- The Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp is the only summer Jazz education program that has a comprehensive curriculum that includes instrumental and vocal music, as well as swing and second line dance.
- It is the only summer program in New Orleans that teaches Hip Hop music beats and performs the art form in a Jazz setting.
- Jazz Camp is the only summer music education program in New Orleans that engages a National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master as its Artistic Director.
- Jazz Camp is the only summer music education program that has consistently engaged national music icons as artists-in-residence for the past 28 years. Many are and were National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Jaz Masters.
- 90% of our teachers are degreed, certified teachers, or professors. All are working musicians and educators.
- NOCCA, local schools, and other camps refer students to LSASJC to prepare them for the regular school year.
- LSASJC is known and respected locally as the best summer music education program in New Orleans because of its outstanding faculty and its strong focus on music fundamentals.
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- Music training develops language and reasoning skills.
- There is a causal link between music and spatial intelligence.
- Studies show music education is linked with success on standardized tests, such as the SAT, and higher grades in school.