Music Outreach - Volunteers needed!

Share your love of Music with elementary and high school students. For more information go to Music Outreach and for more questions about this program please contact Prof. Barbara Gawlick; email: barbara.gawlick@bc.edu

Faculty Projects and Student Accomplishments

Read about the works of the Music department's faculty members and Students

Our Work

Fall 2026 Auditions for Boston College Symphony Orchestra and Instrumental Chamber Music Program

Audition for the Boston College Symphony Orchestra and Instrumental Chamber Music Program! 

For placement into the Boston College Symphony Orchestra and/or an instrumental chamber music group, all students (new and returning) should sign up for and play an audition in the first week of the semester. See details of Audition Information here. 

All students interested in joining BCSO should plan to attend the first open rehearsal on Wednesday, September 2, 7:10-9:30 pm in Conte Forum Band Room – even if you haven't auditioned yet! Please sign up for an audition time using this sign-up sheet.

Before your audition time, please fill out this survey.

 If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Anna Wittstruck at Anna.Wittstruck@bc.edu.

Congratulations - Music Graduates - Class of 2026!

Cheers to four years of hard work and amazing accomplishments. Congratulations!

The University Chorale of Boston College Spring Break Performance in Italy

The University Chorale sang an exchange concert with a local choir in Rome, Italy at Sant'Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio for a packed audience, followed by standing ovations and encores.

The University Chorale was joint by former foreign exchange students and its current students who were abroad flying in for the Mass on Thursday, and a significant number of families met The University Chorale in Rome. Bryan Fleming and Jim Keenan from Global Engagement came to the Rome concert, and one of the trustees.

The University Chorale’s chaplain Josef was invited to serve Communion at St. Peter's Basilica. He also conducted his own composition at the opening. By the end of the trip, The University Chorale were becoming local celebrities, people on the streets were stopping them in our BC gear and kept asking if they were the choir from Boston who had been doing concerts / Mass / impromptu performances.

Photo by: Seho Lee, (’27)

Congratulations to Prof. Riikka Pietiläinen Caffery - Recipient of the Reverend John R. Trzakas, S.J. Award

The Boston College Ever to Excel Awards Committee has selected Prof. Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey as the 2026 recipient of the Reverend John R. Trzaska, S.J. Award.

Prof. Riikka Pietiläinen Caffreey will be recognized as the recipient of this award at the 48th Annual Ever to Excel Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 27th in the Heights Room. The event will take place from 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, with the ceremony beginning at 4:30 PM. More information on the Ever to Excel Awards can be found at bc.edu/awards.

Concert Performances on March 19th and March 21th with Guest Artists in Residence

Guest artists Florian Berner (cello) and Christoph Berner (piano) are performing on March 19th at 7:00 p.m. and on March 21st at 3:00 p.m. in Gasson 100 of works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and a Julia Purgina world premiere.

Christoph and Florian Berner are visiting Boston College at the invitation by Prof. Ralf Gawlick. These two concerts are sponsored by ILA and the Music department with students of the Boston College Cello ensemble performing in the first concert on March 20 and in the second concert on March 21st with Alessia Disimino, violin (grad. student, STM '26) performing with the guest artists.

Photo by: Prof.Anna Wittstruck

Pictured are (from left to right):

Leo Eguchi, faculty, Christoph Berner, guest artist, Florian Berner, guest artist, Cherry Chi GS '26, Matthew Hur '27, Matthew McCahan, alumnus

Prof. Michael Noone's latest CD recording

Professor Michael Noone's latest CD recording is launched at Salamanca Cathedral in Spain. The project, involving 31 musicians from 8 countries, presents a world premiere recording of a Mass and motets by the priest-composer Sebastián de Vivanco (+ 1622). 

More information about the CD recording project can be found below under these links below:

Diócesis de Salamanca and Tribuna de Salamanca

Photo by Josefa Montero

Congratulations to BCSO!

Congratulations to BCSO on their outstanding performance at the College Orchestra Directors Association national conference in Rhode Island! When Prof. Anna Wittstruck, conductor of BCSO said "play your hearts out," BCSO really took that challenge, and they sounded absolutely beautiful. A special congratulations to Matthew Hur for his wonderful playing on Bohemian Rhapsody.

To view and listen to the performance, please use the following livestream link.

https://www.youtube.com/live/hZjHNz_2m44?t=268s