Making Marching Bands: How Music Education Creates the Heartbeat of Mardi Gras
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Michele Brierre leads a panel discussion on music education in Orleans Parish. Brierre, founding director of the Ellis Marsalis Center, joins Dr. Michael Torregano and Dr. Daryl Dickerson, music educators and former band directors, and Adonis Rose, director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, for this important session. The panel’s discussion extends beyond the crowd-pleasing marching performances in Mardi Gras parades and delves into the need for a more comprehensive curriculum for music education in New Orleans.
To learn more about music education programs in New Orleans, please visit the websites of the following organizations:
Artist Corps of New Orleans
www.artistcorpsnola.org/
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
www.ellismarsaliscenter.org/
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras
Make Music NOLA
www.makemusicnola.org/
Music for Life, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Don “Moose” Jamison Heritage School of Music, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Preservation Hall Foundation
www.preshallfoundation.org/
Roots of Music
Trombone Shorty Academy
Upbeat Academy
www.upbeatacademy.org/
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
The Historic New Orleans Collection presents The 26th Williams Research Center Symposium Virtual Presentations.
Months before the scent of fresh king cake, the glow of flambeaux, and the driving beat of marching bands fill New Orleans, artists, makers, and culture bearers across the city are planning, designing, and building. Their inspiration, hard work, and collaboration result in awe-inspiring creations. Much more than just a celebration, Carnival and its rich, diverse, and complicated history invite the world to our streets. This year’s Williams Research Center Symposium, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Making Mardi Gras, celebrates the makers who carry the history and traditions forward, who shape their evolution, and who, every year, bring us “The Greatest Free Show on Earth.” This year’s event is generously sponsored by Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World and Kern Studios.
Please visit www.hnoc.org/symposium-2022 for the full schedule.
