TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON NAMED AS ONE OF 2019’S DORIS DUKE ARTISTS

Terri Lyne Carrington, along with five others, has been named one of The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s 2019 Doris Duke Artists. Terri, who is a Grammy Award-winning drummer and the artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, received the award for her work in jazz.

All Doris Duke Artists receive a $275,000 award for their work and excellence. Of the $275,000 award, $250,000 is unrestricted while the remaining $25,000 is dedicated towards building a retirement savings or other later life needs.

After hearing the great news, Terri had this to say:

“The endorsement from my colleagues really means a lot to me because for a long time I thought I was not fully accepted by my peers, and played mostly with people from a generation or two before me. I’ve tried to keep reinventing myself with diverse projects and by working with forthcoming cutting-edge artists, which is also why I teach. So this means the world to me—and, of course, the financial reward is an astounding gift and validation that people care about what you’re doing.”