Chamber Singers Concert: You are the Love of my Soul
2026-04-25 15:00 (America/New_York) | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Chamber Singers

You are the Love of my Soul

Chamber Singers presents a program of music that features poetry about the experience of being in love.
Selected works by Debussy, Barber, Monteverdi, Whitacre, Strozzi and others depict various perspectives on and stages of love, from new passion awakening, to love unrequited; to frivolous fickle love, to the finding “the love of your soul.” Through the musical settings of poetry by Neruda, d’Orléans, Garcilaso de la Vega and Stevens, we explore the joys and follies of this most fundamental of human emotions.

Details

April 25, 20263 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Holy Cross Wind Ensemble: Musical Treasures from the British Wind Band Tradition
2026-04-26 19:00 | Luth Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Musical Treasures from the British Wind Band Tradition

Holy Cross Wind Ensemble

Join us at The Prior for a program of works by Grainger, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Elgar and Walton from the Holy Cross Wind Ensemble.

Details

Apr 26, 20267 p.m.

Price

Free entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Chamber Music Recital
2026-04-27 19:30 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Chamber Music Recital

Chamber music is played by small ensembles of two or more players such as duos, trios and quartets, where every part is played by a single performer. Its intimate setting creates a process that is democratic, participative, and that across history has been compared to a conversation among friends.
This recital features the students who participate in the Chamber Music course as they perform the works they have studied during the semester.

Details

April 27, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble Concert
2026-04-28 19:30 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble

Join us for an evening of live jazz as the Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos take the stage for a dynamic night of music.
Enjoy an energetic program showcasing the sounds of swing, Latin rhythms, bebop and funk performed by talented student musicians. From classic jazz standards to contemporary grooves, this concert promises an engaging and lively experience for all.

Details

April 28, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

End of Semester Student Recital
2026-04-29 17:00 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

End of Semester Student Recital

Students who participated in the Holy Cross Department of Music’s private lesson program will perform the works they have studied during the semester.
Please join us in celebrating their work!

Details

Apr 29, 20265 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

The Eighth Annual Gregorian Vespers
2026-04-30 18:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

The Eighth Annual Gregorian Vespers

Live Stream The Performance

Described as “Holy Cross’ (Unexpected) Hottest Course” by Holy Cross Magazine, the Gregorian Chant class led by Professors Daniel DiCenso and Laurence Rosania will deliver their Eighth Annual Gregorian Vespers performance in the majestic acoustics of the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel during its 102nd year.
Featuring over 30 student singers and lasting approximately 40 minutes, all are warmly invited to share in this evocative experience of sound and spirit.

Details

April 30, 20266 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert
2026-05-03 19:30 | DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –, 1 College St, Worcester, 01610, United States
Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert

Join us for this end-of-semester performance from the students in I Nyoman Catra’s Balinese dance and gamelan classes, in which they will display what they have learned in a delightful evening showcasing the Balinese performing arts.

Details

May 3, 2026
7:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert Hall
Prior Performing Arts Center

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series: James O’Donnell | Yale University
2026-09-01 19:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

James O'Donnell

Yale University

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series

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.

Details

September 1, 20267 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Polytope | Memory
2026-09-10 19:30 | Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Polytope

Memory

Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program

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Memory is a concert curated for Polytope Music’s 2026 residency program at Holy Cross. An immersive, interactive work featuring Jie Ma, pipa player (traditional Chinese lute), educator & sound artist; Brian Foreman, percussionist and electronic musician; and Professor Brian Saia, sound designer.
Where thousands of years of eastern tradition meet music technology, it’s an evening that asks the question: what does it mean to remember through sound?
The performance is the culmination of a residency that brings Polytope Music into the classroom, where students work alongside the artists to explore how tradition and technology can be woven into living sound. As the past speaks to the present, Memory does what music has always done best — it draws us toward connection across generations and cultures, time and space.

Details

September 10, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry, Reservation Required.

Venue

Boroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center

Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29, Brooks Scholar | September Serenade
2026-09-23 12:00 | The Beehive in The Prior, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

September Serenade

Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29, Brooks Scholar
Lunchtime Concert Series

Brooks Scholar Sophie Rose Riopel (saxophone & 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.
Inspired by Adderley’s tone, and Wilson’s expressive phrasing, the program highlights each artist’s broader repertoire and influence.

Details

September 23, 202612 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

“The Beehive” AtriumThe Prior Performing Arts Center

Wild & Tended | Mary Mackenzie, soprano & Matthew Jaskot, piano
2026-09-24 19:30 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble

Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program

Acclaimed Worcester-based soprano Mary Mackenzie and Matthew Jaskot present Wild & Tended, a program of art song for soprano & piano.
The art song is a cultivated form — it emerged in the early 19th century, as composers began to set poetry to music in a more deliberate and expressive way, using melody, harmony, and rhythm, to convey the emotional and psychological depth of the text. The 20th century saw significant changes in the genre, with the influence of atonality, serialism, folk music, and popular music.
Art song was born as an intimate genre, written to be performed in people’s homes — music for a room, for a gathered circle of friends, for a voice close enough to hear every detail. It continues to be a vibrant and diverse genre, and this program lives in that tension — between the wild and the tended — tracing the art song from its Romantic roots to music written in our own time.
Program to include works by Clara Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Arnold Schoenberg, Francis Poulenc, John Frantzen and more.

Details

September 24, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Traditional Irish Music
2026-09-28 12:00 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Traditional Irish Music

Accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair and Galway fiddle player Ellie Egan will play a selection of music from East Galway.
The traditional music of East Galway is known for its unhurried pace, lyrical expression, and strong rhythm. Unlike the faster, highly ornamented styles of other regions like Sligo, the East Galway style focuses closely on the smooth flow of the melody and a soulful, down-to-earth feel.
This concert will feature music from legendary east Galway figures such as Paddy Fahey, Paddy Kelly, Conor Tully, Paddy Carty and Joe Burke. They will be accompanied by Simon Lace (Guitar) and Brooks Scholar John Hannigan ’28 (Accordion & Fiddle).

Details

September 28, 202612 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Faculty Showcase Recital
2026-10-06 19:30 | Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Faculty Showcase Recital

Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, piano
Sergio Muñoz Leiva, viola
Aleksandra Labinska, violin

This program goes beyond showcasing virtuosity for its own sake, inviting listeners into a series of musical conversations. From the irresistible pulse of Piazzolla’s Libertango to the architectural clarity of Hindemith, the meditative timelessness of Pärt’s Fratres, the playful energy of Lauren Bernofsky’s Blue Monkey, and the lyrical warmth of Elaine Fine’s Trio, each work offers a distinct musical voice while exploring the many ways instruments can listen, respond, challenge, and inspire one another. Spanning nearly a century of musical styles, the program reveals how composers with remarkably different musical languages all found compelling ways to transform conversation into sound.
Astor Piazzolla | Libertango
Hindemith | Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 11 No. 4
Arvo Pärt | Fratres
Lauren Bernofsky | Blue Monkey
Elaine Fine | Trio for Violin, Viola, and piano

Details

October 6, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Holy Cross Wind Ensemble Concert | Nightfall
2026-10-23 19:30 | Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Nightfall

Holy Cross Wind Ensemble

The Holy Cross Wind Ensemble presents Nightfall, a concert inspired by the changing season and the transition from day into night. As October gives us darker evenings, the program takes listeners through autumn landscapes, shifting light, and imaginations running wild.
Autumn is a season of change. The brilliant colors of fall in New England gradually give way to bare branches and longer nights, creating a landscape that is stark, reflective, and mysterious.
The program begins in the warmth of the season with works such as Julie Giroux’s Bookmarks from Japan and Percy Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry. Eric Whitacre’s October captures the character of autumn itself, evoking the feelings of the season through rich musical colors.
As the evening unfolds, the music moves toward twilight, mystery, and darkness. Eric Whitacre’s Ghost Train draws upon American folklore and the imagination that emerges after nightfall. Together, these works trace a path from daylight into night and from autumn toward winter, exploring the beauty and mystery that accompany this seasonal transition.

Details

October 23, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Holy Cross Choir with guest composer Tõnu Kõrvits
2026-10-25 15:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Holy Cross Choir

with guest composer Tõnu Kõrvits

Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program

The Holy Cross College Choir will be performing a program of music from Scandinavia and the Baltics, featuring Kreek’s Notebook by Award-winning Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits.
Estonia has a rich tradition of choral music. The country plays host to the Estonian Song Festival, which started in 1869 and currently runs every five years, is one of the largest singing festivals in the world, welcoming over 100,000 people coming together to unite in song. Kreek’s Notebook celebrates the rich heritage of Estonian Choral Music through the use of native folk hymns collected by ethnomusicologist Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962). Korvits weaves sacred folk hymns and texts collected by Kreek into his own distinct musical language. A multi-movement work for string orchestra and choir, Kreek’s Notebook synthesizes traditional melodies with thrilling avant-garde string writing, inviting the listener into moments of spiritual contemplation and visceral passion.
Additional works on the program include music by Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Algirdas Martinaitis, and Laura Jekabsone.

Details

October 25, 20263 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series: Johann Vexo | Cathedral of Nancy, France
2026-10-27 19:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Johann Vexo

Cathedral of Nancy, France

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series

The 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.

Details

October 27, 2026
7 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Traditional Irish Music in Dinand & Fenwick Libraries
2026-10-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Dinand Library, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Traditional Irish Music in Dinand & Fenwick Libraries

Diarmuid Ó Meachair and John Hannigan (Accordions) will be joined by acclaimed musicians Liz Knowles (Fiddle player) of New England Conservatory and Kieran O’Hare (master Uileann Piper & Flute player) for this pair of afternoon concerts at the Dinand and Fenwick Libraries at Holy Cross.
Knowles and O’Hare are members of Open the Door for Three.

Details

October 28, 202612 p.m. in Dinand Library2 p.m. in Fenwick Library

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Dinand Library & Fenwick Library

Lunchtime Concert: Stay On It
2026-11-04 12:00 | The Beehive in The Prior, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Stay On It

Lunchtime Concert Series

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. Composed for an open instrumentation, the score calls for flexibility as performers make choices on what and when to play in real time, so that no two performances are ever the same.
Please join us for this exciting communal performance!

Details

November 4, 202612 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

“The Beehive” AtriumThe Prior Performing Arts Center

Chapel Artist Series: Sándor Kádár & Levente Kuzma
2026-11-10 19:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Sándor Kádár & Levente Kuzma

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series

Internationally recognized Hungarian organists join forces for a special performance on the world-renowned Taylor & Boody organ at Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel.

Details

November 10, 20267 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Holy Cross Orchestra Veterans Day Concert
2026-11-11 19:30 | Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Holy Cross Orchestra

Veterans Day Concert

The Holy Cross Orchestra presents a program honoring Veterans Day as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary.
Featuring music of remembrance and reflection, the concert recognizes the service and sacrifice of veterans at Holy Cross and beyond. This program will also feature Holy Cross Organ Scholar Ben Saylor, Class of 2030, performing George Frideric Handel’s Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major.

Details

November 11, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories | Amy Williams, piano
2026-11-12 19:30 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories

Amy Williams, piano

Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. ’57 Visiting Scholars Program

Morton Feldman’s extraordinary late solo piano work, Triadic Memories (1981), is a study in slowly evolving repetitions over the 75-minute duration. The composer described the piece as “the biggest butterfly in captivity.”
Exact repetitions, subtle variations, shifting patterns and fresh new materials are interwoven. Materials are constantly recontextualized, using different voicing and registers, changing one note of a chord, juxtaposing new harmonies—always changing and always soft. The piece is not outwardly triadic (the harmonies are built entirely of seconds, sevenths and augmented fourths), but triads emerge through the hazy resonance. Some materials happen only once, while others are repeated, varied and recontextualized.
The listener is taken on a journey of deep concentration and reflection. Pianist/composer Amy Williams has been connected to Feldman’s music since her childhood—her father and Feldman were close colleagues at the University of Buffalo. She has recorded and performed his music for nearly three decades.

Details

November 12, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Chapel Artist Series: Organ Scholar Jessica Nguyễn ‘28
2026-11-15 12:30 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Organ Scholar Jessica Nguyễn ‘28

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series

Join Holy Cross Organ Scholar Jessica Xuân-Mai Nguyễn ‘28 for an organ recital following the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, November 15.
This program will feature works by J.S. Bach, Josef Rheinberger and more, free and open to all.

Details

November 15, 202612:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Chamber Music Recital
2026-11-17 19:30 | Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Chamber Music Recital

Chamber music is played by small ensembles of two or more players such as duos, trios, quartets, etc., where every part is played by a single performer. Its intimate setting creates a process that is democratic, participative, and that across history has been compared to a conversation among friends.
This recital features the students who participate in the Chamber Music course as they perform the works they have studied during the semester.

Details

November 17, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Brooks Concert Hall

Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble Concert
2026-11-19 19:30 | Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble

Join us for an evening of live jazz as the Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos take the stage for a dynamic night of music.
This celebration of legendary jazz artists and composers from across the decades features an eclectic program showcasing the sounds of swing, Latin rhythms, bebop, and funk.
Performed by talented Holy Cross student musicians, the concert spans classic jazz standards and contemporary grooves, promising an engaging experience.

Details

November 19, 20267:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Chapel Artist Series: Ezequiel Menendez, College of the Holy Cross
2026-11-22 15:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Ezequiel Menendez

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series

On the Feast of Saint Cecilia, Professor Ezequiel Menéndez will present an organ recital featuring works based on the chorale Our Father, Who Art in Heaven (Vater unser im Himmelreich).
The program will explore a variety of musical settings of this beloved hymn by composers from different periods, highlighting its rich theological and musical heritage.

Details

November 22, 20263 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Forty-Eighth Annual Festival of Lessons & Carols
2026-12-03 20:00 | St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Music

Forty-Eighth Annnual Festival of Lessons & Carols

Please join us for the College’s Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols for Advent.
This year’s service will take place in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel on Thursday, December 3 at 8 p.m. — free entry, open to all.

Details

December 3, 20268 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert
2026-12-05 19:30 | Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert

Under the direction of Nyoman Catra, one of Bali’s most renowned master artists of traditional dance & theatre, our Balinese Dance and Gamelan students collaborate with guest artists for this fall concerts.
Always a highlight of our season and a treat for all ages, the Balinese Dance concert provides an opportunity for the community to experience the awe and wonder of the sacred art of Bali.

Details

December 5, 2026
7:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Boroughs Theatre
Prior Performing Arts Center
