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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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.
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
Kyle Kashiwabara – M&A 4 Capstone
Performed by Kyle Kashiwabara, Justin Hahn, and Kamryn Richard.
An abridged summation of the main theoretical subjects of the M&A sequence.
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Vultures – F20 Blues Ensemble
A Fall 2020 semester project for the UMass Lowell Blues Ensemble by The Birds of Prey.
Arturo Romero – Guitar
Nick Torchio – Vocals
Daniel Jacavanco – Vocals
Cianan Heaney – Bass, Drums
Kevin MacDonald – Guitar
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
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).
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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.
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.