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Village Residencies, an ambitious project where the musical houses travel to different neighborhoods around New Orleans. The first residency took place in City Park. Over the course of six weeks (April to May 2015) over 10,000 audience members explored the installation through night time orchestral concerts, free public hours on weekends, educational workshops and artist talks. Over 700 children participated in the Music Box Roving Village: City Park through school field trips and after school partnerships. The Village also hosted musicians from all musical backgrounds and locations such as Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes,
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how important a dynamic street culture, living culture and a thriving contemporary arts scene are to the neighborhoods within New
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in 2009. Jay and
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neighborhood. Constructed from the remains of a blighted house, invented instruments were embedded into the walls, ceilings and floors of structures created by 25 collaborating artists. The Music Box captured the hearts of New
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is dedicated to producing innovative projects for New
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From 2011 through 2012 the first ever installation of The Music Box, called "A Shantytown Sound
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who said: “High concept and nontraditional as it may be, The Music Box has found a place in the long history of New
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