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College of Music & Dramatic Arts
#1
#2
1:1
Theatre Program
in the SEC
Theatre Program
in the Nation
Student-Faculty
Mentoring
Four Awards
from the National Opera Association
1.1 million
OVER
300
192
video views of the Golden Band from
Tigerland on Facebook in 2018
Performing Arts
Events Each Year
125
years
The Golden Band
from Tigerland
The organizations can trace its roots to the
military traditions of LSU’s “Old War Skule”
$4 Million Opera Endowment
creates the John G. Turner and Jerry G. Fischer Center for Opera at LSU and
will enable the renovation of the LSU School of Music Recital Hall—including
the addition of the Paula G. Manship Concert Organ—to create a world-class
facility for educating high-level artists who have a global impact.
$2 Million Music Therapy
Endowment
LSU alumni Ava Leavell Haymon and Cordell Haymon of Baton Rouge have
made a $1.2 million gift to the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts to fund
an endowed chair in music therapy, making LSU a leader in creating such a
position. The Haymons’ gift, which will be eligible for $800,000 in competitive matching funds from the Louisiana Board of Regents, will establish the
first music therapy program at a public university in Louisiana.
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