Music 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Series showcases performing arts

The Music 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Series offers a series of student-focused concerts, recitals, and other performances. These events provide a way for passionate musicians to showcase everything they have worked on throughout the year. The ensembles, presented by Loyola's Department of Visual and Performing Arts, are free and open to the public.
Cantorei Concert
- Tuesday, April 14, 7 p.m.
- Recital Room (DeChiaro College Center W040)
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鈥淐antorei is a vocal jazz group that focuses on music from the American Songbook鈥攑opular music from the 1920s to 1950s often performed by jazz and popular singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, and more鈥攁s well as newer jazz and jazz-adjacent vocal music,鈥 explained Clay Price, D.M.A., director of choral studies. 鈥淐antorei Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform a selection of standards, popular vocal music, and new music.鈥
Concert Choir Spring Concert
- Saturday, April 18, 5 p.m.
- Alumni Memorial Chapel
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鈥淭his concert, 鈥楽ongs for the People,鈥 will include something for everyone: madrigals, African American spirituals, 19th and early 20th century songs, and several pieces by modern composers, as well,鈥 said Price. 鈥淭he concert theme comes from the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper poem of the same name, which is also a song text to be sung at the concert.鈥
Voice Studio Recitals
- Recital I: Sunday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
- Alumni Memorial Chapel
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Recital II: Monday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.
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This semester, 24 students enrolled in vocal study as part of their music curriculum, from beginners to advanced musicians.
鈥淔or the spring 2026 theme, students prepared art songs from 1695 throug 1995, American popular song from the 1920s and 鈥30s, plus selections from musical theater in the 2000s,鈥 said Julie Kurzava, affiliate faculty member of visual and performing arts and instructor of both courses.
Chamber Ensemble Recital
- Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.
- Recital Room (DeChiaro College Center W040)
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David LaVorgna, chamber ensemble director and applied lesson instructor (flute), will lead small instrumental groups formed from combinations of strings, woodwinds, brass, and piano. The repertoire offers a wide range of styles and periods, and a mixture of compositions including transcriptions, arrangements, and compositions in their original intended form.
Steel Pan Ensemble
- Thursday, April 23, 5 p.m.
- Academic Quadrangle
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鈥淎fter classes are done for the day, grab a beverage, and come enjoy some Caribbean-inspired music while lounging on the Quad,鈥 said Price. 鈥淵ou鈥檒l hear both new and familiar songs performed by our pannists with assistance by ensemble director Barry Dove.鈥
Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert
- Thursday, April 23, 8 p.m.
- McManus Theatre
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Loyola students, alumni, and faculty will perform at the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo Concert. Directed by Mark St. Pierre, there will be a variety of jazz performances spanning different forms and decades.
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