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Baltimore Composer Phillip Glass Honored At Kennedy Center

BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) -- Baltimore composer Phillip Glass was among those honored at the Kennedy Center earlier this month.

The Dec. 2 event was aired Wednesday on WJZ.

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US composer Philip Glass speaks with the press at the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2018. - The 2018 honorees are: singer and actress Cher; composer and pianist Philip Glass; Country music entertainer Reba McEntire; and jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter. This year, the co-creators of Hamilton, writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, and music director Alex Lacamoire will receive a unique Kennedy Center Honors as trailblazing creators of a transformative work that defies category. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Glass received his Kennedy Center Honors tribute from a fellow Honors recipient: iconic singer/songwriter Paul Simon.

"He can rightfully be described as one of our greatest modern composers," Simon said.

Simon praised Glass for his eclectic body of work, "never settling into one particular style, always developing and exploring."

Other honorees are pop music icon Cher, country music legend Reba McEntire, jazz icon Wayne Shorter and the co-creators of "Hamilton."

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