Louisiana State University School of Music

LSU School of MusicType| Public

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Established| 1931
Director| Dr. James L. Byo
Students| 410
Location|

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

United States

Website| www.lsu.edu/cmda/music

Louisiana State University School of Music (LSU, commonly referred to as LSU School of Music) is a music school located on the northwestern side of the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The school is part of LSU's College of Music & Dramatic Arts, which also includes the LSU School of Theater. The college includes over 100 faculty and staff, over 600 majors, and offers wide range of degrees and curricular concentrations.

## Recent Accomplishments

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* In 2002, the Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band won the Sudler Trophy awarded by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, given to the top ranked college/university band in the nation. The Sudler Trophy is widely regarded as "the Heisman Trophy for bands."
* A 2004 PhD in Music (Composition) graduate won the MNTA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award.[1]
* In 2005, an associate professor of musicology received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities.[2]
* In 2006, Swine Palace Swine Palace, the University’s full-time professional, equity theater company received the YWCA Racial Justice Award, the first for an arts organization in the State of Louisiana.[3] In the same year it received the 2006 Louisiana Governor's Arts Award for Large Arts Organizations.

* The LSU A Cappella Choir was the featured university choral group at the finale concert for the ACDA Annual Convention at the Walt Disney Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
* In 2007, Swine Palace was awarded its third NEA grant for the world premiere of Ping Chong’s drama, COCKTAIL. That same year, the company was also the recipient of an EST Sloan Grant and its second Shubert Foundation grant; in the past five years, Swine Palace has received more than $1.2 million in unearned income.
* In 2007, Swine Palace's production of The Heidi Chronicles, directed by department chair, Michael Tick, was invited to be produced at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and the Beijing Central Academy of Drama.
* In 2008, television and film composer/arranger Bill Conti, an alumnus, was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame[4]
* Under the guide of Robert Grayson, two opera students, Paul Groves and Lisette Oropesa, have won Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1991 and 2005 respectively, and have gone on to have international operatic careers and regularly sing at the Metropolitan Opera.

## References

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1. ^ "MTNA Foundation, Awards Page". Archived from the original on 2008-07-07.
2. ^ "LSU News – "Hitting a High Note," Apr.28,2005".
3. ^ "YWCA (Baton Rouge, La.) News Release, Sept.28,2006".
4. ^ "LSU Media Relations news release, Apr. 18,2008".

## External links

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Louisiana State University

Located in: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Academics|

* LSU System
* College of Agriculture
* College of Art and Design
* College of the Coast and Environment
* College of Engineering
* College of Human Sciences and Education
* College of Humanities and Social Sciences
* College of Music and Dramatic Arts
* College of Science
* E. J. Ourso College of Business
* Graduate School
* LSU Laboratory School
* LSU School of Dentistry
* LSU School of Music
* Manship School of Mass Communication
* Paul M. Hebert Law Center
* Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College
* School of Veterinary Medicine
* University College

Athletics|

* Sports: LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers
* Baseball
* Basketball (Men/Women)
* Beach Volleyball
* Cross Country (Men/Women)
* Football
* Golf (Men/Women)
* Gymnastics
* Soccer
* Softball
* Rugby
* Swimming and Diving (Men/Women)
* Tennis (Men/Women)
* Track and Field - Indoor and Outdoor (Men/Women)
* Volleyball

* Venues: Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
* Bernie Moore Track Stadium
* Carl Maddox Field House
* Charles McClendon Practice Facility
* Highland Road Park
* LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
* LSU Basketball Practice Facility
* LSU Football Operations Center
* LSU Gymnastics Training Facility
* LSU Indoor Practice Facility
* LSU Natatorium
* LSU Soccer Stadium
* LSU Strength and Conditioning facility
* LSU Tennis Complex
* Mango's Beach Volleyball Club
* Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training
* Pete Maravich Assembly Center
* Tiger Park
* Tiger Stadium
* University Club of Baton Rouge

* Traditions: LSU traditions
* Mike the Tiger
* LSU Tiger Marching Band
* Songs of LSU
* "Fight for LSU"
* Golden Girls and Colorguard
* LSU Cheerleaders
* Tiger Girls
* LSU Hall of Fame
* LSU Sports Radio Network
* Tiger Athletic Foundation
* Bengal Punch

Campus|

* Greek Theatre
* Highland Road Park Observatory
* Huey P. Long Field House
* Louisiana Museum of Natural History
* LSU Business Education Complex
* LSU Campus Mounds
* LSU Hilltop Arboretum
* LSU Rural Life Museum
* LSU Tiger Band Hall
* Memorial Tower
* Mike the Tiger Habitat
* John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
* Shaw Center for the Arts
* Swine Palace/Reilly Theatre

Media|

* KLSU
* Louisiana State University Press
* New Delta Review
* The Daily Reveille
* The Southern Review

Research|

* Center for Computation and Technology
* Grok Knowledge Base
* Horace Hearne Institute
* Louisiana Business Technology Center
* Louisiana Geological Survey
* LSU AgCenter
* LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
* LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
* Pennington Biomedical Research Center
* Stephenson Disaster Management Institute

Student life|

* LSU Communication across the Curriculum
* Red Stick International Animation Festival
* Tiger Trails

People|

* Notable LSU people

History|

* Alma Mater
* Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy
* Old LSU Site
* Pentagon Barracks

* Founded: 1860
* Students: 31,527
* Endowment: 788 million

Authority control databases: Geographic |

* MusicBrainz place

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