Wynton makes the difference
In occasion of Smithsonian’s 35th anniversary, the Smithsonian Magazine wrote a list of 35 individuals who made a difference.
Wynton is one of them.
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Wynton honored as State Department’s Culture Connect Ambassador
At a special U.S. Department of State ceremony December 13, Secretary of State Colin Powell honored 13 celebrities in the arts and sports who serve as the Department’s CultureConnect ambassadors, reaching out to young people around the world. The CultureConnect program, created by Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Patricia S. Harrison, recruits men and women acclaimed in their fields who are willing to contribute their time and talent on behalf of youth.
Those honored at the ceremony include: dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen; opera singer Denyce Graves; architect Daniel Libeskind, designer of the new World Trade Center site in New York; Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington; cellist Yo-Yo Ma; jazz trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis; Frank McCourt, teacher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela’s Ashes; photographer Joel Meyerowitz, whose exhibit of post-9/11 images from the World Trade Center has toured the world; actress Doris Roberts, an Emmy award winner for her role in the popular television series Everybody Loves Raymond; actor, director and producer Ron Silver; and singer Mary Wilson, an original member of the famous Motown group, the Supremes.
Wynton will be honored with the IAJE President’s Award
The 4th Annual International Assosiation for Jazz Education Gala Dinner, scheduled for Wednesday, January 21, at the New York Sheraton Hotel, will honor Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis with the IAJE President’s Award.
The Gala will be hosted by Nancy Wilson, and all proceeds will benefit the IAJE Global Outreach Fund. The IAJE Presidents Award, which honors an individual for their extraordinary contributions to the field of jazz education, was presented to Dr. Oscar Peterson in 2003, Quincy Jones in 2002 and Ken Burns in 2001.
Wynton Marsalis to receive the congressional Horizon Award
Wynton Marsalis will be presented with the Congressional “Horizon Award” by Hon. Tom Daschle, Hon. Trent Lott, Hon. Dennis Hastert and Hon. Richard Gephardt at a benefit gala on Tuesday, June 25.
The Horizon Award is presented to individuals from the private sector who have contributed to expanding opportunities for all American through their own personal contributions, and who have set examples for young people through their success in life.
The gala will be held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC at 7pm. Other recipients include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Blavat. In other news, Marsalis’ ‘All Rise’ is scheduled for release August 27, on Sony Classical. ‘All Rise,’ was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic’s millennium initiative as a collaborative project between the organization and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis’ West Coast debut of ‘All Rise’ took place September 13, in Los Angeles.Wynton Marsalis to receive the congressional “Horizon Award” on tuesday
