New Orleans is a brass town. Brass instruments have played a significant role in New Orleans’ cultural community ranging from classical music to jazz funerals dating back t
o the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Brass instruments are the back bone of our unique musical traditions, from traditional and modern jazz to funk, rhythm and blues, hip hop and rock. Sweet Home partners with the Horn Doctor, Mike Corrigan, who is a Master Craftsman and Master Repairman, to sponsor his travel from his primary business location in Kansas to New Orleans to repair brass and woodwind instruments at no cost to our clients. Each visit averages 300 instruments repaired, and provides a value of more than $25,ooo, enabling student and professional musicians to practice and perform.
Not content on repair alone, Mike has also brought dozens of instruments to donate to children in community schools and is working with local musician, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, to distribute hundreds more.