— On Thursday, August 28, The Ella Project presents The State of New Orleans Culture: 20 Years After Katrina, a public panel discussion from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, moderated by journalist and documentarian Lolis Eric Elie.

“Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans and the nation in profound ways,” says moderator Lolis Eric Elie. “Still many of the potential lessons of our historic levee failures have not been learned. We hope that this panel discussion will provide an opportunity both to reflect on our Katrina experience and chart a path forward through the disasters and opportunities to come.”.

It's our final Crescendo session for 2024, this time covering grass roots publicity and Pitching and Releasing your Music. Joining Lou Hill and Bri Whetstone is special guest, artist management, journalist, and PR guru Amanda Mester. Session is free! Join us live at the Jazz Museum or on Zoom (RSVP for the link) as Amanda, Bri and Lou discuss:

On Tuesday Octobert 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Education Center of the New Orleans Jazz Museum at 400 Esplanade Ave, Join Lou Hill and Bri Whetstone for our latest free music business class, this time on Streaming Revenues and working with ASCAP/BMI. Live (the best way!) or on Zoom. Issues to be covered include:

Crescendo continues Tuesday October 1 at 5:30 as Lou Hill and Bri Whetstone lead a conversation on publishing and maximizing revenue streams.

Join songwriter, producer, and musician advocate Larry Batiste via Zoom on Thursday October 3rd for a conversation with George Ingmire about the modern music economy, and what musicians and advocates can do to make music and musicians thrive!