Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025 Benefit Concert: A Tribute to Ellis Marsalis Jr.

At the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025 Benefit Concert at the Orpheum Theater, the evening will celebrate the legacy of Ellis Marsalis Jr.—a pioneering New Orleans jazz pianist and educator. Ellis Marsalis Jr. had been scheduled to perform with the LPO in March 2020 in what was to be one of his final public appearances that was ultimately canceled due to the emergence of the COVID pandemic; he died three weeks later after contracting the virus himself. The fundraiser evening features Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, and Jason Marsalis joining the LPO. Musical selections will draw from Leonard Bernstein, Roger Dickerson, Wynton Marsalis, Duke Ellington, and Ellis Marsalis Jr. himself. Doors open at 7 pm; show at 8 pm. $45. lpomusic.com.