The web site myauditions.com has also created a clearinghouse for hurricane-related information in its forum section, myauditions.com/groupee. The site includes areas for musicians to post requests for help, a people locator, and a forum for expressions of support.
According to an article in the New York Times today, the LPO itself has set up an operations center in Baton Rouge and has created its own support web site at groups.google.com/group/LPO-family.
LPO musicians told the Times that some of the orchestra's musicians had not been in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck. Of those who were in the city, all but one had been evacuated by September 5, and the remaining player, violinist Burton Callahan, was expected to leave by today.