2026 CONCERT SEASON
The Louis Moreau Institute for New Music Performance is celebrating twelve years of new music in New Orleans. This year’s festival will feature a new class of institute artists, including violinist Christopher Herz, violist Stephen "Adam" Savage, and cellist Olivia Marckx. They will be joined once again by the Institute’s Artistic Director, acclaimed pianist Wesley Ducote.
The festival opens with a dynamic program that bridges musical traditions across the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring composers that reflect the Institute’s mission to celebrate a diverse array of voices in contemporary classical music, including works by Timo Andres, Alban Berg, Mario Davidovsky, and George Walker. Our Institute Artists will also be joined by special guest performers Oboist Virginia McDowell and violinist Cassidy Franzmeier of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, for Melinda Wagner's Scritch.
The festival’s second and final concert, on Sunday, March 22nd at the New Marigny Theatre (2301 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117) will feature works inspired by visual artworks. The centerpiece of this performance will be Steven Hartke's King of the Sun, inspired in part by Dutch interior, by the Spanish-Catalan painter Joan Miró, itself based on a picture postcard of a painting by the 17th century Dutch genre painter Jan Steen. Complementing Hartke's piano quartet will be works by Karim Al-Zand, Sarah Gibson, and Augusta Read Thomas.
As is our tradition, both concerts will feature a group improvisation on a traditional New Orleanian song. This year’s festival will reimagine the quintessential Jelly Roll Morton song, Whining Boy.
Click here for more information on this year's Louies, our institutional artists.
The festival opens with a dynamic program that bridges musical traditions across the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring composers that reflect the Institute’s mission to celebrate a diverse array of voices in contemporary classical music, including works by Timo Andres, Alban Berg, Mario Davidovsky, and George Walker. Our Institute Artists will also be joined by special guest performers Oboist Virginia McDowell and violinist Cassidy Franzmeier of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, for Melinda Wagner's Scritch.
The festival’s second and final concert, on Sunday, March 22nd at the New Marigny Theatre (2301 Marais St, New Orleans, LA 70117) will feature works inspired by visual artworks. The centerpiece of this performance will be Steven Hartke's King of the Sun, inspired in part by Dutch interior, by the Spanish-Catalan painter Joan Miró, itself based on a picture postcard of a painting by the 17th century Dutch genre painter Jan Steen. Complementing Hartke's piano quartet will be works by Karim Al-Zand, Sarah Gibson, and Augusta Read Thomas.
As is our tradition, both concerts will feature a group improvisation on a traditional New Orleanian song. This year’s festival will reimagine the quintessential Jelly Roll Morton song, Whining Boy.
Click here for more information on this year's Louies, our institutional artists.
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March 18th, 2026
7:30 PM A Brave New World Admission: $20/$10 Students Café Istanbul 2372 St Claude Ave Room 252 New Orleans, LA 70117 Timo Andres - Agita Alban Berg - Piano Sonata Op. 1 Mario Davidovsky - String Trio Jelly Roll Morton - Whining Boy Melinda Wagner - Scritch George Walker - Viola Sonata March 22nd, 2026 7:30 PM The King of the Sun Admission: $20/$10 Students New Marigny Theatre 2301 Marais St New Orleans, LA 70117 Karim Al-Zand - Lines in Motion Sarah Gibson - You are still here Steven Hartke - King of the Sun Jelly Roll Morton - Whining Boy Augusta Read Thomas - Klee Musings |
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