Artists-in-Residence

The Artist-in-Residence program in the College of Music began in 1996 with the establishment of the John R. Bourgeois Endowed Visiting Professorship. In 1999, the college added a second artist-in-residence: pianist, composer/arranger, and choral director Moses Hogan, who held that position until his untimely death in 2002. In that same year a third artist, jazz trumpeter Nicholas Payton, was added to the residency program. In 2003, Loyola alum Ellis Marsalis joined the program and serves not only the Jazz Studies program, but also in the Music Business Program.

Col. John R. Bourgeois USMC (Ret.)

Col. John Bourgeois USMC (Ret.) is a 1956 graduate of the College of Music. He served as the 25th director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidential administrations from Presidents Eisenhower to Clinton. He was named director of “The President’s Own” in 1979 and retired from active duty in 1996. During that time, he served as music director for the White House. Bourgeois currently serves as president of the John Philip Sousa Foundation and the American vice president of the International Military Music Society. Bourgeois is past president of the American Bandmasters Association and the National Band Association. He continues to appear as guest conductor-clinician and to produce band arrangements for Wingert-Jones. He has held the John R. Bourgeois Endowed Visiting Professorship at Loyola since 1996.

Ellis Marsalis

Ellis Marsalis (G'86) is the premier modern jazz pianist of New Orleans. He is also, literally and figuratively, the father of a generation of contemporary jazz musicians who are considered the international leaders of the current jazz scene. These musicians include his sons Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason, as well as his former NOCCA (New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts) students Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick, Jr., Donald Harrison, Kent and Marlon Jordan, and Nicholas Payton. Marsalis holds degrees from Dillard University and Loyola University New Orleans. He has taught at Xavier University, NOCCA, Virginia Commonwealth University. He held the Coca-Cola Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans from 1992-2002. He currently serves as chair of the Louisiana Music Commission.