BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Prior Performing Arts Center - ECPv6.9.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Prior Performing Arts Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140425 CREATED:20240717T161447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T213030Z UID:2206-1738265400-1738265400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Faculty Reading: Leah Hager Cohen DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Leah Hager Cohen\n \n \n \n \n \n Faculty Reading\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCollege of the Holy Cross faculty member and writer Leah Hager Cohen is featured in this Faculty Reading event sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. \nLeah Hager Cohen is the author of seven novels and five works of nonfiction\, which have been selected as best books of the year by the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Globe and Mail and others. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 30\, 20257:30 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBooth Media LabPrior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/leah-hager-cohen/ LOCATION:CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM – Booth Media Lab –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/leah-hager-cohen-landscape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250217 DTSTAMP:20260408T140425 CREATED:20240717T132510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T201728Z UID:2163-1738800000-1739750399@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Sweeney Todd DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Dance\n \n \n \n \n \n Sweeney Todd\n \n \n \n \n \n Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim\nBook by Hugh Wheeler from an adaptation by Christopher Bond\n \n Buy Tickets: Feb 6 - Feb 16\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd . . .” \nIn the nearly half-century since Stephen Sondheim’s adaptation of a delectably lurid nineteenth-century melodrama premiered on Broadway\, it has become a modern classic. The title character is perhaps the most frightening and complex anti-hero in musical theatre\, a barber whose fury and despair over the loss of his innocent wife to a pitiless predator turns him into a serial killer with a witty and imaginative partner in crime\, his landlady\, Mrs. Lovett. Containing his most ambitious and challenging music\, Sweeney Todd is a fitting tribute to the great composer-lyricist who died in 2021. \nDirected by Meaghan Deiter\, whose recent productions at the College include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and Sondheim’s Company.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEvening Presentations\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTHU FEB 6 @ 7:30 PMFRI FEB 7 @ 7:30 PMSAT FEB 8 @ 7:30 PMTHU FEB 13 @ 7:30 PMFRI FEB 14 @ 7:30 PM **SAT FEB 15 @ 7:30 PM \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMatinee Presentations\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSUN FEB 9 @ 2:00 PMSUN FEB 16 @ 2:00 PM \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n** Enjoy the perfect Valentine’s Day date night at Sweeney Todd with a buy-one-get-one ticket deal! Enter code “LOVETT” before choosing seats to unlock a $20 price for two tickets to our February 14 presentation. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 6\, 7\, 8\, 13\, 14\, and 15 at 7:30 PMFebruary 9 and 16 at 2:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n $20 Public | $15 Holy Cross Community \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/sweeney-todd/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sweeney-todd-horizontal-poster-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20240627T201624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T185631Z UID:2058-1739214000-1739214000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:August Wilson's Two Trains Running | The Acting Company DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2024-25\n \n \n \n \n \n August Wilson’s Two Trains Running\n \n \n \n \n \n The Acting Company\n \n \n \n \n \n Co-presented with the Division of Justice\, Equity\, Belonging\, and Identity\n \n Buy Tickets: Mon Feb 10\, 2025 @ 7:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThis event will sell out. Please check back frequently as additional tickets are being released. \nBeginning at 4:00 PM on February 10\, there will be an in-person wait list available for sign-ups on a first-come\, first-served basis at our Box Office table in the Beehive. We expect a limited number of seats to be available before show time so please consider arriving early to sign up for tickets if you have not registered already. \nFunded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts\, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTwo Trains Running is the 1960s chapter of acclaimed playwright August Wilson’s American Century Cycle\, a decade-by-decade saga of African American life in the 20th century. This fully designed\, fully staged production from The Acting Company is part of the first-ever tour authorized by the Wilson estate\, which The Prior presents in partnership with Connecticut College and Middlebury College. \nSet in Civil Rights era-Pittsburgh\, Two Trains Running this work tells the story of restaurant owner Memphis Lee and his host of regulars\, searching for work\, love\, and justice as their neighborhood changes in unpredictable ways. Accessible\, heartfelt\, and hilarious\, Two Trains Running is a lyrical tale of reinvention and reclamation: of finding out where you belong and how to take your place in the world. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 10\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n $55 | $45Prices are subject to change without notice \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatreThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/august-wilsons-two-trains-running/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Boroughs Theatre –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/two-trains-running-new-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20250122T162900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T162919Z UID:3457-1739458800-1739458800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Irish Music Hour DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Irish Music Hour\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDiarmuid Ó Meachair (button accordion & melodeon) and Matt Mulqueen (piano) will perform a program featuring the music of PJ Conlon (1920s\, New York) and Joe Derrane (1940s\, Boston). \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPeter Conlon\, the king of the melodeon was Peter James “PJ” Conlon\, an immigrant born in 1892 near Milltown\, County Galway who recorded some fifty commercial recordings between 1917 and 1929. PJ’s eldest sister Mary Ellen also played the melodeon and recorded a 78 rpm disc of her own in 1923. \nConlon began his recording career playing a German-made instrument like that used by John Kimmel but later switched to a more powerful eight-voice accordion from Baldoni Bartoli\, an Italian-American firm whose instruments became the preferred choice among Irish-American “box” players. He played at a fast pace but always in complete control\, and with a penchant for ornamentation and melodic variation. The Depression put an end to his recording career\, but Conlon continued to perform in bars and dance halls. A benefit concert was organized for him in 1935 at the fiddler James Morrison’s Celtic Hall in west Harlem. Though he lived until 1967\, Conlon was not musically active after 1951. His influence on later Irish players was immense and it could well be said that modern traditional Irish style on the button accordion started with P.J. Conlon. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoe Derrane electrified the world of Irish music back in the late 1940s when as a high school senior he recorded eight solo 78-rpm shellac discs for Boston’s Copley Records on the D/C# two-row button accordion. Through his recordings and performances\, this native Bostonian defined the state of the art in Irish-American button accordion playing. \nThe Boston-born son of Irish immigrants\, Joe Derrane was among the finest button accordionists in the history of Irish music. He was also a somewhat elusive legend in the genre. \nAfter recording during the 1940s and ‘50s\, he disappeared from the traditional music circuit for thirty-five years\, popping up again in 1994 at the Irish Folk Festival at Wolf Trap.  \nIn 2004 Derrane received one of the highest honors for a traditional musician: the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Feb 13\, 20253:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/irish-music-hour/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/irish-music-hour-meachair-mulqueen.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20241219T202723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T202723Z UID:3117-1739905200-1739905200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series | Members of the Worcester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Members of the Worcester Chapter of the American Guild of Organists\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nKristjon Imperio\, Trisha Snyder and Jonathan Bezdegian\nThe 2025 Chapel Artist Series continues with this exciting program of works by Bach\, Buxtehude and Mendelssohn performed by local organists in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at Holy Cross. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 18\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-chapel-artist-series-members-of-the-worcester-chapter-of-the-american-guild-of-organists/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/chapel-artist-series-organ-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20241219T203752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T203836Z UID:3125-1739966400-1739966400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert Series | Selections of Light and Dark: The Evolution Of The String Quartet DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Selections of Light and Dark: The Evolution Of The String Quartet\n \n \n \n \n \n Lunchtime Concert Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEmerson Lyons\, violin\nEmily Seiler\, violin\nSergio Muñoz Leiva\, viola\nJulianna Stratton\, cello\nThis program includes the first movements of Haydn’s Sunrise Quartet\, Mozart’s Dissonance Quartet\, and Schubert’s Death and The Maiden Quartet.  \nThese selections trace the evolution of the string quartet\, from Haydn’s radiant classical ideals to Schubert’s dramatic expressiveness\, and demonstrate the development of the string quartet through the 18th and 19th centuries. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 19\, 202512:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe BeehiveThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/lunchtime-concert-series-selections-of-light-and-dark-the-evolution-of-the-string-quartet/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – The Beehive –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/string-quartet-selections-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20250124T161053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T144626Z UID:3493-1740070800-1740070800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Miguel Luciano: Artist Talk DESCRIPTION:Above: Shields/Escudos\, 2020 (Collection of the National Gallery of Art) \n \n \n \n \n \n Department of Visual Arts\n \n \n \n \n \n Miguel Luciano: Artist Talk\n \n \n \n \n \n Co-sponsored by The Prior and the Departments of History; Visual Arts; Spanish; Critical Race & Ethnic Studies; Africana Studies; and Latin American\, Latinx & Caribbean Studies. \n \n \n \n \n \n Miguel Luciano is a multimedia visual artist whose work explores themes of history\, popular culture\, social justice and self-determination through painting\, sculpture\, and socially engaged public art projects. \nHis work explores colonial legacies and stories of resistance\, particularly in the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States\, and is featured in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art\, The Smithsonian American Art Museum\, National Portrait Gallery\, National Museum of African American History and Culture\, The Brooklyn Museum\, El Museo del Barrio\, and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. He lives and works in New York and is currently a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts and Yale University School of Art. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thursday\, February 205:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/miguel-luciano-artist-talk/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS – Luth Concert Hall\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/miguel-luciano-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20240717T155939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250117T173654Z UID:2200-1740079800-1740079800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Heather Treseler & John Hodgen DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Treseler & John Hodgen\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nIn this Working Writers Series presentation\, award-winning poets John Hodgen and Heather Treseler discuss and read from their latest collections of poetry —Hodgen’s What We May Be and Treseler’s Auguries & Divinations—in a call-and-response format.  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJohn Hodgen has published six books of poetry\, most recently What We May Be. His many awards include the AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry\, Grolier Prize for Poetry\, Bluestem Award\, Balcones Prize\, Foley Prize\, and prizes from Beloit Poetry Journal\, Birmingham Poetry Review\, and Yankee Magazine. He is Writer-in-Residence at Assumption University and advisory editor for New Letters.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHeather Treseler is the author of Auguries & Divinations\, winner of the 2023 May Sarton Poetry Prize\, and Parturition\, which received the 2019 Munster Literature Centre Chapbook Award and the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. Individual poems have won the W.B. Yeats Prize and prizes from Narrative and the Missouri Review. She is professor of English at Worcester State University.  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 20\, 20257:30 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBooth Media LabThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/heather-treseler-and-john-hodgen/ LOCATION:CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM – Booth Media Lab –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/treseler-hodgen-landscape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20250106T163258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T194702Z UID:3293-1740499200-1740499200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Form\, Structure\, and Symmetry: Bach in the Gallery DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Form\, Structure\, and Symmetry: Bach in the Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCello Concert + Talk\nThis immersive concert features selections from Bach’s iconic Cello Suites\, performed by Pietro Romussi ’27\, Brooks Scholar\, and Julianna Stratton ’26\, followed by a lively discussion on Bach\, math\, and symmetry between Mathematics Professor Gareth Roberts and artist Michael Beatty.  \nSet in the inspiring Cantor Gallery\, this unique program weaves together the intricate beauty of Bach’s compositions with the mathematical elegance and harmony of the sculptures on display. Attendees are invited to move freely through the gallery\, experiencing music and art in perfect dialogue. The 30-minute concert will be followed by a 30-minute talk\, which will also feature musical performances by Romussi and Stratton. \nPlease join us for what’s sure to be an engaging event and discussion! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 25\, 20254:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCantor Art GalleryThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/form-and-structure-bach-in-the-gallery/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/new-math-and-cellos-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250226T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140426 CREATED:20241219T204309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T162337Z UID:3132-1740600000-1740600000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Wind Ensemble & Orchestra | Game On: A Celebration of Video Game Music DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Wind Ensemble & Orchestra\n \n \n \n \n \n Game On: A Celebration of Video Game Music\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nVideo game music often transcends its digital origins\, offering timeless themes and otherworldly places. \nOn February 26\, The Holy Cross Wind Ensemble and Orchestra will present a joint concert featuring iconic melodies from the video game industry. This program will include classics like The Legend of Zelda\, Halo\, and Super Mario\, along with selections from lesser-known titles. \nThe performance will explore the deep connections between video game music and its classical and cinematic influences. Several pieces will be enhanced by multimedia displays\, immersing the audience even further into the worlds of these games. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Feberuary 26\, 20258:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-wind-ensemble-and-orchestra-concert/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wind-ensemble-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140427 CREATED:20241217T200834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T153630Z UID:2962-1740682800-1740682800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Jeremy Flower: A Series of Resolutions DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2024–25\n \n \n \n \n \n Jeremy Flower: A Series of Resolutions\n \n RSVP: Thu Feb 27\, 2025 @ 7:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nwith the Semiosis Quartet\n\nJeremy Flower\, multi-instrumentalist and composer of acoustic and electronic music\, will perform a piece commissioned by Composer-In-Residence Osvaldo Golijov at The Prior on February 27. \nLike much of Flower’s work\, A Series of Resolutions aims to live outside genre definitions\, creating a place where moments of harmonic exploration and dissonance can coexist with earnest melodies. The extended sonic tapestry allowed through live electronic manipulation of the string quartet is mixed with synthesized and sampled sounds which can sometimes leave the listener wondering where a particular sound is originating. \nFlower and Golijov have collaborated extensively on film and concert music\, most recently the score to Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis\, as well as the Grammy-nominated song cycle Ayre (2006) and the double Grammy Award-winning Ainadamar (2007). Flower finds himself at home on a concert stage supporting groups such as the Silkroad Ensemble\, or David Krakauer as well as in louder settings with long-time collaborators Carla Kihlstedt\, Matthias Bossi\, and Jon Evans. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n February 27\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free EntryRegistration Required \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/jeremy-flower/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Holy Cross Community,Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/jeremy-flower-landscape-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140427 CREATED:20241219T205935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T160406Z UID:3142-1741719600-1741719600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series | Matthew Luca DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Matthew Luca\, Holy Cross Organ Scholar ‘22\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRising star (and soon to be Dr.) Matthew Luca will perform an organ program with works by Buxtehude\, Scheid\, Bach and Reubke as part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series at the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCan’t join in person? Join a live stream of the performance via the YouTube link below:  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 11\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-chapel-artist-series-matthew-luca/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/matt-luca-organ-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140427 CREATED:20250219T185758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T203250Z UID:3614-1741802400-1741802400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lacina Coulibaly | Until the Lion Tells the Story... DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Dance\n \n \n \n \n \n Lacina Coulibaly\n \n \n \n \n \n Until the Lion Tells the Story…\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nUntil the Lion Tells the Story… invites audiences to embrace the wisdom of Africa as a vital perspective in understanding our shared humanity. Drawing on the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence\, Coulibaly builds a transformative narrative inspired by ancient Egyptian practices and the writings of African intellectuals like Omotunde Kalala and Cheikh Anta Diop. The work explores themes of history\, memory\, and self-renewal\, reminding us that reconnecting with our past is key to understanding ourselves. \nWith lighting design by Roderick Murray\, costume design by Oumar Ouedraogo\, and set design by Sylvester Akakpo\, this performance promises to be a rich blend of artistry and storytelling. Music inspired by African traditions and sound composition by Kimathi Moore further enhance the experience. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAbout the Artist\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBorn in Burkina Faso\, Lacina Coulibaly has crafted a career blending traditional African dance with contemporary influences\, creating a unique choreographic expression. His extensive experience spans collaborations with global companies\, teaching at esteemed institutions like Yale and Brown\, and performing in award-winning works. Coulibaly’s artistic vision bridges cultural traditions and modern innovations\, inspiring audiences worldwide. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “I have always believed that dance is the sovereign expression of African arts. Life is about achievements and failures\, and one should not allow themselves to fail twice in the same way. As I said\, I am expressing in my performance\, in my journey\, the path I choose: self-determination\, trust in myself\, and sovereignty.” \n Lacina Coulibaly\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 126:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/lacina-coulibaly/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/lacina-coulibaly-landscape-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140427 CREATED:20250128T195509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T213013Z UID:3518-1741885200-1741885200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Faculty & Artist Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Cantor Art Gallery\n \n \n \n \n \n Faculty & Artist Roundtable\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPlease join us at the Cantor Art Gallery for a spirited roundtable discussion about creativity\, curiosity\, and problem-solving across disciplines with the artist Michael Beatty and Holy Cross faculty. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 13\, 20255:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCantor Art GalleryThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/faculty-artist-roundtable/ LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ROUNDTABLE-GRAPHIC-WEB-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T180000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140427 CREATED:20240627T201641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T144623Z UID:2068-1742320800-1742320800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Jha D Amazi of MASS Design DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2024–25\n \n \n \n \n \n Jha D Amazi\n \n \n \n \n \n Residency supported by the Division of Justice\, Equity\, Belonging\, and Identity\n \n RSVP: Tue Mar 18\, 2025 @ 6:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nAs a Principal at MASS Design Group\, Jha D Amazi leads the Public Memory and Memorial Lab\, an ongoing research and design project which asks\, “How can spatializing memory support healing and inspire collective action for generations to come?” MASS Design’s Public Memory and Memorials Lab has engaged communities to design projects such as The Embrace (Boston\, MA)\, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Montgomery\, AL)\, and the Franklin Park Action Plan (Boston\, MA). Across its work\, the Lab honors the experiences\, histories\, and cultures of people historically denied representation in our memorial landscape. \nBeyond MASS\, Amazi is also a spoken word artist\, event producer\, and space maker for LGBTQ+ communities of color. With an M.Arch from the University of Pennsylvania\, Amazi has worked as a Designer at Sasaki and taught studio at the Boston Architectural College. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n“Design excellence should be defined by the impact a project (through all phases; conception\, construction\, and occupancy) has on the quality of life of those who experience the space.”   \n— Jha D Amazi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n\n \n \n \n \n \n March 18\, 20256:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry (RSVP Required) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert Hall\nThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/jha-d-amazi/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/amazi-landscape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T163000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20240717T160300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T174700Z UID:2202-1742488200-1742488200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Michelle Ephraim & Alizah Holstein DESCRIPTION:Michelle Ephraim & Alizah Holstein\n \n \n \n \n \n Co-sponsored by the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters and the Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMichelle Ephraim is a Shakespeare scholar and Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her debut book GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare (UMASS Press\, 2024) was awarded the 2023 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction. \nAlizah Holstein authored My Roman History (Viking Press\, June 2024). She holds a MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a PhD in medieval Italian History from Cornell University. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 20\, 20254:30 p.m. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRehm Library URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/michelle-ephraim-and-aliza-holstein/ LOCATION:CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM – Booth Media Lab –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ephraim-holstein.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T150000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20250122T163613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T164319Z UID:3463-1742914800-1742914800@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Irish Music Hour DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Irish Music Hour\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDiarmuid Ó Meachair (button accordion & melodeon) and Nathan Gourley (guitar) perform the music of the Dwyer family from The Beara Peninsula in West Cork\, Ireland. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Dwyer brothers\, John\, Richard\, Finbarr\, and Michael\, came from a musical family of nine children. Their father played the fiddle and their mother played accordion. Brothers Michael and Finbarr\, who died in 1997 and 2014 respectively\, were musicians and composers. Richard\, also a musician and composer\, now lives in Ennis\, Co. Clare. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mar 25\, 20253:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/irish-music-hour-mar-25/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/irish-music-hour-mar-25.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T210403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T210404Z UID:3148-1742929200-1742929200@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series | Gavin Klein\, Holy Cross Organ Scholar DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Gavin Klein\, Holy Cross Organ Scholar ‘26\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHoly Cross Organ Scholar Gavin Klein (Class of ‘26) will perform works by Buxtehude\, Bach\, Mendelssohn\, and Reger for the Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series at the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-chapel-artist-series-gavin-klein-holy-cross-organ-scholar/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/gavin-klein-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T120000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20250106T202029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250106T202029Z UID:3311-1742990400-1742990400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Lunchtime Concert | Two Piano Mini-Extravaganza DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Two Piano Mini Extravaganza\n \n \n \n \n \n Lunchtime Concert Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThis concert celebrates the two remarkable Steinway D pianos housed in Luth Concert Hall with performances by Music Department students and faculty. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 26\, 202512:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/lunchtime-concert-two-piano-mini-extravaganza/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/luth-concert-hall-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T211125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T211125Z UID:3153-1743192000-1743192000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome Piano Recital DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome Piano Recital\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nIn this one-hour recital\, pianist Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome invites you on a captivating journey through time and sound\, exploring the evolution of The Prelude. \nFrom its origins as a simple introduction in Bach’s day\, to the rich and varied forms it has taken across centuries\, this intimate program weaves together history and music\, illuminating the transformations of the prelude from the Baroque to the present. \nThrough Sonya’s insightful commentary\, you will be guided to a deeper\, personal connection with the genre’s remarkable journey. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 28\, 20258:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/sonya-ovrutsky-fensome-piano-recital/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sonya-piano-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250329T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250329T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T211632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T211632Z UID:3159-1743264000-1743264000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross College Choir DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross College Choir\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Holy Cross College Choir presents a program inspired by Gerald Gould’s poem “Wander-Thirst\,” featuring a setting by Florence Price. \nThe program explores themes and images present in the poetry pertaining to a thirst for adventure\, beautiful landscapes\, and personal transformation through the lens of choral music by 20th-century American composers. \n Celebrated selections include works by Moses Hogan\, Rollo Dilworth\, Margaret Bonds\, and Morten Lauridsen. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 29\, 20254:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-college-choir/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/holy-cross-college-choir.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250330T160000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20240627T201732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T200456Z UID:2032-1743350400-1743350400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Sphinx Virtuosi | American Form/s DESCRIPTION:Prior Presents 2024–25\n \n \n \n \n \n Sphinx Virtuosi\n \n \n \n \n \n American Form/s\n \n \n \n \n \n A co-production with Music Worcester\, Inc.\n \n Buy Tickets: Sun Mar 30\, 2025 @ 4:00 PM\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDescribed by the Washington Post as musicians who demonstrate “immeasurable power\, unwavering command and soulful beauty\,” the Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring chamber orchestra. It serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization\, a Detroit-based leading social justice non-profit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Comprised of 18 accomplished Black and Latinx artists\, a critical aim of the Sphinx Virtuosi is to evolve and transform the face of classical music through artistic excellence\, pioneering programming\, and impassioned community engagement. As a bilingual ensemble\, these artist-citizens break down existing barriers to foster connections with the broader community. \n\nThis co-production with celebrated Worcester arts presenter Music Worcester features American Form/s\, a journey through classically-framed infusions of soul\, bluegrass\, jazz\, blues\, and rag. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n“With a burst of new attention to phrases like diversity\, equity and inclusion over the past two years\, Sphinx’s steady\, patient work has come to seem prescient.”   \n— The New York Times \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 30\, 20254:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n $55 | $45 | $35Prices are subject to change without notice \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About The Artists\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About The Sphinx Organization\n The Sphinx Organization is dedicated to transforming lives through the power of the arts and has reached more than 100 million people worldwide. Focused on increasing representation in classical music and celebrating excellence\, Sphinx programs serve beginner students\, seasoned classical music professionals\, cultural entrepreneurs\, and artistic administrators by addressing the systemic lack of access within Black and Latino communities.  \nBased in Detroit\, Michigan\, with global reach\, Sphinx envisions a day in which our art form reflects our greater society\, where every young person has the opportunity to express themselves and learn classical music\, where audiences reflect the breadth of our community\, and where leadership – on stage and off – includes all deserving voices.  \nRead more about Sphinx’s programs at www.sphinxmusic.org. \n \n \n \n \n \n About The Sphinx Virtuosi\n The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring professional self-conducted chamber orchestra and serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization – the leading social justice non-profit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Comprised of 18 accomplished Black and Latino artists who reflect the highest level of musicianship in America\, a critical aim of the Sphinx Virtuosi is to evolve the breadth and impact of classical music through artistic excellence\, pioneering programming\, and impassioned community engagement. Its members serve as cultural ambassadors for audiences and communities around the United States and abroad. \nSince 2004\, the Sphinx Virtuosi’s concerts have been presented by leading arts organizations\, including annual return visits to Carnegie Hall as an established highlight of the fall season. Frequently selling out venues\, the ensemble has garnered effusive accolades\, including from The New York Times\, that has described the group as “top-notch…more essential at this moment than ever…a vibrant\, assured performance” and The Washington Post that wrote “true to their name\, the Sphinx Virtuosi call up the vision of an iconic mythological feline with its immeasurable power\, unwavering command\, and soulful beauty.” Their debut album\, Songs for Our Times\, was released on Deutsche Grammophon in July 2023 and represents the rich history of the Sphinx Organization and the vibrant future of classical music by centering the artistry of extraordinary composers and artistic visionaries.  \nTheir 2024-25 season includes performances for Washington Performing Arts and the John F. Kennedy Center\, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\, the Symphony Center Presents in Chicago\, IL\, and a return performance at the New World Symphony in Miami. \nHeralded for its kaleidoscopically varied repertoire and bold thematic programming\, Sphinx Virtuosi concerts give prominence to historically excluded composers such as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor\, Alberto Ginastera\, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson\, Florence Price\, Heitor Villa-Lobos\, and George Walker. In an effort to expand its repertoire and engage new audiences\, the ensemble commissions new works annually. Commissions have included major new works from Michael Abels\, Terence Blanchard\, Valerie Coleman\, Xavier Foley\, Ricardo Herz\, Jimmy Lopez\, Jessie Montgomery\, Daniel Bernard Roumain\, and Carlos Simon.  \nMembers of the Sphinx Virtuosi have performed as soloists with major American orchestras\, including the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland\, Detroit\, Atlanta\, Philadelphia\, Seattle\, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras. Members also hold professional orchestral and academic positions. The Sphinx Virtuosi’s community engagement initiatives regularly extend beyond masterclasses and workshops to members leading community empowerment initiatives within arts organizations and connecting with other Sphinx programming to further the mission of achieving excellence through inclusive programming. As a bilingual ensemble\, these artist-citizens frequently break down existing barriers empowering the artform to connect with the broader community. During the pandemic\, the ensemble found creative ways to connect with audiences and communities virtually through performances\, panel discussions\, masterclasses\, Q&A sessions\, and more reaching over 30\,000 people across 20 organizations. \nThe Sphinx Virtuosi has collaborated with major artists such as Terence Blanchard\, Denyce Graves\, Sweet Honey in the Rock\, Damien Sneed\, Will Liverman\, J’Nai Bridges\, and Davóne Tines\, among others. Outside of the classical realm\, its musicians have also worked with leading international artists such as Beyoncé and Jay-Z and made high-profile appearances\, including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and the broadcast of the 2022 GRAMMY Awards.  \nSphinx Virtuosi Tours are made possible through the support of Robert F. Smith\, JPMorgan Chase\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at www.sphinxmusic.org/sphinx-virtuosi. \n \n \n \n \n \n About percussionist Josh Jones\n \nA native of Chicago\, Illinois\, Josh Jones started hitting things at age 2 and received his first drum set at age 3. Josh began his formal studies in percussion with the Percussion Scholarship Program under the direction of Chicago Symphony member Patricia Dash\, and Chicago Lyric Opera member Douglas Waddell. He earned his Bachelor’s in Music from DePaul School of music and was the orchestra fellow of both the Detroit and Pittsburgh symphonies. In 2022\, Josh joined the Grant Park Festival Orchestra as Principal Percussionist. Josh has been featured at Carnegie Hall\, on radio and television\, and has had two short documentaries made about his musical development and experience. He also authored a percussion method book series\, “Spatial Studies for Hitting Things”\, and writes musical and philosophical blogs on his website\, drummojo.com. Josh really enjoys giving back to the community as well as mentoring young musicians and traveling. \n \n \n \n \n \n About co-presenter Music Worcester\n Celebrating More Than 160 Years of Music and Culture\nMusic Worcester\, Inc.\, originally known as the Worcester County Music Association\, for years ran the Worcester Music Festival. Current programs reflect the merger in the mid-1990s of the Festival with International Artists Series and the MA Jazz Festival. Great performances by world-renowned orchestras and guest soloists\, chamber music\, ballet\, world music and dance\, jazz and choral masterworks are hallmarks of Music Worcester’s annual operations. \nMultiple educational programs currently serve youth and families of greater Worcester: masterclasses by visiting artists\, Tickets to Opportunity\, Festival Singers\, in-schools residencies\, and the Young Artist Competitions. Integral to Music Worcester’s annual operations\, The Worcester Chorus has been part of the organization since the very first concert season in 1858. \nLearn more at MUSICWORCESTER.ORG \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Explore More URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/sphinx-virtuosi-american-forms/ LOCATION:PRIOR PRESENTS – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Prior Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sphinx-virtuosi-landscape.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250401T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T212210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T154041Z UID:3165-1743537600-1743537600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Brooks & Organ Scholars Concert DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Brooks Scholars Concert\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nThe Brooks and Organ Scholarships are four-year\, full tuition scholarships offered to a music major or double major in Music and another discipline. These students demonstrate outstanding accomplishment in their area of musical study as well as significant academic achievement. \nThe Department of Music is proud to present this concert featuring the Brooks and Organ Scholars\, its most accomplished student artists. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 1\, 20258:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/brooks-scholars-concert/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/brooks-and-organ-scholars-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250403 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250414 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20240717T131829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250330T175849Z UID:2160-1743638400-1744588799@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Enron by Lucy Prebble DESCRIPTION:Department of Theatre & Dance\n \n \n \n \n \n Enron\n \n \n \n \n \n by Lucy Prebble\n \n Buy Tickets: April 3-13\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHow much is an idea worth? For the American energy company Enron\, it was worth billions . . . until it wasn’t. When CEO Kenneth Lay gives golden boy Jeff Skilling free rein at Enron\, the company soars to new financial heights\, while whiz kid Andy Fastow struggles to keep the bubble from bursting. If more is always better and rules are only for everyday folks\, how could they possibly lose? \nThe British playwright Lucy Prebble’s darkly comic take on real-life events shows how ambition\, delusion and boy’s-club insiderism led to one of the biggest financial scandals of the new millennium. \nScott Malia directs. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nEVENING PRESENTATIONS\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTHU APR 3 @ 7:30 PMFRI APR 4 @ 7:30 PMSAT APR 5 @ 7:30 PMTHU APR 10 @ 7:30 PMFRI APR 11 @ 7:30 PMSAT APR 12 @ 7:30 PM \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMATINEE PRESENTATIONS\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSUN APR 6 @ 2:00 PMSUN APR 13 @ 2:00 PM \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 3\, 4\, 5\, 10\, 11\, and 12 at 7:30 PMApril 6 and 13 at 2:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n $15 Public | $10 Holy Cross Community \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact the box office at priorboxoffice@holycross.edu for assistance with Card to Culture ticket purchases. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBoroughs TheatreThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/enron/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Boroughs Theatre –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Theatre & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Enron_1920x1080.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20240717T160923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T214059Z UID:2204-1743708600-1743708600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Working Writers Series: Michelle Nijhuis DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Program\n \n \n \n \n \n Michelle Nijhuis\n \n \n \n \n \n Working Writers Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nMichelle Nijhuis is the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction. She is a contributing editor of High Country News and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. She has reported on science and the environment for National Geographic\, The Atlantic\, and The New York Times Magazine.  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 3\, 20257:30 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nRehm LibrarySmith Hall\, 3rd Floor URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/michelle-nijhuis/ LOCATION:CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM – Rehm Library in Smith Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Creative Writing Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/michelle-nijhuis-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T143000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20250122T164136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T194003Z UID:3470-1744122600-1744122600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Irish Music Concert | Diarmuid Ó Meachair & Friends DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Irish Music Concert: Diarmuid Ó Meachair & Friends\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nDiarmuid Ó Meachair (button accordion & melodeon) performs with friends Seamus Noonan (flute)\, Joe de Georgeo & Ellie Egan (fiddle)\, and Simon Lace (guitar). \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Apr 8\, 20252:30 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/irish-music-concert-diarmuid-o-meachair-friends/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/irish-music-april-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T200000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20250122T164752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T164810Z UID:3478-1744142400-1744142400@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Piano Studio Recital DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Piano Studio Recital\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJoin us for an inspiring evening of diverse repertoire performed by the talented students of the College of the Holy Cross Piano Department. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Apr 8\, 20258:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nBrooks Concert Hall URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/piano-studio-recital/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Brooks Concert Hall\, 1 College St.\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/brooks-hall-web-recital.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T213034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T124108Z UID:3172-1744563600-1744563600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Chamber Singers DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Chamber Singers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nChamber Singers presents a program of music centered around Holy Week. \nComposers have been inspired throughout history by this most spiritually charged week in the Christian liturgical calendar. Musical selections reflect the solemnity and contemplation inspired by the biblical texts describing the events preceding the crucifixion and include settings of Miserere mei Deus\, Ubi Caritas\, Wondrous Love\, Crucifixus\, and the celebrated Easter Cantata by J.S. Bach\, Christ lag in Todes Banden. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 13\, 20255:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-chamber-singers/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/chamber-singers-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T193000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20250122T165016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T155002Z UID:3178-1744659000-1744659000@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:CANCELED: Bala Brass Quartet DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Bala Brass Quartet\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTHIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN CANCELED.  \nThe award-winning Bala Chamber Brass presents their second concert of the season\, featuring two new works for brass quintet by Holy Cross faculty composers Chris Arrell and Matthew Jaskot. Other pieces include Morley Calvert’s Suite from the Monteregian Hills\, and Robert Bradshaw’s “Right Then. Same Time Tomorrow?” \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 14\, 20257:30 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/bala-brass-quartet/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – Luth Concert Hall –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/new-bala-brass-web.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250415T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T140428 CREATED:20241219T214147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T214147Z UID:3182-1744743600-1744743600@priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu SUMMARY:Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series | Jessica Nguyen\, Holy Cross Organ Scholar DESCRIPTION:Department of Music\n \n \n \n \n \n Jessica Nguyen\, Holy Cross Organ Scholar ‘28\n \n \n \n \n \n Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHoly Cross Organ Scholar Jessica Nguyen (Class of 2028) will perform her first recital at Holy Cross featuring works by Da Grigny\, Mendelssohn\, Bohm\, and Bach. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \n \n \n \n \n April 15\, 20257:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Price\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Free Entry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Venue\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSt. Joseph Memorial Chapel URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/holy-cross-chapel-artist-series-jessica-nguyen-holy-cross-organ-scholar/ LOCATION:DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC – St. Joseph Memorial Chapel –\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/jessica-nguyen-web.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR