CALENDAR
Department of Music
Close and Apart
September 12, 2023 | 7 pm
Close and Apart is a concert-length (approximately 75 minutes) song cycle that was inspired by Eric Gregory’s memoir, All My Tomorrows: A Story of Tragedy, Transplant and Hope (Word Association Publishers, 2017), which evokes the playful, generous spirit of his son who died from a brain aneurysm at nineteen.
Katelyn Emerson
Chapel Artist Series
September 26, 2023 | 7 pm
Noontime Concert
October 3, 2023 | 12 pm
Florence Price’s Piano Sonata in E Minor
Matt Jaskot, piano
Performance Forum #1
October 17, 2023 | 3:30 pm
Ezequiel Menendez
Chapel Artist Series
October 17, 2023 | 7:30 pm
Coming Home
College Choir & Chamber Singers
October 20, 2023 | 8 pm
Holy Cross College Choir, Chamber Singers, and friends warmly present a program of musical selections centered around the theme of “Coming Home.”
Mike Monaghan & Friends
October 20, 2023 | 8 pm
Renowned Jazz musician Mike Monaghan and his colleagues will perform an exciting evening of jazz improvisation.
Noontime Concert
November 7, 2023 | 12 pm
Come and listen to a delightful mix of Italian songs that celebrate days and nights of beauty, passion, and love. The program will include music by George Frideric Handel, Vincenzo Bellini, and Stefano Donaudy performed by Dr. Joseph V. Nelson (tenor) and Dr. Matthew Jaskot (piano). The program will be approximately 30 minutes long.
Kimberly Marshall
Chapel Artist Series
November 7, 2023 | 7 pm
Performance Forum #2
November 10, 2023 | 3:30 pm
Orchestra Concert
November 15, 2023 | 8 pm
The Orchestra will perform the lively “Orpheus in the Underworld” Overture by Jacques Offenbach as well as works by Mozart, Ginastera, Schubert and more.
Chamber Music Recital
November 17, 2023 | 8 pm
Students who participate in the Chamber Music course perform the works they have studied during the semester.
Jazz Ensemble Recital
November 30, 2023 | 8 pm
The Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble will perform American Jazz standards under the direction of Mike Monaghan.
End of Semester Student Recitals
December 1, 2023 | 4 pm
Students who took private lessons will perform pieces they have worked on during the semester.
Cello and Piano Recital
December 3, 2023 | 1 pm
Wind Ensemble Concert
December 3, 2023 | 8 pm
Laptop Ensemble Federation
December 5, 2023 | 8 pm
A concert of sound and image performed on hacked game controllers and student-designed synthesizers.
Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols
December 7, 2023 | 7 pm
Gamelan Gita Sari
December 9 | 7:30 pm
At the end of each semester, Professor I Nyoman Catra’s students and special guests come together to showcase the traditional arts of Balinese music and dance. This joint program of the Departments of Theatre & Dance and Music just celebrated its 25th anniversary.