Draft:Veronique Dorsey



Veronique Dorsey is a New Orleans-based gospel drummer and trumpet player. She is best known as one of the trumpet players for The Original Pinettes Brass Band, the first all-female brass band in New Orleans.

Dorsey spent a brief period in 2013 as the band director of her alma mater, McDonogh 35, before handing the directorship of the band over to Lawrence Rawlins. Dorsey is a practicing Catholic and currently plays the drums at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church where her mother, Veronica Downes-Dorsey, is the music and choir director. Dorsey joined The Original Pinettes Brass Band in 2011. Prior to the introduction of Jazz Henry in the band’s lineup, Dorsey was the youngest member of the band. She has been an instructor at the Roots of Music since 2023 and has worked in education for eleven years, specializing in English Language Arts.