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Class Got Brass presented by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation will return to Armstrong Park on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The popular event will be part of the 2025 Congo Square Rhythms Festival. Admission is free for both the festival and the Class Got Brass competition.Along with the support of several veteran musicians, music educators and advocates, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation started the Class Got Brass competition in 2012 to provide additional funding for music education in middle schools and high schools and to promote New Orleans’ cultural traditions, including the famous second line and brass bands.
Middle schools and high schools in Louisiana are tasked with creating a New Orleans-style brass band of up to 12 members – and then enter a competition in the form of a “second-line” parade with a who’s who of celebrity judges.
At stake are more than $50,000 worth of prizes and, of course, bragging rights. We have two categories of competition: Beginners and Advanced.
Advanced Category:
First place prize is $10,000
Second place prize is $7,000
Third place prize is $5,000
Beginner Category:
First place prize is $5,000
Second place is $4,000
Third place is $3,000
Competitors that don’t place in either category will receive a stipend of up to $1,000.
Prizes may be utilized for hiring clinicians, acquiring instruments, instrument repairs, or obtaining other supplies to support the winning schools’ music programs. Consistent with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation's mission, these resources must be spent within Louisiana to foster a cycle of local reinvestment.
Calling all students, alumni, parents, teachers, and fans! Show your school spirit and support your favorite brass band at the exciting Class Got Brass competition!
Here are the schools that will be competing:
* Abramson Sci Academy
* Baker Middle School
* Benjamin Franklin Middle school
* Collegiate Baton Rouge
* Covington High School
* Edna Karr High School
* Fannie C Williams Charter School
* G.W.Carver
* Geo Next Generation High
* Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy
* Homer Plessy Treme
* Langston Hughes Academy
* Liberty Magnet HS
* Mary McLeod Elementary Charter School
* Mildred Osborne
* New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy
* Ponchatoula High School
* Renew laurel elementary
* Riverdale High School
* St. Augustine High School
* St.Mary's Academy
* Thomas Jefferson Academy
* Warren Easton Charter High School
* Young Audiences Charter School
www.classgotbrass.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Louis Armstrong Park, Statue of Charles Buddy Bolden, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States,New Orleans, Louisiana
