George Shearing - Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

Performed at Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
In 1975, received honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1978, received the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans.
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In 1993, received the Ivor Novello Awards for Lifetime Achievement.
In 1994, received honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Hamilton College in New York.
In 1996, was included in the Queens Birthday Honours List and was invested by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his "service to music and Anglo-US relations".
In 1998, received the first American Music Award by the National Arts Club, New York City.
In 2002, received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from DePauw University in Indiana.
In 2003, received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from BBC Jazz Awards.
In 2007, was knighted for services to music.

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