Honor Band
UConn will not be hosting an Honor Band Festival in the 2026-2027 academic year. For more information, please contact Dr. Janet Song Kim.
Piano Day
Friday, October 23, 2026
von der Mehden Recital Hall
875 Coventry Rd, Storrs, CT 06269
Get tickets to the 7:30pm Jeremy Denk Heilig Memorial Concert
For more information, visit the event page.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
11:00 am - Hung from the Willow Trees: Global Circulation of Renaissance Keyboards in Early Modern Sub-Saharan Africa
Janie Cole, UConn Assistant Professor of Musicology
von der Mehden Recital Hall
12:00 pm - Odesa Suite: Turning Memory, Place, and History into Music
Vadim Neselovskyi, Berklee College of Music Faculty
von der Mehden Recital Hall
1:25 pm - Convocation Performance and Q&A with Jeremy Denk
von der Mehden Recital Hall
3:30 pm - Finding Your Voice Through Improvisation
Vadim Neselovskyi, Berklee College of Music Faculty
Music Building 229
4:30 pm - Embodied Presence Beyond the Notes: An Actor's Approach to Musical Storytelling
Chelsea Thaler, UConn Visiting Assistant Professor of Acting
Music Building 229
7:30 pm - Jeremy Denk Heilig Memorial Concert
von der Mehden Recital Hall
Sing On UConn
Young Conductor’s Symposium
Young Conductor's Symposium
Thursday - September 17, 2026
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome/sign-in/ice-breakers |
| 9:00 a.m. | Body awareness exercises and warm-ups |
| 9:30 a.m. | presentation—Jessica Dickerson, Director of Athletic Bands |
| 10:00 a.m. | small group discussion on leadership led by choral methods students |
| 10:30 a.m. | presentation—Dr. Ellen Gilson Voth, Director of Choral Studies |
| 11:00 a.m. | presentation—Dr. Cara Bernard, Associate Prof. of Music Education, with Intro to Music Education students |
| 11:30 a.m. | lunch break (Students on their own—restaurants across the street from the symposium) |
| 12:30 p.m. | UConntabile demo with Sarah Kaufold, Conductor |
| 1:00 p.m. | Chamber Singers demo with Dr. Ellen Gilson Voth, Conductor |
| 1:20 p.m. | student panel (co-facilitated with Dr. Eric Rice, Professor of Music History and Director of Collegium) |
| 2:00 p.m. | wrap-up and dismissal |
Nearby restaurants listed from North to South.
Moe’s Southwest Grill – (This is like Chipotle)
Playa Bowls - smoothies
Daddy’s Noodle Bar
Dog Lane Café – organic, interesting, soups & salads to sandwiches & burgers
Subway
Insomnia Cookies
Moo-yah Burger – (like Five Guys)
Square Peg Pizzeria
Jefferson Fry Company - amazing loaded fries, burgers and more (past Moo-yah on Dog Lane) Eat Joy – Sushi bowls and bubble tea - (across the park to the right of UConn Health)
Blaze – Fast Fired pizza - like Subway for pizza – gluten free available (around the corner behind CVS)
Tea & More Café – Asian- rice bowls etc…. (past Blaze)
Dunkin Donuts (to the right of CVS)
Gansett Wraps – wraps, pizza, & more. (to the right of CVS)
Domino’s Pizza
Chang’s Garden – Chinese (past Dunkin)
Starbuck’s
Oriental Café – Chinese & Sushi
Tokyo Ramen - Chinese
DP Dough - Calzones
Little Alladin – Mediterranean food
Spice Venue – Indo-American food
Bagel Zone
Price Chopper - Grocery Store with many prepared foods (Sushi, Pizza, Subs, Chicken, and a dining area)