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Fall 2024


Lowell Chamber Orchestra 

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, conducted by MCC faculty member Orlando Cela, will present a program entitled “Music of Reflection.” Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cory Brodack, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the world premiere of La Balena by Betsy Schramm will be performed. Katharina Radlberger will be the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major.

            3 p.m., Sunday, September 8
            Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, Theatre, Lowell Campus

Duos and Trios Featuring Cello, Piano, and Flute

MCC faculty member Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist, will be joined by cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi and flutist Jill Dreeben. Colorful works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Arthur Foote, Larry Bell, Claude Debussy, and Gaspar Cassadó will be performed.

            3 p.m., Sunday, October 6
            MCC Concert Hall, Bedford Campus

Phantom of the Opera with Live Music

This haunting American silent film from 1925 will be presented with music by the Dylan Jack Quartet, led by MCC music alumnus Dylan Jack, drummer. The ensemble, which also includes Eric Hofbauer, guitar; Jerry Sabatini, trumpet, and Tony Leva, bass and electronics, will play an original soundtrack, both composed and improvised.

            7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 17
             Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, Theatre, Lowell Campus

Afro- Brazilian Music with Marcus Santos

MCC faculty member Marcus Santos, drummer, will give a lecture recital which explores the vibrant rhythm and rich heritage of Afro-Brazilian culture. Examples of drumming and dancing from traditions like maculelê and samba-reggae will be featured. He will be joined by dancer Kaitlyn Jolly and percussionist Jobeth Umali.This event is co-sponsored by the MCC Commonwealth Honors Program

            11 a.m., Tuesday, October 22
            MCC Concert Hall, Bedford Campus

Lowell Chamber Orchestra 

A concert of music in the 18th-century style, featuring a small number of players, will be performed. Works by Classical Era composers Joseph Boulogne and Franz Joseph Haydn, and contemporary composer Robin Haigh, the winner of the LCO Call-for-Scores, will be performed.

            7:30 p.m., Saturday, November 23
            Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, Recital Hall, Lowell Campus


Student Recital

MCC student singers and instrumentalists, along with works by music technology students.

             12:30 p.m., Monday, December 2
             MCC Concert Hall, Bedford Campus


All concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Email Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, Director of A World of Music Concert Series, at peraltac@middlesex.edu or call her at 781-280-3923 for more information.

View performances by students and faculty https://www.youtube.com/@MCCWorldofMusic/videos

 

Selected Performances from Spring 2024

Duos and Trios for Oboe, Flute, and Piano

John Ferrillo, Principal Oboe of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Elizabeth Klein, Associate Principal Flute of the BSO, joined Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, piano, for a program of works for oboe/piano, flute/piano, and flute/oboe/piano by Benjamin Britten, Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles-Marie Widor, and Madeleine Dring. A short piano solo by Larry Bell was also featured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv_LjvC2Dbg

Lowell Chamber Orchestra 

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem with The Boston Cecilia chorus and soloists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8f471ywAwo

Duo du Sud

Guitarists Raley Beggs (MCC faculty member) and Carl Straussner presented an eclectic concert featuring western classical music and works by South African composers inspired by traditional African music. Works by Robert Johnson, Johannes Kapsberger, Ali Farka Touré, and David Hewitt were performed.
https://youtu.be/P_jHd2iFl1w


Selected performances from fall 2023

Online Saturday Arts Concert featuring MCC Faculty and Alumnus

In a collaboration with Dracut Arts, MCC faculty members Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist; Orlando Cela, flutist, and Raley Beggs, guitarist, with MCC alumnus Nathaniel Abreu, cellist, performed a colorful program of music from Europe, the United States, Latin America, and South Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVguZlmFChQ

Literature through Music

MCC faculty members Daniel Fridley, singer; Orlando Cela, flutist; Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist; Raley Beggs, guitarist; Todd Brunel, clarinetist/bass clarinetist, and Karen Oster, narrator, presented a lecture/concert featuring musical works inspired by literature from many countries. English faculty member Tom Laughlin read his poem Jazz while Todd Brunel improvised. This event formed part of the 2023 Lowell City of Learning Festival.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaqEgjiGyMU

Lowell Chamber Orchestra 

The Hollow Men by Vincent Persichetti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrXpJItcLE

Selected performances from spring 2023

Lowell Chamber Orchestra

Pasquale Tassone's Rhapsody for Flute and Strings performed by Orlando Cela
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M7LGuYKeTg

Aroma Duo

MCC faculty member Johnny Mok, cellist, and pianist Tianhong Yang performed a varied program of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt, and new works by Turkish composer Fazil Say, and Afghan composer Arson Fahim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq3kkVGOefY

Latin American Music Featuring the Cello

Noted Peruvian cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi joined MCC faculty members Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist, and Orlando Cela, flutist, for a colorful program of music from Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil, as well as a piece by a Peruvian-American.

Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Canto do Cysne Negro (Song of the Black Swan) for cello and piano
https://youtu.be/7yFq7TF2_ZU

Gabriela Lena Frank: Hombre-Pájaro de Parácas for flute and cello
https://youtu.be/RwN_XiNA4Gw

Camargo Guarnieri: Ponteio e Dansa for cello and piano
https://youtu.be/oXHklKMW0fI

Selected performances from fall 2022

Lowell Chamber Orchestra

The winner of the LCO concerto competition, Roi Karni, bassett clarinet, performed the Clarinet Concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk2pSQUi_8A

Raley Beggs, Guitarist

MCC faculty member and noted guitarist Raley Beggs performed a program of colorful music for solo guitar by Francesco da Milano, Francisco Guerau, Isaac Albéniz, Giulio Regondi, Maurice Ravel, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

https://youtu.be/9_HX6Vj57ZM

Selected performances from spring 2022

Lowell Chamber Orchestra 

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, conducted by MCC faculty member Orlando Cela, presented works from the Baroque Era, combined with later pieces inspired by this era. The Double Concerto for Recorder and Traverso by Georg Philipp Telemann, featuring Aldo Abreu and Orlando Cela as soloists, and the Suite from Castor et Pollux by Jean-Philippe Rameau were performed. Suite Française après Gervaise by Francois Poulenc and the world premiere of Greyed Rainbow by Dana Kaufman reflected the influence of the Baroque.

https://youtu.be/iTaBKg-8sgU

Featuring MCC Music Faculty

MCC Music faculty members Todd Brunel, clarinetist; Orlando Cela, flutist; Johnny Mok, cellist; and Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist performed works for various combinations of instruments by Gabriel Fauré, Mikhail Glinka, Manuel de Falla, Guillaume Connesson and Carlos Gardel. A piano solo by Larry Bell and Jazz improvisations for bass clarinet were also featured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdkIo54lTd0

Selected performances from fall 2021

The Black Cat

Celebrate Halloween year round by experiencing The Black Cat  by Larry Bell for cello, piano and narrator, based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Additional haunting music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Edvard Grieg and Camille Saint-Saëns is featured. MCC faculty members Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist, and Orlando Cela, flutist, are joined by Sam Ou, cellist, and Larry Bell, composer/narrator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jsY7d_Qywg

Live concert from summer 2021

Rasa String Quartet performing a colorful and varied program by Florence Price, Amy Beach, Wei-Chieh Lin, José Elizondo, Felix Mendelssohn and some traditional Danish folk music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWlp0HCPbE

Selected live recording performances from spring 2021

Celebrating Black Composers from Europe, Africa, United States and South America

MCC faculty members Todd Brunel, clarinet/saxophone; Orlando Cela, flute; Eunghee Cho, cello; Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, piano and Marcus Santos, drums presented a colorful program illustrating a variety of styles from the 1700’s to the present. Works by Joseph Bologne (Le Chevalier de Saint Georges), Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, “Blind Tom” Wiggins, Bongani Ndodana-Breen, and Jazz greats Geri Allen and Duke Ellington were featured. There was also a selection featuring Afro-Brazilian drumming with guest dancer Kaitlyn Jolly.

https://youtu.be/W2DpaqH00q4

Lowell Chamber Orchestra: Miniature Universes

The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, conducted by MCC faculty member Orlando Cela, performed Dance Preludes (third version) by Witold Lutosławski; Sinfonietta, Op. 1 by Benjamin Britten, and Symphony No. 5 by Franz Schubert.

https://youtu.be/q0SS7O2byYU

Selected live recording performances from fall 2020

Piano Recital of Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta
Works by J.S. Bach, Larry Bell, Beethoven, Debussy and Ginastera
Recorded by Bedford TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njSegpDIC8&feature=youtu.be

Lowell Chamber Orchestra: Hidden Landscapes

The LCO, conducted by Orlando Cela, performed works by Bongani Ndodana-Breen, Evan Williams and Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

https://youtu.be/8lLKSBML0Go

Last Modified: 8/25/24