This residency is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts.
MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton will spend a week at the Capstone in spring 2015 thanks to a major National Endowment for the Arts grant won by Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, Associate Professor in New College and the School of Music and co-director of UA’s Creative Campus. Plans are in the works to give University of Alabama music and dance students the opportunity to rehearse with Braxton and participate in interdisciplinary, world premiere performances combining original music and choreography.
Braxton’s musical career spans more than five decades. His many awards include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim fellowship, a 2009 honorary doctorate from the Université de Liège in Belgium, a 2013 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award and a 2013 New Music USA Letter of Distinction. He is also a 2014 NEA Jazz Master.
