Enjoy a foot tapping performance of traditional Irish music by Diarmuid Ó Meachair, accordion; John Hannigan ‘28 Brooks Scholar, accordion; and Ulysses Loken, piano. This performance will be followed by a Flanagan Brothers presentation by Dan Neely, Banjo; Matt Mulqueen, Piano; and Diarmuid Ó Meachair, melodeon.
A pop-up concert of Traditional Irish Music - experience the lively spirit of Irish music at a traditional Irish music pop-up concert! Join us for an energetic performance featuring traditional jigs and reels.
A pop-up concert of Traditional Irish Music - experience the lively spirit of Irish music at a traditional Irish music pop-up concert! Join us for an energetic performance featuring traditional jigs and reels.
Martin Jean holds a secure place within the highest ranks of the world’s concert organists and is recognized widely as a brilliant, warmly communicative artist whose playing exhibits “visceral intensity, expressive eloquence, and exquisite elegance.”
Marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, The Odyssey–from Vietnam to America explores the personal and spiritual journeys of the Vietnamese refugees known as “Boat People.” Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ and the Blood Moon Orchestra perform with the Arneis Quartet in a special performance at College of the Holy Cross.
The program will feature a collection of original compositions featuring voice and acoustic guitar. Inspired by the passing of time, the natural world, and the human experience, the pieces highlight personal experiences and stories through indie-folk style music.
This concert will include premiere performances of The Voices We Wear by Julianna Stratton ‘26 and Songs under a Cricket Moon by Nate Murrary ‘26. These song cycles were inspired by reflections on life, love, and longing, and were written as one component of Weiss Summer Research projects.
The program will feature music for Baroque violin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, Georg Friedrich Handel and Domenico Scarlatti.
Guest artists Alice Jones (flute) and Alexander Davis (bassoon) join the Holy Cross Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Carney, for the world premiere of Matthew Jaskot’s double concerto, By the Ocean in May. *Funded by The Patrick E. Moriarty, M.D. '57 Visiting Scholars Program.
Ferris Jabr, New York Times-bestselling author of Becoming Earth, will read from and discuss his work followed by a Q&A in this Working Writers Series presentation from the Creative Writing Program at Holy Cross.
