Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, a 2023 Emerson Collective Dial Fellow, and an honoree of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. He is also the winner of the 2011 Herb Alpert Award in Theatre, and an inaugural recipient of the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. Bamuthi has most recently completed commissions for Yale University, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Minnesota Orchestra, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His collaboration with NYC Ballet Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan is commissioned by Lincoln Center, and premiered in 2024 during his residency at the Meany Center at the University of Washington. He currently serves as the Vice President of Social Impact and Artistic Director of Cultural Strategy at The Kennedy Center.