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calendarAll events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

■ ARTS TRANSCENDING BORDERS■ CREATIVE WRITING■ THEATRE & DANCE■ CANTOR ART GALLERY■ MUSIC

JAN 23An Evening with Silkroad, featuring Golijov’s FallingOut of Time

Work-in-Progress Sharing

Silkroad’s three-year exploration of curiosity, difference, and the arts within the Holy Cross community continues with a work-in-progress sharing of Loyola Professor of Music Osvaldo Golijov’s Falling Out of Time. This Silkroad commission is inspired by David Grossman’s genre-defying exploration of grief and loss. In a voice that draws from the musical and narrative roots of the early Delta Blues and the ballads of Central Asia, Golijov gives new expression to the notion that, as Edward Hirsch writes in his New York Times review of the book, “Grief is democratic. It crosses barriers and strikes at will.”

TICKET BOX OFFICE (508) 793-3835 or visit holycross.edu/atb/visit7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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JAN 24Rodin: Truth, Form, LifeSelections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection

The inaugural exhibition of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery on campus in 1983 featured thirty-one bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin from the collection of the Cantors. Thirty-five years later, in celebration of the Gallery’s anniversary and in conjunction with the College’s one hundred and seventy-fifth, Rodin’s sculptures will again grace O’Kane Hall. In addition to the twenty-two pieces on loan from the Cantor Foundation, the exhibition will feature several Rodin sculptures from the College’s permanent collection.

See panel for more information

Opening Reception5 – 6:30 P.M. │ CANTOR ART GALLERY

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JAN 31 – FEB 10Little WomenBook by Allan Knee, based on the novel by Louisa May AlcottMusic by Jason Howland and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein

A musical version of the beloved classic about four sisters in 1860s Massachusetts: conventional, maternal Meg; rebellious, tomboyish Jo, who longs to be a writer; the fragile homebody Beth; and Amy, the baby of the family, pampered and vain but loveable. The play begins during the Civil War, when the girls live in genteel poverty with their mother, Marmee, the guiding light of their lives, while their father is away at the front as an army chaplain. Meaghan Deiter directs this indelible coming-of-age story.

TICKET BOX OFFICE (508) 793-24967:30 P.M. (JAN. 31, FEB. 1-2 & 7-9)

2:30 P.M. (FEB. 3 & 10)

FENWICK THEATRE, O’KANE HALL

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FEB 4Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCEAs part of a Spring ’19 residency exploring dance, community and spirituality, members of Ronald K. Brown's EVIDENCE company join him in an informal showing of excerpts highlighting the company's seamless integration of African forms and contemporary choreography.

5:30 P.M. │ THE PIT, O'KANE HALL

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FEB 5First Tuesday Lunch ConcertEnjoy a relaxing half hour at the first installment of the First Tuesday Lunch Concert Series. The series features short and enjoyable concerts by our Artists-in-Residence, various guest artists, and students.

12:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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Reading by Robin HemleyRobin Hemley is the Jenks Chair of Creative Writing at Holy Cross. He is an international writer who has published a dozen books as well as essays and short stories around the world. The Founder and past President of NonfictioNow, he has received many awards and grants for his writing, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, and the Nelson Algren Award for Fiction from the Chicago Tribune.

7:30 P.M. │ REHM LIBRARY

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Beethoven Piano Sonatas MarathonFeaturing the piano students of Adam Golka7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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FEB 11Vocation of the Writer Talk by Laura van den Berg

Join us as we hear Laura van den Berg, whose most recent novel, The Third Hotel, was an ABA IndieNext Pick, a Powell’s Books Indiespensable Pick, and an Amazon Best Book of August. She is a Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Fiction at Harvard. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.

7:30 P.M. │ REHM LIBRARY

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FEB 12Artists-in-Residence ConcertAdam Golka and Jan Müller-Szeraws will perform with guest violinist Johnny Gandelsman.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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FEB 20Reading by Stephanie Elizondo GriestCome hear a reading by globetrotting author from South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest. Her five books include Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana; Mexican Enough; and All the Agents & Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands. She has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, VQR, The Believer, and The Oxford American. Co-sponsored by Creative Writing and the Jenks Chair of Creative Writing.

7:30 P.M. │ LOCATION TBA

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FEB 21Just D.A.N.C.E.featuring Alicia Kosack, flute / Laura Armstrong, clarinet / Matthew Jaskot, piano

Guest artists Alicia Kosack and Laura Armstrong join Matthew Jaskot in presenting music inspired by dance. The program will include choreography provided by students and faculty from the Holy Cross Dance Department and music by Valerie Coleman, Claude Debussy, Osvaldo Golijov and Libby Larsen. The featured composition is Jaskot’s modern take on the traditional dance suite, entitled Dense, Angular, Nuanced, Cosmic Energy.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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FEB 24Senior RecitalLorraine Mihaliak, organ

Holy Cross Organ Scholar ‘18

3 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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FEB 26Global Voices7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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MAR 12First Tuesday Lunch Concert12:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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MAR 17Holy Cross Chapel Artists SeriesBenjamin Alard, organ

Organist at Church of Saint-Louis-en-Île, Paris, France

3 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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MAR 19Artists-in-Residence Concert7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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MAR 21– 24Into the WoodsA Musical: Book by James Lapine; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

In composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim and playwright James Lapine’s mash-up of familiar fairy tales, Cinderella and Rapunzel and their hopeful princes, Jack (of the Beanstalk), Little Red Riding Hood, and the Baker and his wife are plucked out of the pages of the Grimm Brothers and given a modern psychologist twist. Erin Leslie ’19 directs this Alternate College Theatre production.

TICKET BOX OFFICE (508) 793-35367:30 P.M. (MAR. 21-23)

2 P.M. (MAR. 24)

THE PIT, O’KANE HALL

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MAR 29Music and the Jesuits: A 175th CelebrationMany Holy Cross musical ensembles and performers will join together for this jubilant celebration of the Jesuits and their multifaceted relationship to music: as composers, performers, scholars, patrons, dedicatees, and more. The musical program will consist of music by Jesuit composers, settings of Jesuit poetry, commissions by Jesuit institutions – all honoring the historical influence of Jesuits on our musical life. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Office of the College Chaplains, the Office of Mission and Identity and the 175th Anniversary Committee. An event of the 175th Anniversary of the College.

See panel for more information

7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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APR 2First Tuesday Lunch Concert12:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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APR 4Reading by Ira SukrungruangJoin us to hear Ira Sukrungruang, the author of the nonfiction books Buddha’s Dog & Other Meditations, Southside Buddhist and Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy, the short story collection The Melting Season, and the poetry collection In Thailand It Is Night. He is the recipient of the 2015 American Book Award, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Nonfiction Literature, an Arts and Letters Fellowship, and the Emerging Writer Fellowship. He teaches in the MFA program at University of South Florida.

7:30 P.M. │ LOCATION TBA

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Song ConcertJoin us for an intimate concert of love songs by Schubert, Barber, and other notable art-song composers. Come and hear about all the different aspects of love, from the joyous to the heart-breaking to the hilarious.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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APR 4–6 & 11–13Once in a LifetimeBy George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

When the phenomenon of talking movies revolutionizes popular entertainment in the late 1920s, a trio of vaudeville performers travels west to get in on the new game and make their fortunes. Kaufman and Hart’s marvelous comedy, devised while the talkies were still young, is perhaps the funniest, savviest and most sharp-witted satire of Hollywood ever written by Americans. Directed by Steve Vineberg.

TICKET BOX OFFICE (508) 793-24967:30 P.M. │ FENWICK THEATRE, O’KANE HALL

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APR 12Holy Cross Chamber SingersThe Chamber Singers will share works of the Spanish Renaissance Jesuit composer Tomas Luis de Victoria, together with his mentor, and the most famous composer of his day, the Italian Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. These two composers represent the height of the Renaissance musical genius; don’t miss this transcendent program.

7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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APR 16Holy Cross Jazz EnsembleSpring ConcertAn evening of Big Band Jazz music from the Classic to the Contemporary. The band will play music drawn from the libraries of jazz legends Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Buddy Rich, as well as contemporary jazz artists Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis. Our student soloists will be featured throughout the concert. Also performing this evening will be the Brooks Combo, a small jazz group made up of members of the Jazz Ensemble.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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APR 24Academic Conference Presentations by Senior ArtistsSenior Concentration Seminar Exhibition 2019

Presentations of the Studio Concentration Seminar students as part of the Academic Conference. (See April 25 event)

12 P.M. │ CANTOR ART GALLERY

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Holy Cross Orchestra7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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APR 25Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition 2019

Senior majors participating in the year-long Studio Concentration Seminar offered by the Visual Arts Department present their graduation thesis exhibition at the Cantor Art Gallery. The students work with visual arts faculty and gallery director Roger Hankins, during both the fall and spring semesters, developing their individual vision, skills, and studio practices, leading to the presentation of a cohesive body of work at the Cantor.

Opening Reception5:30 – 7 P.M. │ CANTOR ART GALLERY

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APR 26Spring Chamber Music Recital4 P.M. │ MARY CHAPEL

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H-CLEF ConcertJoin the Holy Cross Laptop Ensemble Federation for an evening of silent film accompanied by live music performed on DIY synthesizers, repurposed smart phones and hacked game controllers.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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APR 27Holy Cross College ChoirGiacomo Carissimi was the first great composer of oratorios, and his influence on the form has lasted for hundreds of years. Hear his most famous oratorio, Jephte, the tragic Hebrew Bible story of the general Jephte, his daughter, and the heart-breaking results of his vow to God. The final chorus is one of the most beautiful works in the choral repertoire. All of the highly dramatic vocal solos will be performed by students.

7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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APR 28Holy Cross Concert BandThe Holy Cross Concert Band, led by Director of Bands Dr. Ernest Jennings, will present its spring concert entitled “Contemporary Classics”. This concert will feature standard and contemporary works for wind band by a diverse list of composers for the medium. Please join us for an afternoon of exciting music.

2 P.M. │ HOGAN BALLROOM

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Holy Cross Chapel Artists SeriesPavel Kohout, organ

International Concert Organist, Prague, Czech Republic

3 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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APR 30End of Semester Student Recital4 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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healingMAR 14Gregorian Vespers in Memory of those Lost to WarA Latin Vespers, featuring Gregorian chant. The Schola Gregoriana of Holy Cross, consisting of the students in Prof. Daniel DiCenso’s “Gregorian Chant” courses will be directed by Laurence Rosania (Director of Liturgy and Music, Office of the College Chaplains). This Vespers service will be dedicated to those alumni/ae and students of the College who gave their lives in service of their country. Sponsored by the Department of Music and the Office of the College Chaplains. An event of the 175th Anniversary of the College.

6 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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Reading by Jon PinedaMeet Jon Pineda, the author of the novel Let’s No One Get Hurt (FSG). His other books include the memoir Sleep in Me, the novel Apology, and the poetry collections Little Anodynes, The Translator’s Diary, and Birthmark. A core faculty member in the low-residency MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, Jon teaches at the College of William & Mary.

7:30 P.M. │ DINAND LIBRARY, LEVIS BROWSING ROOM

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MAR 15Holy Cross College ChoirThe Holy Cross Choirs are back from their tour down the East Coast, and eager to share their tour program with the Holy Cross Community! Appropriately enough for returning home after a journey, this program is called “Finding Your Place.” Come hear songs from across the globe, with a special set by American composers.

7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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MAY 1Dance ConcertEagerly awaited, densely attended, and enthusiastically greeted, this annual concert showcases the students in all our dance classes, performing work choreographed by our four instructors – Jimena Bermejo, Kaela Lee, Audra Carabetta and Jaclyn Waguespack – and by the students themselves.

7 P.M. & 9 P.M. │ FENWICK THEATRE, O’KANE HALL

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MAY 2Psaltikon: The Day of ResurrectionPsaltikon, the critically acclaimed Boston-based Byzantine chant ensemble directed by Spyridon Antonopoulos, will present a program of celebratory chants for Pascha from Medieval Byzantium. Sponsored by the Department of Music, the Office of the College Chaplains, and the Department of Classics. An event of the 175th Anniversary of the College.

7:30 P.M. │ ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL CHAPEL

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MAY 3Gamelan Gita SariThe students in our gamelan and Balinese dance classes, joined by special guests, are featured in this biannual concert – a treat for the whole family. Under the direction of I Nyoman Catra.

7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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MAY 5Percussion Ensemble & Brooks Jazz Combo7:30 P.M. │ BROOKS CONCERT HALL

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