School of Fine Arts Dean

Mary Alice Bourgeois

Mary Alice began serving in the music ministry as a teenager while attending Mid City Baptist High School on a working music scholarship. This scholarship included serving as the pianist for the largest Baptist church in New Orleans and a daily radio broadcast. With a background in Christian radio and television, including the PTL Television Network, Christian musical groups, and church staff positions, she and her late husband worked as a team for many years before joining the CBC music staff in 1997. Mary Alice was the principal pianist for CBC for twelve years and has taught in the School of Fine Arts since 1997. She holds a degree in Church Music Ministry with a concentration in Piano and Organ from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.