Wynton Marsalis at Park School
The Park School of Baltimore welcomes Wynton Marsalis to campus as our 2025 Resident Scholar.
Mr. Marsalis will join us for a two-part engagement: his residency in our Upper School, and an open-to-the public speaking engagement on February 11 at 7 p.m. for a conversation about music, America, and the power of art.
The evening event is a Civil Rights Trip fundraiser — all proceeds support student participation in the annual Civil Rights Trip for Baltimore high schoolers.
Join the waitlist for the February 11 “Conversation with Wynton Marsalis” here!
Wynton Marsalis is a world-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and a leading advocate of American culture. He currently serves as Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, and President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Mr. Marsalis has lectured widely about meaning in American music, and has been a strong voice and advocate for the significance of jazz and improvisation in the development of the American aesthetic.
As the 2025 Park School Resident Scholar, Mr. Marsalis will be presenting to our entire Upper School student body in a special assembly on Wednesday, February 12, and will conduct small-session Master Classes for Upper School students. In addition, he is making time during his residency to connect with our 4th through 8th Grade students. Thank you to the Park Parents’ Association for sponsoring the Resident Scholar program for more than 30 years, which brings uniquely qualified individuals to engage, challenge, and inspire our students.
About the annual Civil Rights Trip: Since 2004, Park Upper School Principal Traci Wright and faculty from Park School, Baltimore City College, and City Neighbors High School have traveled with more than 1,000 Baltimore-area high school students through the South, visiting sites and meeting people who were — and are — important to the Civil Rights Movement. What they experience is used as a springboard for discussion about activism and ways we can tackle current civil rights issues in Baltimore and beyond.
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