Category Archives: Arts Transcending Borders (ATB)

Photo Gallery: Visitors Experience Prior Performing Arts Center at Community Day

Posted on September 26, 2022 by College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross welcomed members of the campus and local communities to the Prior Performing Arts Center Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, giving visitors their first look inside the new $110 million academic building and performance … Continue reading →

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Prior Performing Arts Center at the College of the Holy Cross—a New Facility Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro—Welcomes the Campus Community This Fall

Posted on September 12, 2022 by College of the Holy Cross

Construction on the Prior Performing Arts Center at the College of the Holy Cross is complete, and the building is in use by the campus community. The performing arts center is a multipurpose cultural center that includes the Luth Concert Hall, a … Continue reading →

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Prior Performing Arts Center to Welcome the Campus and Local Communities During Community Day

Posted on September 1, 2022 by College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross will welcome the Holy Cross and Worcester communities to the newly completed Prior Performing Arts Center for a special Community Day event starting at 1 p.m. on Sept. 24. The event, which will be … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Students Join Worcester Nursing Home Residents in Unique Storytelling Project

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Michael Bonner

Silence fell on the fifth floor of St. Mary Health Care Center in Worcester earlier this year. Kit Meszaros ’24 sat through similar stillness three previous weeks, as the room full of residents with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease waited for … Continue reading →

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Renowned Composer and Music Professor Osvaldo Golijov Nominated for 2021 Latin Grammy

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Holy Cross in the News

Argentinean-born composer and Loyola Professor of Music Osvaldo Golijov was recently nominated for the 2021 Latin Grammy Awards in the “Best Classical Contemporary Composition” for his recent work “Falling Out of Time.” A much-anticipated release from Golijov, the “Falling Out … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross’ Montserrat Program Leverages Art in First-Years’ Education

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Billy McEntee

Art is often a communal experience: sitting in a theater beside strangers in the dark or standing like sardines singing along at a concert, it offers the promise of coming together.

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Arts Transcending Borders Receives $30,000 Grant From the National Endowment for the Arts

Posted on May 14, 2021 by College of the Holy Cross

Holy Cross’ Arts Transcending Borders (ATB) program has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support artistic programming and community engagement initiatives in Worcester during the 2021-2022 season. … Continue reading →

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Syrian-Armenian Visual Artist Kevork Mourad to Create Immersive Installation at Cantor Art Gallery

Posted on January 28, 2021 by College of the Holy Cross

The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, will host Syrian-Armenian visual artist Kevork Mourad for an artist residency this February in collaboration with the College’s Arts Transcending Borders program. Using his signature … Continue reading →

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Grammy Award-Winning Composer and Music Professor Osvaldo Golijov Is Making National Headlines Once Again

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Holy Cross in the News

In 2000, with his “La Pasión Según San Marcos,” renowned composer Osvaldo Golijov, Loyola professor of music at Holy Cross, became “the international voice of a multicultural new millennium,” the Los Angeles Times said recently. Today, Golijov—a member of the … Continue reading →

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Academic Conference Goes Virtual in Response to Pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020 by College of the Holy Cross

As faculty members across the College worked to transition their courses to a distance-learning format this semester, one of the many logistical challenges to tackle was the annual Academic Conference, where students present the results of their independent work in … Continue reading →

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Out-of-the-Box Class on Creativity Challenges Students, Faculty

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Holy Cross Magazine

Today’s CreateLab class in Brooks Concert Hall hasn’t started yet, but already the space is buzzing. Six musicians from the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble — a musical collective founded by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma — mingle and warm up on … Continue reading →

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Highlights From the Silkroad Ensemble Residency at Holy Cross

Posted on March 31, 2020 by College of the Holy Cross

Throughout their multi-year residency hosted by Arts Transcending Borders at the College of the Holy Cross, Silkroad Ensemble has engaged the community in activities and conversations that explore the roles that passion and art can play in learning. Founded by … Continue reading →

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NPR’s ‘Here & Now’ Gets Inside Look at Osvaldo Golijov’s New Work ‘Falling Out of Time’

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Holy Cross in the News

The premiere of renowned Argentinean-born composer and Loyola Professor of Music Osvaldo Golijov‘s new song cycle “Falling Out of Time” is getting national media attention, from the Los Angeles Times naming it “one of the 13 best classical concerts to … Continue reading →

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Photos: Renowned Holy Cross Composer Holds World Premiere of “Falling Out of Time” on Campus

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Jane Carlton

A few years ago, Osvaldo Golijov, Loyola Professor of Music in the music department, read David Grossman’s novel about the grief of losing a child, “Falling Out of Time.” Golijov was moved. So moved, in fact, that he was driven … Continue reading →

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The Arts in Practice: Grammy-Award Winning Silkroad Ensemble Joins Holy Cross Students to Teach in Worcester High School

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Jane Carlton

Listening to an improvised musical piece by a Grammy Award-winning musician on a variety of percussion instruments might not seem like a typical Monday morning for a college student. Illustrating that music with pencil and paper alongside 15 high school … Continue reading →

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World Premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s ‘Falling Out of Time’ on Oct. 31 at College of the Holy Cross

Posted on June 24, 2019 by College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross will present the world premiere performance of “Falling Out of Time,” a new piece by renowned Argentinean-born composer and Loyola Professor of Music Osvaldo Golijov. The event is set to take place on Oct. … Continue reading →

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Video: Academic Conference Celebrates Students’ Wide-Reaching Research, Creativity

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Jane Carlton

“How many black women therapists do you think there are in the state of Massachusetts?” Olivia Fenty ’21, a psychology major with a concentration in Africana studies, asked a room full of students and faculty members at Academic Conference. The … Continue reading →

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Follow the Question Marks: Holy Cross Students Blur the Lines Between Art and Science

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Jane Carlton

A drum circle in a math class. A music lecture in a marine biology class. A hunt for freshwater shrimp with a group of wader-clad Montserrat students. It was clear that something interesting was afoot on campus as artists, musicians … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of High Schoolers, Resettled Peoples Find Connection Through Art

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Evangelia Stefanakos

Over the course of a week-long residency at the College of the Holy Cross, wherever the Silkroad Ensemble went — whether on campus or throughout Worcester — connection followed. The Grammy Award-winning musical collective, made up of musicians representing dozens … Continue reading →

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Famed Choreographer Bill T. Jones Talks Art, Ambiguity in Intimate Roundtable with Students

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Jane Carlton

The morning after his engaging lecture, as part of a creative residency with members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company at the College of the Holy Cross, legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones held an intimate discussion with students, majoring … Continue reading →

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