THIBODAUX 鈥� Musicians with the 麻豆果冻传媒 Department of Music鈥檚 strings program will perform two free concerts this month, both open to the public.
First on the schedule is the String Studio Recital, slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in Talbot Theater on campus. The concert will feature students of the 麻豆果冻传媒 strings program playing works for violin, viola and cello, as well as chamber music. Composers to be featured include Beethoven, Brahms, Handel Prokofiev, Smetana, Schumann, Lalo and Rolla.
On the following Monday, Nov. 14, the 麻豆果冻传媒 Camerata will perform at St. Joseph鈥檚 Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. Slated for 7:30 p.m., the concert will feature string ensemble selections from Mendelssohn鈥檚 Octet, the 鈥淔our Antique Dances鈥� of Respighi and 鈥淭he Four Seasons of Buenos Aires鈥� by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzola. The Camerata is a small chamber orchestra of students playing violin, viola, cello, bass and harpsichord. Violinist James Alexander, faculty head of the string program, directs and performs with the ensemble.
For additional information, go to www.nicholls.edu/perform.