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Saturday, March 18, 2023 *********************** For Immediate Release

Uptown Music Theatre (UMT) is preparing for its 2023 summer programs. We are looking forward to this year’s drama program, which includes auditions, casting, and rehearsals for kids ages 8-16.

https://umtno.org/summer-program

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Program Dates: June 5 - July 14, 2023

Program Times: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Performance Date: July 14, 2023

Registration Fee:

$50.00 for one participant 

$35.00 for the second participant

$20.00 for each additional participant 

Program Location:

Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)

900 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Directions

Tuition:


We are offering a tuition discount for families that register and pay their tuition in full on or before June 5, 2023. We are offering a 10% sibling discount for families registering 2 children.

  • If you pay your tuition in full on or before 6/5/23, your tuition is $1125.00 and includes one t-shirt.
  • Tuition paid after 6/5/23 is $1250.00.
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We are no longer offering week-to-week attendance options. Since we perform a

culminating show at the end of the program, it's very difficult to cast and stage the

production if all of the performers are not in attendance. If you need to miss a week or two, we will evaluate each case individually. If you have a family vacation scheduled or some other plans, please send an email to info@umtno.org to discuss. Thanks!!


To register click here.

If you have any questions please email us at info@umtno.org


Address: 5208 Magazine Street Suite 183, New Orleans, LA 70115

We look forward to hearing from you!


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Delfeayo Marsalis & UJO release an instant classic - Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
Guest appearances by Branford Marsalis and Glen David Andrews, performing classics and new originals  
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NEW ORLEANS (February 17, 2023) - The entire city of New Orleans becomes one big party during Mardi Gras, but Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra know that there’s no place to be, quite like Uptown on Mardi Gras Day. With their latest album, UJO provides the ultimate soundtrack for Carnival Time in the Crescent City with a spirited collection of Mardi Gras classics and buoyant new originals. Uptown on Mardi Gras Day is a celebration like no other, a unique combination of big band swing feel, small group jazz spirit, and brass band funkiness that would feel equally buoyant on the parade route or in the concert hall.


“This album is a celebration of the greatness of New Orleans culture,” Marsalis says. “Mardi Gras is an interesting time because people who are not from New Orleans descend upon the city to have a big party. The folks who live here are gracious and help them to have a great time, but when everybody leaves the community is still here. The music of Earl King or The Meters or Professor Longhair represents how they lived and who they were as humans. We wanted to do our best to honor that legacy. And besides, it's just so funky. Lord have mercy!” Uptown on Mardi Gras Day is also a tribute to the city’s resilience in the face of yet another in a long history of setbacks.


In addition to the close-knit ensemble of gifted New Orleans musicians that makes up UJO, the album features guest appearances by Delfeayo’s brother Branford Marsalis on saxophone, along with drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith, and vocalists Glen-David Andrews, Dr. Brice Miller, and Tonya Boyd-Cannon. All of the arrangements for the session were crafted by both Marsalis and UJO trumpeter Andrew Baham, who also contributes vocals on several tracks.

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Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
The album kicks off with one of the iconic anthems of the Mardi Gras season, Al Johnson’s “Carnival Time.” Baham’s rousing vocal against drummer Herlin Riley’s street-shuffle groove gets the joint jumping, as the big band plays punchy riffs before taking over with a rousing shout chorus. The classic “Mardi Gras Mambo” is an even more extreme example of Marsalis’ diverse influences, rendered in two distinct small group versions – the first being an homage to the classic New Orleans style, and the second a blistering, modern reimagining “For the Jazz Cats” featuring Delfeayo’s agile trombone, Branford’s virtuosic soprano, and the thundering swing of Marvin “Smitty” Smith. Like several songs on his critically acclaimed Sweet Thunder, Marsalis masterfully connects the tradition with modern elements on this barn-burner.

Branford also guests, this time on tenor, alongside Glen David Andrews' nimble whistling on the Professor Longhair classic “Big Chief.” That song's composer, Earl King, is also represented by the infectious "Street Parade," which may just compel listeners to clap along and start a Second Line around the house. Another NOLA favorite son, Willie “Tee” Turbinton, is represented here by the lesser known tribute to the Big Chiefs, “New Suit,” which brings out the UJO’s funkier side. The Meters’ “They All Asked For You” is given an update by Glen David Andrews (member of another New Orleans musical dynasty), with references to Lil Wayne and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Marsalis contributes several new entries to the Carnival canon, including the title track, with a soulful vocal by UJO vocalist Tonya Boyd-Cannon; “Midnight at the Zulu Ball,” a sultry swinger fueled by a go-go beat that captures the after-hours feel of the Parade Krewes; and “Uptown Boogie,” a joyous rhumba that evokes the feel of an Allen Toussaint hit.

 “After Hurricane Katrina, I realized that—as New Orleanians and musicians—we have a certain obligation to represent our culture,” Marsalis says. “The country is in a tough spot – the whole world is in a tough spot. New Orleans has always been a place that's provided a certain type of healing for the country, especially with music that carries a joyful optimism. People young and old can’t wait to hear the brass bands coming down the street so they can dance and have a good time, and that’s what we’re trying to capture…a jazz party, all night long!”

Delfeayo Marsalis has toured internationally with music legends such as Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Fats Domino, and Elvin Jones. At the age of 17, Marsalis began his career as a producer and has to date produced over 120 recordings garnering one Grammy award and several nominations. In 2008, he formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, a feel-good band that focuses on entertaining folks from the first note to the last. Marsalis also formed the Uptown Music Theatre in 2000, a non-profit organization that empowers youth through musical theater training. He has written sixteen musicals to date and composed over 100 songs that help introduce kids to jazz. He has reached over 10,000 students nationally with his Swinging with the Cool School jazz workshops. He is currently Professor in Residence at Hartt School of Music.

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Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra – Uptown on Mardi Gras Day 

Troubadour Jass Records – TJR 02062023 – Recorded Oct. 14-15 & Nov. 10, 2022 

Uptown on Mardi Gras Day – Digital or CD
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