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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Tensko’s “Identity”: An Exploration Of Being Human
Tristan Caswell-Riday composes the album “Identity” under their musical alias Tensko. Released early in the year on January 10th, the album is a collection of songs they have made over the past 3 years that explores the journey they’ve gone through to find themselves. All pieces were composed by them virtually throughout the years from both their home in Maine and during the short period of time they were on campus pre-covid. Working mainly under the dance and EDM style of music, they are an SRT major who will be graduating in 2023! Listen to their album and follow them on their journey as they learn more about themselves and the music they want to produce. Dancing and getting down to the tracks are also highly recommend, it is dance music after all!
Dom the Composer – “If I Believe”
Seven Six Records artist Dom the Composer has released a new single, “If I Believe”, for Mental Health Awareness Month. He writes: “If I Believe is a song about dealing with your worst enemy: your mind. This is a video of my community opening up, being vulnerable and taking a stand. They were kind enough to take time out of their day, film these clips, and make this video possible. We want people who are watching this to know that they are not alone. Whatever you are going through will get better in time. You are strong, you are loved and you are enough!”
Alex Chase – Vermillion (Official Video)
Dancer, Director, Songwriter, and Editor – Alexander Benson (aka Alex Chase), Cinematographer/DP – Kathryn Benson. Filmed for SRT Video Production class in Spring of 2020.
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Creative Music Making at Your Fingertips
Creative Music Making at Your Fingertips: A Mobile Technology Guide for Music Educators
Edited by Gena R. Greher, Professor of Music Education at University of Massachusetts Lowell and Suzanne L. Burton, Professor of Music Education at the University of Delaware, Oxford University Press, 2021
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
Tutorial: Learning to hear loudness
This tutorial was presented by Dr. William Moylan to illustrate how to hear loudness relationships in a music mix. Several different versions of The Beatles’ song “Let It Be” are used to illustrate how to hear loudness levels and changes of levels. This video was recorded in the SRT program’s Critical Listening & Recording Studio, and was produced by SRT graduate students Becky ZuWallack (MM:SRT 2009) and Gavin Paddock (MM:SRT 2008).
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“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.
Studio II Jazz Band Concert Spring 1980 Fred Buda Director
Studio II Jazz Band Concert Spring 1980 Part I
“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.