Newman Center for the Performing Arts

The seven-time Grammy award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra has been hailed by critics as "evocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous and beyond categorization." In 2019, the National Endowment for the Arts named Schneider an NEA Jazz Master. Schneider's latest album, "Data Lords," won the Grammy for Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2021.