Center staff quickly turned a canceled season of events into a greater resolve to fulfill the University’s mission throughout the 20-21 academic year. HERE are those stories.

Transformative encounters with truth and beauty, as communicated through the arts, are a treasure that the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center makes available to patrons from a remarkably diverse cross-section of the local and campus community.

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C
PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

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Meet the Artist: Emorja Roberson DMA ’22

Exploring the stories of Black people in America through spoken word, gospel, and hip-hop, BE-SPOKEN is a musical work written by Emorja... Read More

ND Grad Student, South Bend Poet Honored Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi to Sing Original Song at April 30 Presenting Series Concert

Emorja Roberson is SMND’s first African American master’s graduate in vocal performance. With BE-SPOKEN as his degree recital, the... Read More

Harlem Quartet Signifies Importance of Black Composers Past and Present

The Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet deftly navigates classical music’s European tradition by immersing audiences in repertoire by... Read More