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Jazz Workshops for Students
This can be aimed for music students anywhere from grade school to high school and the University level. Students are required to bring instruments for participation.
The program includes:
Lecture on the history of brass band, jazz, and New Orleans rhythm & blues music. Discussion also includes the tradition of jazz funerals and parades, the history of Social Aid & Pleasure Club benevolent societies and the secondline parades, as well as the cultural heritage unique to New Orleans.
Demonstration of various styles of brass band and New Orleans jazz music from the late 1800’s to present day. Band performances demonstrate the correlation between brass band music and the evolving New Orleans jazz genre.
Student training session. The band breaks into sections by instrument and conducts hands-on instruction to the students on a particular style of music as featured by the band.
Workshop performance. In conclusion of the hands-on instruction, all students come together in performance and play along with the band to the music featured and learned in the student training session.
Jazz Seminars for Adults and Private Events
This can be aimed for people with or without music instrument training. Attendees are encouraged to bring instruments if they wish to participate.
The program includes:
Lecture on the history of brass band, jazz, and New Orleans rhythm & blues music. Discussion also includes the tradition of jazz funerals and parades, the history of Social Aid & Pleasure Club benevolent societies and the secondline parades, as well as the cultural heritage unique to New Orleans.
Demonstration of various styles of brass band and New Orleans jazz music from the late 1800’s to present day. Band plays excerpts that demonstrate the correlation between brass band music and the evolving New Orleans jazz genre.
Band performance. Conclusion of seminar includes a full performance by the band. Attendees are encouraged to participate in the program on perennial favorites, such as “Saints Go Marching In” and “Bourbon Street Parade”.