Music News

Katie M. Codina ’07, Metairie, La., was named the Elementary Band Director of the Year by the District VI Band Director’s Association.

Amanda Wuerstlin ’06 (music education), New Orleans, La., plays violin and sings harmonies in Big History, a band that layers sultry, southern voca

"The singers were exceptionally fine and well matched, starting with the tenor Richard Croft, strong yet vulnerable as Gandhi. Like Mr.

John Gros ’89 (piano), New Orleans, La., and his band, Papa Grows Funk, will go on indefinite hiatus in early summer.

Madeleine Flynn '10 (aka New Orleans singer Maddie Ruthless) hosts a monthly ska and reggae night at the Lower Garden District bar the Saint, and l

The Metropolitan Opera bestowed its prestigious Beverly Sills Award upon Loyola University New Orleans alumnus

Kasey Sollenberger '10, a graduate of the Music Therapy program, has established YourSong Music Therapy, a private practice in Fort Worth, Texas.

Five Haitian students from Loyola's College of Music and Media spent the summer in Bloomington, Ind., where they participated in the Indiana Univer

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship announced last week the selection of the 2011-12 class of New Orleans Schweitzer Fellows.