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Commentary: Wadada Leo Smith moves the UCLA Medal into the avant-garde | LA Times
On Nov. 8 at the Herb Alpert School of Music, trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith was presented the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor, for his decades of music-making. "The UCLA Medal may never be the same again. Its...
Composer, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith to receive UCLA Medal
The campus's highest honor to be presented Nov. 8 at a concert with Smith, RedKoral Quartet, UCLA professor and vocalist Nina Eidsheim, and pianist Vicki Ray.