News at the College of Music and Fine Arts

Bryan Hymel, '01, was the First-Prize Winner of the 2008 Licia Albanese/Puccini Foundation Competition, the 2008 Loren L.

Brothers John Shirley ’07 (marketing), Joe Shirley ’10 (music composition), and David Shirley ’11 (music business) formed the band Cardinal Sons.

Fresh off the heels of a successful season debut, the New Orleans Opera Association once again enlists Loyola University New Orleans students and a

Local soprano, Angela Mannino, makes her "MET" debut this Saturday, May 8 in the Berg opera, Lulu.

Loyola University College of Music and Media alumnus and saxophonist Jake Saslow ’09 will return to New Orleans Jan.

Mark Mullins ’91 co-founded the band Bonerama, and their latest album is Hard Times.

Inaugurated in 1998 to celebrate the centennial of actress-singer Lenya’s birth, the Lotte Lenya Competition is an international theater sing

John Mahoney, coordinator of jazz studies and instrumental music at Loyola University New Orleans, recently at

Department of Music Awards:

Outstanding Music Education Student - Victoria Lafitte

Outstanding Band Student - Marc Linan

Maestro Dennis Assaf ’75 (music education) and the Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) based in Metairie, La., were honored with an award from