This conference brings together leading experts on musical form and analysis from the US, UK, and Canada to explore both well-known and less-known corners of this fascinating repertoire, ranging from Viotti, Beethoven, and Spohr to Joachim, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, and Glazunov, and beyond to Nielsen and Elgar, among others. In addition to formal presentations with Q&A followup, each day will feature a panel discussion with audience participation encouraged. A banquet dinner concludes the conference. View complete schedule here and abstracts here. Open to the public. Registration required: $150 (student discount available) to include attendance at all paper sessions and panel discussions, all-day beverage service on April 5 and 6, a banquet dinner on April 6, and a recital on April 4 by violinist Timothy Chooi, professor at University of Ottawa and prize winner at the Joachim and Queen Elisabeth competitions.Speakers:Joel Galand, Florida InternationalJulian Horton, Durham UniversityAnne Hyland, University of ManchesterCaitlin Martinkus, Cleveland Institute of MusicJanet Schmalfeldt, TuftsPeter H. Smith, Notre DameBenedict Taylor, University of EdinburghSteven Vande Moortele, University of TorontoPaul Wingfield, CambridgeREGISTER NOW Register by April 3, by 11:59 p.m.  Made possible through the generous support of the Notre Dame–Durham University Seed Grant Program.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

A.J. Lyon, a first year MSM organ student, will present a degree recital inspired by the outbreak of birdsong at dawn. The program will feature works by Frescobaldi, Kerll, Mendelssohn, Dupré, J.S. Bach/Vivaldi, as well as the premiere of an original work titled Gökotta, a Swedish word defined as "waking early in the morning specifically to watch the sun rise and hear the birds sing." GET TICKETS

Notre Dame’s flagship vocal ensemble presents a typically wide mix of choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. For tickets, call the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

The Notre Dame Chorale, directed by Alexander Blachly, presents a program of choral works and choral arrangements of solo songs by Monteverdi, Handel, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Dvořák, Debussy, and Deák-Bárdos. With acclaimed accompanist Päivi Ekroth. GET TICKETS

Stephen Bullivant (St. Mary’s University, London) will discuss his book Nonverts: The Making of Ex-Christian America (Oxford, 2022) at the Cushwa Center's spring 2024 Jay P. Dolan Seminar in American Religion.Commentators for this seminar are Ruth Braunstein (University of Connecticut) and David Campbell (University of Notre Dame).This event is cosponsored by Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society and Department of Sociology. — Inaugurated in 1980 and named in 2023 to honor the Cushwa Center’s founding director, the Jay P. Dolan Seminar in American Religion convenes each semester at the University of Notre Dame to discuss a notable book recently published in the field. Along with faculty and graduate students from Notre Dame, scholars from throughout the Midwest travel to campus to attend as invited guests of the Cushwa Center. The featured author engages with two invited commentators as well as the larger group. The Saturday morning seminar is free and open to all. Originally published at cushwa.nd.edu.

The University's Neuroscience and Behavior program has an annual Brain Awareness Fair each spring in Michiana to promote STEM disciplines, specifically neuroscience. This program is free to the community and consists of hands-on activities developed to foster public enthusiasm in the understanding of neuroscience. The event brings together Notre Dame students and Michiana families to learn about the different aspects of the brain. The Howard Park Event Center is located at 219 S. Saint Louis Blvd., South Bend, IN 46617 Originally published at neuroscienceandbehavior.nd.edu.