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Holy Cross Celebrates 44th Annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols

Embraced in soft, warm light under purple tapestry gently draped from above, the College of the Holy Cross welcomed the Christmas season on Dec. 8 in St. Joseph Memorial Chapel, celebrating its 44th Annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols.

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Iphigenia Opens as Inaugural Performance at the Prior Performing Arts Center

When the actors take the stage in “Iphigenia,” the inaugural theater production at the Prior Performing Arts Center, (the performing arts center; the center). the audience can expect an intimate and visceral experience that only the building’s Boroughs Theatre can … Continue reading →

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

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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‘Very Surreal’: Holy Cross Student Helps Organize Wu-Tang Clan, Nas Concert Tour During Summer Internship

Martell Audate ’24 grew up about 40 miles east of Worcester in Milton, Massachusetts. When he arrived on The Hill, he knew little about the city the College of the Holy Cross calls home. As a rising junior, though, Audate … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Music Professor Honored as 2021 Hometown Hero by Worcester Magazine

Worcester Magazine has recently named Megan Ross ’11, visiting assistant professor of music at Holy Cross, a 2021 Hometown Hero for her role as executive director of the Worcester chapter of the Hip Hop Congress, a national nonprofit that works … Continue reading →

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

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

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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Music Class and Web Series Help First-Year Students Immerse Themselves in Worcester’s Hip-Hop Culture

First-year students at Holy Cross have immersed themselves in Worcester’s hip-hop culture through Professor Megan Ross‘ hip-hop education class “Hip-Hop & the Community” and the “Hip-Hop With the Woo Crew” web series, The Boston Globe reports in a recent article. … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Celebrates Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols Virtually

The 42nd Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols at College of the Holy Cross was held on December 18, 2020, via a YouTube premiere available to members of the Holy Cross community and their friends and family around the world. … Continue reading →

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31 Holy Cross Students Inducted Into Jesuit Honor Society

Thirty-one Holy Cross students were inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu,  the Jesuit honor society founded in 1915, at a virtual ceremony held recently. The new inductees exemplify the society’s values of excellence in scholarship, loyalty and service.  Selection to Alpha … Continue reading →

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

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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COVID Chronicles: Student Project Documents On- and Off-Campus Life Amid Pandemic

In the midst of the disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic this past spring, while many of his peers were still grappling with the challenges of a sudden shift to remote learning, John Larsen ’22 had something else on … Continue reading →

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Holy Cross Reaches Milestone in Construction of Center for Performing Arts

Last week, a small group gathered for the topping out ceremony to watch the final beam be placed atop the Prior Center for Performing Arts. This milestone marks significant progress on a structure that will be the heart of the … Continue reading →

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A Passion for Music: Fenwick Scholar Matthew Pinder ’20

If you had told him when he was a first-year student that he would be spending his senior year at Holy Cross composing music, Matthew Pinder ’20 — who had never composed before — would have had little faith in … Continue reading →

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Academic Conference Goes Virtual in Response to Pandemic

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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Highlights From the Silkroad Ensemble Residency at 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’

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

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

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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Professor’s New Work Examines the Universal Exile of Grief

There are words in the English language for those who lose a parent, a husband, a wife. But when it comes to articulating the loss of a child, “there is not a single word,” notes Osvaldo Golijov, Loyola Professor of … Continue reading →

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