Pamela Z: Lecture-Demonstration

DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - Booth Media Lab - 1 College St, Worcester, United States

Pamela Z, a pioneering composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist, blends live looping, extended vocal techniques, and custom-designed, gesture-controlled music technology to create interactive, multilayered performances that fuse sound, image, and movement. Join us for this lecture-demonstration at The Prior's Booth Media Lab, part of Pamela Z’s five-day residency with the Departments of Music and Computer Science as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Free and open to the public.

Pamela Z: Recital

DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, United States

Pamela Z, a pioneering composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist, blends live looping, extended vocal techniques, and custom-designed, gesture-controlled music technology to create interactive, multilayered performances that fuse sound, image, and movement. Join us at The Prior’s Luth Concert Hall for a dynamic and immersive recital by Pamela Z, showcasing her work for voice, electronics, and video. Part of her five-day residency with the Departments of Music and Computer Science as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner, the recital opens with Holy Cross students, led by Prof. Sergio Muñoz Leiva, performing alongside Z in a realization of her Twenty Answers, for chamber ensemble and magic oracle. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost. Free and open to the public.

Irish Music & Song with Liz Knowles*

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - Brooks Concert Hall 1 College St., Worcester, MA, United States

Join us for a collaboration of music & song with Liz Knowles, fiddle, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, accordion & voice, and John Hannagan Brooks Scholar, fiddle and accordion, Ulysses Loken, piano. *Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.

Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series: Ezequiel Menendez

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - St. Joseph Memorial Chapel - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Dr. Ezequiel Menendez, Artist-in-Residence and Organ Professor at the College of the Holy Cross, will perform a captivating recital titled Passacaglias: Past and Present.

Mike Monaghan & Friends

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Renowned jazz musician Mike Monaghan and his friends, Ben Cook, Marshall Wood, Marty Richards, John Wilkins will perform an exciting evening of jazz improvisation.

Osvaldo Golijov | Creation

PRIOR PRESENTS - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

From Grammy- and MacArthur-winner Osvaldo Golijov, The Prior's Composer-in-Residence, comes a thrilling new work-in-progress on the creation of the universe. At this special sneak peek, audiences will hear selections performed by three of Golijov’s closest collaborators, each of whom embody entire cosmogonies in their music-making. Reservations limited to students, staff and faculty of Holy Cross.

Living Threads: Community, Culture and the Áo Dài

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Step out in style and join us for an unforgettable afternoon filled with food, art and Polaroids -- come dressed to impress! Explore The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War through guided gallery tours, then make your mark on our Living Áo Dài with a hands-on fabric art project.

Holy Cross Wind Ensemble | Living Landscapes

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - Luth Concert Hall - 1 College St, Worcester, MA, United States

Join the Holy Cross Wind Ensemble for Living Landscapes, an exploration of the relationship between global cultures and their natural environments.

Rasa String Quartet: Chamber Music Masterclass*

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC - Brooks Concert Hall 1 College St., Worcester, MA, United States

A masterclass presented by the Rasa String Quartet as part of their visiting artist residency, featuring student ensembles from the Chamber Music course. Ensembles and repertoire will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event. Free and open to the public. *Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.