Southeastern Community Music School benefits from First Guaranty Bank sponsorship
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
FIRST GUARANTY BANK LENDS A HAND– Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School Director Jivka Duke, center, receives a donation from First Guaranty Bank representatives Jane Wear, left, and Danielle Willie. First Guaranty Bank has helped support Southeastern’s Community Music School over the last several years.
HAMMOND – First Guaranty Bank is once again providing support to the Southeastern
Louisiana University Community Music School.
“Over the past several years, many students from our community have benefited
from the bank’s sponsorship of the program,” said Community Music School Director
Jivka Duke. “Due to First Guaranty Bank’s generosity, during the fall 2019 and the
spring of 2020 semesters, CMS will again provide tuition assistance to students who
qualify.”
Duke said that partners like First Guaranty Bank play an important role in preserving
the quality of programs, such as the Community Music School, and in making them accessible
and affordable to everyone.
The Community Music School, located on the Southeastern campus and its two satellite
locations the Livingston Parish Literacy and Technology Center in Walker and Northshore
Technical Community College in Lacombe, offers music instruction on various instruments
and voice for children and adults of all ages.
In addition to private music lessons, Duke said, the Community Music School offers
a number of programs that allow for children and adults on the northshore and the
surrounding communities to engage in the art of music performance. Such programs include
the Middle School Band Camp, as well as guitar, orchestra and chamber music workshops
taking place during the second and third weeks of June. Registration is now open,
and information about the programs is available at www.southeastern.edu/cms.
For more information about the Community Music School’s year-round program, visit
www.southeastern.edu/cms or call (985) 549-5502.
