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  • Wynton Marsalis to be honored at 2016 Global Citizen Awards

    Posted on September 11th, 2016 in News

    The Atlantic Council will honor three recipients at its annual Global Citizen Awards, to be presented on the evening of September 19 in New York, NY: Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe; Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi; and American musician, composer, educator, and Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis.   Keep reading »

  • Wynton Marsalis’ acceptance speech at University Jean Moulin Lyon3

    Posted on February 6th, 2016 in Speech

    Deputy Mayor Georges Kepenekian, University President Jacques Comby, University Vice-President Alain Asquin, the Nova Ensemble, students, faculty and colleagues and respected guests. I am deeply honored to receive this distinction. Thank you Mr. Asquin for you kind and extensive comments on my behalf.   Keep reading »

  • SUNY, Crane School of Music Recognize Wynton Marsalis with Honorary Doctor of Music Degree

    Posted on December 3rd, 2010 in News

    The State University of New York, through SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, is proud to announce that SUNY officials will award jazz legend Wynton Marsalis with an Honorary Doctor of Music degree in an upcoming New York City ceremony.

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  • Wynton will be Northwestern’s 151st commencement speaker

    Posted on March 6th, 2009 in Speech | 5

    On June 19, 2009, Wynton will speak at Northwestern University’s 151st commencement and receive an honorary doctor of arts degree. He also will address graduates at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music convocation June 20.

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  • Wynton and JALC honor Albert Murray

    Posted on June 2nd, 2007 in News

    On June 3, 2007, Wynton with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Jazz at Lincoln Center will be hosting a reception for Albert Murray and honoring him with the 2007 W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, for outstanding contributions to African and African American culture awarded annually by the faculty of the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.

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  • Wynton received an honorary doctorate at NYU Commencement

    Posted on May 14th, 2007 in Photo | 1

    On May 10, Wynton received an honorary doctorate during 2007 New York University commencement ceremonies in Washington Square Park, in New York City. The event was NYU’s 175th commencement celebrating the graduation of approximately 15,000 members of the Class of 2007.

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  • Wynton to be featured at NYU’s 175th Commencement

    Posted on April 17th, 2007 in News

    Wynton is going to be featured at New York University’s 175th Commencement Exercises, which will be held Thursday, May 10th, in Washington Square Park.
    He will offer the “Response on Behalf of the Honorary Degree Recipients,” an NYU tradition. Wynton will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa, at the ceremony.

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  • Wynton receives The Jim Henson Community Honor

    Posted on December 24th, 2006 in News | 1

    The Jim Henson Company has selected the honorees for the 2006 Jim Henson Honors, the annual program established in 2005 that acknowledges organizations, individuals or products that reflect the core values and philosophy of Jim Henson and the company he founded. The four recipients were announced today by Brian Henson and Lisa Henson, co-CEOs of The Jim Henson Company.

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  • Drum Major Institute to honor Wynton Marsalis

    Posted on June 17th, 2006 in News

    On June 22, Wynton will be honored with the 2006 Drum Major for Justice Award.
    The event is organized by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and will take place in New York, on June 22, at Lotus (409 West 14th Street).

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  • Wynton to Receive Honorary Juilliard Doctorates

    Posted on May 15th, 2006 in News | 4

    Seven honorary doctorates will be presented at Juilliard’s 101st commencement ceremony, which officially ends the School’s centennial season, on Friday, May 26, in Alice Tully Hall. Receiving the degrees will be composer Milton Babbitt; dancer/choreographer Pina Bausch; theater director and outgoing Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division, Michael Kahn; violinist Robert Mann; Wynton Marsalis, who will be the commencement speaker; Juilliard trustee Elizabeth McCormack; and philanthropist Martin E. Segal.

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