Joseph Hebert

Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Coordinator of Wind and Percussion Activities

Joseph Hebert
Department
Performance—Instrumental
Mailing Address
6363 St. Charles Ave., Box 8 New Orleans, LA 70118
Direct Phone
504.865.3748
Fax Number
504.865.2852
E-mail Address
jghebert@loyno.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Conducting

 

Degrees

B.M.E., Loyola University New Orleans; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Short Bio

Dr. Joseph Hebert graduated from Loyola University with a B.M.E. degree. He went on to earn his M.M. degree from the Manhattan School of Music and later earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Hebert has performed with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stowkowski, and periodically performs with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Commercially, Dr. Hebert has performed with Jack Jones, Ray Charles, Rita Moreno, Michel LeGrande and Mel Torme, to mention a few. 

For 23 years he conducted the New Orleans Saints Band. He has also been a guest conductor with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and is the founder and conductor of the Crescent City Wind Symphony in New Orleans and the Slidell Wind Symphony in Slidell, Louisiana. In 1992, Dr. Hebert was selected by the Louisiana Unit of the international Association of Jazz Educators as the recipient of the year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He also has been recently selected for the Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA) Hall of Fame.Dr. Hebert is currently Professor of Music Education, Coordinator of Wind and Percussion activities, and Director of Bands at Loyola University New Orleans. Over the 40 years of his tenure, his jazz bands, concert bands, and wind ensembles have performed at festivals and conventions from coast to coast. These ensembles have also toured throughout Mexico and Europe and continue to tour throughout the United States. Dr. Hebert has adjudicated at festivals from Canada to Mexico and from the East Coast to the West Coast. He is a member of the prestigious American Bandmaster’s Association (ABA) and the Board of Directors of the John Philip Sousa Foundation, among many other organizations. 

Courses Taught

  • Conducting
  • University Band
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Tuba Ensemble

 

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