News at the College of Music and Fine Arts

Recently nominated as New Orleans’ Best Clarinetist by Off Beat Magazine, Gregory Agid is

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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