Faculty Spotlight
Visiting Professor Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Cork accordionist, has carved out a career in music by taking ‘huge opportunities’ in America.
Our academic courses challenge students from across the curriculum to think, speak and write effectively about music.
The Brooks Scholarship is a four-year, full tuition scholarship offered to a high school senior who will major in music or double major in music and another discipline.
Contact Alice Resker (include scholarship title in subject line) for application details.
The Organ Scholarship is a four-year, full tuition scholarship offered by the College of the Holy Cross through the Department of Music, in collaboration with the Office of the College Chaplains, to a high school senior who will major in music or double major in music and another discipline. The recipient of this scholarship will have at his/her disposal the 1985 four-manual, 50-stop mechanical action organ built by Taylor & Boody Organ builders, located in the beautiful St. Joseph Memorial Chapel.
Music majors are welcome to work with faculty advisors on original research as part of the Summer Research program.
Two prizes are awarded each year to a Holy Cross senior:
Beethoven Prize for the best essay or composition.
Walter Gordon Howe Prize for excellence in percussion performance.
Members of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) are elected by all music majors in the spring of each year. The music department frequently consults with the SAC regarding issues of class offerings, programming and events. The SAC administers course evaluation forms for every music course at the end of each semester. SAC officers also help in the evaluation of faculty in terms of appointment, tenure or promotion.
Instrument | Faculty Member | |
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Accordion | Dairmuid Ó Meachair | domeachair@holycross.edu |
Bassoon | Stephanie Busby | stephaniebusby@gmail.com |
Cello | Mina Kim | mkim@holycross.edu |
Clarinet | William Kirkley | wkirkley@holycross.edu |
Double Bass | John (Bebo) Shiu | jshiu@holycross.edu |
Double Bass | Steve Skop | sskop@holycross.edu |
Flute | Ona Jonaytite | ojonaity@holycross.edu |
French Horn | Marina Krickler | mkrickle@holycross.edu |
Guitar | Jeffrey Nevaras | jnevaras@holycross.edu |
Oboe | Joe Halko | joeoboe.halko@gmail.com |
Percussion/Drums | Jonathan Hess | jhess@holycross.edu |
Piano | Ulysses Loken | uloken@holycross.edu |
Piano | Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome | sovrutsk@holycross.edu |
Piano | Jonathan Yasuda | jyasuda@holycross.edu |
Saxophone | Michael Monaghan | mmonagha@holycross.edu |
Trombone | Douglas Weeks | dweeks@wpi.edu |
Trumpet | Bruce Hopkins | bhopkins@holycross.edu |
Viola | Sergio Muñoz Leiva | smunoz@holycross.edu |
Violin | Aleksandra Labinska | alabinsk@holycross.edu |
Voice | Marsha Vleck | mrvleck@aol.com |
Voice | Bill Cotten | wcotten@holycross.edu |
We offer frequent opportunities for students to rehearse and perform in vocal and instrumental ensembles, covering a wide spectrum of musical styles. All students are welcome to join.
Explore past ensemble performances.
Chapel Choir sings a diverse range of liturgical music — both traditional and contemporary — to lead worship at the 7 p.m. Sunday Mass in Mary Chapel, the College’s largest weekly worship service.