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Tribute to the Classical Arts
| Posted on January 10, 2012 |
The Big Easy Foundation has announced 2012 special awards and the nominees for outstanding performances of classical music, opera, ballet, and ethnic and contemporary dance in 2011. Winners will be announced at the 18th annual Tribute to the Classical Arts luncheon Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Hotel Monteleone.
Musician and educator Milton Bush will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. A lifelong New Orleanian, he’s a graduate of Warren Easton High School, Southeastern Louisiana University and LSU and has played trombone professionally in traditional jazz groups, symphony orchestras and orchestras for operas and musicals. Bush founded the University of New Orleans band program and served as its director for two decades, and he served as president and conductor of the New Orleans Pops Orchestra. He’s still an active member of the Crescent City Jazz Band, Delgado College Jazz Band and the New Orleans Trombone Choir.