Wynton Marsalis News

The 2008 National Arts Awards were held in New York City on October 6th, 2008. The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Dame Julie Andrews.

Dame Andrews is being honored for her profound contributions to both music and acting and for serving as a great role model and mentor for all aspiring artist

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will present a four week 'American Originals' festival, celebrating music written by American and European composers while living in America. The festival opens with a program of works by Bernstein, Barber and Rachmaninov on Thursday, October 30, 2008, and concludes with the Atlanta debut of a concert-staged production of John Adams' Dr. Atomic on Sunday, November 23, 2008.

Lincoln Center announced today an exciting series of artistic and educational events and initiatives to celebrate its forthcoming 50th anniversary, officially beginning with a ceremony to commemorate the institution's original groundbreaking in 1959 and ending with a campus-wide open house. The anniversary celebration coincides with the physical transformation of Lincoln Center, designed to make the campus a more open, accessible and vibrant urban destination. Ribbon cuttings will be held throughout the year as redevelopment projects are completed.

The Festival is a tasting menu of the best Jazz, Blues and Vocals.

Michael Martinez is proud to present 'An Evening of Music and Comedy' at Don't Tell Mama on Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30PM. This showcase and variety show - highlight emerging stars in comedy, music, and musical theater - will feature Jane Hunt (Violin Venus), singer Ashleigh Lay, pianist / songwriter Lenny Revell, and singer/songwriter John Virag.

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America, will present the 12th Anniversary Festival from August 8th - 24th, 2008. Applications are available online at www.fringenyc.org and completed applications are due February 14, 2008.

The New York Times 2008 Arts & Leisure Week will take place January 7 to 13. The Times' annual signature event is now a seven-day international celebration of the arts that includes a wide range of activities, from interviews between journalists and their guests at TheTimesCenter in New York City, to special offers at cultural institutions around the world.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's celebrated the opening of their new $89 million Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, DC at a Gala Celebration on Monday, October 1.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company will open the Harman Center for the Arts with a gala celebration on Monday, October 1, 2007

Dreamgirls sensation Jennifer Hudson, has tapped her co-star Hinton Battle to choreograph and supply musical staging for her solo concert debut on Saturday, December 30 (10PM) at New York's hotspot Hammerstein Ballroom.

Angela Lansbury, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kitty Carlisle Hart and more will celebrate the music of George Gershwin at Lincoln Center on November 13th

As part of the '50 Plus: Forever Young' Expo, presented on Sunday, October 22nd at the Marriott Marquis Hotel (1535 Broadway at 45th St.) from noon to 6 PM, radio host Elliott Forrest will interview a number of Broadway luminaries for 'A Tribute to the Great White Way'

A more complete headline would be: 'Wynton Marsalis and his Quartet played an incredible set. After intermission, the musical ambassador of New Orleans, Dr. John and The Lower 9-11 Band, were joined on stage by Ann Hampton Callaway, Catherine Russell, John Pizzarelli and the Queen of New Orleans Soul, Irma Thomas', but that wouldn't fit.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 1-3 at the Orchestra's summer home in the Berkshire Mountains in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Operas by composers such as Michael John LaChiusa and Adam Guettel, as well as opera productions helmed by high-profile directors like Mary Zimmerman, are slated to debut at the Met at the end of this decade and the beginning of next

Jazz, flamenco, blues, hip-hop and slam poetry flavor Mildred Ruiz and Steven Sapp's story of a musician and his muse

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, Glenn Close, Keith David, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, and Morgan Freeman to Deliver Revolutionary Words of Vaclav Havel, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Eleanor Roosevelt