Last week, Kiera Duffy, Associate Professor of the Practice in Voice and Head of Undergraduate Voice Studies, made her debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in Mozart’s beloved solo motet for soprano, Exsultate, jubilate, under the baton of renowned conductor Harry Bicket. Alongside the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra belongs to an elite collective of American orchestras known historically as the “Big Five.” Its reputation for musical excellence is internationally recognized, with Gramophone Magazine…

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Music theory and performance are often thought of as separate — you study the structures and history of music, or you master an instrument or your own voice. For Andrew White ’12, a doctoral student at the University of Chicago who studies how pianists practiced their instrument in the 19th century, putting the two together is “very intuitive.” White was able to make the two work in tandem as a Notre Dame undergraduate, where the Department of Music offers a unique blend of music performance and theory.

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