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| Dave Brubeck Receives 2007 Arison Award Dave Brubeck has been named recipient of the 2007 Arison Award, while novelist Allegra Goodman received the 2007 youngARTS Alumni Award, announced Bill Banchs, President of youngARTS, which administers both awards. Brubeck and Goodman were honored at the youngARTS Gala, which took place January 13 at the newly opened Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, FL. youngARTS is a program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. As part of the evening's festivities, Brubeck received a check for $10, 000 and Goodman, one for $5, 000, both of which are to be donated to charities of their choice. The Arison Award was created in 2001 by youngARTS to recognize artists who have significantly contributed to the education of young talent. Past recipients include Quincy Jones, Roberta Guaspari, Jacques D'Amboise, Placido Domingo, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Michael Tilson Thomas. Committed to ensuring new generations of artists, youngARTS and NFAA were established by Ted and Lin Arison to provide young talent with a chance to work both with each other and with mentors during ARTS Week in Miami each year. During its 25-year existence, youngARTS has provided over $84 million to more than 10, 000 especially gifted seventeen and eighteen-year-olds from throughout the United States. Goodman, who won a youngARTS Award in writing in 1985, is the second recipient of the Alumni Award, which was established last year to honor the professional accomplishments of former youngARTS award recipients. Last year's Alumni Award was given to Vanessa Williams. Brubeck, named a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, has received innumerable honors for his ground-breaking jazz compositions and dynamic performances, including the National Medal of the Arts presented by President Clinton, a Lifetime Achievement Award from National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian Medal and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, among many others. Throughout his career, he has worked to educate aspiring musicians and cultivate young music lovers, through endeavors such as The Brubeck Institute at his alma mater, the University of the Pacific. Goodman received critical praise nationwide for her first novel, "Kaaterskill Falls, " a 1998 National Book Award Finalist. Her other, well-received works include the novels "Paradise Park" (2001) and "Intuition" (2006), as well as the short story collections "Total Immersion" (1989) and "The Family Markowitz" (1996), which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Goodman graduated from Harvard in 1989, the year she published her first book, and subsequently earned a Ph.D. in English at Stanford. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |