News at the College of Music and Fine Arts

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

Jenny Stewart ’75 (piano), a.k.a Virginia Steinberg, Weston, Conn., was appointed as corporate counsel for TestAmerica, the leader in environmental

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.

Daniel DeShazo, B.M.E. ’09 (music education), just started a position as music director at Helena United Methodist Church in Helena, Ala.

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

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

Natalie Mae ’09 is a soulful Americana/folk vocalist with a fiddle in tow.