2005 New Orleans International Music Colloquium
April 8 and 9, 2005
Old U.S. Mint, 3rd Floor, 400 Esplanade at Decatur, New Orleans

Free and Open to the Public

(Pre-registration is highly recommended.
Call Ann Woodruff, 599-1526 or 800-568-6968.)

Friday, April 8, 2005

9:00 am: Opening Session: “The 1920s in New Orleans: An Overview” - Jack Stewart

10:00 am: “The Tango Belt and the Lakefront in the 1920s” - Mike Gourrier

11:00 am: “From Animal Dances to the Black Bottom: Jazz as Dance Music” - Sue Fischer & Nina Bozak

12:00 noon – 2 pm: The Joseph Logsdon Memorial Luncheon and Awards
An annual highlight of the conference that recognizes unheralded contributions to New Orleans music. This year’s award winners are Mrs. Albertha Edwards, vocal teacher in the New Orleans public schools for over 42 years; Uganda Roberts, legendary percussionist; Lynn Abbott, author, musician and music historian; and the Pecora, Pecoraro and Mannino families, contributors to New Orleans music for several generations.

The luncheon, catered by the Gumbo Shop, is $12. For reservations, call Ann Woodruff, 599-1526 or 800-568-6968 by April 4. Or send check to NOIMC c/o Ann Woodruff, Louisiana State Museum, P.O. Box 2448, NOLA 70176-2448.

2:00 pm: “The ODJB and the Origins of Jazz in Chicago” - Frank Youngwerth (download The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's Place in the Development of Jazz, a supporting document prepared by Dr. Jack Stewart, .pdf 32kb)

3:00 pm: Interview: “Theaters in the 1920s” - Rene Brunet with Jack Stewart

4:00 pm: Panel Discussion: “New Orleans in the 1920s, a First-Hand Account” - Lionel Ferbos, Henry Schmidt, A.J. Guma

Saturday, April 9, 2005

10:00 am: “Musicians’ Neighborhoods and the Geography of 1920s New Orleans” - John McCusker & Sue Fischer

11:00 am: “Made in New Orleans: Local Recordings of the 1920s” - Dan Meyer

12:00 pm: “New Orleans Blues Singers” - Tom Morgan

1:00 pm: “Film Footage of New Orleans in the 1920s”

2:00 pm: “Mechanical Instruments & New Orleans Music” - Bobby Skinner

3:00 pm: "Women Brass Players in New Orleans: 1890-1930" - Susan Fleet

4:00 pm: Informance: “Jazz, the Classical Music of Globalization” - Reinhold Wagnleitner & Tom McDermott

Brass Band History Display in Lobby and Auditorium

Note: There is a convenient pay parking lot across the street from the front of the Mint (also accessible from Elysian Fields), and once inside the Mint, there is an elevator to the 3rd floor.