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Alumni Successes

A list of illustrious alumni includes:

  • Charles Anthony, '52, tenor with Metropolitan Opera; holds the Met's performance record; will celebrate 50 years at the Met in March 2004

  • Al Belletto, '48, toured and recorded with Stan Kenton and Woody Herman; former booking manager Playboy Jazz Clubs; currently leads the Al Belleto Big Jazz Band, whose recent recording is Jazznocracy.

  • Col. John R. Bourgeois, B.M. '56Col. John Bourgeois USMC (Ret.), '56, former director "The President's Own" United States Marine Band; president John Philip Sousa Foundation; holds Col. John R. Bourgeois Endowed Visiting Professorship and artist-in-residence at the College of Music.

  • Darlene Brooks, '69, G'83, associate professor of music therapy Temple University; Fellow with the Association for Music and Imagery; past Executive Board for National Association for Music Therapy; Editoral Board for Journal of Music Therapy and Arts in Psychotherapy: An International Journal

  • Van Cliburn, '90, honorary Doctor of Music; international career as the United States' premier concert pianist

  • Gregory Davis, '00, trumpet/founder Dirty Dozen Brass Band; jazz booking manager New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival; visiting professor Loyola's Music Industry Studies Progam

  • Cheryl Dileo, '71, G'75, professor of music therapy Temple University; past President, World Federation of Music Therapy; past president National Association for Music Therapy

  • Seán Brett Duggan, '76, assistant professor of piano University of Michigan; finalist 1972 International Golbert Competition; first-place winner International Bach Competition

  • Ruth Falcon, '64, vocie faculty Mannes School of Music; soprano Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opéra de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Colón, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Aix-en-Provence Festival, etc.

  • Charles Fernandez, '84, bassoonist, composer, orchestrator, arranger; numerous film and television series soundtrack credits for Disney, MGM, Universal, Dreamworks, HBO, Artisan, New Line Cinema; received two Emmy and one Annie nominations for his work on the Universal cartoon series "Casper"

  • Antonio Garcia, '81, director Jazz Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University; editor for Jazz Education Journal, published by the International Association of Jazz Education

  • Michael Genevay, '74, G'85, music educator St. Clement of Rome (Metairie, LA), member Louisiana Music Educators Association Hall of Fame; trombonist Pete Fountain Jazz Orchestra

  • Victor Goines, '84, artistic director Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School of Music; saxophonist and arranger Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis Band

  • Greer Grimsley, '76, bass-baritone Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, New Orleans Opera, New Israeli Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opera de Bellas Artes, Vancouver Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Teatro Massimo, etc.

  • Captain Scott Guidry, '86, commander and conductor Unites States Air Forces in Europe Band at Sembach Air Force Base in Germany; former leader Air Force ensembles at bases in Massachussetts and Washington, D.C.; recipient of numerous military service awards

  • Quincy Jones, '91, honorary Doctor of Music; world-renown musician, composer, arranger, producer, and leader in the international music industry

  • Michael Kellogg, '74, G'76, associate professor of music therapy and music therapy program director Ohio University; past president Ohio Association for Music Therapy; vice-president and member of the Board of Trustees of Very Special Arts Ohio

  • Anthony Laciura, '74, tenor Metropolitan Opera, New Orleans Opera etc.; former member Loyola University New Orleans Board of Trustees

  • Ellis Marsalis, G'86, premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans; former Coca-Cola Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans; chairman Louisiana Music Commission; honorary Doctor of Music The Juilliard School of Music; artist-in-residence Loyola College of Music

  • Stanton Moore, '94, drummer, recording artist, and band leader Galactic, Moore and More, Garage a Trois; featured artist Modern Drummer magazine; columnist Drum! magazine

  • Mark Mullins, '91, trombonist, recording artist, arranger and band leader Bonerama, Mulebone, Harry Connick, Jr. Big Band, etc.

  • Sarah Pelch, ’02, IMG World

  • Natalia Rom, '80, soprano Metropolitan Opera,New Orleans Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Massimo, San Francisco Opera, Opéra de Montréal, Dallas Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Pro Arte Chorale, Opéra de Nice, Teatro San Carlo, Palm Beach Opera, etc.

  • Audrey Schuh, '51, soprano Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, New Orleans Opera, etc.

  • Charles Sens, '56, senior music specialist Music Division of the Library of Congress

  • Terry Ferguson Shade, '87, orchestral program director Clark County Public Schools (Las Vegas, Nevada); 2003 Outstanding Teacher Award for State of Nevada

  • Norman Treigle, '51, bass-baritone New York City Opera, Covent Garden, New Orleans Opera, leading bass-baritone of the Americas; acclaimed as one of the century's greatest singing actors

  • Phyllis Treigle, '81, soprano New York City Opera, New Orleans Opera, Dublin Grand Opera Society, Houston Grand Opera, The New Opera Theatre, Sarasota Opera Association, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Quotannis, etc.

  • Alfred Walker, G'96, bass-baritone Metropolitan Opera, New Orleans Opera, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, Minnesota Opera, Portland Opera (Maine), Opera Ontario, Opera North, Wolf Trap Opera, etc.; soloist New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orcehstra, etc.; former member Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

  • Ashley White, ’01, Atlantic Records

Updated July 13, 2006