23rd for Piano Day featuring presentations by UConn School of Fine Arts faculty Dr. Janie Cole and Chelsea Thaler was well as guest artists Jeremy Denk and Vadim Neselovskyi. The day will conclude with the annual Heilig Memorial Concert featuring Jeremy Denk.

Admission is free for all events. Get tickets for the Heilig Memorial Concert at s.uconn.edu/vdM

UConn School of Fine Arts J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall - VDM

10/20/2026

Fall Visit Day is coming up this Sunday, October 25th! If you are applying to UConn, we encourage you to join us on campus to learn more about studying music at UConn.

In addition to campus tours and information sessions about admissions, UConn Music will be offering a presentation about our degrees, program structure, audition tips, careers, and alumni success. The Music Department presentation will begin at 10:30am in von der Mehden Recital Hall and move to Music Building 102 at 10:55am. Students will also have the opportunity to hear student performers, ask questions, meet our faculty, and tour the School of Fine Arts facilities.

Register at s.uconn.edu/fallvisit and be sure to sign up for the Music sessions!

UConn School of Fine Arts

10/20/2026

The UConn Music tuba studio will welcome Jarrod Briley for a masterclass on Friday, October 23rd at 11:00am in Music Building 102.

The masterclass is open to the public and no registration is required.

10/19/2026

UConn Choirs is excited to welcome Dr. Jennifer Sengin on Thursday, October 22nd. Dr. Sengin will be offering a group voice technique class at 2:20pm in Music Building 107 and a masterclass at 4pm in Zachs Family Arts Administration Building 103.

Students are invited to attend to observe these classes and no registration is required.

UConn School of Fine Arts

10/19/2026

Coming up on November 15th in von der Mehden Recital Hall: UConn Jazz Ensemble presents "Circle of Friends"!

Jazz is a music built on relationships between musicians, between generations, and between teachers, students, colleagues, and friends. Circle of Friends celebrates that remarkable network through the music of composers and arrangers whose lives and careers have intersected in deeply meaningful ways. The concert will feature music by Mike Holober, John Mastroianni, Kris Allen, Alan Baylock, Carlos Henriquez, Veronica Swift, Gerald Wilson, and others. Together, these works reveal not only a shared musical lineage, but the extraordinary community that continues to make jazz a living, evolving art form.

Tickets are available at s.uconn.edu/vdM

UConn School of Fine Arts

10/15/2026

Join us this evening for a joint concert between UConn Symphonic Wind Ensemble and UConn Symphonic Band! Tickets are available at s.uconn.edu/vdm

Join us in von der Mehden Recital Hall on October 15th at 7:30pm for a shared concert with Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band!

Symphonic Wind Ensemble's program, "Self-Reflection", begins their four-concert series by looking inward. Through works by Steven Bryant, Katahj Copley, Florence Price, and James David, the program explores identity, joy, culture, perspective, and reflection—asking how our experiences shape the ways we see ourselves, others, and the world around us.

Symphonic Band's program, "Preview", will feature works by Randall D. Standridge, Yikiko Nishimura, and Brant Karrick.

UConn School of Fine Arts

10/15/2026

On Saturday, October 17th, we will host our annual Sing On UConn low voice festival! The day will conclude with a 3pm concert in von der Mehden Recital Hall featuring UConn Choirs, UConn A Ca****la, Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choirs, a guest barbershop quartet, and guest conductor Gabriel Löfvall.

Tickets are available at s.uconn.edu/vdM

UConn School of Fine Arts

10/15/2026

Following his recital at the New Britain Museum of American Art, Luigi Carroccia’s will be offering a masterclass for UConn Music pianists on October 19th at 9:30am in Music Building 229.

The masterclass is open to the public.

Join us for Italian pianist Luigi Carroccia’s recital this Sunday, October 18, at 3 pm at the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Hailed by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as an aristocrat of the piano, Luigi has won numerous awards in national and international competitions including the Virtuoso Prize at the Vendome Piano Prize held during the 2019 Verbier Festival and the Abbado Prize awarded by the MIUR in memory of Claudio Abbado.

Luigi is also presenting a piano masterclass on Monday, Oct. 19, 9:30 am-11:30 am at UConn School of Fine Arts, Music Building room 229. The class is free and open to the public.

10/14/2026

Noah Lafond will present "First Press" with musicians Hazel Allik, Aiden Thompson, Haley Ducharme, Chris Rauch, Taj Justice, Nico Marini, Zack Bates, and Ohm Soni on October 29th, 2026, at 7:30pm in von der Mehden Recital Hall.

This recital caps off Noah Lafond's college career in music with a performance of several original works.

UConn School of Fine Arts