Each year the Council presents its annual Leadership in Music Symposium, bringing together some of the
nation's most respected creators, legislators, educators, and music industry professionals to discuss issues
of import to the music community and the country as a whole. The symposium is followed by the Council's
annual American Eagle Awards to honor individuals and institutions who have made comprehensive contributions
to musical life in America.
| 1982: |
Yehudi Menuin and Jule Styne |
| 1983: |
Van Cliburn and Benny Goodman |
| 1984: |
Virgil Thomson and Lionel Hampton |
| 1985: |
George Wein (Kool Jazz Festival) and Otto Luening |
| 1986: |
Morton Gould and Dizzy Gillespie |
| 1987: |
Odetta and Carnegie Hall (Isaac Stern) |
| 1988: |
Betty Allen and Dave Brubeck |
| 1989: |
William Schuman and Blue Note Records (Bruce Lundvall, President) |
| 1990: |
Rise Stevens and Billy Taylor |
| 1991: |
Marian Anderson and Peter Schickele |
| 1992: |
Elliott Carter and Max Roach |
| 1993: |
Lena Horne and Roberta Peters |
| 1994: |
Richard Riley and Jim Chapin |
| 1995: |
Dorothy DeLay and Lee Eliot Berk |
| 1996: |
Betty Carter, Bob McGrath and Shari Lewis |
| 1997: |
Phil Ramone, The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1998: |
The Marsalis Family, John Sykes, Texaco, Inc. (Corporate Award) |
| 1999: |
Roy Clark and Clark Terry, American Express (Corporate Award) |
| 2000: |
Schuyler Chapin, Roberta Guaspari, And Leonard Slatkin |
| 2001: |
John Corigliano, Michael Kamen, and Marian McPartland |
| 2002: |
Margaret Whiting, Dawn Upshaw; United Service Organizations (USO) |
| 2003: |
Richie Havens, William Warfield, The Waverly Consort |
| 2004: |
Hal David, Metlife Foundation |
| 2005: |
Steven Sondheim, Sesame Workshop, Congressman John Conyers Jr., Senator Orrin Hatch |
| 2006: |
Richard Adler,
Barbara Cook,
Ervin M. Drake,
Henry Juszkiewicz |
| 2007: |
Clive Davis,
Sheldon Harnick,
VH1 Save the Music Foundation |
| 2008: |
Lorin Maazel and Tom Chapin |
| 2009: |
Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, and The Hard Rock Cafe |
