Oud Concerto for New Orleans

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

Join us in NOMA's Lapis Center for the Arts for a special presentation of Oud Concerto for New Orleans. Originally commissioned by the Marigny Opera House in 2021, Oud Concerto for New Orleans is composed by Mahmoud Chouki and arranged by Hannah Yim.

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Steve Lands: Rearranging the Planets

New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LA

Creative Assembly Cohort member Steve Lands presents Rearranging the Planets, a musical performance reinterpreting composer Gustav Holst’s influential orchestral suite <em.The Planets.

Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Ecos Latinos

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

In partnership with Ecos Latinos, NOMA hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration featuring a night of music in the Lapis Center for the Arts. Performers include violinist Ángel Ríos, Bodoma Garifuna drummers and dancers, Patrice Fisher and Arpa, Mariachi Jalisco, and Mexico Y Sus Raíces dance group.

Concert by Majid Bekkas

A master of Gnawa music in Morocco, Majid Bekkas has performed worldwide with different jazz fusion bands and played with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, and Joachim Kuhn, among many other musicians.

Performance and Record Release: People Museum

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

New Orleans–based pop art band People Museum present a special one-night-only performance in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden responding to the work of artist Louise Bourgeois.

Birdfoot Festival

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

The Birdfoot Festival pops up in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden with a musical experience that will bring the niches and alcoves of the sculpture garden to life, and invite audience members to listen to familiar sounds from new angles.

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Music in the Garden

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans , LA

NOMA is excited to present Music in the Garden, a new outdoor music series for spring 2023. Encounter the sounds of local New Orleans musicians while strolling through the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden on select Sunday afternoons beginning at 2 pm.

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The NOLA Project Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream

NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts

An audience favorite returns to the Besthoff Sculpture Garden after twelve long years! In this Shakespearian classic, chaos takes center stage when four lovers, an amateur troupe of actors, and the fairy king and queen all converge on the woods outside of Athens.