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More Than 200 Top High School Jazz Students in The U.S. To Participate in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2021 Essentially Ellington Virtual Festival
Beginning today through June 5, 2021, more than two hundred of the top high school students from coast to coast will participate in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2021 Virtual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Festival. These students comprise the 15 finalist bands that represent thousands of young people throughout the world that study, rehearse, and perform music from the Essentially Ellington library. Keep reading »
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Announcing Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2), recording of Wynton Marsalis’s second Symphony
Today, Blue Engine Records releases the first recording of Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2), an innovative and colossal work from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »
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Carol Jantsch to premiere Wynton Marsalis Tuba Concerto with Philadelphia Orchestra
On May 5, 2021, the Philadelphia Orchestra announced plans for its Fall 2021 season. Amidst works that bring inclusivity to the orchestral world, a new tuba concerto written by Jazz musician and composer Wynton Marsalis will be included in the orchestra’s special performances. Keep reading »
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Join Sarah Elizabeth Lewis for a discussion with Ava DuVernay, Carrie Mae Weems, Franklin Leonard, Theaster Gates and Wynton Marsalis as we tribute the Vision & Justice Project
As part of the program in tribute to the Vision & Justice Project, Professor Sarah E. Lewis presents an online discussion on Black cultural leadership with… Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis Receives Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
The American Prairie Reserve, based in Bozeman, MT, is an organization dedicated to preserving America’s prairie ecosystem. Every year, APR presents the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize to an individual it believes epitomizes the celebration of the American Spirit. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis Is Next Virtual Maverick Speakers Series Guest
Wynton Marsalis is the next speaker in The University of Texas at Arlington’s Virtual Maverick Speakers Series. Keep reading »
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League of American Orchestra’s National Conference, June 7 - 17, to Include New Voices, Showcase Performances by Ten U.S. Orchestras
Wynton Marsalis, Renowned Musician, Composer, and Bandleader, Opening Plenary Keynote in Conversation with League President and CEO Simon Woods Examining where orchestras are now and looking ahead to the future, the League’s National Conference, “Embracing a Changed World,” will tackle the big questions through new perspectives, actionable content, and provocative discussion. Keep reading »
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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 »