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Daniela Candillari, conductor
Featuring:
Doreen Ketchens, clarinet
Oscar Rossignoli, piano
Geovane Santos, guitar
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DURATION: Approximately 150 minutes
Pre-Concert Talk: 6 p.m., Williams Research Center–410 Chartres Street
At 6 p.m., a preconcert talk at the Historic New Orleans Collection’s Williams Research Center (410 Chartres Street) will feature Alvin Jackson, facilitated by HNOC family historian Jari C. Honora. Doors for the talk will open at 5:30 p.m.
The pre-concert talk and performance is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.
About Echoes of Innovation
The 2026 Musical Louisiana: America’s Cultural Heritage concert will celebrate 19th-century Creole composers and innovators. Curated by Alvin Jackson of Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum, this concert will present works by Barès, Lambert, Gottschalk, Dédé, Martin, and more.
Pairing composers alongside civic and cultural pioneers of their day, this concert reflects the interplay of art and society as a reminder that art never exists in isolation—its creation is always rooted in the world that shapes it. The GRAMMY® Award–winning Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will be joined by guest artists Doreen Ketchens, OperaCréole, Oscar Rossignoli, and Geovane Santos under the baton of Daniela Candillari.
The concert is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. Seating at St. Louis Cathedral will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors for the concert open at 7 p.m.
About Musical Louisiana
Musical Louisiana: America’s Cultural Heritage is an annual free concert series co-presented by the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Founded by Alfred E. Lemmon, the longtime director of HNOC’s Williams Research Center, Musical Louisiana is intended to be both a concert for music lovers and an educational experience for students. It is broadcast on the radio and streamed live. For this 17th edition of the series, HNOC and the LPO have partnered with Opera Créole, a company dedicated to bringing restorative justice to American opera by presenting compositional voices of New Orleans’s 19th-century community of free people of color.
Support
This program is presented in partnership with the Historic New Orleans Collection and Treme’s Petit Jazz Museum.
This program is made possible with support from Steinway Piano Gallery of New Orleans and New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund (NOTCF).