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About Mass Music Ensembles

Mass Music Ensembles is led by Dr. Douglas Weeks. Dr. Weeks has degrees in music and education and a doctorate from Boston University. He is currently the Administrator of Applied Music and Professor of Music at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has conducted concerts in the United States, throughout Europe, Russia, and in Cairo, Egypt. He has played venues such as Westminster Abbey, Notre Dame Cathedral, Radio Belgium and Washington's National Cathedral.

Mass Music Ensembles Director - Douglas Weeks

Douglas Weeks' Background

Founder & Director of the Worcester Brass Consort and Worcester Trombone Consort.

Principal Trombonist with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Concord Orchestra and the Claflin Hill Symphony.

Performed with numerous ensembles throughout New England including the New Bedford Symphony, Plymouth Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Indian Hill Symphony and the New Hampshire Philharmonic.

Solo recitals include performing the opening program for the "White Nights Music Festival" in Pushkin, Russia in 1997.

Played in orchestras for Luciano Pavarotti, Christopher O'Reilly, Henry Mancini, Leon Fleischer and other performers.

Has performed with the Cracow Orchestra of Cracow, Poland on its tour in the United States and with the Concord Orchestra on its 1998 Eastern European Tour.

In October of 1999, performed and conducted at the nationally televised memorial service for the Worcester Firefighters held in Worcester, Massachusetts.

In January 2002, presented a recital of music for Trombone and Friends at the Worcester Art Museum and in 2003, presented the same program on WGBH Radio.

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