If you're a New Orleans musician and need medical care, please contact Catharine Lasperches, FNP at the NOMC - Tel: (504) 895-5748.

Health Care

The New Orleans Musician's Clinic (NOMC)

Our new location is Uptown, next to Touro Hospital:

New Orleans Musicians' Clinic
3600 Prytania St. Suite 35
New Orleans, La 70115
504-895-5748

Please call 504-895-5748 to make an appointment.

Labs, low cost, prescription meds, and general medicine are available.

NOMC Mental Health Info - (Click Here)

Assistance is available for emotional and mental health as well.
More info is available here.

Musician Directories & Gigs

If you are a New Orleans musician, please send us your e-mail address and enter your current contact information on the lists designed to find musicians:

Tipitina's Foundation: http://www.tipsevents.com/foundation/advance/relief/
New Orleans Music Resources http://www.nomr.net
NOLA Musicians.com http://www.nolamusicians.com/
Offbeat Magazine: http://www.offbeat.com/about/katrina.php

National Assistance

Jazz Foundation of America - More Info Click Here

Currently serving as the New York area coordinator for the New Orleans Musicians Clinic (NOMC) in the efforts to raise funds, they are a potential source for financial assistance, including rent support, instrument replacement, and employment.

Director: Wendy Oxenhorn
phone: (212) 245-3999 Ext. 21
email: joyce@jazzfoundation.org
web: http://www.jazzfoundation.org

MusiCares

The mission of the MusiCares Foundation is to "provide a safety net of critical services for music people in crisis". They have set aside funds for people affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Central Region office:
Toll-free Help Line: 1.877.626.2748
phone: (615) 327.0050
fax: (615) 327.0876
web: http://www.grammy.com/musicares/

American Federation of Musicians

If you are a member of AFM Local 174-496 (New Orleans), the office manager Kim Foreman urgently requests that you send him an e-mail letting him know your new contact information.
Kim Foreman, office manager
AFM Local 174-496
phone: (504) 947-1700
email: office@neworleansmusicians.org
web: http://www.neworleansmusicians.org
web: http://afm.org/

Music Maker Relief Foundation - More Info Click Here

The Hillsborough, NC-based Music Maker Relief Foundation has set up the New Orleans Musicians Fund to extend help to the area's fractured music community. More information can be found on their website.
New Orleans Musicians Fund
http://www.musicmaker.org

New Orleans Music Resources

This site contains a community database where musicians can submit their information. This is another resource for possibly getting gigs. List your info in the community section. They also have links to other organizations involved in the relief effort. http://nomr.net/

WWOZ 90.7FM

They have a comprehensive list of resources, a list of musicians that are safe, and numerous benefits aiding NOLA musicians.
http://www.wwoz.org

Offbeat

Offbeat has maintained the Louisiana Music Directory for over 15 years. Musicians can register for free with the directory on their site. If you're currently on the LMD, please make sure your information is up to date so you can be found.
http://www.offbeat.com

Katrinas Piano Fund

Katrinas Piano Fund is an organization solely devoted to replenishing musical equipment and instruments.
http://www.katrinaspianofund.org/

Regional Assistance

Actors' Fund of America
New York, NY

The Actors' Fund of America's Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic is pleased to offer their services to New Orleans musicians who have relocated to the New York area due to Hurricane Katrina. The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic provides free health care to uninsured and underinsured entertainment professionals in the New York City area. They have recently partnered with the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic as the New York branch of their medical facilities. More information can be found here

Instrument Repair

Please do not throw away any piece of your soggy instruments even if you think it's toast. Sometimes the instrument can be salvaged and there is always a chance a part can be cleaned and fixed - this includes all wooden parts, all metal parts, and all electronics (pickups, pots, switches, etc). It's also a lot better for the repairer to have everything.

stringedinstrumentrepairs.com

Stringed Instrument Repair will assist NOLA Musicians in restoring instruments damaged by the flooding. They do first class repairs on guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos and just about any other type of acoustic instrument. You can be assured that your repair will be made using the finest materials, quality workmanship and extreme attention to detail.

web: stringedinstrumentrepairs.com

Saxgourmet.com

The L.A. Sax Company wishes to assist saxophonists who have lost their instruments due to the hurricane. There is a press release about them at the American Federation of Musicians website. Linked below is the press release as well as the Saxgourmet site.

web: http://afm.org/public/press/092805.php
web: http://www.saxgourmet.com