South Bend, Indiana
David Clark Isele1946 - 2016SOUTH BEND - David Clark Isele, composer, singer, organist and choral conductor, and former director of the Notre Dame Glee Club from 1973-1979, has died in Tampa, Florida. Isele came to South Bend and joined the faculty of the Department of Music at Notre Dame at the...
Read MoreI was in the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir from 1998-2000 and we sang a couple of Dr. Isele's pieces that still inspire me: the Notre Dame Mass Gloria and the Exodus song performed at the Easter Vigil (Let us sing to the Lord, for He is gloriously triumphant!) May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.
Shaun McKiernan
February 14, 2025 | Other
My mother and I, part of the Notre Dame family, were stirred by Dr. Isele's compositions and the performances of the Mass. I have never lost the majesty and purity of his work. When he left Notre Dame, we grieved. I have wanted to obtain recordings of his sacred music. Now I find on YouTube a few recordings of choral works with organ, such as the Agnus Dei. I have only now learned of the untimely loss of this great man. I write to him several years back. While I did not know Dr. Isele...
Sheila Murphy
October 31, 2024 | Other
