Admissions CMFA Viewbook 2011

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C O L L E G E O F M U S I C A N D F I N E A RT S

www.cmfa.loyno.edu

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WELCOME FROM THE DEAN Dear prospective student: Welcome to the College of Music and Fine Arts at Loyola University New Orleans. I am thrilled you have chosen to apply for admission to the college.

Please visit our website (www.cmfa.loyno.edu) to learn more about the accomplishments of our internationally renowned faculty and alumni, and the ongoing successes of our current students. You will also find information on our many guest artists and Loyola’s special relationship with New Orleans.

Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D. Dean, College of Music and Fine Arts David P. Swanzy Distinguished Professor of Music

Loyola University combines professional study of the arts with the Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person, and enjoys the benefits of being located in one of the most culturally rich cities in the country. New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, the home of the nation’s oldest opera company, host to a vibrant visual arts district, and is bursting with professional musical and theatre organizations. We don’t just practice or teach the arts—we immerse ourselves in them.

But simply visiting our website or reading this publication cannot provide you with all the information necessary to make the important decision regarding where you will receive your arts education. It is vital to visit our campus, attend a music, art, theatre, or ballet class, take an applied music lesson, or tour our facilities.

We invite you to view an exhibit in one of our three on-campus art galleries, or see a performance in our 600-seat Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, or in the Lower Depths—our more intimate experimental theater. I encourage you to meet our faculty and, most importantly, talk to our current students. Be sure to spend the time necessary to make an informed choice for your future education.

When you visit the College of Music and Fine Arts, you will find our faculty as I know them: dedicated artists and educators who are truly concerned about your development and future as a professional in the arts. We pride ourselves on continuing to provide the rigorous training and high expectations that have been our hallmark during the past century.

If you have any questions about the College of Music and Fine Arts, do not hesitate to e-mail me at cmfa@loyno.edu. I look forward to meeting you in the near future.

Sincerely,

Donald R. Boomgaarden, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Music and Fine Arts

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COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS The College of Music and Fine Arts (CMFA) provides an intimate learning environment—the college’s 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio and enrollment of approximately 650 undergraduates ensures close communication between students and our outstanding instructors.

Since the college’s founding in 1932, our faculty has established a national reputation of excellence as educators, performers, music therapists, researchers, directors, designers, and artists. Loyola’s alumni are successful in virtually every area of music, theatre, dance, and the visual arts.

QUICK FACTS 2011 ENROLLMENT 4,982 (2,965 undergraduates), from all 49 states and 47 foreign countries; 32 percent ethnic minorities

FACULTY 88 percent of full-time faculty hold terminal degrees

STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO Students to faculty: 12 to 1 campus-wide Average class size: 22 students

COLLEGES Business, Humanities and Natural Sciences, Law, Music and Fine Arts, Social Sciences

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

DEGREE PROGRAMS

Music

Theatre Arts and Dance

• Jazz Studies (BM)

• Theatre Arts (BA)

• Music (BA)

• Theatre Arts/ Communications (BA)

• Music Composition (BM) • Music Education (BME)

• Theatre Arts with a minor in Business Administration (BA)

• Music Industry Studies (BM and BS)

• Dance minor

• Music Therapy (BMT)

Visual Arts

• Music with Elective Studies (BM)

• Visual Arts (BA or BFA)

• Performance (BM)— Instrumental and Vocal

• Graphic Design (BA)

More than 60 undergraduate degree programs

STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS More than 35 percent of the student body chooses to study abroad in more than 40 countries with Loyola’s international programs.

CAMPUS Located on the famous St. Charles Avenue streetcar line in the historic residential Uptown area across from beautiful Audubon Park

FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS Approximately 84 percent of Loyola students receive some form of financial aid.

ANNUAL EXPENSES (2011-2012) Tuition: $32,266 Room and Board (required for out-of-city freshmen): $10,750 Resident Fees: $1,346 Commuter Fees: $1,286

SCHOLARSHIPS

2011 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

The CMFA awards annual talent-based scholarships to music, theatre arts, and visual arts majors. These awards vary according to the student’s performance/artistic ability, potential for continued artistic and academic progress, and the college’s specific program needs.

Academic merit-based scholarships are awarded to qualified students by the Office of Admissions. Talent-based scholarships are not available for nonperformance music industry studies students.

New first-year students: 947 60 percent from out of state Average GPA: 3.66 Test Scores (middle 50 percent) SAT Critical Reading: 590-630 SAT Math: 560-610 ACT: 23-29 These scores reflect the middle half of enrolling students in the fall of 2011. They do not reflect maximum or minimum score ranges.

Required application materials include application, essay, resume, transcript, SAT or ACT scores, and a recommendation from a teacher or counselor.

Loyola University New Orleans has fully supported and fostered in its educational programs, admissions, employment practices, and in the activities it operates the policy of not discriminating on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex/gender, or sexual orientation. This policy is in compliance with all applicable federal regulations and guidelines.

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The writing component of the SAT and ACT will not be used for admission, but will be used for English placement.

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COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND FINE ARTS

WHERE ELSE CAN YOU…

… roam the halls and converse

with GRAMMY® award winners and internationally renowned musicians and artists?

… involve yourself in the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Voodoo Experience festival, productions, films, galleries, or the New Orleans Museum of Art?

… embrace the Jesuit traditions of thinking critically and acting justly to enhance performance, art, and design?

… perform on stage

with one of the oldest opera companies in the country or one of the nation’s best orchestras?

… participate in a theatre community that will embrace you?

… enjoy New Orleans’ abundant arts and culture scene?

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Loyola University New Orleans is the only university in the country to partner a college of fine and performing arts with the rich Jesuit tradition of educating the whole person in the liberal arts. Loyola’s students have the rare and exciting opportunity to become active arts participants both locally and internationally.

Not only are they able to perform all over the Big Easy in its legendary venues, but they can also let the world become their blackboard as they tour or study abroad across the United States, Canada, Central America, and Europe with the chorale, jazz band, symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, as well as the theatre and visual arts programs.

Our Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series provides students opportunities to gain stage and gallery experience by performing in ensembles, operas, and theatrical productions; showing their works in one of our two on-campus galleries; and interacting with spectacular guest artists.

The College of Music and Fine Arts prides itself on maintaining a 6:1 student-to-faculty ratio. Our instructors distinguish themselves as leaders in their fields, from GRAMMY® award winners and national music organization executives to internationally acclaimed theatre professionals and award-winning artists.

PROSPECTIVE CAREERS Accompanist/rehearsal pianist Art education Art gallery management/design Artistic directing Band director Casting Choir director Choreography Church musician Copyright administration Graphic design Manufacturing

Our music industry studies students record and promote events with local New Orleans talent—considered by many to be Louisiana’s greatest natural resource!

Motion picture and TV industries Music education Music journalism Music sales and law Music therapy Music/theatre/art/dance instructor Performance Publishing and editing Sound mixing Stage management Symphony director Talent acquisition Theatre education Touring industry

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MUSIC

MUSIC THERAPY Music therapy is a well-established health profession in which music is used to address physical, emotional, cognitive, communication, and social needs of individuals. Music therapy professionals assess the strengths and needs of each client, and provide appropriate treatment, which may include creating, singing, listening to, and/or moving to music.

Loyola’s music therapy programs are the oldest in the nation, and the most immersive. Our students work as therapists in training—participating in mock music therapy sessions, and in fieldwork placements where they interact with a variety of health populations observing, co-leading, and leading music therapy sessions.

CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE New Orleans brings music to life, combining the old with the new.

Loyola students keep the city’s rich musical heritage alive by performing on the same stages as many legendary musicians who paved the way for American music.

Our students perform as part of our various ensembles throughout the year. Vocal students can sing in the Loyola Choirs or one of the two spectacular productions of Loyola Opera Theatre. Instrumentalists can play in the Loyola Symphony Orchestra, our various chamber ensembles, or solo as part of our weekly recital hour.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in masterclasses and clinics with renowned vocalists and instrumentalists, and witness live performances on campus by international artists like Philip Glass and the Vienna Boys Choir.

JAZZ STUDIES It is only natural that a jazz studies program would begin in a city steeped in jazz heritage and culture. As the first New Orleans university to establish a bachelor of music degree in jazz studies, Loyola provides the opportunity for students to study the development of jazz and participate in its ongoing growth, while focusing on traditional music and rigorous academic study.

The jazz studies program is professionally oriented and designed for brass, woodwind, and rhythm instrumentalists. The resident Faculty Jazz Ensemble features professionals who remain active in jazz and commercial fields. Guest artists of international renown conduct masterclasses and perform with student ensembles during the annual Loyola University Jazz Ensemble Festival. Students have been able to witness performances by jazz musicians such as Brian Blade, Stefon Harris, Stanton Moore, and Mark Whitfield.

The Loyola Jazz Club has presented masterclasses with jazz greats such as Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, and Michel Camilo.

Loyola is the proud to continue its relationship with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance through jazz performance and masterclass opportunities as the Monk Institute supports jazz education opportunities to the city of New Orleans.

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MUSIC INDUSTRY STUDIES

MUSIC EDUCATION

Loyola’s Music Industry Studies program offers three tracks: Music Industry Studies (BM)— provides students a comprehensive set of business tools for the music industry Music Industry Studies (BS)— provides a flexible curriculum with an emphasis on specific areas of music business, i.e., legal, communications, production, writing, and more.

College of Business (BBA)— with a minor in Music Industry Studies—allows students to select a business major and learn about the business aspects of the music industry through coursework and internship opportunities.

Students complete exciting internships in music capitals like New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, and New Orleans.

Music industry studies students have countless opportunities to take part in audio and video production with local and internationally renowned musicians through the “Entrepreneurial Units” program, which includes a student-run radio station, a record label, and a video production service.

Loyola’s music education program is designed to fulfill academic requirements leading to teacher certification in either vocal or instrumental music—in an industry filled with employment potential. All music education majors are required to complete a student teaching internship semester.

Music education students, from freshman through senior year, have the unique opportunity to participate in a variety of preparatory teaching experiences in the New Orleans community.

Most states observe reciprocity with Louisiana regarding teacher certification. Students may choose an optional concentration in jazz studies.

OUTSTANDING MUSIC FACULTY Our talented music faculty includes classical and jazz performers, recording artists with international careers, numerous GRAMMY® nominees and award winners, the president of the National Flute Association, a board member of the international Trombone Association, Tribute to the Classical Arts Awards nominees, past presidents of associations in music therapy and music education, and a past president of Rykodisc Records.

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COMPOSITION The music composition program prepares students for graduate work in composition or for freelance work as composers, copyists, or arrangers.

The curriculum strongly emphasizes analog and digital synthesis and on current computer applications for the preparation of musical scores.

Additional coursework is available in recording technologies.

DEGREE PROGRAMS Bachelor of Science Music Industry Studies Bachelor of Music Performance Jazz Studies Music Industry Studies Music with Elective Studies Bachelor of Music Education Bachelor of Music Therapy Bachelor of Art in Music Graduate Degree Programs Music Therapy (MMT) Performance (MM)

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THEATRE ARTS AND DANCE

You could find the role of a lifetime in Loyola’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance. Whether on stage or behind the scenes, our broad curriculum will ensure that you develop or enhance a sense of artistic and personal discipline, responsibility, and a lifelong commitment to theatre. What better place to begin your career than in the Jesuit tradition that helped shape Molière and Voltaire?

CREATING THE THEATRE ARTIST

PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE

NEW ORLEANS AND MORE

Our undergraduate program offers individual attention and opportunities through mentorship with our dynamic professors. Our students learn all aspects of theatre arts including performance, dramaturgy, costume, scenic, lighting, sound, publicity, and box office management to become well-rounded theatre artists. Loyola students learn a theatrical vocabulary that allows them to communicate with other theatre creators, and focus within specific areas of interest at an advanced level. They enjoy the freedom to experiment artistically, intellectually, and technically.

Productions at Loyola are just that— Loyola productions. We give our casting and production assignments exclusively to Loyola undergraduate students. Four main stage productions, one-act festivals, workshops, directing projects, and guest artists allow plenty of opportunities for our students to become involved. Past guest artists have included Susan Sarandon, John Guare, Wole Soyinka, and Eric Overmyer, as well as Fulbright scholar Arben Kumbaro. Students use the knowledge and skills gained in the classroom as building blocks towards their production goals.

New Orleans is home to an active theatre community with many opportunities for students to experience their art. Loyola productions have been recognized by the Big Easy and Louisiana State Theatre Festival awards. Loyola theatre students have worked at various local theatres, including Southern Rep, Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Rivertown Repertory Theatre, and Summer Lyric Theatre. Internships are available locally as well as by special arrangement with out-of-state theatres. Our students have studied abroad at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts, interned at the Avignon Theatre Festival in France, and performed as part of a complete medieval Chester cycle of plays in Canada.

DEGREE PROGRAMS The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts program provides extensive training in all aspects of theatre including acting, design, directing, and technical theatre.

The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts/ Communications program offers training in theatre arts as well as one of the communications programs (public relations, advertising, or journalism).

The Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a Business Administration minor provides training in business management as applicable to the theatre industry.

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DISTINGUISHED FACULTY Loyola’s theatre arts and dance faculty includes recognizable actors and theatre professionals with a global range of experience. Our faculty includes a Fulbright Professor, a Fulbright Scholar, and members of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, United Scenic Artists, Local 829, Association of Performing Arts and Entertainment Professionals, Costume Society of America, and the Center Teacher Development Program. Faculty works have been seen locally, nationally, on and off Broadway, and around the world.

The dance minor program in classical ballet can be earned in conjunction with any other major at Loyola.

www.cmfa.loyno.edu/theatrearts

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VISUAL ARTS

Studying visual arts at Loyola University New Orleans provides you the opportunity of a lifetime.

Whatever area of art truly inspires you, you’ll find the flexibility you want to study it here. Merging a broad liberal arts curriculum with practical, hands-on courses gives you a great starting point for a career with museums, art galleries, agencies, and more.

JESUIT EDUCATION

GET INVOLVED

Our visual arts programs emphasize the study of art within a liberal arts context. Students look at the big picture and the impact that they have on their art in contrast to the impact their art has on them, and the broader world. We encourage students to explore various disciplines before choosing a specific focus. College Art Association guidelines require a maximum of 25 students in introductory level courses. Our freshman classes allow a maximum of 15 students. Upper-level classes may include five to ten students, who each receive personal instruction.

Our students become active in the city’s rich arts community. Whether they review the works from the St. Claude Collective and other arts organizations or work with Julia Street art dealers and the city museums, students gain the critical thinking, and social and business skills required to compete effectively in the contemporary art world.

Students travel to meet working artists in cities such as Houston, New York, and Chicago as well as participating in art-based study abroad programs. We encourage students to participate in exhibitions in one of our three on-campus art galleries.

Student projects are an integral part of our programs. These are examples of our students’ work.

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DISTINGUISHED FACULTY

DISCIPLINES

Our distinguished faculty has exhibited work across the world and have appeared in numerous publications. We have fellowship and grant winners from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Fulbright scholarship recipients.

Art History and Visual Culture Ceramics Computer-based Imaging Drawing Motion Graphics Painting Photography Print Design Printmaking Sculpture Web Design

Our faculty has also won awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, and are members of numerous visual and graphic arts societies around the country.

Select faculty members maintain membership in slide registries such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and design for various firms and publications such as George magazine.

DEGREE PROGRAMS The Bachelor of Fine Arts program provides extensive training for students who wish to become professional studio artists and who would like to develop a portfolio in preparation for graduate school.

The Bachelor of Arts program prepares students for careers in studio art administration in areas such as the heritage industry, museum industry, and arts administration.

The Bachelor of Arts program in Graphic Design prepares students for careers in areas that utilize motion media, web, and print design.

www.cmfa.loyno.edu/visual

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ALUMNI SUCCESSES

Sarah Jane McMahon

Victor Goines

Stanton Moore

Brian Blade

A STRONG TRADITION IN THE ARTS Norman Treigle ’51 was one of the premiere operatic bass-baritones of his generation. He made his debut with New York City Opera playing Colline in La Boheme, sang the role of Reverend Olin Blitch in the New York premiere of Floyd’s Susannah, and his greatest roles included Méphistophélès in Faust, Escamillo in Carmen, and the four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann.

Logan Skelton ‘83 is an internationally acclaimed pianist, teacher, and composer and currently professor of piano and director of doctoral studies in piano performance at the University of Michigan.

Bassist Chuck Bergeron ’84 founded the Chuck Bergeron Trio, is a professor at the University of Miami, and has won two ASCAP awards among his 40-plus recordings.

Bassoonist Charles Fernandez ’84 has received two Emmy nominations during his career composing and arranging soundtracks for HBO, Disney, MGM, Universal, and many others.

Drummer Brian Blade ’90 leads his Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band, and has worked with Bob Dylan, Bill Frisell, Emmylou Harris, Daniel Lanois, Joni Mitchell, and Seal.

Saxophonist Victor Goines ’84 is director of jazz studies at Northwestern University and a regular performer with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Drummer Stanton Moore ‘94 leads the bands Galactic, Moore and More, and Garage à Trois. He was a featured artist in Modern Drummer magazine, and is a columnist for Drum! magazine.

Ellis Marsalis ’86 is a premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans, a former Coca-Cola Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies at the University of New Orleans, chair of the Louisiana Music Commission, and recent artist-in-residence at Loyola’s College of Music and Fine Arts.

Loyola Music Industry Studies graduates have gone to work for leading companies in the music industry such as ASCAP, Lincoln Center, Creative Artist Agency, Rehage Entertainment, Superfly Presents, Clear Channel Radio, G. Schirmer Publishing, Opus 3, and EMI Music Publishing.

Ryan Rillette ’95 is the producing director of the Marin Theatre Company in California, and was producing artistic director of the Southern Rep theater in New Orleans.

Pianist Steven Spooner ’95 has won prizes at seven international piano competitions, and records on the EMR, IU, and Everything labels.

Singer Sarah Jane McMahon ’02 is a soprano with the New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, the Colorado Symphony/Central City Opera, New Orleans Opera, and Opera Theater of Connecticut.

Mixed-media artist Takashi Horisaki ’03 received national acclaim for his works “Second Skin” and “Social Dress New Orleans—730 Days After.”

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LOYOLA’S METROPOLITAN OPERA STARS

Ian Hoch

Designer Samia Saleem ’04 founded Corpus, a New York-based firm that employs Eliza Shulze ’09 and Sarah Moody ’06.

Mitch Paone ’05 is a freelance motion designer in New York City and founder of Dreamers Ink Aesthetics.

Kristi Jacobs ’05 currently manages the comedy group Stupid Time Machine in New Orleans. Their latest show, Love in the Time of Swine Flu, has been accepted into The New York International Fringe Festival Summer 2010.

Ian Hoch ’06 works at the BIG 870 AM WWL in New Orleans as a broadcast engineer, news reporter, and social media director while appearing on stage throughout New Orleans.

Brian Treitler

Angela Mannino

Marie Bourgouis ’07 received a full scholarship to the MFA Graphic Design Program at Notre Dame, a program that only accepts one student per year.

Singer Cleona Torres ‘07 won the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Gulf Coast Regional Finals.

Leo DeJesus ’07, Richard Dubourg ’08, Eric Rogers ’09, and John Michael Rouchell ’09 are all members of rock band My Name is John Michael, which performed at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and various festivals throughout the country.

Audio engineer Woods Drinkwater ‘07 won a 2009 GRAMMY® for his work on the album BeauSoleil & Michael Doucet: Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Actor Brian Treitler ’08 is currently featured in the new Sprint 4G network national commercial as well as a billboard in Times Square.

Brian Schrader ’09 is the Company/Production Manager of the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, overseeing more than 150 different performances a year.

Angela Mannino ’02 made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Lulu. She also performs with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New Orleans Opera, Central City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and is a 2009 Sullivan Foundation award winner.

Alfred Walker ’96, bassbaritone, a former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, has appeared with the Met as Parsi Rustomji in Phillip Glass’ Satyagraha following previous appearances in Roméo et Juliette, Samson et Dalila, Pelléas et Mélisande, Fidelio, Les Troyens, and L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Greer Grimsley ’76, bassbaritone, made his Metropolitan debut as Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes and has subsequently performed there as Escamillo in Carmen, Jokanaan in Salome, Scarpia in Tosca, Telramund in Lohengrin, and Amfortas in Parsifal.

Ruth Falcon ’64, soprano, has appeared at the Met as the Empress in Die Frau Ohne Schatten. She is currently a member of voice faculty at Mannes College’s The New School for Music.

STUDENT SUCCESS Adam Mayon ’12 recently claimed first place in the piano division of the Music Teachers National Association’s Young Artist Performance competition.

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Charles Anthony ’52 is a tenor with the New York Metropolitan Opera. He currently holds the Met’s performance record, giving more than 950 performances since his debut with the company in 1954.

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OUR MISSION The College of Music and Fine Arts is the leading center for the study of fine and performing arts among all Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States, offering professional and liberal arts programs in a rigorous academic environment.

The CMFA prepares students for fine and performing arts professions in a manner that reflects the Jesuit ideals of truth, service, and justice. It provides the campus, region, and nation with music, theatre, dance, and visual arts, demonstrating the university’s commitment and service to the fine and performing arts.

MONTAGE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS SERIES The CMFA serves as a major cultural resource in the greater New Orleans region by presenting more than 100 performances each year as part of the Montage Fine and Performing Arts Series. The series is dedicated to providing educational and entertaining performances, which include outstanding concerts, guest performers, masterclasses, jazz, dance, art exhibitions, and theatre productions in an intimate setting.

For more about the Montage Series, visit our website at montage.loyno.edu

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FACILITIES

MUSIC

THEATRE ARTS AND DANCE VISUAL ARTS

The 115,000-square-foot, four-story Communications/Music Complex provides state-of-the-art facilities for music and communications, including the 600-seat Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, which can handle a full spectrum of performances, from the solo recital concert to the symphony orchestra. Other performance halls include Nunemaker Auditorium, Holy Name of Jesus Church, and the Underground, which hosts the Jazz Underground series.

The theater department has two theaters with recently upgraded lighting and audio: the 150-seat Marquette Theater, notable for its proscenium arch, and The Lower Depths, an intimate experimental theater that seats 70-85 and adapts to a variety of dramatic forms. The theaters are supported by a costume shop and scenic shop. Specialized classrooms include acting and design studios.

Studios and labs include:

The visual arts building includes painting and drawing studios; a fully equipped wood and metal shop for sculpture, including foundry; a ceramics area which includes electric, gas-fired, and raku kilns for handbuilding and wheel-thrown ceramics; and a printmaking studio capable of producing intaglio, stone and plate lithography, serigraphy, relief and letterpress (foundry type and photopolymer plates), all capable of using photomechanical processes.

The department also has a fully equipped darkroom and a state-of-theart computer imaging lab.

• Acoustically-treated faculty studios and individual practice rooms

There are two art galleries located on Loyola’s campus, including the Danna Student Center Art Gallery and the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery. The visual arts building also has a small gallery for student exhibits.

• Two computer-assisted piano laboratories designed to allow class instruction on individual electronic piano keyboards • A computer music studio with the latest in electronic instruments, computers, and synthesizers • A computerized music theory laboratory with workstations designed to give students access to the latest composition and music theory software

www.cmfa.loyno.edu

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College of Music and Fine Arts (504) 865-3037 www.cmfa.loyno.edu Office of Admissions (504) 865-3240 or (800) 456-9652 apply.loyno.edu

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