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.
UML “Plus One” Live Karaoke Band
This semester, a group of seniors from the Music Education department were supposed to go to the Lowell Senior Center and perform live band karaoke for them. Dr. Gena Greher, Savannah Marshall, and Alexis Csicsek went to the senior center and interviewed the people there to create a setlist of their favorite songs. Due to the pandemic, the band made a virtual version for the seniors to sing along to! This video was a part of one of the winning projects of the 2020 UML Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium, “Community Engagement Through Live Band Karaoke” by Alexis Csicsek.
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!
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Contemporary Electronic Ensemble – 12/5/2020 – Live on Twitch
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Originally broadcast on Twitch.tv/cee_stream
Math, Science & Music
For Herbie Hancock, the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and Chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, inspiring young people to learn about math and science through music has been a life-long dream. For him, there is a profound connection across the disciplines and a way to ignite passion for challenging concepts through music. This was the foundation of the project of Math, Science and Music.
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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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
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, […]
“Sunrise” – Live Playthrough by Mark Tully
This is a live vocal and guitar performance of an original song by Mark Tully called “Sunrise” from his debut album, Origin, which was released on all streaming services on March 5, 2021. It was recorded in Durgin Hall room 112 in March for the Seven Six Records student showcase held in April, and later posted to his YouTube channel. Mark Tully is a senior in Sound Recording Technology at UML and will be graduating in May 2021.