He spent August 2024 as the school's artist-in-residence working with faculty, students, staff and animal patients, all of whom inspired his work as a composer.
"It's said that Mary Jane shows up on the bridge after you call her three times," Breaux Bridge resident and musician Yvette Landry said. "You have to push your car off the bridge as fast as you can before she gets you."
Marksville's beginning can be traced to 1794 when Venetian peddler Marco Eliché's wagon wheel broke while traveling through the area. He decided to stay and open a trading post.
