Community Choir
The University of Notre Dame Basilica Collegium Choir, under the direction of Dr. Andrew McShane, is the community choir serving the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. The choir is comprised of men and women of all ages from the greater South Bend community as well as students, faculty and staff from the university. The choir’s two major functions are providing music for the 10 AM Solemn Mass in the Basilica during the summer months and singing for Midnight Mass on Christmas.
The mission of the choir is to provide the highest quality music in the basilica representing all musical periods for all who wish to sing. In recent years the choir has sung music by many contemporary composers including Lee Hoiby, Daniel Pinkam, Glen Rudolph and Robert Evans. Recent repertoire also includes music of Palestrina, Tallis, Haydn and Beethoven.
About the Director:
Dr. Andrew McShane
312 Coleman-Morse Center
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-5731
mcshane.1@nd.edu
Dr. Andrew McShane, director of the University of Notre Dame Women’s Liturgical Choir, has been a familiar presence at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart since his appointment to the Basilica staff in 1994. In addition to his work with the Women’s Liturgical Choir, Andrew McShane serves as Assistant Organist at the Basilica and Assistant Director of the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir. He is also a member of the Basilica Schola.
Andrew McShane earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Organ/Church Music and Vocal Music Education at Wayne State University. There he studied both organ and harpsichord with Prof. Ray Ferguson.
At the University of Notre Dame he earned his Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Literature as a student of Dr. Craig Cramer and Dr. Gail Walton.
Andrew earned his Doctoral degree in organ at Northwestern University where he studied with Douglas Cleveland and David Boe.
In addition to his Basilica responsibilities, Andrew McShane is a member of the Notre Dame Schola Musicorum—a group founded in 1991 in the Department of Music that performs chant and other forms of early vocal music.
For many years he has taught in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Organist Training Program. The program provides music lessons for parish organists in the diocese.
Andrew McShane has held organist positions in Livonia, Detroit and Redford, Michigan, as well as in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and South Bend, Indiana.
Most of the time you will find him in the loft of Sacred Heart Basilica either directing a choir, singing with a choir or playing the organ.
