UD Speaks announced
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to speak, perform Nov. 2 at UD
4:35 p.m., Sept. 6, 2011--Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis will give a public performance and lecture on the University of Delaware’s Newark campus Wednesday, Nov. 2.
“The Ballad of the American Arts: An Evening with Wynton Marsalis” is part of the UD Speaks series. UD Speaks is dedicated to bringing world-class leaders to the Delaware campus to educate, enlighten and engage the University community. The event will be not just a speech but instead a combined lecture and musical performance.
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It will begin at 7:45 p.m. at the Bob Carpenter Center. Tickets go on sale at UD box offices (Trabant University Center and Bob Carpenter Center) and via Ticketmaster on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Prices are $5 for students, $7 for faculty and staff, $20 for the public. All seating is general admission.
Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. Marsalis has produced more than 70 records selling seven million copies worldwide including three gold records.
A recipient of both the National Medal of Arts and a Pulitzer Prize for music, he is the only artist ever to win Grammy awards in five consecutive years. All told, he has won the recording industry’s most prestigious award nine times.
Additionally, Marsalis works to uplift populations worldwide with the egalitarian spirit of jazz. Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans native organized a relief concert that raised $3 million for musicians and cultural organizations impacted by the hurricane. At the same time, he assumed a leadership role on the Bring Back New Orleans Cultural Commission and helped shape a master plan to revitalize the city’s cultural base.
He has donated time and talent to several non-profit organizations throughout the country, including: My Sister’s Place (a shelter for battered women), Graham Windham (a shelter for homeless children), the Children’s Defense Fund, Amnesty International, the Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, Food For All Seasons (a food bank for the elderly and disadvantaged), Very Special Arts (a cultural program offering dance, drama, literature, and music to individuals with physical and mental disabilities) and the Newark (N.J.) Boys Chorus School.
Article by Andrea Boyle