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Wynton Marsalis & Dr. Ronald Crutcher to Keynote at Future of Music Faculty Fellowship
The Cleveland Institute of Music’s Future of Music Faculty Fellowship has added internationally acclaimed musician, composer and educator Wynton Marsalis, and national leader in higher education and distinguished classical musician Dr. Ronald Crutcher to the already impressive list of keynote speakers and faculty for the inaugural program. Keep reading »
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Cabrillo Festival - Composers in Conversation Vol. 3: Wynton Marsalis and Tan Dun
Wynton Marsalis will be featured along with Tan Dun in the third episode of Cabrillo Festival’s monthly online discussion series, Composers in Conversation, which features small groups of composers and Festival Music Director/Conductor Cristian Măcelaru talking about their experiences as creators of new music. Keep reading »
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15 U.S. high school big bands selected for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s virtual Essentially Ellington festival 2021, nation’s premier jazz education event
Faced with enormous challenges due to concerns around COVID-19, band directors and high school student jazz musicians around the country have applied innovative and creative approaches to perform with and learn from each other Keep reading »
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Tri-C JazzFest Hosts Panel Discussion on Film Showcased at CIFF
Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) will premiere a video discussion focused on the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland-supported TOPOWA! Never Give Up at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF). Virtual conversation launching April 8 features famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis Keep reading »
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‘Our music was born in hard times’: How Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra keeps playing
When the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra played its last concert in front of an audience in late February 2020, its members thought they had a bright and busy future ahead of them. Keep reading »
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Penny Stamps Speaker Series - Ken Fischer and Wynton Marsalis: Everybody In, Nobody Out
UMS President Emeritus Ken Fischer and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis will be joining the Penny Stamps Series line-up on April 9th, 2021! Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces 2021 Gala Concert: Innovation + Soul
Featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, host Dee Dee Bridgewater, and special appearances by President Bill Clinton, Pedrito Martinez, Lil Buck, Veronica Swift, Michael Rodriguez, Sean Mason Keep reading »
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Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Treats Audiences to Baroque this Spring
In what organizers call “perfect timing,” a small ensemble of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians gathered on stage in early March to record a series of Baroque music videos that will be released over the course of eight weeks beginning March 24. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis hosts compelling online conversations with fellow artists in The Arts, Undistanced, presented by Washington Performing Arts
This spring, Pulitzer-winning composer, trumpet virtuoso, band leader, and educator Wynton Marsalis teams up with Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit arts presenter Washington Performing Arts in The Arts, Undistanced: Online Artist Conversations Beyond Boundaries, a series of video interviews to be offered free to the public on the Washington Performing Arts website. Keep reading »
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Longy Honors Ellis Marsalis, Jr. With 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award, Virtual Reception With Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III, and Jamie Bernstein
On Monday, March 15th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., the Longy School of Music at Bard College will hold a virtual Bernstein Award reception. This event honors the legacy of Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (1934–2020), continuing on to the Gala Celebration at 8:00 p.m., which will include the official presentation of the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society. Keep reading »