The basement of Loyola’s Danna Center filled with music as Delta Gamma hosted its annual spring concert, Delta Jamma, in Satchmo’s Lounge. The event on Thursday featured five Loyola acts performing between 7 and 9 p.m., including sorority members and Loyola musicians.
The concert serves as a fundraiser for Service for Sight, Delta Gamma’s philanthropy that supports the visually impaired community through the Delta Gamma Foundation.
The event brought together students, performers, and audience members, with live music and crowd reactions carrying throughout the space.
Among the performers was Delta Gamma sophomore Valerie Pioppi, who returned to the stage after first participating in the event as a freshman new member and now as a performer.
“I experienced the event last year as an audience member, and this year I am a little bit more evolved in my guitar playing abilities, so I wanted to take the opportunity that was being handed to me,” Pioppi said. “I mostly was MCing, but I opened the show with an original and then performed a cover of Wide Open Spaces by the Chicks.”
Additional performers from other sororities also took part in the showcase, highlighting collaboration across Greek life organizations.
“I love doing things that build community, so being with different girls in the Greek community that I don’t normally hang out with is really cool,” said freshman Alpha Chi Omega member Hanna Ardolino. “I like working together with the other sororities and combining things. My favorite thing is seeing women support women.”
Delta Jamma combined student-led performances with a philanthropic mission, drawing a campus crowd for an evening of live music in Satchmo’s Lounge.
