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Fall 2020

Tensko’s “Identity”: An Exploration Of Being Human

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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!

Melodic Drum Fugue – Non-Percussionist Ensemble

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In this video from the Fall 2020 semester, under the direction of Jeffrey Fischer, 4 members of the Percussion Ensemble for Non-Percussionists perform Fugue, written by Anthony J. Cirone, over Zoom, which was the common meeting place for this group. Check your internet connection, get some good headphones, and enjoy a look at what it is like to learn and perform over Zoom.

Mark Andrews is a Music Studies Major, Voice, to graduate in 2022.
Kevin Buckley is a Performance Major, Voice, to graduate in 2022.
Ben Morris is a Sound Recording Technology Major, Bass, to graduate in 2023.
Kamryn Richard is a Music Business Major, Voice, to graduate in 2020.

Contemporary Electronic Ensemble – 12/5/2020 – Live on Twitch

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Surprise Symphony by Ramon Castillo

Refraction by Emiy Ovesen, Jacob Babcock, Shanna Kosar, and Jake Petersen

Isolated by Alex Benson and Nicole Burns

Earth is Experiencing Technical Difficulties Today, Please Come Back Tomorrow by Rachael Thompson, Dylan Gagnon, Racer Soares, and Ailis Tyra

NiteRun by Sean Lavigne

Sky Surfer by Nate Sharples and Kenny Donahue

Chamber of Grandon by Dan MacDonald and Dominic Scalera

OSLxIx Shikon by Dan MacDonald

Pathophobia by Brad Presta and Pat Collins

LDB (Little Drummer Battle) by Ryan Katz

Lejos de Ti – Chamber Singers

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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.

Chamber Singers Director:
Jonathan Richter

Sopranos:
Sarah Bustin
Jordan Jones
Olivia Minchello
Caitlin Sampson
Samantha Schulz
Megan Sweeney
Jordan Jones

Altos:
Gillian LaFosse
Ambar Marte Vargas
Catiana Rosario
Brynne Santos
Lekha Tevari
Mikayla White

Tenors:
Mark Andrews (Sound Engineer)
Christian Ramos-Delgado

Baritone:
Ian Glancy
Kyle Kashiwabara
Devin Salviuolo

Bass:
Aidan Kelly
Bobby Waters

Ramon Castillo – Recital Hour 10/1/2020 – Live on Twitch

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Unfiltered – a somewhat structured improvisation

Gastromusicology – words by Rufus Estes, music by Ramon

Seven Minute Mind by the Bad Plus (Reid Anderson)

Cycle for gamelan, percussion, and electronic sounds

Ramon Castillo, gamelan
John Forrestal, gamelan
Deepak Gopinath, drum set
Ryan Meyer, gamelan and marimba

This performance featured live camera control by Ryan Katz (remotely).

Hardware:

PRS Baritone Guitar
TC Electronic Hypergravity Compressor 
Montreal Assembly Count to Five controlled via
Custom Teensy 2.0 CV controller (using the Adafruit MCP4728 Quad DAC breakout) &
Axoloti Core
Meris Enzo controlled via
Chase Bliss Midibox
Custom Max for Live patch
Keith McMillen
BopPad
Quneo
Softstep 2
MOTU Ultralite AVB
Black Magic Design ATEM Mini
Lumix G85 Mirrorless Camera
2x Xiaomi Yi Action Camera
Canon HF-R21 Camcorder
Logitech 1080p Webcam Pro C910 
NodeMcu ESP8266 module connected to two pan-tilt servo mounts (camera + effect light)
Macbook Pro

Software:

Ableton Live
ClyphX Pro
Max – lots of custom patches for controlling lots of things
Miraweb
Guitar Rig
Reaktor
VDMX
OBS Studio
Midi to OBS Master
atemOSC

Pink Floyd Ensemble – Dark Side Of The Moon

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The UMass Lowell Pink Floyd Ensemble, directed by Alan Williams, performs Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. Recorded Nov. 13-15, 2020 at The Aviary, North Chelmsford, MA.

Connor Capozzi – Keyboards, Ableton
Tristan Caswell-Riday – Keyboards
Leo Folan – Guitar, Vocal
Mia Farwell – Vocal
Jesse Green – Guitar, Roto-Toms
Cianan Heaney – Drums
Sam Paek, Sax, Ableton, Vocal
Brad Presta – Bass
Kamryn Richard – Vocal
Joel Ruben-Meyer – Guitar, Vocal
Nathan Sharples – Keyboards
Colin Silva – Guitar, Vocal
Matt Twombly – Keyboards
Kaitlin Whiteman – Vocal, Vocal Arrangements
Alex Zucker – Vocal

Recorded by Grace Reader
Lighting and audio assistance – Jeremy Moisson
Jude Porter – Camera Operator
Alan Williams – Camera Operator
Leo Folan – Camera Operator

Audio Mixed by Alan Williams except “On The Run” mixed by Joel Ruben-Meyer
Video Editing – Alan Williams

Vultures – F20 Blues Ensemble

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A Fall 2020 semester project for the UMass Lowell Blues Ensemble by The Birds of Prey.

The Birds of Prey is:

Arturo Romero – Guitar
Nick Torchio – Vocals
Daniel Jacavanco – Vocals
Cianan Heaney – Bass, Drums
Kevin MacDonald – Guitar

Video Editing – Arturo Romero

Music Mixing and Production – Nick Torchio

Vultures, originally performed and recorded by John Mayer, was written by John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino.

This was a socially distanced project.

UMass Lowell Music has undergraduate programs in:
Composition for New Media
Sound Recording Technology
Music Business
Performance
Music Studies (teaching preparation)

And three graduate degrees in Music Education:
Master of Music Education (Teaching Certification)
Master of Music in Music Education (Research Thesis/Project option)
Master of Music in Music Education (Community Music option)

Check us out at:
https://www.uml.edu/FAHSS/music/

Born Under a Bad Sign – F20 Blues Ensemble

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A Fall 2020 semester project for the UMass Lowell Blues Ensemble by Dirty River Blues Band.

Dirty River Blues Band is:

Anthony Adario – Guitar, Keys
Alexis Csicsek – Vocals
Jesse Green – Guitar
Joe Milia – Drums
Caleb Rawlinson – Bari Sax
Spencer Roach – Bass
Evan Smith – Tenor Sax
Rachel Sullivan – Flute
Jackson Winders – Trumpet

Mix Engineer – Anthony Adario
Each performer recorded their own parts; Anthony Adario collected, edited and mixed them.

Video – John Shirley
As an excuse to play with a new “toy” (a 360-degree action camera), John Shirley shot and edited the video. John is the Founding Director of the ensemble, and coordinator of the Composition for New Media program.

This was a socially distanced project, shot completely outdoors and utilizing a green screen and a warped perspective camera making players look much closer together than they were.

Born Under a Bad Sign was recorded and made famous by Albert King. The lyrics are by William Bell and the music by Booker T. Jones (Stax Records bandleader).

UMass Lowell Music has undergraduate programs in:
Composition for New Media
Sound Recording Technology
Music Business
Performance
Music Studies (teaching preparation)

And three graduate degrees in Music Education:
Master of Music Education (Teaching Certification)
Master of Music in Music Education (Research Thesis/Project option)
Master of Music in Music Education (Community Music option)

Check us out at:
https://www.uml.edu/FAHSS/music/

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