Do Re Mi Fa Sol

If you know me well enough, music is one thing I love A LOT. It’s one thing no one can take away from me and it is something I can create beautifully. I enjoy all types of music and I think it is one aspect that is so universal, so quite literally everyone can understand and appreciate.

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Instrument-wise, I play the piano and cello. I used to play the guitar since 4th grade and that was my first official instrument I played. Next, I had private piano lessons and that went on for about a couple of years. At Old Town School of Folk Music, I learned how to play the cello. At Loyola, I had cello lessons with William Cernota, the principle cellist of the Lyric Opera. On Saturdays, I play piano for evening mass and currently, I am conducting for a anniversary mass coming up.

Here at Loyola, we have an excellent music program. Even if you want to learn how to play an instrument and fulfill your art core requirement, you can do that through taking private lessons. It’s a win-win situation if you are a music fanatic like me; you get to fulfill required classes, sharpen your skills on the instrument, and get private lessons taught by someone who is well-known.

There are so many amazing music performances Loyola showcases for the community and the general public. Joyola is a Christmas event in which features the men’s and women’s choir, orchestra, and jazz bands. This is my favorite Loyola event because you get to hear great live Christmas music; you’ll definitely get the season vibes with all the decorations Loyola will have throughout campus. Every month there is also a free organ concert at Loyola’s Madonna Della Strada Chapel in which local organists come to share their talent and music to the community. On the second floor of Mundelein, we have a music hall and that’s were all the recitals happen. I remember going to these recitals freshman year and fell in love with Debussy’s music.

Nevertheless, it is obvious that Loyola has a lot of talented students. I am proud that we are a university that allows students to showcase themselves to the public and be able to produce sounds unlike anything you’ve ever heard. I am personally not a music major or minor, though I have always thought about doing it. I simply appreciate it and have always been a hardcore music-enthusiast. On my end, as you have read, I still do a lot in regards to music!

If you would like to read more about Loyola’s music events, click here for more information:

http://www.luc.edu/music/