Delgado Community College (Jefferson Campus): Edwards Selected For Global Leaders Program

Press release from the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus:

November 19, 2021

Out of hundreds of applications by rising change-makers in music from around the world,
Steven Edwards of Delgado Community College was selected as one of the 60 members of the Global Leaders Program’s 2022 Cohort.
Edwards is Director of the Honors Program and Professor of Music at Delgado. He has
been the Music Director of the Symphony Chorus of New Orleans since 1990.

The Global Leaders Program empowers cultural changemakers to grow organizations that impact communities through
an innovative 12-month Executive Graduate Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship and
other related subject areas. Led in partnership with nine top universities and think
tanks; a world-class faculty that includes Nobel laureates, Grammy winners, Polar
Prize awardees and TED presenters; and a network of diverse fieldwork hosts—the program
is offered annually to an executive cohort of dynamic arts professionals from around
the globe.

The 2022 Cohort comprises 29 nations spanning six continents, and includes project
founders, social entrepreneurs, teaching artists, concert presenters, professional
orchestra musicians, university and conservatory professors, and doctoral researchers.
Members of the 2022 Cohort represent Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Eswatini, the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala,
Historic Palestine and The Levant, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New
Zealand, Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom,
the United States, and Venezuela.

This press release was produced by the Delgado Community College Jefferson Campus. The views expressed here are the author’s own.