Durgin Hall and Beyond
UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall is the creative home for hundreds of musicians. Please enjoy the various projects collected here. You can select from our categories above, or select a more specific tag from the footer.
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Ramon Castillo – Recital Hour 10/1/2020 – Live on Twitch
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Originally broadcast on Twitch.tv/AutumnAteEverything
This performance featured live camera control by Ryan Katz (remotely).
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi UML Percussion Ensemble (SP2015)
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi Radiohead arr. David Schmacher UML Percussion Ensemble, Jeffrey Fischer, director AVP Final Project Sean Patterson, audio recording Karl Fleck, audio mastering Spring 2015 Matt Bruneau, glockenspiel Luca Provencal, xylophone Jared Logan, vibes Nate Weber, vibes Ben Lambert, marimba Jack Liebold, marimba Gabby Tober, marimba Mike “Brown” Bloniarz, bass Tim Grove, drums
Guitar Ensemble Concert at Durgin Hall 12-4-20
Sal’s Samba (Sal Salvador, 1925-99) arranged by Jon Wheatley.
Players on this track and the rest of the concert were Arturo Romero Ramos, Benjamin Burns, Kalia Casco, Dylan Gagnon, Frankie Marchione, Peter Trainor, Kevin MacDonald, Olin May, Andrew Ouellette, Michael Fetherston, Alex Murphy, Camren Benanti, Anthony Adario, Ryan Gaudette, John Papendorp, Jon Wheatley
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Contemporary Electronic Ensemble – 12/5/2020 – Live on Twitch
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Originally broadcast on Twitch.tv/cee_stream
UML Chamber Singers – “The Road Home” by Stephen Paulus
“After wind, after rain, when the dark is done / As I wake from a dream in the gold of day / Through the air there’s a calling from far away / There’s a voice I can hear that will lead me home.” The UMass Lowell Chamber Singers recorded this and a number of other works at the end of the Spring 2021 semester in two approved outdoor recording sessions. Students that opted to participate virtually also submitted tracks and were added into the mix later.
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Birdsong at Morning: Smiles of a Summer Night
From the album, Signs and Wonders
Featuring The Party Band
Alan Williams, Director
Thomas Danielczik, Cinematographer
Tory Wesnofske, Additional Camerawork
Greg Mahan, Luke Bilodeau, Assistants
MJ Bujold, Bubbles
“Resplendent Sorrow”
UML Music Alum Derek Weagle (BM ’16) composed “Resplendent Sorrow”, a sonata for English horn and strings, for UML Music Coordinator and Oboe instructor, Amy Dinsmore. This performance took place on April 18, 2017 at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Derek Weagle conducts a student group from NEC as part of his graduate requirement in composition, with Amy Dinsmore, English horn solo.
“Siegmund heiß ich” – Die Walküre
UML Music Alum Peter Furlong (BMus ’92) played Siegmund in a February 2020 co-production of Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” presented by Berlin Wagner Gruppe (Germany) and Opera by Request (Toronto) in Toronto, Canada. While this was to be the first performance of a very full 2020 schedule, sadly, it also ended up being the last.