Luther College music professor Juan Tony Guzman named the recipient of the Sperati Award

Luther College music professor and 1990 Luther graduate Juan Tony Guzman has been named the 2018 recipient of the Dr. Carlo A. Sperati award.

Guzman will be presented the award at the Homecoming concert at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall. The Concert Band, Nordic Choir and Symphony Orchestra will perform at the concert, and four music awards will be presented.

Guzman is the director of the jazz orchestra and leads the jazz program at Luther College. In 2017, he was named the Weston Noble Endowed Chair in Music. Established by Ervin and Phyllis Johnson, the award, named for Luther's Weston Noble, class of 1943 and conductor for more than 50 years, recognizes the value of Christian higher education and the quality of the academic and music programs provided at Luther.

A sought-after conductor of all-state and honor choirs, concert bands, jazz bands and symphony orchestras, Guzman travels the world as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator.