Organist Dexter Kennedy is the winner of the Grand Prix d’Interprétation at the 24th Concours International d’Orgue de Chartres.
This lunchtime concert features the music of American icon and innovative jazz vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Nina Simone. Performers include vocalist Rhiannon Hurst (Brooks Fenwick Scholar), pianist Matthew Jaskot, and other music department students.
Renowned Jazz musician Mike Monaghan and his colleagues, Ben Cook, Marshall Wood, Marty Richards, John Wilkins will perform an exciting evening of jazz improvisation.
Music celebrating life, earth, and heaven from geographically distant locations. Most of the selections on our program come to us from countries that are over 4000 miles away; locations that would take multiple legs of transportation, or are otherwise a challenge to access from Worcester, MA.
Johann Vexo is the organist for the Cathedral of Nancy, France.
Violist Sergio Muñoz Leiva and pianist Matthew Jaskot present chamber music inspired by children and the complex emotions that arise when childhood intersects with war, social justice, and death. The program is 30 minutes long and includes works by Corea, Jara, Jaskot, Kouyoumdjian, and Schumann.
The organist is an Artist-in-Residence at College of the Holy Cross and Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Hartford, CT.
Students who participated in the private lesson program will perform the works they studied during the semester.
Students who participate in the Chamber Music course will perform the works they have studied during the semester.
The Department of Music is proud to present a concert featuring the Brooks and Organ Scholars, our most accomplished student artists.
