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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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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 »
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American Academy of Arts and Letters expands, diversifies
One of the country’s oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century. Keep reading »
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ONLINE EVENT: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis performing “The Democracy! Suite”
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet’s performance of The Democracy! Suite aims to entertain, inspire, and uplift audiences with the full vigor, vision, and depth of America’s music. Keep reading »
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Jazz at Lincoln Center announces 2021 Spring Virtual Concert Season
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and guests honor luminaries Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone; premiere collaboration with acclaimed activist Bryan Stevenson and two commissions by emerging composers; and explore _A Love Supreme_ by John Coltrane Keep reading »
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FirstWorks: Creative Conversation with Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis
Jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of American culture. Keep reading »
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Rock Chalk Suite: The Story Behind the Music - Virtual talks with Derek Kwan and Wynton Marsalis
As Wynton Marsalis says, both basketball and jazz “reward improvisation and split-second decision making against the pressure of time.” Learn about how the masterful composers and musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis turned the Jayhawks’ rich basketball history into a stylish slam dunk of an album. Keep reading »
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Brian Owens & LIFE Creative Debut Christmas Musical “A New Holiday”
A New Holiday is a Christmas musical that follows a 10 year-old girl on her holiday journey of hope, joy and love as she copes with the loss of her beloved grandmother. Keep reading »
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Fourth Distinguished Lectureship at University of Colorado features Wynton Marsalis
Despite distancing and thanks to virtual conferencing, one of the College of Music’s most important annual events will go on this winter. The fourth annual Distinguished Lectureship in Music, Diversity and Inclusion will feature a conversation between the College of Music’s Diversity and Outreach Coordinator Alma Ramos and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »