[3] In 1910[4] (other sources give the year 1915[5]) Ernest Schuyten emigrated to the US, settled in New Orleans and later became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1919 Ernest Schuyten left the H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College and founded the New Orleans Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Arts.
[9][10] The Conservatory was incorporated in 1932 into the Loyola University New Orleans which formed the College of Music and Ernest Schuyten became its first dean until his retirement in 1953.
Ernest Schuyten received different honours for his work, among them are a fellow of the National College of the Dominion of Canada (in 1939) and was decorated as Knight of the Crown of Belgium.
[12] Beside his work as a teacher and conductor Ernest Schuyten always composed music which he often premiered with his orchestras.