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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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!”
Sleep by Leo Folan
Sleep by Leo Folan (music studies 2023) mixed by Brad Presta (SRT) is an instrumental concept album that is meant to take the listener on a journey through a full nights sleep. From the lullaby that puts you to sleep, the good dreams, a nightmare, and waking up. The artwork is done by Sarah Sullivan (studio art 2023) and fully captures the sound of a restless sleep through the tired eyes of the character .
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.
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3rd edition released of William Moylan’s critical listening book
Long used as a textbook for Dr. William Moylan’s Critical & Analytical Listening class, his “Understanding and Crafting the Mix: the Art of Recording” has been substantially revised, with 80% thoroughly rewritten and updated and now supplemented by a website.
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.
Dr. William Moylan publishes book on “How the Record Shapes the Song”
Dr. William Moylan’s newest book is “Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song.” In it, he identifies and explains how the sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded songs.
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Alumni Highlights: Jon Cohen
View this post on InstagramJon Kohen (Music Business ’17) is the founder of @granitetoglass (G2G). Consisting of Kohen on acoustic guitar and vocals, plus supporting musicians including string quartet, pedal steel guitar, and electric guitar, they’ve played to increasingly large audiences over recent months while establishing themselves in New York. Started in 2015 in Lowell, […]
Studio II Jazz Band Concert Spring 1980 Fred Buda Director
Studio II Jazz Band Concert Spring 1980 Part I
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