"Leadership: The Creative Process"

MARSALIS TO GIVE BUCKSBAUM LECTURE, PERFORM CONCERT OCT. 22
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and musician Wynton Marsalis will give the next lecture in the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series at Drake University.

Marsalis will discuss "Leadership: The Creative Process" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in the Drake Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Marsalis, who has garnered nine Grammy Awards, is the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in music. He received the prize for his epic oratorio on the subject of slavery, "Blood in the Fields." He serves as artistic director of the internationally recognized Jazz at Lincoln Center Program, which includes the popular Marsalis' Jazz for Young People series.

Since his debut album was released in 1982, Marsalis' numerous jazz and classical recordings have sold nearly 5 million copies worldwide. He has taken his jazz groups to 30 countries on six continents and is the author of "Sweet Swing Blues on the Road," an in-depth chronicle of his touring life. Time magazine named Marsalis among America's 25 most influential people in 1996.

Following the lecture, Marsalis will perform a concert at 9:30 p.m. on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main, 26th Street and University Avenue. The concert is free, but seating is limited.

Drake students, faculty and staff with a Drake ID may obtain two free tickets at the Fine Arts Box Office beginning Monday, September 29 between Noon & 6PM weekdays. Members of the general public may request two free tickets by stopping by the Fine Arts Box Office [(515) 271-3841] at 25th & Carpenter Ave between Noon & 6PM weekdays beginning Monday, October 6.

The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from Melva and the late Martin Bucksbaum, former chairman and president of General Growth Corp. and long-time member of Drake's governing board.

For more information about the Bucksbaum Lecture Series, call Susan Breakenridge at (515) 271-3994 or send an e-mail message to susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.