Department of Music
Calendar of Events
Spring 2023
Thursday, February 16, 12:30 pm
Chertsey Chamber Music
Beehive
Prior Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, February 22, 8 pm
Chertsey orchestra recital
Beehive
Prior Performing Arts Center
Tuesday Feb 28, 12:30
Lunchtime concert
Rhapsody in Blue
Robert Gardner, piano
Matthew Jaskot, piano
Luth Concert Hall
Prior Performing Arts Center
This lunchtime concert features Brooks Scholar Robert Gardner ('26) performing George Gershwin's iconic work, Rhapsody in Blue, in a two piano version with Professor Matthew Jaskot. Blending elements of jazz, blues, and classical music, Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most recognizable compositions in music history. Gershwin's Three Preludes will also be performed as an appetizer to the main course. The concert will be roughly thirty minutes long. Come join us to hear this brilliant music and to celebrate the two brand new Steinway Ds housed in the Prior Performing Arts Center!
Sponsored by the Prior Performing Arts Center and the Music Department
Wednesday, March 1, 8 pm
Holy Cross Wind Ensemble & Orchestra concert
Luth Concert Hall
Prior Performing Arts Center
Join us for an unforgettable musical journey as the Holy Cross Orchestra and Wind Ensemble come together to present a concert celebrating the theme of darkness and light. The performance will feature works by Joseph Bologne, Chen Yi, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Haley Woodrow, as well as film music from “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Dark Knight.”
Tuesday, March 14, 7 pm-This concert has been cancelled in person due to the snowstorm.
Please watch the pre-recording of the concert on March 14 at 7 pm at this link https://linktr.ee/hcmusic
Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series
Marie Rubis Bauer, Director of Music/Cathedral Organist
Saint Cecilia Cathedral and Archdiocese of Omaha
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Stylus Fantasticus! Baroque expressions on the Taylor & Boody
Tuesday March 21, 12:30 pm
Lunchtime Concert
Ari Kiirikki, flute
Joe Cracolici, cello
The Beehive
Prior Performing Arts Center
This lunchtime concert features a unique version of Robert Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe, performed by Brooks Scholars Ari Kiirikki ('25) and Joseph Cracolici ('23) on flute and cello in the intimate setting of the Prior Center Beehive. They will be joined by Matthew Jaskot (piano). Heine's poetry will also be read by members of the German Studies Department. The concert will be about 30 minutes long.
Sponsored by the Prior Performing Arts Center and the Music Department
Thursday, March 23, 5:30 pm
Chertsey Tile Exhibit concert
Chamber Singers
The Beehive
Prior Center for Performing Arts
Come join us for an exciting mini-concert of music inspired by the intersection of religion and culture demonstrated in the Chertsey Tile exhibit. Each musical selection is connected to Jerusalem, exploring broader themes of cross-cultural influences and outsider perspectives of people passing through. We will be singing music by the 9th-century Byzantine nun, Kassia, as well as a selection from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, a piece by Gesualdo, and a prayer for peace based on an ancient Sufi melody.
Wednesday, March 29, 1 pm
Chertsey Chant recital
Chants from a Benedictine Monastery
Beehive
Prior Performing Arts Center
The Gregorian Chant class of Prof. Daniel DiCenso, directed by Laurence Rosania, Director of Music & Liturgy, will present "The Office of Nones" , a brief example of midday prayer sung in monasteries of the Middle Ages. The service itself -- based on the Benedictine Rule -- might have been something heard in 1250 at Chertsey Abbey around the time the tiles were created, giving us a link through music to this medieval masterpiece.
Saturday, April 1, 4 pm
Holy Cross College Choir
Celecstial Harp
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Live-Stream available at: https://linktr.ee/hcmusic
The College Choir will be performing sacred music inspired by the harp. Our program includes a rousing selection from Joseph Hadyn Creation: “Awake the Harp,” followed by César Franck’s heavenly Panis Angelicus, accompanied by the harp. The harp appears as the subject of the traditional hymn, Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal, in an arrangement of the Sacred Harp tune by Alice Parker, and Rollo Dilworth’s hopeful and buoyant arrangement of Little David, Play on Your Harp. Our program will culminate with the exquisite Requiem by Gabriel Fauré. At times transcendent, powerful, ethereal; Requiem contains breathtaking examples of the composer’s most gorgeous melodic writing and rich orchestral colors.
Tuesday, April 4, 12:30 pm
Lunchtime Concert
Blues, Jazz & Funk
Student Jazz Quartet
Rhiannon Hurst, vocals
Jesse Carson, guitar
Matt Irving, bass
Koe Bolat, drums
The Beehive
Prior Performing Arts Center
Come and hear an eclectic collection of music ranging from blues, to jazz, to funk! Vocalist and Brooks Scholar Rhiannon Hurst ’25 will be joined by Jesse Carson ’23 on guitar, Matt Irving ’26 on bass, and Koe Bolat ’23 on drums. Sponsored by the Prior Performing Arts Center and the Department of Music.
Sponsored by the Prior Performing Arts Center and the Music Department
Tuesday, April 11, 8 pm
Brooks Scholar concert
Brooks Concert Hall
This recital features the Brooks Scholars, the Department of Music's full-tuition scholarship program for students with outstanding academic and performance/composition achievement.
Friday, April 14, 8 pm
Holy Cross Chamber Singers
STARS
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Come join us for an evening of music about those great heavenly bodies: radiant, sparkling, luminous stars. We are thrilled to be joined by friends within the department and across campus to bring you musical expressions of what humans have felt for centuries looking up at the stars: humility, awe, hope, wonder. In the secular texts we will be sharing with you, the stars
Saturday, April 15, 4 pm
Rhiannon Hurst
Solo Jazz recital
Brooks Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 18, 7 pm
Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series
Gavin Klein ‘26, Organ Scholar
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Rising star Gavin Klein performs his first recital at the Holy Cross.
Sunday, April 22, 2 pm
Senior recital
Carina Gregori Asadourian, soprano
Brooks Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 25, 8 pm
Jazz Ensemble concert
Brooks Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 26, 8 pm
Holy Cross Orchestra & Holy Cross Choirs
Academic Conference Concert
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Live-Stream available at: https://linktr.ee/hcmusic
Friday, April 28, 4 pm
End of Semester Student Recital
Brooks Concert Hall
Saturday, April 29th, 2 pm
Senior recital
Mia Beviglia, piano
Brooks Concert Hall
Saturday, April 29th, 4:30 pm
Senior recital
Joseph Cracolici, cello
Brooks Concert Hall
Sunday, April 30th, 2 pm
Senior recital
Natasha Rollo, soprano
Brooks Concert Hall
Monday, May 1, 8 pm
Chamber Music Concert
Brooks Concert Hall
Tuesday, May 2, 8 pm
Senior recital
Anthony Cash, tenor
Brooks Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 3, 8 pm
Holy Cross Wind Ensemble
Luth Concert Hall
Prior Performing Arts Center
Live-Stream available at: https://linktr.ee/hcmusic
Thursday, May 4, 6 pm
Fifth Annual Gregorian Vespers
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Saturday, May 6, 7:30 pm
Gamelan Gita Sari Concert
Boroughs Theater
Prior Performing Arts Center