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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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
Christian Brown – You’re Gonna Go Far Kid
You’re Gonna Go Far Kid-Christian Brown (Lyrics, Vocals, Production): This song was written for Alan Williams’ Songwriting class with the overall theme of “A Minor Miracle.” Graduating Fall 2021
Chris Rubén Winters and Margaret Mescall Virtual Recital – John Dowland
John Dowland: “Come again, sweet love doth now invite” (feat. Maggie Mescall)
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We’d Rather Be With You, feat. UML Faculty Funk Band
“We’d Rather be with You” is a fun, parody-style reworking of “I’d Rather be with You” by funk legend Bootsy Collins, performed by the UMass Lowell Socially Distanced Faculty Funk Band and dedicated to our students during the pandemic. The band consists of 9 of our music faculty, each of whom recorded their own parts which were then assembled and mixed by Dr. John Shirley (of Sound Recording Technology and Composition for New Media). Dr. Shirley also shot and edited the video. The project was realized over the course of late May and June.
UML University Choir – “The Blue Bird” – Stanford
The UML University Choir performs Charles Villiers Stanford’s “The Blue Bird” in approved outdoor recordings in April 2021. Featuring soprano soloist Jailene Velazquez, Music Studies ’23.
UML University Choir – “Let My Love Be Heard” by Jake Runestad
The UMass Lowell University Choir spent the end of this crazy Spring 2020 semester putting together a virtual choir performance of Jake Runestad’s “Let My Love Be Heard.” The performance is dedicated to everyone that has been effected by the COVID-19 outbreak in small and large ways, as well as the brave health professionals that are working so hard to keep us all safe.
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Off Broadway- Kick it To Me
This performance of Sammy Rae’s “Kick it To Me” was performed by the group Off Broadway. The band consists of current and past UML students including Mia Farwell on vocals, Peter Lavina on guitar, Jake Mall on drums, Justin Hahn on trombone and engineering, Tim Weisman on bass, and Brad Aiken on tenor saxophone.
Spring ’20 R&B Ensemble
Performers: Jacob Swain [SRT Grad 2020] (Vocals, Guitar, Keys),
Raphael Esguerra [SRT Student 2021] (Vocals, Guitar)
Will Britton [SRT Grad 2020] (Vocals, Bass)
Jake Riggert [SRT Grad 2020] (Drums)
Lejos de Ti – Chamber Singers
The Umass Lowell Chamber Singers, Fall 2020, under the direction of Jonathan Richter, perform Manuel Ponce’s Lejos de Ti, arranged by UML Alumni Chris Rubén Winters. Students recorded audio tracks into Soundtrap, a web based DAW, and then files were exported and mixed in Garageband by Mark Andrews.