News at the College of Music and Fine Arts

Loyola University New Orleans College of Music and Media alumnus Bryan Hymel ’01 recently reprised the role of Don José in a production of Georges

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

Anne Chabreck ‘02 (music performance), was named “One to Watch” by New Orleans CityBusiness.

Philip Frohnmayer, the Mary Freeman Wisdom Distinguished Professor of Opera and chair of vocal studies at Loyola Unive

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

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

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

Loyola University New Orleans student David Castillo won first prize in March 2010 in the Stewart Brady Competition for Young Artists sponsored by

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