My son committed to LOYNO after narrowing his list down to Frost/Miami and LOYNO. (He did have generous offers from Michigan, Syracuse, Temple, Penn State, and Gettysburg.) After a live visit to Miami and texts/phone calls with many students/alumni at LOYNO it was clear that New Orleans and LOYNO were a much better fit. He will be majoring in Music Education with emphasis on Jazz drum set. He has already contacted Tulane to join the Marching Band. He started informally looking after sophomore year and Loyola was on his first day of college touring and his first admission interview (Gloria Hill in admissions is great) and his first acceptance. I believe he had about 50 pre-audition/audition recordings for 10 different music schools. We learned quite a lot during this process. We hope live in-person auditions resume for next year. If anyone has any questions about jazz percussion auditions we would happy to provide advice. If you’re reading this a year from now and want to speak to a current freshman - don’t be afraid to reach out - my son would love to pay it forward (thank you to Momofadrummer’s son).
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