LSU Foundation Reception at the BCS

Houston Haymon and the Kaptain's

LSU CMDA BCS Reception Jan. 8th, 2012

LSU Alum Charlene Farve and
Dolores Arce-Kaptain

Staffer Miriam Overton, LSU Alum and reception host Juli Miller Hart (Projects with Purpose),
Larry Kaptain, and Jennifer Magee (Keating Magee Marketing Communication)

Our rooftop view from the 5th floor balcony of Jax Brewery

With Dean Eli Jones of the famed Ourso College of Business at LSU

A visit to our reception by a part of the Tiger Band and Golden Girls.
It rocked the balcony!

LK flanked by Tiger Band faculty members Eric Melley and Roy King

LK, Theatre Chair Kristin Sosnowsky, Theatre faculty member James Murphy, and
Swine Palace Board member Suzanne Horton and her husband James

Faculty, family and friends of LSU!!!

Bill Conti ('63), Steve Covington, Prof. James Byo and Alex Byo

Important!!!!

On the field of the MB Superdome

BCS Championship Game Halftime meeting of Larry Kaptain (Dean, LSU) and 

Skip Snead (Director of the University of Alabama School of Music)

Bill Conti ('63), Steve Covington, Shelby Conti ('63),
Dolores Arce-Kaptain, Dean Larry Kaptain

True words that artists/creatives live by

Pensacola--LSU Alumni Chapter CMDA Reception

LSU Alumni gathering at a reception prior to a Pensacola Opera performance of Puccini's Mademe Butterfly.
January 22, 2012

LSU School of Music Faculty Woodwind Quintet

Robert DiLutis, Katherine Kemler, Seth Orgel,
Johanna Cox, Gabriel Beavers. September, 2011.

Louisiana Philharmonic post-concert reception Jan. 25, 2012. l. to r. Babs Mollere

Charlotte Bollinger (Board of Regents), Babs Mollere (LPO), 

Robert Levy (Louisiana Board of Regents) and Larry Kaptain (LSU)

Scott Eric Olivier bridges two worlds

Portrait of an Artist, as a Businessman

http://digbatonrouge.com/article/portrait-of-an-artist-as-a-businessman-4310/

Scott Eric Olivier        

Photo: Tim Mueller

Robyn Lamp, wins third place in the Gulf Coast Region Met Auditions

Ms. Lamp is a student of Patricia O'Neill's in the LSU School of Music.

CMDA BCS Reception in New Orleans 010812

Swine Palace Board members Suzanne and Jim Horton (far left and right) ,
With LSU School of Music director Willis Delony and
Academy Award winning composer Bill Conti ('63)

Photo Credit: Jacquelyn Craddock

TV Series shoots in front of M&DA Building 1/11/12

http://www.wafb.com/story/15470904/breakout-kings-moves-to-baton-rouge

(Note the sign!!!)

It looked like they had about 50 students as extras walking around.

LSU: a Top-Ten destination for tuba/euphonium study

LSU is tied for 8th place with the Eastman School of Music and Juilliard School in a survey by a University of Arizona graduate student that ranks the top 10 tuba/euphonium studios in the country for graduate studies.   The survey was sent to all the teachers at institutions in the United States where a graduate degree is offered in tuba and/or euphonium.

The tuba/euphonium professor at LSU is Joseph Skillen.

The survey was undertaken by Suke Nakata and is dated 2011.

 
Congratulations Prof. Skillen.

International Clarinet Association Exec. Comm. visits LSU

The Intertnational Clarinet Association will be staging their ClarinetFest® 2014 in Baton Rouge at LSU. The festival host will be Prof. Robert DiLutis.


As Dean of the College of Music and Dramatic Arts, I can assure all attendees that they will enjoy their visit and; a) Want to stay longer, and/or b) Plan a trip back.

International Clarinet Association Executive Committee, with Robert DiLutis (far left)

NYT Review: Lisette Oropesa (LSU, '06) at The MET

"The lyric soprano Lisette Oropesa brought a gleaming voice and beguiling grace to Miranda."


Bravo Lisette!!!


New York Times Review, January 1, 2012


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/arts/music/the-enchanted-island-at-the-metropolitan-opera-review.html?pagewanted=all

Lisette Oropesa, left, as Miranda and Anthony Roth Costanzo as Ferdinand.

Credit: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times