Other Notable Awards

*Bonus: During her time as a Frostburg student, Tony and Emmy winning actress Debra Monk served as part of the student staff that helped to select artists appearing on the arts series

NEA Jazz Masters Award
Regina Carter
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Herbie Hancock
Paquito D’Rivera
Jimmy Heath
Dave Brubeck
Louis Bellson
Art Farmer 

Tony Award
The Acting Company
Christian Hoff
Geoffrey Holder
Dame Judith Anderson
Robert Spencer (nominee)
Maya Angelou (nominee)
Stephen Lynch (nominee) 

Pulitzer Prize
James Reston (awarded twice)
W.D. Snodgrass
Neil Sheehan
Harrison Salisbury
Maya Angelou (nominee) 

Academy Award
John Astin (nominee)
Ruby Dee (nominee) 

Emmy Award
Ruby Dee
Dick Flavin
Jack Klugman
Annie Moses Band
Robert Bazell
Viveca Lindfors
Dailey & Vincent (nominee)
Dom Flemons (nominee)
Dr. Albert E. Burke (nominee)
Risa Binder (nominee)
Ossie Davis (nominee)
Robert Klein (nominee)
Maya Angelou (nominee)
Steve Landesberg (nominee)
George Carlin (nominee)

Golden Globe Award
Jack Klugman 

MacArthur “Genius” Awards
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Regina Carter 
Jason Moran
Elizabeth Streb (Streb’s dance company performed in 2010)
Paul Taylor (Paul Taylor’s dance company performed in 1967 and 2011)

Peabody Award
Leonard Reiffel
Douglas Edwards
Robert Bazell 

Doris Duke Artist Awards
Elizabeth Streb
Jason Moran
Stefon Harris (SFJAZZ Collective)
Regina Carter 

Kennedy Center Honors
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee  
Dave Brubeck
Paul Taylor (Paul Taylor’s dance company performed in 1967 and 2011)
Alvin Ailey (Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble performed in 1992, 1994 and 1996)
Count Basie (The Count Basie Orchestra performed in 2007)
Martha Graham (Graham’s dance company performed in 2007)

Bessie Awards
Rennie Harris
Paul Taylor
Miki Orihara (Martha Graham Dance Company)
Sylvia Waters (Ailey II) 

National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship
Brian Williams (Founder, Step Afrika!)
Liz Carroll
Ruby Dee
Jean Ritchie

Native American Music Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Miller 

Guggenheim Fellowship
Etienne Charles
Geoffrey Holder

U.S. Poet Laureate
Louis Untermeyer

Presidential Medal of Freedom
Benjamin Hooks
Maya Angelou
James Reston

National Medal of Arts
Maya Angelou

National Book Award
John Barth
Neil Sheehan

Mark Twain Prize
George Carlin