Students from Livingston Parish attend Southeastern Community Music School Band Camp
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
CMS HOSTS MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND CAMP – Students from Livingston Parish participated in the Southeastern Community Music School Middle School Band Camp. Participating in the camp are, front row from left, Jaquelyn Olmedo, Roslyn LeBouef, Tyler Kinchen, Colin Puig, Selena Stafford, and Jacob Myers. Back row, from left, are Corey Farris, Jason Myers, Jason Krick, Hailey Cantu, Elizabeth Lane, and Kayla McCluskey.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Community Music School hosted the
Middle School Band Camp, one of several annual summer programs, the third week of
June. The Band Camp’s daily activities ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and consisted of
concert band, chamber groups, master classes, jazz ensemble, jazz combos, improvisation,
theory instruction and private lessons.
The camp was directed by Paul Frechou, retired Southeastern director of bands,
with the help of a few Southeastern college students and B. J. Perez III, retired
band director from the St. Tammany Parish school system.
“This camp is a wonderful opportunity for band students to bring their skills
to the next level in just one week’s time. We had an exceptional group of young musicians
in our band camp this year,” said Community Music School Director Jivka Duke. “All
of the currently recommended COVID-19 restrictions were in place, and the students
were very mature about getting the job done despite these challenges. They were eager
to learn and performed a wonderful grand finale concert at the end of the camp. We
hope to see all of them return next summer and bring their musician friends with them.”
For more information about CMS programs and registration, call 985-549-5502,
or visit the CMS website at www.southeastern.edu/cms.
