Training
•Bullet: The 120-credit BS combines 16 credits of private applied study, with a proficiency jury each semester, Contemporary Ensemble, 12 credits of music technology, 15 credits of popular music theory and an 18-credit music industry core that ends in the Performance Capstone
•Bullet: Cassandra Faulconer, Instructor of Bass in Commercial Music, trained in contemporary pop and commercial music at Humber College and has played with Papa Mali and Cirque du Soleil
•Bullet: She toured and recorded with the New Orleans rock band Cowboy Mouth from 2010 to 2014 and has performed at Royal Albert Hall and Lincoln Center
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Popular and commercial student ensembles perform a showcase at the House of Blues in the French Quarter every semester, and the Uptown Threauxdown at Tipitina's is the culminating semester performance
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Mynthia Gonkpala (class of 2022) performed a set at the House of Blues for the alumni party welcoming Loyola's 18th president
