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Our inaugural trip for the states of Louisiana and Mississippi will make up our Bayou Musicians Abroad Tour. Commonly found in the Gulf Coast region of the southern United States, this body of water is often times an extremely slow-moving stream, river, marshy lake, wetland, or creek. Taken from the Choctaw word bayuk, meaning small stream, the bayous are commonly associated with Creole culture.

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Date	Event	Location
June 18-20, 2026	Pre Tour Camp	Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA
June 20, 2026	Bon Voyage Concert	Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA
June 21, 2026	Depart for Europe	United States
June 22-23, 2026		Vienna, Austria
June 23, 2026	Band and Choir Concert	MuTH Concert Hall - Vienna, Austria
June 24-25, 2026		Salzburg, Austria
June 25, 2026	Band and Choir Concert	Mirabell Gardens - Salzburg, Austria
June 26-27, 2026		Oberammergau, Germany
June 27, 2026	Band and Choir Concert	Ammergauer Haus - Oberammergau, Germany
June 28-29, 2026		Andermatt, Switzerland
June 29, 2026	Band and Choir Concert	Andermatt Concert Hall - Andermatt, Switzerland
June 30-July 3, 2026		Paris, Normandy, France
July 1, 2026	Band and Choir Concert	Nelson Mandela Garden - Paris, France
July 4, 2026	Depart for United States	Paris
July 4-6, 2026		Extension - London, United Kingdom
July 6, 2026	Depart for United States	United Kingdom

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Brett Babineaux Coordinator

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About Brett Babineaux

Brett Babineaux is in his 27th year of teaching music in Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (formerly USL). Currently teaching at Broussard MS, he has held similar positions at Lafayette HS, Seventh Ward Elementary, Henry Elementary and New Iberia Senior HS. He has had the privilege of serving as a guest clinician for honor bands throughout the state and adjudicates various marching band contests and concert band assessments throughout south Louisiana. In 2016, his band proudly performed in Hawaii for the 75th Pearl Harbor Anniversary. Mr. Babineaux’s bands have consistently received superior ratings on all levels of assessment.

Mr. Babineaux currently serves as Immediate-Past President of the Louisiana Music Educators Association (LMEA). His professional affiliations include the National Association for Music Education, LMEA, the Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association, the Southwest Louisiana Band Directors Association and Phi Beta Mu. Since 2020, Mr. Babineaux has developed online professional development opportunities for LMEA as well as serving as interim conference chairperson for the 2022 and 2023 LMEA Professional Development Conference. He currently serves as Worship Associate at First Baptist Church, Lafayette. Brett performs in various ensembles throughout the Lafayette area, including the Acadian Wind Symphony and the Skyliners Big Band of Acadiana.

Damon Talley Band Conductor

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About Damon Talley

Damon Talley serves as Director of Bands and Paula G. Manship Professor of Conducting at the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Music where he oversees all aspects of the LSU Department of Bands, conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches graduate conducting. The nationally recognized Band Department at LSU serves as an integral component of the thriving School of Music. Under his leadership, the Department has established an annual conducting symposium, high school and middle school camps that serve hundreds of students annually and numerous outreach events for public school educators.

The Golden Band From Tigerland marching band has been featured at national conferences on multiple occasions and, most recently, the LSU Wind Ensemble performed at the College Band Directors National Association national convention. Dr. Talley is a strong supporter and advocate of music in the public schools. He regularly serves as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States and abroad, including engagements in Germany, Switzerland, England and Spain.

The LSU Wind Ensemble has released multiple recordings on the Equilibrium Label and continues to commission and record new compositions regularly. Dr. Talley has recorded on Best Classical Records and received favorable reviews from publications including Gramophone magazine and the American Record Guide. He has served as producer or associate producer on commercial recordings by the Naxos, Klavier and Equilibrium record labels, and is published in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, distributed by GIA Publications.

As an avid supporter of new music for the wind medium, Dr. Talley has conducted numerous world premier performances and has commissioned composers to write for the wind band. He regularly hosts visiting composers of national and international status on the campus of LSU and is a strong advocate for young composers, often premiering pieces by student composers. Dr. Talley is currently the National Chair for the New Works Committee of CBDNA as well as the Chair for the Commissioning Committee for the SEC Band Directors Association.

Prior to his appointment at LSU, Dr. Talley held the position of Director of Bands at Shenandoah Conservatory, where he was responsible for guiding the wind band program, conducting the EDGE New Music Ensemble and teaching graduate conducting. He has also taught on the faculties at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan. Prior to teaching at the university level, Dr. Talley taught in the public schools in Texas at both the middle school and high school levels. He earned a Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Michigan and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Texas.

Dr. Talley is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu, an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma and holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, and the Texas Music Educators Association. He is also an Educational Consultant and Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Corporation.

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Bayou • June 21 - July 4, 2026

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