New Orleans Jazz Museum + NOCCA Foundation Present 2025 NOCCA Foundation Concert Series

The New Orleans Jazz Museum and The NOCCA Foundation, in partnership with The Gia Maione Prima Foundation, are excited to debut the 2025 NOCCA Foundation Concert Series, a dynamic new initiative designed to celebrate the artistic excellence of NOCCA alumni, students, faculty and affiliated artists through live performances and original artistic commissions. The series will take place at the New Orleans Jazz Museum’s Performance Center (400 Esplanade Avenue), with the opening concert this Thursday, April 3 featuring two-time GRAMMY-nominated creative Gladney. Admission to the NOCCA Foundation Concert Series is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and offered on a first come, first serve basis.
 
2025 NOCCA Foundation Concert Series Schedule:

• Thursday, April 17 at 2 pm: WWNO's Lagniappe Sessions with Adonis Rose, featuring an opening performance by current NOCCA Jazz Students
• Wednesday April 23 at 2 pm: Adonis Rose
• Tuesday, May 13 at 2 pm: The Evolution of Jazz with percussionist Jonathan Bloom
• Tuesday, May 20 at 2 pm: NOCCA Alumni All-Stars, featuring Chris Severin, Donald Harrison Jr., and Julian Garcia 
• Thursday, June 5 at 2 pm: WWNO's Lagniappe Sessions with Adonis Rose, featuring an opening performance by current NOCCA Jazz Students 
• Thursday June 12 at 2pm: French Horn Soloist  Maxwell S. Arceneaux