About the LMI
The Louis Moreau Institute is a non-profit arts organization formed, in part, to honor Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the 19th century New Orleans composer who bridged cultural and musical worlds himself. Directed by Wesley Ducote—Principal Keyboard of the Houston Symphony Orchestra—the LMI combines love of the city and music into an exciting series of musical events.
For some 200 years, New Orleans has been widely identified as a vital center of musical life. It has invented, encouraged and sustained a number of genres that have influenced musical thinking and practice worldwide. To date, forward-leaning New Music has not enjoyed the prominence or identity of the opera, rags, multicultural concert music, jazz, blues, and funk conventionally associated with the city's rich cultural heritage. The Louis Moreau Institute is poised to do so, adding to the vitality and diversity of the city's musical life, do so in a unique way, and give the future of music a desitively rite place to grow and prosper. The Louis Moreau Institute also supports emerging, young performing artists from around the country, giving them the opportunity to perform challenging repertoire in non-traditional venues and to providing them with media from these performances to boost their early career development.
The Louis Moreau Institute presented its first one-week season of performances in 2015, performing a collection of new works from the last 100 years, including compositions by regional composers, and improvisations utilizing nontraditional techniques, based upon a foundation of traditional regional material.
The Louis Moreau Institute is grateful for support from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, the Alice M. Ditson Fund, and our private donors!
For some 200 years, New Orleans has been widely identified as a vital center of musical life. It has invented, encouraged and sustained a number of genres that have influenced musical thinking and practice worldwide. To date, forward-leaning New Music has not enjoyed the prominence or identity of the opera, rags, multicultural concert music, jazz, blues, and funk conventionally associated with the city's rich cultural heritage. The Louis Moreau Institute is poised to do so, adding to the vitality and diversity of the city's musical life, do so in a unique way, and give the future of music a desitively rite place to grow and prosper. The Louis Moreau Institute also supports emerging, young performing artists from around the country, giving them the opportunity to perform challenging repertoire in non-traditional venues and to providing them with media from these performances to boost their early career development.
The Louis Moreau Institute presented its first one-week season of performances in 2015, performing a collection of new works from the last 100 years, including compositions by regional composers, and improvisations utilizing nontraditional techniques, based upon a foundation of traditional regional material.
The Louis Moreau Institute is grateful for support from the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, the Alice M. Ditson Fund, and our private donors!
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Morris Rosenzweig, Director Mendel Lee, Secretary Seth Harris, Treasurer Roger Dickerson Lawrence Dutton Julie Schwam Harris Devin Maxwell Dennis Miller Eric Murrell Chuck Taylor Raymond Tymas-Jones |
