The Willie Metcalf, Jr. Music Education Scholarship
This scholarship is sponsored by the Willie Metcalf, Jr. Benefit Foundation. It will be awarded to an aspiring jazz pianist to support their studies for a career in music. Click on title above for a .pdf file of application information.

Jazz Awareness Month!
Check out our October calendar for a great line-up of demonstrations, lectures and performances, highlighting New Orleans jazz legacy.

Park Releases Chronology of
New Orleans Jazz CD set
The park created the Arrowhead Jazz Band (named after the park service's familiar logo) to record historic jazz tunes from the early days of jazz, 1925-1935, and it's revival, 1940-1960.
Learn more and hear clips...

Past Exhibits
Is Love Ever Simple?
The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty in New Orleans
by Photographer L.J. Goldstein
Exhibit closed January 30, 2004

Getsemani Boys Choir from Chinandega, Nicaragua

In October, National Hispanic Heritage month, the park hosted the boys choir and were treated to a wonderful display of talent, music and culture.

Summer 2003 YCC Program

Learn more about New Orleans youth getting involved in the Youth Conservation Corps to help clean-up Armstrong Park.

Second Linin' Mural provides colorful backdrop in Visitors Center
Successful partnership provides new experience for visitors during interpretive programs

Relocation to Armstrong Park
The park is finalizing design plans for their permanent facility in Armstrong Park. This bulletin will be updated when construction begins, sometime in 2004, with highlights and grand opening information.