The former Organist and Director of Music of London's Westminster Abbey will present a distinguished program devoted entirely to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in this Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series presentation from the Department of Music.
An immersive, interactive work featuring pipa player Jie Ma (traditional Chinese lute), percussionist and electronic musician Brian Foreman, and sound designer Professor Brian Saia, Memory is a concert curated for Polytope Music's 2026 residency program with the Holy Cross Department of Music. Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.
Sophie Rose Riopel (saxophone and voice) performs a set of jazz standards inspired by the musical partnership between Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley, whose 1962 album collaboration brought together Wilson’s rising stardom and Adderley’s famously celebrated quintet.
Acclaimed Worcester-based soprano Mary Mackenzie and Matthew Jaskot present Wild & Tended, a program of art song for soprano & piano. Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.
The Holy Cross Wind Ensemble presents Nightfall, a concert inspired by the changing season and the transition from day into night that follows a musical journey through autumn landscapes, shifting light and imaginations running wild featuring works by Giroux, Grainger, Standridge, Whitacre and more.
Award-winning Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits will be joining the Holy Cross musical community for an October residency in preparation for a performance of Kreek’s Notebook. As part of his residency, Kõrvits will be working with theory and composition students and guiding student musicians in coachings and rehearsals.
Internationally celebrated organist and former Organist of Notre-Dame de Paris will present a diverse and captivating concert program at the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at College of the Holy Cross.
An ensemble of students and faculty present Julius Eastman’s infectious Stay On It, a minimalist classic that springs forth from a joyful, syncopated riff to more complicated textures that resemble free jazz. Free and open to all in "The Beehive" Atrium in The Prior Performing Arts Center.
Honoring Veterans Day as the United States celebrates its 250th Anniversary, The Holy Cross Orchestra presents a program featuring music of remembrance and reflection to recognize the service and sacrifice of veterans at Holy Cross and beyond.
Join us for pianist Amy Williams' performance of Morton Feldman’s extraordinary late solo piano work Triadic Memories (1981), a study in slowly evolving repetitions described by the composer as “the biggest butterfly in captivity.”