Though he’s been playing in a band since age 8, Jon Batiste sounds more like a philosopher than a musician. Batiste and his ensemble Stay Human make their West Coast
Music students and 2013 NOCCA graduates Darryl Staves, Raymond Weber, Hunter Burgamy and Nicole Anderson were awarded full scholarships to the Berklee College of Music. The announcement took place at
NOCCA was recently mentioned in a PBS video about Wendell Pierce. Click below to watch: Watch YOUR VOICE, YOUR STORY: Wendell Pierce on PBS. See more from WGBH Series.
Earl Scioneaux lives, musically, in what most would consider two separate worlds. As a recording engineer for Preservation Hall, he works with a trad-jazz ensemble whose sound, in its essence, is
Music has been key to New Orleans’ recovery since Hurricane Katrina. At Jazz and Heritage Fest 2013, Troy Andrews, aka Trombone Shorty, got the coveted closing act spot. Andrews and
A small fleet of University of New Orleans students, faculty and alumni recently returned from a 10-day trip to Moscow, where they provided music for Russia’s top star search television
Photos of the Day: Ben Williams Bassist of the Monk Institute visited the Jazz Instrumental Department on Monday, April 15.
Kick-Off Your Jazz Fest With NOCCA Big Band Free Community Concert Free Concert Performed By NOCCA Student-Artists April 24, 7 PM, Lupin Hall-NOCCA New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
In junior high, Gregory Agid was a reluctant student of the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Jazz Summer Camp. His mother, for the first few days at least, had to literally drag him out
Gregory is having his cd release party at the Little Gem Saloon on Thursday, February 28 at 8 and 10pm.http://www.gregoryagid.com/