Lavender Darcangelo "Life is a Mosaic" Virtual Concert in Honor of Disability Awareness Month 2020

October 18, 2020

Lavender Darcangelo, 25, is a blind and autistic vocalist and disability advocate from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Born with perfect pitch and an immediate love for music, she began singing at the age of three, before she could speak. In 2010 she joined a new mentorship program founded by Wil Darcangelo who, with his husband Jamie, would become her adoptive fathers in 2017. In July of 2019, a video of Lavender singing “Part of Your World” from the Disney film The Little Mermaid went viral, spurring media articles about Lavender and her new family throughout the world. She is currently working on her debut solo album called Mosaic, which, through its wide variety of songs and musical styles, will honor and raise awareness of the diversity within the autism and disability community. Lavender is a Performing Arts Fellow of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism. and has designated the foundation to receive a portion of the proceeds from the sales of Mosaic.

"Life is a Mosaic! Virtual Concert in Honor of Disability Awareness Month 2020

Lavender Darcangelo. Vocals
Wil Darcangelo, Barny Lanman, support vocals
Jim Rice, Barny Lanman, Joe Reid, Brooke Sofferman, Sean Farias, musicians
Wil Darcangelo, Merrick Henry, cameras
Wil Darcangelo, producer, editor, vocal coach/arrangements
Barny Lanman, recording engineer
Mary Blanchette, wardrobe
Tina Magaw, hair and makeup
Music recorded at Zen Den Studios, Phillips Hall and the Fay Club, Fitchburg, Ma
Segments filmed at The Fay Club, First Parish UU Church of Fitchburg (Wil Darcangelo, minister), Zen Den Recording Studios (at First Parish) and the LeDuc-Ruggieri family backyard.
Opening/closing title music “Love Wins” (Underwood/Garcia) Barny Lanman, guitar

MUSIC SELECTIONS

"I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (McHugh/Fields)
Jim Rice, pianist; filmed at the Fay Club, Fitchburg, MA

“Part of Your World” (Ashman/Menken)
Piano: Joe Reid, Bass: Sean Farias, Drum: Brooke Sofferman;
filmed in Phillips Hall at First Parish Church, Fitchburg, MA, June 23, 2019

“This is Me” (Pasek/Paul)
filmed at First Parish Church, Fitchburg, MA,
recorded at Zen Den Studios, Barny Lanman, recording engineer

“Somebody’s Someone” (Willis)
Barny Lanman: guitar, Wil Darcangelo & Barny Lanman, support vocals,
filmed and recorded at Zen Den Studios, Barny Lanman, recording engineer

“Will I Ever” (L Darcangelo)
Jim Rice, pianist; filmed at the Fay Club, Fitchburg, MA

“Respect” (Redding)
filmed and recorded at Zen Den Recording Studios,
Barny Lanman, recording engineer

“Happy Days Are Here Again” (Ager/Yellen)
”Get Happy” (Koehler/Arlen)
recorded at Zen Den Studios, Barny Lanman, recording engineer
filmed in Phillips Hall at First Parish UU Church of Fitchburg

“Sunny Side of the Street” (McHugh/Fields)
Jim Rice, pianist; filmed at the Fay Club, Fitchburg, MA

“When You Believe” (Schwartz)
filmed and recorded at Zen Den Recording Studios, Fitchburg, MA,
Barny Lanman, recording engineer

“River Deep, Mountain High” (Spector/Barry/Greenwich)
Wil Darcangelo, additional vocals;
recorded at Zen Den Studios, Barny Lanman, recording engineer
video featuring Wil & Jamie Darcangelo, Tina Magaw, Angie Magaw-Chan,
Inahia Magaw-Chan, Peter Marquis, Brian LeDuc,
and many other extended chosen family members,

“Rise Up” (Baty/Decliveo)
filmed and recorded at Zen Den Recording Studios, Fitchburg, MA,
recorded at Zen Den Studios, Barny Lanman, recording engineer

“Love Wins” (Underwood/James/Garcia)
Jim Rice, pianist; filmed at the Fay Club, Fitchburg, MA

Opening credits
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (McHugh/Fields)
Jim Rice, pianist

Closing credits: “Love Wins” (Underwood/James/Garcia)
Barny Lanman, guitar