History Ya Ya, UNO Lecture Series: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans - Al Kennedy
Thursday, November 20, 2008, 6-8 p.m., Arsenal (enter through the Cabildo)
Louisiana State Museum Lecture to Highlight Public School Music Legends The world is fascinated with New Orleans music, and the unsung heroes of New Orleans music are the music teachers and band directors in the city's public schools. This program will present ways that public school teachers pushed an often unwilling urban institution to become an important structure that transmitted jazz and other musical traditions to future musicians. The presentation will include rare photographs dating back to the early 1900s. Lecturer is Dr. Al Kennedy, Department of History, University of New Orleans. For more information call 504.568.8215
Louisiana State Museum since 1911
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/
New Orleans' most prominent heritage attraction is the Louisiana State Museum, a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity.
The Museum operates five properties in the famous French Quarter: the Cabildo, Presbytere, 1850 House, Old U.S. Mint and Madame John's Legacy. Also the Louisiana State Museum - Patterson in Patterson, Louisiana State Museum - Baton Rouge, the Old Courthouse in Natchitoches, and the E.D. White Historic Site in Thibodaux.
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