Informances
New Orleans Jazz Celebration brings educational
'Informances' to schools throughout the state!
Informances are educational presentations given by respected New Orleans musical ensembles and visiting international jazz bands familiar with performing for children and people from other cultures. Themes for these 45 minute presentations have included ‘Props 4 Pops: Tribute to Louis Armstrong’, ‘The Brass Band Tradition’, and ‘World of Rhythms’, each exposing a different element of jazz history in a show full of audience participation. Related activities such as arts workshops, lectures, study materials, and movable exhibits are also offered individually or as a package that engages any audience with this rich cultural legacy of Louisiana to American popular music.
PROPS FOR POPS
Tribute to Louis Armstrong
with
Charmaine Neville and Friends
Through songs by and about Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, Charmaine and her band give a narrative overview of this important performer and world ambassador of jazz. Satchmo’s early development in New Orleans is highlighted and students learn through participation about improvisation and “scat” singing.
THE BRASS BAND TRADITION
with
the Euphonious Brass Band
With exuberant parade marches, get down jamming and a mock jazz funeral, the band shows the history of the New Orleans brass band from its traditional past to its relevance for a whole new generation as students learn how to "second line".
Related Arts Activity:
SECOND LINE CREATION STATION, providing a uniquely New Orleans crafts workshop. The one hour session allows children a hands on demonstration of the long tradition in our African American community of second line parades. The workshop will be led by Cherice Harrison Nelson, Mardi Gras Indian Queen and public school teacher with help from members of social aid & pleasure clubs. With paints, beads and fabric, kids of all ages will be given the tools to create second line umbrellas, sashes and corsages that adorn the many dancers in these parades. The workshop will conclude with an opportunity for participants to show off their new creations in an actual second line behind a New Orleans brass band.
PAPAYA
All-star Band from Costa Rica
Visiting International Performance in 2003 to Hynes Elementary
