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danielle | page | Oct 6, 2006 - 9:31pm

Danielle Cummins

Research group: culture and education

New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA)

 

There are some institutions which encourage the arts in the city of New Orleans. Such organizations should be aided and possibly expanded. One such establishment is the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA) which primarily serves students at the high school level. In addition to intensive programs in fields such as music and theatre arts, the school also has programs for creative writing, media arts, and visual arts. The descriptions of these programs from the NOCCA web site are as follows:

 Creative writing:
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading. 

Media arts:
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio. 

Visual arts:
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history[1].  

As stated on their web site, “Coursework at NOCCA/Riverfront counts towards high school graduation”. The site also states, “[…] a remarkable 95 – 98% of NOCCA/Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country” and that, “Realistic career preparation is the goal”[2]. The teachers are professionally active and, as stated on their site, “NOCCA/Riverfront Visiting Artists program ensures students’ contact with a wide range of professional artists”[3].  Entrance into the school is audition based, and the student body is diverse. The site states, “Approximately 50% of NOCCA/Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line”[4]. The school is funded by the state of Louisiana. As the $1800 tuition for students outside the New Orleans parish has been eliminated, the student body has increased dramatically. The site states there has been, “[…] a 300% enrollment surge in just three years”. Apparently there is a great demand for such a school. Any reconstruction effort of New Orleans should take into account the existence of NOCCA and should look into offering it support.    


[1] NOCCA/Riverfront and the NOCCA Institute. http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.


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NOCCA

danielle | page | Oct 6, 2006 - 9:30pm

Danielle Cummins

Research group: culture and education

New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA)

 

There are some institutions which encourage the arts in the city of New Orleans. Such organizations should be aided and possibly expanded. One such establishment is the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA) which primarily serves students at the high school level. In addition to intensive programs in fields such as music and theatre arts, the school also has programs for creative writing, media arts, and visual arts. The descriptions of these programs from the NOCCA web site are as follows:

 Creative writing:
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading. 

Media arts:
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio. 

Visual arts:
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history[1].  

As stated on their web site, “Coursework at NOCCA/Riverfront counts towards high school graduation”. The site also states, “[…] a remarkable 95 – 98% of NOCCA/Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country” and that, “Realistic career preparation is the goal”[2]. The teachers are professionally active and, as stated on their site, “NOCCA/Riverfront Visiting Artists program ensures students’ contact with a wide range of professional artists”[3].  Entrance into the school is audition based, and the student body is diverse. The site states, “Approximately 50% of NOCCA/Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line”[4]. The school is funded by the state of Louisiana. As the $1800 tuition for students outside the New Orleans parish has been eliminated, the student body has increased dramatically. The site states there has been, “[…] a 300% enrollment surge in just three years”. Apparently there is a great demand for such a school. Any reconstruction effort of New Orleans should take into account the existence of NOCCA and should look into offering it support.    


[1] NOCCA/Riverfront and the NOCCA Institute. http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.


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NOCCA

danielle | page | Oct 6, 2006 - 9:28pm

Danielle Cummins

Research group: culture and education

New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA)

 

There are some institutions which encourage the arts in the city of New Orleans. Such organizations should be aided and possibly expanded. One such establishment is the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA) which primarily serves students at the high school level. In addition to intensive programs in fields such as music and theatre arts, the school also has programs for creative writing, media arts, and visual arts. The descriptions of these programs from the NOCCA web site are as follows:

 Creative writing:
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading. 

Media arts:
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio. 

Visual arts:
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history[1].  

As stated on their web site, “Coursework at NOCCA/Riverfront counts towards high school graduation”. The site also states, “[…] a remarkable 95 – 98% of NOCCA/Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country” and that, “Realistic career preparation is the goal”[2]. The teachers are professionally active and, as stated on their site, “NOCCA/Riverfront Visiting Artists program ensures students’ contact with a wide range of professional artists”[3].  Entrance into the school is audition based, and the student body is diverse. The site states, “Approximately 50% of NOCCA/Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line”[4]. The school is funded by the state of Louisiana. As the $1800 tuition for students outside the New Orleans parish has been eliminated, the student body has increased dramatically. The site states there has been, “[…] a 300% enrollment surge in just three years”. Apparently there is a great demand for such a school. Any reconstruction effort of New Orleans should take into account the existence of NOCCA and should look into offering it support.    


[1] NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts): http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.


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NOCCA

danielle | page | Oct 6, 2006 - 9:27pm

Danielle Cummins

Research group: culture and education

New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA)

 

There are some institutions which encourage the arts in the city of New Orleans. Such organizations should be aided and possibly expanded. One such establishment is the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts/Riverfront (NOCCA) which primarily serves students at the high school level. In addition to intensive programs in fields such as music and theatre arts, the school also has programs for creative writing, media arts, and visual arts. The descriptions of these programs from the NOCCA web site are as follows:

 Creative writing:
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading. Media arts:
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio. Visual arts:
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history[1].  

As stated on their web site, “Coursework at NOCCA/Riverfront counts towards high school graduation”. The site also states, “[…] a remarkable 95 – 98% of NOCCA/Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country” and that, “Realistic career preparation is the goal”[2]. The teachers are professionally active and, as stated on their site, “NOCCA/Riverfront Visiting Artists program ensures students’ contact with a wide range of professional artists”[3].  Entrance into the school is audition based, and the student body is diverse. The site states, “Approximately 50% of NOCCA/Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line”[4]. The school is funded by the state of Louisiana. As the $1800 tuition for students outside the New Orleans parish has been eliminated, the student body has increased dramatically. The site states there has been, “[…] a 300% enrollment surge in just three years”. Apparently there is a great demand for such a school. Any reconstruction effort of New Orleans should take into account the existence of NOCCA and should look into offering it support.    


[1] NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts): http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.


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New Orleans matters to the country the American culture and to me

danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 2:42pm

The people of New Orleans are part of a larger community: our country and our world. Because of this, concern for their well being should be in our thoughts and actions.  It is our responsibility to care for the city and its people. When a city within the United States is in danger, the country should be prepared to defend and support it. However, such cities need to be made safe places to live, to the utmost extent to which this is possible. Places like New Orleans are always important, not only because of irreplaceable history and culture, but also because of the people whose lives are built around that history and culture.

American culture is indebted to people who lived and worked in New Orleans as musicians. Their music has spread all over the world and has influenced many popular music styles. When one is studying music, one usually returns to music from the past to see how particular styles developed. In order to understand this music more fully, it is necessary to also understand the culture, time and place for which it was created. Classical musicians often travel to cities such as Vienna, Milan, Paris, or Venice. What Vienna is to the music of Beethoven and Mozart, New Orleans is to Jazz. Within the Crescent City, musicians such as Joe ‘King’ Oliver and Louis Armstrong competed with and learned from other musicians and drew from the rich musical scene which surrounded them to create their own unique styles. The music, literature, food, the unique urban environment could not have existed without the comings and goings (and stayings) of people from all over the world which happened in New Orleans for hundreds of years. Such a place cannot be duplicated. This and the people who make New Orleans their home is why the city matters.    


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Why New Orleans matters to the country the American culture and to me

danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 2:39pm

The people of New Orleans are part of a larger community: our country and our world. Because of this, concern for their well being should be in our thoughts and actions.  It is our responsibility to care for the city and its people. When a city within the United States is in danger, the country should be prepared to defend and support it. However, such cities need to be made safe places to live, to the utmost extent to which this is possible. Places like New Orleans are always important, not only because of irreplaceable history and culture, but also because of the people whose lives are built around that history and culture.

American culture is indebted to people who lived and worked in New Orleans as musicians. Their music has spread all over the world and has influenced many popular music styles. When one is studying music, one usually returns to music from the past to see how particular styles developed. In order to understand this music more fully, it is necessary to also understand the culture, time and place for which it was created. Classical musicians often travel to cities such as Vienna, Milan, Paris, or Venice. What Vienna is to the music of Beethoven and Mozart, New Orleans is to Jazz. Within the Crescent City, musicians such as Joe ‘King’ Oliver and Louis Armstrong competed with and learned from other musicians and drew from the rich musical scene which surrounded them to create their own unique styles. The music, literature, food, the unique urban environment could not have existed without the comings and goings (and stayings) of people from all over the world which happened in New Orleans for hundreds of years. Such a place cannot be duplicated. This and the people who make New Orleans their home is why the city matters.    

 


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Why New Orleans matters to the country the American culture and to me

danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 2:35pm
The people of New Orleans are part of a larger community: our country and our world. Because of this, concern for their well being should be in our thoughts and actions.  It is our responsibility to care for the city and its people. When a city within the United States is in danger, the country should be prepared to defend and support it. However, such cities need to be made safe places to live, to the utmost extent to which this is possible. Places like New Orleans are always important, not only because of irreplaceable history and culture, but also because of the people whose lives are built around that history and culture. American culture is indebted to people who lived and worked in New Orleans as musicians. Their music has spread all over the world and has influenced many popular music styles. When one is studying music, one usually returns to music from the past to see how particular styles developed. In order to understand this music more fully, it is necessary to also understand the culture, time and place for which it was created. Classical musicians often travel to cities such as Vienna, Milan, Paris, or Venice. What Vienna is to the music of Beethoven and Mozart, New Orleans is to Jazz. Within the Crescent City, musicians such as Louis Armstrong competed with and learned from other musicians and drew from the rich musical scene which surrounded them to create their own unique styles. The music, literature, food, the unique urban environment could not have existed without the comings and goings (and stayings) of people from all over the world which happened in New Orleans for hundreds of years.  Such a place cannot be duplicated. This and the people who make New Orleans their home is why the city matters.    

 


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danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 2:33pm
The people of New Orleans are part of a larger community: our country and our world. Because of this, concern for their well being should be in our thoughts and actions.  It is our responsibility to care for the city and its people. When a city within the United States is in danger, the country should be prepared to defend and support it. However, such cities need to be made safe places to live, to the utmost extent to which this is possible. Places like New Orleans are always important, not only because of irreplaceable history and culture, but also because of the people whose lives are built around that history and culture. American culture is indebted to people who lived and worked in New Orleans as musicians. Their music has spread all over the world and has influenced many popular music styles. When one is studying music, one usually returns to music from the past to see how particular styles developed. In order to understand this music more fully, it is necessary to also understand the culture, time and place for which it was created. Classical musicians often travel to cities such as Vienna, Milan, Paris, or Venice. What Vienna is to the music of Beethoven and Mozart, New Orleans is to Jazz. Within the Crescent City, musicians such as Louis Armstrong competed with and learned from other musicians and drew from the rich musical scene which surrounded them to create their own unique styles. The music, literature, food, the unique urban environment could not have existed without the comings and goings (and stayings) of people from all over the world which happened in New Orleans for hundreds of years.  Such a place cannot be duplicated. This and the people who make New Orleans their home is why the city matters.    

 


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NOCCA website

danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 1:37pm

Hi research group.

Here I have pasted some information about NOCCA. I will sift through this information and write some paragraphs about it, but I thought it would be good for you all to see the information first hand as it ties in well with our idea about a music conservatory (though this one is for highschool students and encompasses many art fields. It appears to be much like the Idylwild Arts program).  

Danielle Cummins

About NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts): http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

 

 

Taken directly from the NOCCA web site:

 The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront is a world-class educational institution that has been changing the lives of young people since 1973. Every year, this pre-professional arts training center provides intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), visual arts, and creative writing, to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana through schoolday, after-school, weekend, and summer sessions.The NOCCA Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides financial support and advocacy for NOCCA. Founded in 1982, the Institute oversees a Financial Aid Program, an Artists-in-Residence Program, the CENTER STAGE performance series, and other important initiatives that enhance the quality of NOCCA|Riverfront's educational environment.» Basics
NOCCA|Riverfront's fine arts curriculum is designed to prepare students to follow a path toward professional careers involving any of NOCCA|Riverfront's ten arts disciplines: creative writing, dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), and visual arts. These programs of study are professionally oriented, highly structured, and academically rigorous. Coursework at NOCCA|Riverfront counts toward high school graduation.Commitment to serious study is tested at NOCCA|Riverfront so that students can experience now what will be expected of them in professional arts careers. Realistic career preparation is the goal. College provides the next step for most students upon graduation. A founding member of the International Network of Performing & Visual Arts Schools, NOCCA|Riverfront is considered a model of professional arts training at the high school level and a leading example of the arts conservatory instructional center.» Faculty
Faculty members are practicing professionals in their arts fields. In line with the historic master-apprentice tradition, this professionally active faculty of "artist/teachers" is the foundation of NOCCA|Riverfront's intensive curriculum. Arts career counseling is an ongoing part of the instructional process, and NOCCA|Riverfront's Visiting Artists program ensures students' contact with a wide range of professional artists.» Students
Primarily high school level, students are encouraged to spend a minimum of three years at NOCCA|Riverfront to take advantage of the full three-level curriculum. Although most regular-term students attend local public schools, student enrollment annually represents roughly 100 public, private, and parochial schools spanning the many parishes of Greater New Orleans. During the summer of 2001, students from an additional 30 schools from across Louisiana studied at NOCCA|Riverfront. NOCCA|Riverfront attracts a student body that reflects the multicultural quality of our area.» Course Credit
High School students receive two or three units of credit each year for their NOCCA|Riverfront arts coursework. Grades are sent to regular schools each quarter for inclusion in report cards and academic transcripts. NOCCA|Riverfront courses are accredited through the State Department of Education, and NOCCA|Riverfront's arts curriculum courses carry honors credit.» Programs of StudyCREATIVE…WRITING
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading.DANCE
All dance students study Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, and Jazz Dance. Dance history, character dance, and choreography are additional components of the curriculum.MEDIA…ARTS
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio.MUSIC
Students study in one of three major areas: Classical Instrumental, Jazz Instrumental, or Classical Vocal. Advanced classical students can opt for a major emphasis in Composition.THEATREDrama : Students participate in all areas of theatre in order to acquire the experience that is expected of well-trained students in today's world of theatre: voice, movement, acting, history & literature, and technical theatre.Musical Theatre : Students explore vocal technique, dance technique, acting technique, music theory, musical theatre history, musical comedy, cabaret theatre, technical theatre, and many other aspects of musical theatre production.Theatre Design : Students learn the craft of lighting, sound, costuming, and set building.VISUAL...ARTS
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history. OTHER
Additional course options include Computer Literacy, Health Education, Physical Education I and II, Free Enterprise and Civics. Italian is an option for music students, and English IV is available for seniors enrolled in Creative Writing. Late afternoon Dance and Theatre classes for high school students are options offering two units of honors credit. Theatre Workshop (non-credit) is available to 9th grade students after school.NOCCA|Riverfront's FacilityAs of January 25, 2000, NOCCA|Riverfront has a new home! Located at the intersection of the historic Faubourg Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods, NOCCA|Riverfront is a state-of-the-art training facility that gives young artists the tools they need to become the leaders of the twenty-first century--whether or not they choose careers in the arts. NOCCA|Riverfront is also available for rental by arts organizations, corporations, and other groups that need performance and/or meeting space.Pictured below is the Kurt and Anita Schon Courtyard at NOCCA|Riverfront. CURRENT NEWS The NOCCA Institute partners with Friends of New OrleansThe NOCCA Institute is an official partner of Friends of New Orleans. Friends of New Orleans is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization that provides a vehicle for people in the US and abroad who care about this region, to declare their support and get involved.The mission of Friends of New Orleans is to:
  • Advocate for New Orleans and its surrounding parishes;
  • Inform people of those key issues that are shaping the national debate and decision making of the rebuilding effort;
  • Link individuals who want to help with the communities in the devastated areas;
  • Motivate people to take part in the rebuilding effort by: a) declaring their support for New Orleans and its surrounding parishes; b) donating money; c) volunteering; d) visiting and investing in the area; and e) partnering with communities and local organizations that are doing the work.
posted 9/28/2006 11:09:00 AM • permalink A Brief History of NOCCA|Riverfront
and The NOCCA InstituteThe New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront (NOCCA|Riverfront) is a regional, pre-professional arts training center that offers secondary school-age children intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design) , visual arts, and creative writing, while demanding simultaneous excellence. NOCCA was founded in 1973 by a diverse coalition of artists, educators, business leaders, and community activists who saw the need for an institution devoted to our region's burgeoning young talent. Today, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Wendell Pierce, and Saints cornerback Ashley Ambrose are only a few NOCCA|Riverfront graduates who can attest to the extraordinary educational opportunity the Center represents to the children of Louisiana.NOCCA|Riverfront's track record over the past quarter-century speaks for itself: every year a remarkable 95 - 98% of NOCCA|Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country--compared to only 56% of local non-NOCCA|Riverfront graduates. Furthermore, approximately 80% of NOCCA|Riverfront students receive scholarships to pursue such higher education. The key to NOCCA|Riverfront's success is the ethic of discipline and responsibility it instills in students, which prepares them for productive adult lives whether or not they choose to pursue arts careers.Admission to NOCCA|Riverfront is by audition only, held four times each year. From around the region, children come with hopes of getting in. Thanks to the addition of after-school, weekend, and summer courses, NOCCA|Riverfront has served students from 24 Louisiana parishes. Because admission criteria are based solely on ability, NOCCA|Riverfront's student body cuts across boundaries of race, sex, and socio-economic background. Approximately 50% of NOCCA|Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line.In the coming years, NOCCA|Riverfront faces many exciting challenges and opportunities. Perhaps the greatest of these challenges is the impending growth in NOCCA|Riverfront's student body.For many years, NOCCA|Riverfront's enrollment averaged 250 students. In anticipation of the move to the new campus, the school accepted about 300 students for 1999/2000. And with the addition of after-school, weekend, and summer sessions, NOCCA|Riverfront enrolled nearly 900 young artists in 2002/2003 This represents a 300% enrollment surge in just three years!This rapid growth is due not only to NOCCA|Riverfront's considerable size (which can accommodate four times as many students as the Center's previous home), but also to the State of Louisiana's agreement to fund the school directly. Under this agreement, the State eliminated the often-prohibitive $1800 tuition previously required of out-of-parish NOCCA|Riverfront students. With fewer barriers between themselves and NOCCA|Riverfront, the number of out-of-parish children benefitting from the program has risen sharply.The new facility has also allowed NOCCA|Riverfront to become an arts resource for the broader community of adults and non-NOCCA|Riverfront students, featuring numerous performance and gallery spaces for use after the school day ends.

 


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NOCCA website

danielle | page | Oct 2, 2006 - 1:36pm

About NOCCA (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts): http://www.nocca.com/home.html, accessed October 2, 2006.

Hi research group. Here I have pasted some information about NOCCA. I will sift through this information and write some paragraphs about it, but I thought it would be good for you all to see the information first hand as it ties in well with our idea about a music conservatory (though this one is for highschool students and encompasses many art fields. It appears to be much like the Idylwild Arts program).   

 

Taken directly from the NOCCA web site:

 The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront is a world-class educational institution that has been changing the lives of young people since 1973. Every year, this pre-professional arts training center provides intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), visual arts, and creative writing, to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana through schoolday, after-school, weekend, and summer sessions.The NOCCA Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides financial support and advocacy for NOCCA. Founded in 1982, the Institute oversees a Financial Aid Program, an Artists-in-Residence Program, the CENTER STAGE performance series, and other important initiatives that enhance the quality of NOCCA|Riverfront's educational environment.» Basics
NOCCA|Riverfront's fine arts curriculum is designed to prepare students to follow a path toward professional careers involving any of NOCCA|Riverfront's ten arts disciplines: creative writing, dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre (drama, musical theatre, theatre design), and visual arts. These programs of study are professionally oriented, highly structured, and academically rigorous. Coursework at NOCCA|Riverfront counts toward high school graduation.Commitment to serious study is tested at NOCCA|Riverfront so that students can experience now what will be expected of them in professional arts careers. Realistic career preparation is the goal. College provides the next step for most students upon graduation. A founding member of the International Network of Performing & Visual Arts Schools, NOCCA|Riverfront is considered a model of professional arts training at the high school level and a leading example of the arts conservatory instructional center.» Faculty
Faculty members are practicing professionals in their arts fields. In line with the historic master-apprentice tradition, this professionally active faculty of "artist/teachers" is the foundation of NOCCA|Riverfront's intensive curriculum. Arts career counseling is an ongoing part of the instructional process, and NOCCA|Riverfront's Visiting Artists program ensures students' contact with a wide range of professional artists.» Students
Primarily high school level, students are encouraged to spend a minimum of three years at NOCCA|Riverfront to take advantage of the full three-level curriculum. Although most regular-term students attend local public schools, student enrollment annually represents roughly 100 public, private, and parochial schools spanning the many parishes of Greater New Orleans. During the summer of 2001, students from an additional 30 schools from across Louisiana studied at NOCCA|Riverfront. NOCCA|Riverfront attracts a student body that reflects the multicultural quality of our area.» Course Credit
High School students receive two or three units of credit each year for their NOCCA|Riverfront arts coursework. Grades are sent to regular schools each quarter for inclusion in report cards and academic transcripts. NOCCA|Riverfront courses are accredited through the State Department of Education, and NOCCA|Riverfront's arts curriculum courses carry honors credit.» Programs of StudyCREATIVE…WRITING
Students are immersed in literature, and gain confidence with their own writing through workshop activities that include poetry, fiction, film study, and critical reading.DANCE
All dance students study Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, and Jazz Dance. Dance history, character dance, and choreography are additional components of the curriculum.MEDIA…ARTS
This new program will provide coursework in filmmaking, television, audio engineering and digital arts. Students will take courses in the history, theory, and aesthetics of film, television and communications as well as master the tools of digital arts, film, video and audio in NOCCA|Riverfront's state-of-the-art audio/video studio.MUSIC
Students study in one of three major areas: Classical Instrumental, Jazz Instrumental, or Classical Vocal. Advanced classical students can opt for a major emphasis in Composition.THEATREDrama : Students participate in all areas of theatre in order to acquire the experience that is expected of well-trained students in today's world of theatre: voice, movement, acting, history & literature, and technical theatre.Musical Theatre : Students explore vocal technique, dance technique, acting technique, music theory, musical theatre history, musical comedy, cabaret theatre, technical theatre, and many other aspects of musical theatre production.Theatre Design : Students learn the craft of lighting, sound, costuming, and set building.VISUAL...ARTS
Students work toward developing comprehensive portfolios to prepare for admission to art institutes and universities. Photography, ceramics, printmaking, and computer graphics are studied along with drawing, painting, two and three dimensional design, art concepts and history. OTHER
Additional course options include Computer Literacy, Health Education, Physical Education I and II, Free Enterprise and Civics. Italian is an option for music students, and English IV is available for seniors enrolled in Creative Writing. Late afternoon Dance and Theatre classes for high school students are options offering two units of honors credit. Theatre Workshop (non-credit) is available to 9th grade students after school.NOCCA|Riverfront's FacilityAs of January 25, 2000, NOCCA|Riverfront has a new home! Located at the intersection of the historic Faubourg Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods, NOCCA|Riverfront is a state-of-the-art training facility that gives young artists the tools they need to become the leaders of the twenty-first century--whether or not they choose careers in the arts. NOCCA|Riverfront is also available for rental by arts organizations, corporations, and other groups that need performance and/or meeting space.Pictured below is the Kurt and Anita Schon Courtyard at NOCCA|Riverfront. CURRENT NEWS The NOCCA Institute partners with Friends of New OrleansThe NOCCA Institute is an official partner of Friends of New Orleans. Friends of New Orleans is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization that provides a vehicle for people in the US and abroad who care about this region, to declare their support and get involved.The mission of Friends of New Orleans is to:
  • Advocate for New Orleans and its surrounding parishes;
  • Inform people of those key issues that are shaping the national debate and decision making of the rebuilding effort;
  • Link individuals who want to help with the communities in the devastated areas;
  • Motivate people to take part in the rebuilding effort by: a) declaring their support for New Orleans and its surrounding parishes; b) donating money; c) volunteering; d) visiting and investing in the area; and e) partnering with communities and local organizations that are doing the work.
posted 9/28/2006 11:09:00 AM • permalink A Brief History of NOCCA|Riverfront
and The NOCCA InstituteThe New Orleans Center for Creative Arts|Riverfront (NOCCA|Riverfront) is a regional, pre-professional arts training center that offers secondary school-age children intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design) , visual arts, and creative writing, while demanding simultaneous excellence. NOCCA was founded in 1973 by a diverse coalition of artists, educators, business leaders, and community activists who saw the need for an institution devoted to our region's burgeoning young talent. Today, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, Wendell Pierce, and Saints cornerback Ashley Ambrose are only a few NOCCA|Riverfront graduates who can attest to the extraordinary educational opportunity the Center represents to the children of Louisiana.NOCCA|Riverfront's track record over the past quarter-century speaks for itself: every year a remarkable 95 - 98% of NOCCA|Riverfront graduates go on to college and conservatory programs across the country--compared to only 56% of local non-NOCCA|Riverfront graduates. Furthermore, approximately 80% of NOCCA|Riverfront students receive scholarships to pursue such higher education. The key to NOCCA|Riverfront's success is the ethic of discipline and responsibility it instills in students, which prepares them for productive adult lives whether or not they choose to pursue arts careers.Admission to NOCCA|Riverfront is by audition only, held four times each year. From around the region, children come with hopes of getting in. Thanks to the addition of after-school, weekend, and summer courses, NOCCA|Riverfront has served students from 24 Louisiana parishes. Because admission criteria are based solely on ability, NOCCA|Riverfront's student body cuts across boundaries of race, sex, and socio-economic background. Approximately 50% of NOCCA|Riverfront students come from families living below the poverty line.In the coming years, NOCCA|Riverfront faces many exciting challenges and opportunities. Perhaps the greatest of these challenges is the impending growth in NOCCA|Riverfront's student body.For many years, NOCCA|Riverfront's enrollment averaged 250 students. In anticipation of the move to the new campus, the school accepted about 300 students for 1999/2000. And with the addition of after-school, weekend, and summer sessions, NOCCA|Riverfront enrolled nearly 900 young artists in 2002/2003 This represents a 300% enrollment surge in just three years!This rapid growth is due not only to NOCCA|Riverfront's considerable size (which can accommodate four times as many students as the Center's previous home), but also to the State of Louisiana's agreement to fund the school directly. Under this agreement, the State eliminated the often-prohibitive $1800 tuition previously required of out-of-parish NOCCA|Riverfront students. With fewer barriers between themselves and NOCCA|Riverfront, the number of out-of-parish children benefitting from the program has risen sharply.The new facility has also allowed NOCCA|Riverfront to become an arts resource for the broader community of adults and non-NOCCA|Riverfront students, featuring numerous performance and gallery spaces for use after the school day ends.

 


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