Trailblazing composer and orchestra leader Maria Schneider is one of nineteen new members and four honorary members who will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters during its annual Ceremonial on May 24, 2023. During the ceremony, the Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov, who is being inducted into Foreign Honorary membership, will deliver the keynote address.
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[ BOUNDARY-DEFYING COMPOSER AND ORCHESTRA LEADER MARIA SCHNEIDER’s DATA LORDS IS A 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST IN MUSIC ]
Data Lords “is her magnum opus, a riveting, remarkably intense double album, as profound as modern-day instrumental music gets.” – Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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[ TRAILBLAZING COMPOSER AND ORCHESTRA LEADER MARIA SCHNEIDER WINS TWO GRAMMY AWARDS ]
Boundary-defying composer and orchestra leader Maria Schneider has won two Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Composition for “Sputnik,” and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for her revelatory double album Data Lords. Inspired by conflicting relationships between the digital and natural worlds, Data Lords (July 2020, ArtistShare) features the world-class Maria Schneider Orchestra.
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[ Composer Maria Schneider’s Concert in the Garden inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress ]
March 25, 2020 – Maria Schneider’s Grammy Award-winning 2004 album Concert in the Garden is one of 25 recordings inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Schneider is the first female jazz composer to have an album added to the registry.