Save the Date
This talk is free and open to the public. The event will take place on Notre Dame's campus, and time and location details will be announced soon.
Join world-renowned composer and conductor Sir James MacMillan and Jennifer Newsome Martin, director of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, for a public conversation in advance of MacMillan’s public concert. Martin and MacMillan will discuss the composer’s work and career, the vocation of the artist, faith and creativity, and the role of beauty in a fractured age.
Sir James MacMillan is one of the most significant living composers of sacred and symphonic music whose work stands at the intersection of sacred tradition and contemporary experimentation. A Catholic composer deeply formed by liturgical music, Scottish folklore, and modernist technique, MacMillan’s body of work demonstrates how musical language can embody tension without fragmentation, and transcendence without abstraction.
The de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture and Sacred Music at Notre Dame bring MacMillan to Notre Dame for a three-day residency during which he will meet with Notre Dame students for a composition workshop and masterclass, attend rehearsals, and present a public concert of his chamber and vocal works performed by student ensembles and professional collaborators.
Learn more about the residency and creative team
Funding & Support
This talk is also made possible with funding and support from the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture, Sacred Music at Notre Dame, McGrath Institute for Church Life, Campus Ministry, and Program of Liberal Studies.
Outpourings of Eternal Harmony is a partner program of the 2027 Notre Dame Arts Biennial and is supported with funding from the Notre Dame Arts Initiative.
Image: Sir James MacMillan. Photo by Marc Marnie.