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Oscar Peterson - A Jazz Sensation
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Career | The Educator | List of Honours
List of Honours

Throughout his extensive music career, Oscar Peterson has received an astonishing number of honours. A selection of these honours appears below. Many of these link to images and text in the "Honours" section.

Honorary Degrees

1973 Carleton University Doctor of Laws
1976 Queen's University Doctor of Laws
1979 Concordia University Doctor of Laws
1980 Mount Allison University Doctor of Music
1981 McMaster University Doctor of Laws
1982 University of Victoria Doctor of Laws
1983 York University Doctor of Letters
1985 Northwestern University Doctor of Fine Arts
1985 University of Toronto Doctor of Laws
1993 University of British Columbia Doctor of Laws
1996 Niagara University Doctor of Fine Arts

Other Academic Honours

1987 George Peabody Medal, Peabody Conservatory
of Music
1991-1994 Chancellor, York University
1994 Honorary Licentiate Diploma,Western Ontario
Conservatory of Music
1995 Honorary Diploma, Royal Conservatory of Music
1997 Loyola Medal, Concordia University

Hall of Fame Awards

1978 JUNO award
1983 Contemporary Keyboard
1989 American Jazz Hall of Fame
1984 (and 1952) Downbeat

Other Notable Honours

This is an updated version of a list compiled by Lois K. Moody in December 1997.

Career | The Educator | List of Honours


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