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.
Spring 2020
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.
A Virtual Conference Presentation by Gena Greher and Savannah Marshall
Professor Gena Greher and Instructor Savannah Marshall (UML ’13, ‘16) presented at one of the ISME 2020 Community Music Pre-Conference Seminars on July 14, 2020. The ISME Commission for Community Music Activity (CMA) has demonstrated strong leadership in the music education field with its longstanding commitment to the principles of inclusivity, equity, and hospitality, and their application in practice. Their members are critically conscious music facilitators and researchers, frequently working in complex social settings and always at the forefront of discussions around inclusive musical practices and equitable access.
The focus on Gena and Savannah’s presentation was a new class, Progressive Performance and Production Pedagogy, which was developed to provide Music Studies students an opportunity to engage in more informal participatory music making practices through in-class music making activities and service learning projects. In their video presentation, Prog Ped: A Class in Participatory Music Pedagogy, they detailed examples of several of the projects and class activities their students are engaged with, providing a foundation for their future teaching careers through the practices of informal/non-formal approaches to music making in the community. Their presentation ended with Music Studies student Alexis Csicsek’s winning FAHSS video from the 2020 Virtual Student Research Symposium.
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.
The UML Faculty Funk Band is:
Tim Crain (Music History) – vocals
Andy Fordyce (Applied Drums) – drums
Chuck Gabriel (Applied Bass) – bass
Jacob Hiser (Applied Piano) – keyboards
Elissa Johnson-Green (Music Studies) – whistle
Savannah Marshall (Music Studies) – vocals and percussion
Josh Millard (Music Performance) – guitar
John Shirley (Sound Recording Technology and Composition for New Media) – vocals and percussion
Alan Williams (Music Business) – vocals
Spring ’20 R&B Ensemble
Performers: Jacob Swain [SRT Grad 2020] (Vocals, Guitar, Keys),
Raphael Esguerra [SRT Student 2021] (Vocals, Guitar)
Will Britton [SRT Grad 2020] (Vocals, Bass)
Jake Riggert [SRT Grad 2020] (Drums)
Songs:
“Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince & The Revolution
“He’s Misstra Know-It-All” by Stevie Wonder
“I Feel It Coming” by The Weeknd into “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye
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.
Bass guitar, piano, video & audio editing: Alexis Csicsek Music Studies ’20
Drums: Eli Silverstein Music Studies ’20
Guitar: Michael Hargens Music Studies ’20
Piano: Taylor Trussell Music Studies ’20.
The Secretariat– Abattoir
Nick Libby – Vocals, Guitar
Zac Van Alst – Bass Guitar
Jake Mall – Drums
Will Laughlin – Keyboards
Directed, Recorded, Mixed, and Edited by Daniel MacDonald at The Tip
Camera Operators: Hannah Laughlin, Grandon Klegraefe, and Kenneth Donahue
A BIG thank you to everyone who everyone who helped make these live sessions possible. These wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work from everyone as well as the time and resources we were able to acquire. Many more are on the way…
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.
Understanding and Crafting the Mix, 3rd edition provides the framework to identify, evaluate, and shape your recordings with clear and systematic methods. Featuring numerous exercises, this third edition allows you to develop critical listening and analytical skills to gain greater control over the quality of your recordings. Sample production sequences and descriptions of the recording engineer’s role as composer, conductor, and performer provide you with a clear view of the entire recording process.
Dr. William Moylan takes an inside look into a range of iconic popular music, thus offering insights into making meaningful sound judgments during recording. His unique focus on the aesthetic of recording and mixing will allow you to immediately and artfully apply his expertise while at the mixing desk. A companion website features recorded tracks to use in exercises, reference materials, additional examples of mixes and sound qualities, and mixed tracks.
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!”
Link to the song: https://linktr.ee/domthecomposer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dom_the_com… Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@domthecompose…
If I Believe(revised) – Dom the Composer Music & Lyrics: Dominik R. Hyppolite Produced by: Alec Anand & Christopher Lee Edited by: Sam Versoi
Mental Health America Hotline: Text MHA to 741741 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: Text CONNECT to 741741 The Samaritans: 1-212-673-3000 Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-6264, info@nami.org
Chris Rubén Winters and Margaret Mescall Virtual Recital – John Dowland
John Dowland: “Come again, sweet love doth now invite” (feat. Maggie Mescall)
Here it is! Because of COVID-19, I decided to do my Senior Recital as a series of recordings made at home during social distancing (hence my being in desperate need of a haircut, lol).