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Pink Floyd Ensemble – Dark Side Of The Moon

Faculty, Fall 2020, Students album, band, class project, video

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

Spring ’20 R&B Ensemble

Alumni, Spring 2020, Students band, small ensemble, virtual

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

Spring 2020, Students band, class project, small ensemble, video, virtual

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

Spring 2020, Students band, recording, songwriting

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…