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SMND Coronavirus Update
All SMND Classes will be held virtually from March 22-April 13. All performances during this time will be rescheduled. Follow our Events Page for more information.
We are an ecumenical graduate music program with a Roman Catholic core. We offer three areas of concentration: organ, choral conducting, and voice. Our pedagogy emphasizes a breadth of experience, for the purpose of forming well-rounded musicians. Our students enjoy opportunities to interact with the community as church musicians, as children's choir directors, and as performers. Our graduates go on to work in churches, universities, schools, and artistic organizations worldwide.
Events
Fri Mar 27, 2020
Sat Mar 28, 2020
Postponed SMND Organ Recital - Audrey Thomas
Sun Apr 19, 2020
SMND Voice Recital | Jared Swope
Faculty Spotlights
- Peter Jeffery - Professor of Musicology & Ethnomusicology; Interim Chair, Department of Music, AY 2019-2020
- Paul Walker - Associate Professor of the Practice, Organ
- Carmen-Helena Téllez - Professor of Conducting
- Stephen Lancaster - Associate Professor of the Practice, Voice and Head of the Graduate Studio in Voice
- Kiera Duffy - Associate Professor of the Practice, Voice
- Mark Doerries - Associate Professor in Practice of Conducting and Head of the Choral Conducting Studio; Acting Director of Sacred Music at Notre Dame, AY 2019-2020
- Craig Cramer - Professor of Music, Head of the Graduate Organ Studio
- Alexander Blachley - Professor of Musicology; Acting Director of Graduate Studies, AY 2019-2020
- Margot Fassler - Keough Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy, Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology; Director of Sacred Music at Notre Dame, on sabbatical, AY 2019-2020