Musicians' Village
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Musicians' Village is a new neighborhood built around a music center where musicians can teach and perform. Musicians Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with...
and Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
teamed up with Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat For Humanity International , generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing, a self-described "Christian housing ministry." The international...
and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to create the village for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
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Per February 2007, the Musicians' Village is "the largest-scale, highest-profile, and biggest-budget rebuilding project to have gotten underway in New Orleans post-Katrina."
Story of the project
Habitat for Humanity and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis, announced their plans in December 2005 for a “Musicians’ Village” in the Crescent City.The initial idea
The initial idea for the project came from Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis, honorary chairs for Habitat for Humanity's national hurricane rebuilding program. When they returned to their hometown several weeks after the storm and were trying to come up with ways to help. "I had been kind of coming up blank. The problem is so massive, it's hard to know where to begin," Connick said. "As we talked, we both realized we should really stick to what we know, which is music." Sharing the idea with Jim Pate and with the members of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH), made the big idea into a big project, in New Orleans.The village and the home-replacement project are initiatives that reach beyond the mission of the nonprofit that for the past 22 years has been building only single-family homes for low-income residents on vacant lots, according to The Times-Picayune.
Habitat began building in March 2006. Branford Marsalis said on the March 2 Larry King
Larry King
Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards....
show, "we started moving dirt on the project two days ago, so we hope to have a significant number of homes up by the end of the year."
Two projects known as one
The Musicians' Village is a project of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. Another Habitat project, in the same area, is the Baptist Crossroads Project.The idea of bringing music back to New Orleans was popular, and by September 2006 the entire area, including the Baptist Crossroads project, was known and referred to as Musicians Village.
The Baptist Crossroads Project was thought up in 2004, by David Crosby, pastor
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, and initially planned to build 40 houses, a $3 million project, funded in part by a $1.5 million matching grant from Baptist Community Ministries. After Hurricane Katrina hit, they partnered up with Habitat for Humanity New Orleans, and the building began on June 6, 2006. Thirty homes were completed between June and August 2006, and Baptist Crossroads hoped to build 100 houses in the same area over the subsequent two years, according to project coordinator Inman Houston.
NBC live performance
Before construction had begun, Brian WilliamsBrian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004...
and the NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
crew met with Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with...
, Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
, Ellis Marsalis
Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
Ellis Marsalis is an American musician. He can usually be seen performing on Fridays at Snug Harbor jazz bistro in New Orleans.- Life and career :...
, New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) Executive Director Jim Pate, and NBC Universal
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
Chairman and CEO Bob Wright, in the Upper Ninth Ward, Jan. 23, 2006.
A raised platform, instruments, microphones and amplifiers were put up, and Connick, Marsalis and other musicians warmed up by playing themes to television shows—before giving a live jazz performance.
Home building events
- The keys to the first 3 houses were given out on June 1, 2006. New homeowners Fredy Omar con su Banda and Jerome Deleno "J.D." Hill - with "J.D. and the Jammers" - played for the 300 or more people who had gathered for the dedication ceremony and party.
- His Royal Highness Haakon, Crown Prince of NorwayHaakon, Crown Prince of NorwayHaakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon. He became Crown Prince Haakon when his father ascended to the crown as Harald V in 1991...
, toured Musicians' Village on October 15, 2006, and was treated to jazz music by new home owner Larry "Steamboat Willie" Stoops on the front porch of a newly built house. (Photos)
Buildings
NOAHH hopes to build as many as 250 to 300 houses in the neighborhood surrounding the core site, if enough land is acquired.
The houses are designed with two, three, and four bedrooms. Homes are being built a foot above the flood level in the area, 5 feet (1.5 m), 7-inches off the ground. Habitat will use a total of seven different traditional New Orleans facades that will sometimes be flipped left to right.
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music
A centerpiece of the village will be the Ellis MarsalisEllis Marsalis, Jr.
Ellis Marsalis is an American musician. He can usually be seen performing on Fridays at Snug Harbor jazz bistro in New Orleans.- Life and career :...
Center for Music, dedicated to celebrating the music and musicians of New Orleans and to the education and development of homeowners and others who live nearby. The center will feature indoor and outdoor performance spaces as well as practice rooms and classrooms. The outdoor events must end by 10 p.m. The center will have 51 off-street parking spaces. The center will be managed by the nonprofit foundation New Orleans Habitat Musicians Village Inc.
It will be a two-story center. It will have a 170-seat theater and performance hall with movable seats, including dressing and practice rooms. A courtyard with a retractable roof will be between this center and a smaller community center that will contain meeting rooms, offices, classrooms and a community Internet room. Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis have been "heavily involved in the design process" of the center, according to Jim Pate.
The multipurpose music center was originally meant to be constructed near Roman and Bartholomew streets, adjacent to the two-family homes for elderly musicians. However, new plans indicate it will be built at the intersection of North Bartholomew and North Prieur streets, so it can be within view of a planned toddler park. The park will be 70-by-110 feet (33.5 m), and may be built in November. Tentative plans call for a 5,000- to 8,000-square-foot (15,000-square-foot?) center with a 100- to 200-seat interior performance area as well as an outdoor performance area.
In week 15 (April 2007) the plans for the building won approval from the City Planning Commission. Engineers began grading the site in May, 2007. The groundbreaking was kicked off on September 13, 2007, with a celebration that included performances from Bob French
Bob French
Robert "Bob" French is a United States jazz drummer and a former radio show host at WWOZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana.French has led The Tuxedo Jazz Band since 1977. -Career:As a child French took drumming lessons from Louis Barbarin...
and the Original Tuxedo Band and Shamarr Allen Combo, with guest artists Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...
sitting in.
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music opened at the end of August 2011 in New Orleans’s Upper 9th Ward.
Location
Musicians' Village is located in the Upper Ninth Ward, New Orleans, LouisianaLouisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
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On Friday, January 6, 2006, the governing board for New Orleans public schools approved the sale of 8 acres (32,374.9 m²) of surplus property in the Upper 9th Ward to the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity was the only bidder for the advertised property. The board unanimously approved the $676,500 sale.
The core property was a residential area for decades and the former site of Kohn Junior High School, which was razed. The land covers two city blocks bounded by North Roman, Alvar and North Johnson streets. It also includes parts of three other blocks along what once was Bartholomew Street—the stretch between North Johnson and North Derbigny streets.
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity's Executive Director, Jim Pate, says the particular neighborhood had some flooding, but not severe flooding. "It's safely within a fairly secure levee system that's going to be rebuilt very nearby. And it's a neighborhood that has all the services in — power, water, sewer."
Who can live in Musicians' Village?
Habitat is an equal opportunity housing organization, and non-musicians will also live in the village. Musicians are given no priority for housing over any other applicant. However, musicians who lived in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina and are in need of safe, affordable housing are encouraged to apply for the program.The selection process is based on three basic criteria: Need for Shelter, Ability to Pay, and Willingness to Partner. This is true for all Habitat communities, not just Musicians' Village.
Jim Pate reminds potential applicants that Habitat is not a giveaway program. Each homeowner is responsible for paying an interest-free mortgage, normally for 20 years. Volunteer support and donations allow the housing to be sold at an affordable price. The average mortgage payment is about $550 a month. Homeowner families also contribute 350 hours of "sweat equity" in the form of labor on the construction of their homes and other Habitat homes.
Musicians interested in living in the village should call Habitat's homeowner hotline, according to Jim Pate.
Musicians are often paid in cash and haven't always filed tax returns, and Habitat is working with musicians to find new and innovative approaches for income verification. Habitat for Humanity’s Family Services Coordinator, Sarrah Evans, explains that for one applicant, she photocopied a spiral-bound notebook of upcoming gigs to verify upcoming income. Musicians who have received a denial letter are urged by Evans to call Habitat's offices, where the Family Services staff will explain, step-by-step, how to address any application or credit issues. Gambit Weekly
Gambit Weekly
Gambit is a New Orleans, Louisiana-based free alternative weekly newspaper that was established in 1981 as Gambit Weekly. Gambit features reporting about local politics, news, food and drink, arts, music, film, events, environmental issues and other topics, as well as listings...
, in January 2007, wrote that Connick and Marsalis had hired Jackie Harris, (former director of the New Orleans Music and Entertainment Commission), to work with applicants who had failed to qualify, and try to help them improve their credit score
Credit score
A credit score is a numerical expression based on a statistical analysis of a person's credit files, to represent the creditworthiness of that person...
s and reapply. The article also wrote the phone number musicians can contact Harris at.
As of January 2007, 30 musicians have been officially accepted as Habitat partner families, with an additional 120 working their way through the process. When construction is completed, the majority of those whose houses will make up the core will be musicians.
Applicants are ineligible if they have open collection accounts on their credit report, federal judgments or tax liens, etc. Applicants are also ineligible if they have bankruptcies within the past two years. If Applicants have declared bankruptcy, it must have been discharged at least two years ago. The nature of home-ownership makes these restrictions necessary, as property could be seized for payment of past debts.
Volunteers
Jim Pate, executive director of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, "We'd hope some of our musician partner families could do some of their sweat equity by doing performances or concerts for some of our volunteers."
Many thousand volunteers have and are taking part in the project. Nearly every day of the week, hundreds of volunteers from around the country, and from all over the world, can be found carrying wood, hammering and sawing. Many groups have also volunteered at the Village, including the Mighty Sound of Maryland
Mighty Sound of Maryland
The Mighty Sound of Maryland is the official marching band of the University of Maryland. It was founded in 1908 at what was then known as the Maryland Agricultural College....
Marching Band in January 2007.
President Bush volunteers
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco was the 54th Governor of Louisiana, having served from January 2004 until January 2008. She was the first woman to be elected to the office of governor of Louisiana....
, Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin
Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. is a former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Nagin gained international note in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area....
and Bill Jefferson volunteered at the Musicians' Village on April 27, 2006. Put on tool belts and hoisted triangular roof beam sections up to workers scampering across the wooden skeletons of new houses. Then they went inside the framework, talked with individual volunteers, before Nagin and Bush climbed up and started hammering nails handed up to them by Blanco and Jefferson. Hootie & The Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. The band has recorded five studio albums to date, and has...
brought their entire band and crew down to New Orleans for 5 days of building houses, on October 16–20, 2006. Former president Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
worked in December 2006. Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
took part in painting a home, held discussions, received a tour of the area and was entertained with music by J.D. Hill. His Holiness Karekin II
Karekin II
Catholicos Karekin II is the current head of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church.He was born as Ktrij Nersessian in Voskehat, Armenia, on August 21, 1951. He entered the Gevorkian Theological Seminary at Echmiadzin in 1965 and graduated with honors in 1971. He was ordained to the diaconate deacon...
, Leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Armenian Apostolic Church
The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...
, helped build a home on October 17, 2007, and senator John Edwards
John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...
helped out on January 30, 2008. Edwards also held a ten minute speech where he announced his withdrawal from the 2008 United States presidential race.
Funds
Proceeds from the benefit concert From the Big Apple to the Big Easy
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy
From the Big Apple to the Big Easy were NYC's Concerts for the Gulf Coast. They were also a collaborative effort between Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The purpose was to raise funds for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The simultaneous concerts took place...
held in 2005, were directed toward the Musicians' Village as part of the event's overall commitment to support long-term rebuilding efforts of the Gulf Coast region.
Events have been and are being held by musicians and others to benefit the project, as well as personal donations.
A few early examples
- New Orleans artist Fredrick Guess Studio and Café Amelie - special gallery opening and benefit. Sunday, April 9, 2006
- German Seaside Jazzmen – a DixielandDixielandDixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...
band from NordenNorden, Lower SaxonyNorden is a town in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the North Sea shore, in East Frisia.-External links:* *...
- benefit concert. March 2006 - Ellis MarsalisEllis Marsalis, Jr.Ellis Marsalis is an American musician. He can usually be seen performing on Fridays at Snug Harbor jazz bistro in New Orleans.- Life and career :...
- "Musicians Village" fundraiser in CalgaryCalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, March 24, 2006. - The Washington DC music community - concert From the Beltway to the Bayou featuring Eric Hilton from the Thievery CorporationThievery CorporationThievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists, including current drummer Jeff Franca...
, KidGusto, and DC area Dj's and musicians, on March 27, 2006. - Funk jam band Electronik Church announced Feb. 27, 2006, a nationwide music tour for the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity’s Musicians’ Village.
- KFOGKFOGKFOG is an FM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on 104.5 and sister station KFFG 97.7 FM MHz. The 97.7 transmitter is located near Cupertino, California, and it is a simulcast of 104.5 KFOG....
- (San Francisco / San Jose) announced a promotion to benefit New Orleans Habitat during Mardi GrasMardi GrasThe terms "Mardi Gras" , "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday...
weekend 2006. - Gregg Stafford (trumpeter), joins the Heritage Hall Jazz Band and Jewel Brown (former Louis Armstrong vocalist) for a fundraiser February 18, 2006 in San Diego.
- Chairman of NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Universal, Bob Wright made a major personal contribution, enough to build an entire house. - The Click FiveThe Click FiveThe Click Five is an American power pop band from Boston, Massachusetts. The original members, most of them students at Berklee College of Music, started on January 1, 2003 and played in various local venues. They then quickly got the attention of talent scout Wayne Sharp...
- proceeds from selling limited edition, glossy photos on tour over six months, and proceeds from a pre-Mardi Gras concert sponsored by local radio station B97, on February 27, 2006. - The Pajama GameThe Pajama GameThe Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded...
, starring Harry Connick Jr with Kelli O'HaraKelli O'HaraKelli O'Hara is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.O'Hara has been nominated for three Tony Awards: for her performance as Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza; for her performance as Babe Williams in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Pajama Game, where she starred...
& Michael McKeanMichael McKeanMichael John McKean is an American actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Squiggy's friend, Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski, on the sitcom Laverne and Shirley; and for his work in the Christopher Guest ensemble films, particularly as David St...
- 5 benefit performances. (Proceeds will benefit the Actors' Fund of America, the New Orleans Habitat Musician's Village, and the Roundabout's Education Program and Musical Theatre Fund.) June 13-17th, 2006. - Ivan NevilleThe Neville BrothersThe Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana.-History:The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art , Charles , Aaron , and Cyril The Neville Brothers, an American R&B and soul group, was formed in 1977 in...
and his group Dumpstaphunk - benefit in Auburn, AlabamaAuburn, AlabamaAuburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2010 population of 53,380. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area...
, on April 19, 2006. - Dave Matthews BandDave Matthews BandDave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
- $1.5 millionMillionOne million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106...
dollars challenge grant. Contributions will be matched dollar for dollar through the grant, raising the total donation potential to $3 million. April 26, 2006.
Albums
- Funds raised through recordings such as Hurricane Relief: Come Together NowHurricane Relief: Come Together NowHurricane Relief: Come Together Now is a 2005 two-disc compilation album.RIAA will donate 100% of its net proceeds from the sale of this CD in equal parts to the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005....
, and Our New Orleans: A Benefit for the Gulf Coast, benefit the project. - Alex Pangman & Colonel Tom Parker of the Backstabbers - proceeds from a 78 rpm recordingGramophone recordA gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
, and proceeds from the Record Release Party, in Toronto, Canada. - A portion of the royalties of Harry Connick Jr's albums Oh, My NOLAOh, My NOLAOh, My NOLA is an album from Harry Connick, Jr., with his big band. The album was released in 2007, and contains well-known songs associated with New Orleans, as well as 4 new songs composed by Connick, who sings and plays the piano, conducts, arranges and orchestrates the album.A portion of the...
and Chanson du Vieux Carre will be donated to Musicians' Village, including all royalties from the CD single "All These PeopleAll These People"All These People" is the first single from Harry Connick, Jr.'s 2007 album Oh my NOLA, and the single was released on iTunes on August 29, 2006. Music and lyrics by Harry Connick, Jr....
". - An independent music label, Sugarfoot Music, has released a double-disc called For New Orleans (full name: For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat For Humanity). The artists are donating 100% of the profits to the Musicians' Village. Thirteen of the 30 tracks are previously unreleased. The album includes Jeff BuckleyJeff BuckleyJeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
's unreleased recording of "I Shall Be ReleasedI Shall Be Released"I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan.The Band played it on their debut album, Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus...
" (sung over the phone on live radio).
Awards
In 2010, the founders of the Village were awarded the Honor AwardHonor Award
The National Building Museum promotes excellence in architecture, engineering, construction, planning, and design. In furtherance of that mission, the Museum instituted an annual Honor Award in 1986 to recognize individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the U.S.'s...
by the National Building Museum
National Building Museum
The National Builders Museum, in Washington, D.C., United States, is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning"...
for their work in civic innovation and community development.
External links
- Musicians' Village, official website
- Musicians' Village, official site at Habitat for Humanity New Orleans
- New Orleans Habitat - Operation Home Delivery Blog -- official blog
- Musicians' Village at Habitat for Humanity International
- Video: Lending a Helping Hand at Musicians' Village at the official YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
site of This Old HouseThis Old HouseThis Old House is an American home improvement magazine and television series aired on the American television station Public Broadcasting Service which follows remodeling projects of houses over a number of weeks.-Overview:...
News articles
- The Times-Picayune: "Being Home Again is Music to his Ears" (June 28, 2008)
- The Times-Picayune: "Musicians' Village Block Reflects Neighborhood Rhythms" (April 26, 2008)
- The Times-Picayune: "Hard-hit Upper 9th Ward is uplifted by Habitat" (Oct. 25, 2007)
- The Times-Picayune : "Sour Note" (Jan. 2, 2007)
- The Times-Picayune: "Habitat shows musicians the way home" (Jan. 5, 2007)
(Response to the article "Sour Note") - The Times-Picayune: "Musicians grateful for Habitat" (Jan. 11, 2007)
(Response to the article "Sour Note")
- The Times-Picayune: "Habitat shows musicians the way home" (Jan. 5, 2007)
- offBeat: "They Got It Bad" (July 2006)
- offBeat: "Letters: August 2006" (August 2006)
(Response to the article "They Got It Bad")
- offBeat: "Letters: August 2006" (August 2006)
- Gambit Weekly : "It Takes a Musicians Village" (April 25, 2006)
- "Musicians rebuild the Upper Ninth Ward", NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
News (Jan. 23, 2006) - "Musicians village construction" at The Times-Picayune (January 7, 2006)
- "Stage is almost set for musicians village" The Times-Picayune (January 6, 2006)
Media
- Billy Ray Cyrus and Little Freddie King performing in a house in Musicians' Village (January 26, 2008) at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....