American trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and composer Wadada Leo Smith, a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music, will receive the UCLA Medal, the campus’s highest honor, on Nov. 8 during a ceremony and concert at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
“Wadada Leo Smith is a category-defying composer whose achievements have profoundly shaped American music,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, who will present the award. “His work exemplifies a diversity of original thought that has enriched the lives of others, demonstrating UCLA’s highest academic and professional values.”
