Accordion player Diarmuid Ó Meachair and Galway fiddle player Ellie Egan will perform a program of music from legendary east Galway figures such as Paddy Fahey, Paddy Kelly, Conor Tully, Paddy Carty and Joe Burke, accompanied by Simon Lace (Guitar) and Brooks Scholar John Hannigan '28 (Accordion & Fiddle).
Spanning nearly a century of musical styles, this program from Holy Cross Department of Music Faculty reveals how composers with remarkably different musical languages all found compelling ways to transform conversation into sound.
Reem Jubran’s Distinguished Visiting Practitioner residency opens with a screening of LA Rebellion, a PBS documentary featuring Jubran and historicizing diverse and oppressed voices as emerging storytellers of their communities’ experiences. The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion.
Join us for a Working Writers Series presentation from the Creative Writing Program at College of the Holy Cross featuring award-winning poets Yona Harvey & Gary Jackson.
The Holy Cross Wind Ensemble presents Nightfall, a program inspired by the changing season and the transition from day into night featuring works by Giroux, Grainger, Standridge, Whitacre and more.
Award-winning Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits will be joining the Holy Cross musical community for a residency from October 20–25, 2026 in preparation for a performance of Kreek’s Notebook .
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.
Diarmuid Ó Meachair and John Hannigan (Accordions) will be joined by acclaimed Irish musicians Liz Knowles (Fiddle) of NEC and Kieran O'Hare (Uileann Piper & Flute) for a 12 p.m. performance at Dinand Library and a 2 p.m. performance at Fenwick Library.
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.
For over four decades on the concert stage, the Grammy® Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) has continually set the standard for expression and virtuosity among guitar ensembles. Their critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground.