Music
“Who Do We Say We Are? Irish Art 1922 | 2022”: A Musical Interlude
Join us for a live performance of a rich, musical interpretation of the works on view in the Snite Museum’s newest exploration of Ireland, Who Do We Say We Are? Irish Art 1922 |...
Read ArticleChristmas at Notre Dame: The Notre Dame Glee Club and Symphony Orchestra
Happy Holidays from Notre Dame! We present the Glee Club and Symphony Orchestra’s annual performance “Christmas at Notre Dame” from the Leighton Concert Hall on campus....
watch videoThey Tell Me of a Home: Celebrating 40 Years of Song with the Notre Dame Folk Choir
The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir is thrilled to announce the release of They Tell Me of a Home, an album created in celebration of the Folk Choir’s 40th anniversary. The...
watch videoRome: The Notre Dame Folk Choir’s Passion Project
The Folk Choir serves the University of Notre Dame as one of the principal liturgical choirs, singing every Sunday during the academic year at the 11:45 a.m. liturgy in the...
Listen to PodcastRome: Sacred Music of the Baroque
In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the tides of sacred music began to turn. Reformation ideals shaped much of the music in northern Europe, and these changes were matched...
Listen to PodcastRome: From One Voice to Many
During the early Renaissance, musicians started to experiment with singing different musical lines at the same time. You might even say that boredom was the catalyst for...
Listen to PodcastRome: Praying With One Voice – Gregorian Chant
We’ll start our learning journey through Lenten music with Gregorian Chant — this is the earliest music of the Church. We don’t really know exactly what this music sounded...
Listen to PodcastLondon: “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square”
In the final week of London in Song, we focus on one of the most successful London songs of the twentieth-century. Written in 1939, with words by Eric Maschwitz and music by...
Listen to PodcastLondon: “Jerusalem”
In week 3 we focus on what has become the national anthem for England (as opposed to Great Britain): the song known as “Jerusalem.” With words by the poet William Blake and...
Listen to PodcastLondon: “The Jolly Young Waterman”
In week 2 of our book club, we will discuss the song “The Jolly Young Waterman,” which was originally written by Charles Dibdin for his ballad opera The Waterman: Or The...
Listen to PodcastLondon: “Jack Hall”
We began London in Song with “Jack Hall,” an old ballad that has its origins in the early eighteenth century. It started as a narrative of the life of a convicted criminal who...
Listen to Podcast2020 Christmas from the Glee Club
The Notre Dame Glee Club directed by Dan Stowe recorded some Christmas cheer for the season including “In dulci jubilo” and “Carol of the Bells”. The Sleigh à la...
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