On December 11 the University of Notre Dame approved a new Doctor of Musical Arts program with specializations  in Choral Conducting and in Organ.  The approach to training the new conductors includes deep study of the relationship of music with other arts and other disciplines.  Although conductors will study the broad choral repertoires, it is inevitable to study Western sacred music, which lies a the foundation of most Western art music. After all, in my personal view, liturgy is one […]

Categories: art and religion, art and ritual, gesamtkünstwerk, interdiscipline, new choral music, new conductor, new opera and music drama, sacred music, scholarship • Tags: DMA at Notre Dame, James MacMillan