Inaugural Notre Dame conference features sacred music performances | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Inaugural Notre Dame conference features sacred music performances Inaugural Notre Dame conference features sacred music performances Published: September 10, 2012 Author: Michael O. Garvey The University of Notre Dame’s inaugural Sacred Music Conference will be held Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 13 through 15). The conference will feature sacred music from the Renaissance to the present day and will bring together composers, scholars and conductors of sacred music to discuss, share and perform their work. Several concert events are open to the public and free of charge. A Vespers service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 13) in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Basilica rector Rev. Peter Rocca, C.S.C., will preside at the service for which sacred music will be provided by the South Bend Chamber Singers, conducted by Nancy Menk, and accompanied by organist David Eicher. The music will include composer James MacMillan’s “Magnificat.” A Sacred Chamber Recital, with Notre Dame music faculty organists Craig Cramer and Paul Walker and baritone Stephen Lancaster, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday (Sept. 14) in the Reyes Organ and Choral Hall of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Pomerium, the a cappella ensemble directed by Alexander Blachly, will perform Renaissance music on the feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday (Sept. 14) beginning with a pre-concert talk by musical scholar Emily Snow at 7 p.m. in the Leighton Concert Hall of the performing arts center. Aguavá New Music Studio and the Notre Dame Festival Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Carmen-Helena Téllez, professor of music at Notre Dame, will perform the world premiere of “Cum Vidisset Jesus,” a commissioned motet by James MacMillan dedicated to the Sisters of the Holy Cross, and MacMillan’s cantata “The Seven Last Words from the Cross” at 8 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 15) in the Leighton Concert Hall. The concert will be preceded at 7 p.m. by a panel discussion with MacMillan and Téllez, moderated by Margot Fassler, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy at Notre Dame. Like the Vespers service, the recital and concerts are free, but tickets are required and may be obtained by calling the performing arts center ticket office at 574-631-2800. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn