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-6 posts tagged "Department of Music"
Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, September 5, 2018
In an effort to encourage students of varied interests to express themselves through the arts, the departments of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) and Music are working together to launch a new minor in musical theatre this fall, said Matt Hawkins, assistant professor and head of the minor. “There’s always been an interest and an
Max Lander | Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Professor of musicology Alexander Blachly gave a lecture Monday in O’Neill Hall where he presented evidence in an attempt to answer some questions surrounding a forty-voice motet, or short piece of sacred choral music, called “Spem in Alium” by Thomas Tallis. Though the piece is well-know — it recently appeared in the movie “Fifty Shades of
Andrew Cameron | Friday, February 10, 2017
The department of music will be putting on a brief concert at 12:10 p.m. Friday, as part of their “Bach’s Lunch” performance series. The performance will be held in the Penote Performers Assembly in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and is scheduled to run until 1:10 p.m. “Bach’s lunch is a very informal casual concert
Jeremy Cappello Lee | Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Three Notre Dame music professors will spend the next two weeks on a tour of East Asia, offering performances and information sessions in an effort to recruit prospective students and raise the profile of the department of music. From Oct. 7 to 19, professor of music Peter Smith, assistant professional specialist Tricia Park and associate professor
Madison Jaros | Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The Notre Dame Department of Music will welcome Grammy Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn as artist-in-residence next week as the beginning of a four-year stint during which the acclaimed musician will perform for the Notre Dame community, instruct students and collaborate with faculty, department chair Peter Smith said. Gunn, who grew up in South Bend, felt
Madison Jaros | Thursday, April 24, 2014
This weekend, Notre Dame’s Department of Music will continue an important department tradition of opera performance for the student body with the presentation of Monteverdi’s “The Coronation of Poppea.” According to senior Sean McGee, who will play Nero in the show, the opera explores Emperor Nero’s passionate affair with Poppea, a noblewoman who is eventually