Virtual Gala 2020
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We’ll Be Together Again
A Virtual Gala Presented by the Louis Armstrong House Museum
September 17, 2020
Program
Welcome
Regina Bain, Executive Director
Performance
Bria Skonberg performs “Hotter Than That”
Recorded Live in the Garden at the Louis Armstrong House Museum
August 21, 2020
Greeting
Felix V. Matos Rodriguez
Chancellor, City University of New York
2020 Program Highlights
Pops is Tops: online concert for school students
You Can’t Learn That in School: virtual after school programs
Armstrong Now: contemporary artists creating new works inspired by the House and Archives.
That’s My Home: an online exhibition chronicling Louis and Lucille at home.
Performance
Catherine Russell and Bill Charlap perform “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”
Recorded Live at Steinway Hall, Manhattan
August 27, 2020
Presentation
Louis Armstrong Stands for Social Justice in Little Rock, 1957
Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections
Performance
Jason Moran performs “South Side Digging”
Recorded Live at Bridge Studios, Brooklyn
August 20, 2020
Performance
Wynton Marsalis
President, Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation
Performs “Dear Old Southland”
Thank You and Good Night
Jerry Chazen
Chair, Board of Trustees