Thornton Legacy Award, Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson has been called the Gershwin of his generation. His remarkable journey began barely out of his teens when he began to create some of the most beloved records ever…nine consecutive “gold” albums that featured such classics as “Surfer Girl,” “In My Room,” “I Get Around,” “Don’t Worry Baby,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “Help Me Rhonda” and “California Girls”…just to name a handful of the more than two dozen Top 40 hits Brian co-wrote, arranged, produced and performed on with his family band, the Beach Boys.

Mr. Wilson’s landmark studio projects Pet Sounds and SMiLE rewrote the “rulebook” on what a pop record could be. At the close of the 20th century, Brian Wilson reinvented himself as a concert artist taking his studio creations to concert halls around the world - from the Hollywood Bowl to London’s Royal Festival Hall to the Sydney Opera House - presenting landmark symphonic performances of Pet Sounds and SMiLE.

Mr. Wilson’s numerous accolades and awards include Grammy awards, induction into the Songwriting Hall of Fame, the UK’s prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement, the only American featured at the Queen’s Jubilee at Buckingham Palace where he shared the stage with Sir Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, NARAS’ “MusicCares Person of the Year” and America’s highest artistic tribute – The Kennedy Center Honor. Adding to his legacy, Mr. Wilson’s new album That Lucky Old Sun is a joyous tribute to the city of Los Angeles.

John C. Argue Dickens Medal of Honor, Carol Høgel

As a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland, since 1984, Carol founded and is director of Dunard Fund, a British registered charity devoted to classical music and visual arts in the UK. She received an honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire) award from Queen Elizabeth in 2004, for her contribution to the arts in the UK, particularly in Scotland. She is a long-serving member of the Edinburgh International Festival Council and has served on the Boards of many other music and arts organizations in the UK.

In the US, she similarly founded and is director of Dunard Fund, USA, also committed to classical music and visual arts. Taking up the mantle of her late father, Richard D. Colburn, she is very active on the Boards of the Colburn School and Colburn Foundation, and serves on the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Marlboro Festival in Vermont.

Trained as a pianist, she received degrees from the School of Music of Indiana University and Yale School of Music. She is on the Board of Advisors for the Yale School of Music.