A musical quartet poses on a front porch in New Orleans

1812—A March Through Musical History with the Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Special Event
  • Jan 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
  • Free

Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters

Wednesday at 2:00 pm 

At the National Park Service French Quarter Visitor Center 

419 Decatur St, New Orleans 

This program is free and open to the public. 

Join us for this special presentation by the Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters as part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve’s commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans. The Silver Swan Ragtime Interpreters present "1812—A March Through Musical History" that will highlight the musical form of the military march, it's relevance to the war of 1812, earlier 18th century French and Spanish marches and their later development in the Latin American world and in the US.  The musicians will be accompaniued by 2 dancers who will examine ways in which the march became part of ballroom and social dance culture all the way up to the turn of the 20th century, blending in new ideas from African American music, and ending with a trad jazz classic from New Orleans.

Fees

Free and open to the public

Location

National Park Service French Quarter visitor center - 419 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Latitude and Longitude 29.954740, -90.064698

Schedule

Date:

Jan 8, 2025

Time:

2:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

2:00 to 3:00 pm Central Time

Event Type

  • Cultural/Craft Demonstration
  • Performance
  • Talk
Tags: jean lafitte national historical park and preserve, new orleans jazz national historical park, live music, concert series, battle of new orleans