Music News

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

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

Loyola University New Orleans is justly proud of the scholarship and creative work of our faculty, the scope and quality of which places us in top

Hailed by The New York Times as “bright, active, and fastidiously musical,” and by Opera News as having “a golden sound,” Sarah Jane McMahon ’02 is

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