Louis Armstrong Seminar at Queens College

The Louis Armstrong House Museum’s Director of Research Collections Ricky Riccardi teaches a seminar on Louis Armstrong every two years through the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Students spend an entire semester studying Louis Armstrong’s life and music, working with the Archives, transcribing his solos, and reading seminal works on Armstrong. Riccardi brings in musical guests for brief workshops, including Bria Skonberg and Alphonso Horne, and encourages students to immerse themselves in the New York traditional jazz scene.