Drumsticks in hand, Derrick Tabb has found a way to change New Orleans c
hildren from troublemakers to tuba players.
Tabb, wearing a gold chain and a baseball cap, doesn't look the part of a classic band teacher. But every weekday evening in the French Quarter, he beats out the pace on his music stand as students play their select instruments. In doing so, he gives them an alternative to New Orleans' rough streets.
I tell everyone I'm competing with the drug dealers, said Tabb, 34. His program, The Roots of Music, offers free tutoring, instruments and music education to more than 100 students.
hildren from troublemakers to tuba players.Tabb, wearing a gold chain and a baseball cap, doesn't look the part of a classic band teacher. But every weekday evening in the French Quarter, he beats out the pace on his music stand as students play their select instruments. In doing so, he gives them an alternative to New Orleans' rough streets.
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