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Wynton Marsalis to address Tulane University graduates
New Orleans native and Pulitzer Prize winner Wynton Marsalis will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters and deliver the keynote address to graduates at Tulane University’s Commencement 2014, which will be held at 9 a.m., May 17 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
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Transcript and video of Wynton’s Speech at University of Vermont’s Commencement 2013
Wynton delivered the University of Vermont 2013 commencement address with a heartfelt talk that was wise, wry, musical, and throughout—appropriately enough for his son Simeon Marsalis, UVM Class of 2013—fatherly.
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Live Webcast: Wynton speaking at University of Vermont’s commencement ceremony
Acclaimed jazz and classical musician Wynton Marsalis will be the featured speaker at the University of Vermont’s commencement ceremony on May 19, 2013.
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The main ceremony, with Wynton as commencement speaker, will begin at 8:20 a.m. on the University Green. Wynton will start speaking at 9am EDT. Watch him live on http://live.vpt.org/uvm/uvm-main.html -
Wynton Marsalis to Deliver 2013 Commencement Address at UVM
Acclaimed jazz and classical musician Wynton Marsalis will be the featured speaker at the University of Vermont’s commencement ceremony on May 19, 2013.
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Celebrated for his contributions as a performer, composer, bandleader and educator, trumpeter Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards. He is the only artist in history to have received Grammys for five consecutive years and to have received a Grammy for both jazz and classical music in the same year (1983). -
Transcript and audio recording of Wynton giving entire Northwestern Commencement speech
Even though the rain kept me from giving the entire speech I had prepared at Northwestern’s commencement, I wanted to make the full transcript and the audio available to you all.
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Wynton will be Northwestern’s 151st commencement speaker
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’s speech to the Juilliard’s 2006 Graduating Class
On Friday, May 26, in Alice Tully Hall, Wynton Marsalis spoke for the Juilliard’s 101st commencement ceremony.
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Marsalis speech offers graduates trumpet call to ‘Pursue And Find’
Wynton Marsalis unzipped his black trumpet bag, and the nearly thousand gathered at Connecticut College’s graduation ceremony Saturday prepared to be serenaded. Keep reading »
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Wynton’s commencement address at Connecticut College 2001
You know, I never write a speech because I feel that when you write something, you go long. But for this one, I wrote one, and if it goes long, I might just stop in the middle of it and start playing. Now, this is kind of new; I’ve never actually read one, so excuse me while I try to find my right, proper angle. Keep reading »