Legendary Band Director Joseph Torregano has passed away.

The New Orleans Band Community Mourns one of it's legends. Mr. Joseph Torregano, Former Director of Bands at number of New Orleans Schools.

We the Members of NOLA-B, send our condolences on behalf of the New Orleans band community, to the Torregano Family.




Article From Nola.com

Joseph Torregano, a clarinetist and retired New Orleans music teacher, who, over the years, was a mainstay of traditional brass bands, such as the Young Tuxedo, the Olympia, the Excelsior and the Original Royal Players, died Tuesday (Oct. 6) of cancer at his house in La Place, said his brother Michael Torregano. He was 63.
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