Event to Showcase Faculty Performers, Support Student Scholarships
09/21/2016
Media contacts: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu
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Friday, Sept. 23, 8 pm
What: In performances that will span musical genres from jazz to classical, pop to global rhythms – and sometimes defy any label – UMass Lowell will stage “Sounding Out!,” a concert for the public and university community.
As they teach and inspire the next generation of musicians, UMass Lowell’s music faculty are an integral part of the city’s cultural scene. The event will showcase their virtuosity as performers, along with the talents of students and alumni, pulling back the curtain on UMass Lowell’s proud history of music education. Event proceeds will benefit student scholarships. Tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased at www.uml.edu/Chancellor/Celebration-of-Music/default.aspx or at the door the night of the event.
The concert will feature performances by many artists. Alan Williams will lead a set with his acclaimed pop-folk group Birdsong at Morning. Harmonica ace John Shirley will play the Chicago blues. Sovann Khon, known for his work with the Angkor Dance Troupe of Lowell, will play Cambodian folk songs on the tro sou, a two-stringed, bowed instrument he learned to play from elders while he was growing up in refugee camps in Thailand in the shadow of the Khmer Rouge. John-Morgan Bush, an acclaimed classical horn player and director of the UMass Lowell String Project, will perform with colleagues Rebecca Leonard, Stephanie Busby, Amy Dinsmore and Susan Jackson. Ramon Castillo, who has composed music that is performed on everything from the accordion to robots, will lead a set of electronica.
UMass Lowell is the first public institution in the U.S. to offer a music education degree. Building on that legacy, today the university provides students a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in every aspect of the field, from performance and education to business and sound recording technology. Music outreach programs available to K-12 students through the university include the nationally acclaimed New England Youth Wind Ensembles, the UMass Lowell String Project and the Mary Jo Leahey Symphonic Band Camp.
Where: Durgin Hall, South Campus, 35 Wilder St., Lowell. Contact UMass Lowell media relations for directions and parking information.