Date:
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 7:30pm
Location:
Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall
Acclaimed violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs with the Loyola Strings. The Loyola Strings is an ensemble of student musicians who rehearse and perform together without a conductor as part of their academic training at the university. The ensemble includes music majors, as well as students who continue to study a string instrument while enrolled in other of Loyola's degree programs.
The April 21 concert gives a nod to dance. Program includes:
- Michael Daugherty’s "Strut"
- Brahms’ "Hungarian Dances 5 and 6"
- Irish jigs from "St. Paul's Suite" by Gustov Holst
- "Danny Boy" from Percy Granger’s "Irish Tune"
- Happy Birthday Variations, its tricentennial gift to New Orleans.
November 2017 Concert
For a preview of the musicianship of this ensemble, watch the Winter 2017 concert below: