The Hot 8 seeks to continue, through performances, workshops, interactive discussion, exhibits and presentations to:
Provide the opportunities for students and the public to learn about and experience a cultural tradition seldom heard of and experienced outside of New Orleans
Contribute to keeping the brass band cultural tradition alive.
Engage people in learning how to harness their historical and cultural traditions as a reservoir for individual and community strength, development and self-determination.
Promote discussion which seeks to build bridges between people and communities.
educational music master class
Hot8 Brass band master class cover topics such as New Orleans music traditions and culture. Students participating in master class work in small groups with individual Hot8 members to learn typically one or two songs.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Age Range: Generally high school or college
Number of Participants: 10-30
Space Requirements: Stage, rehearsal room or large classroom
School assembly performance
Hot8 Brass Band will introduce the audience to instruments, rhythms, second lines, jazz funeral and social pleasure clubs in New Orleans. The presentation almost always features an audience-participation element and is easily tailored to students of any age.
Duration: 45 minutes
Age Range: Elementary, Middle or High School Number of Participants: 30-300
Space Requirements: Appropriate venue
Speaking microphone with stand required
examples of our past work
Master Class: London based Kinetika Bloco.
Location: London & New Orleans
Year: 2021/2022
Our music collaboration with these amazing young musicians spanned over 2 years. This London based youth ensamble studied our music and then perfomrmed with us at the Iconic London venue Roundhouse. Year later we met again and we provided them with Master Class session at the Jazz Museum in New Orleans. We have plans to reconnect again with them in 2025 London. Check out their video about their trip to New Orleans here.
“The opportunity to work with The Hot 8 Brass Band was an amazing experience for our young people. We had the chance to do a workshop and perform with them and throughout the time we were with them, not only did they share lots of musical skills they also imparted some wisdom around staying together as a band, supporting one another, performing at your best. They connected really well with our young people and were so generous with their time and their knowledge. Our young people came away inspired, fired up, and more excited about music. Working with professional musicians who are honest about the good and bad times of the industry really helps our young people to be informed, inspired and prepared to move forward on their own musical journeys”
Master Class: youth music education program with Fabriques Orchestrales Juniors
Location: Paris, France Villes des Musiques du Monde
Ages: 11 to 18
““In 2019, Villes des Musiques du Monde, an NGO based in Paris, has organized a project to bring together masters of Second Line funk from New Orleans and young people from Seine-Saint-Denis involved in the Fabrique Orchestral Junior project. The Hot 8 Brass Band played a crucial role in this project: the group has accepted to stop his tour in Europe and agreed to perform a concert exclusively for these hundred young people. They also agreed, in the form of a workshop, to share their art, expertise, and knowledge of the brass band music of New Orleans during a whole day.””
Master Class: high school music students
Location: Perth, Australia. Hale High School
Ages: 14-15
