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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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Ken Burns American Heritage Prize to be awarded to Wynton Marsalis
American Prairie Reserve is proud to announce that Wynton Marsalis has been named the recipient of the 2020 “Ken Burns American Heritage Prize”:http://www.kenburnsprize.com. The award will be presented May 6, 2020, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis to be honored at NCAFP 45TH Anniversary Gala
The National Committee on American Foreign Policy is pleased to announce that its 45th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner will be held on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Keep reading »
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Music Institute of Chicago Gala to Honor Wynton Marsalis
The Music Institute of Chicago hosts its 2019 Anniversary Gala on Monday, May 20 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 E. Delaware Street, celebrating its history as one of the largest and most respected community music schools in the nation. The festive evening will be highlighted by the presentation of the Dushkin Award to acclaimed jazz trumpet player, bandleader, composer, and educator Wynton Marsalis. Keep reading »
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American Academy of Arts And Letters: 2019 Music Award Winners
The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the sixteen recipients of this year’s awards in music, which total $195,000. The winners were selected by a committee of Academy members: Samuel Adler (chairman), Robert Beaser, Martin Bresnick, Sebastian Currier, David Rakowski, Melinda Wagner, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Keep reading »
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Jazz Diplomacy with Famed Musicians Wynton Marsalis and Igor Butman
The Sustained Dialogue Institute has been committed to transforming diplomatic relationships through thoughtful and honest dialogue since 2002. SDI works around the globe with governments, campuses, and communities to help people overcome their differences and reform relationships. Keep reading »
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Russian, US Jazz Legends Honored With Global Peacemaker Awards At Event In Washington
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd November, 2018) Russian saxophone virtuoso Igor Butman and US nine-time Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis were honored with Global Peacemaker Awards by The Sustained Dialogue Institute (SDI) at an event in Washington. Keep reading »
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An Evening of Cultural and Diplomatic Dialogue at the US Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace—the soaring glass and limestone building near the National Mall designed to reflect America’s commitment to ending global conflict—is perhaps not the first venue that comes to mind for a swinging session by two legendary jazzmen. Keep reading »
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Wynton Marsalis accepts ITG Honorary Award
ITG President Cathy Leach presented Wynton Marsalis with the ITG Honorary Award December 16, 2017, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, just prior to Marsalis’s 8 pm concert. Keep reading »
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Tribute to Ken Burns by Wynton Marsalis
Monk, in answering the question “What’s happening Thelonious?” replied, “Everything is happening all the time, man.” Funny, but true. In our country alone, we swim a brimming sea of over 320 million people and roughly 200 billion points of view per second, but in the bowels of this cacophony there is startling commonality in our individuality. Keep reading »
