Editing Henry Threadgill (section)

==Awards and honors==
In 2016, Threadgill's composition ''In for a Penny, In for a Pound'' was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/04/18/winners-and-finalists-for-pulitzer-prize/8nPiW6PyXbZVQvgb4yxwJI/story.html |title= Winners and finalists for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize |author= [[Associated Press]] |work= [[The Boston Globe]] |date= April 18, 2016 |access-date= December 27, 2023 |archive-date= December 27, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231227110041/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/04/18/winners-and-finalists-for-pulitzer-prize/8nPiW6PyXbZVQvgb4yxwJI/story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2016, he received the Vietnam Veterans of America Excellence in the Arts Award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.henrythreadgill.com/awards|title=AWARDS|website=Henrythreadgill.com|access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref> at the VVA National Leadership Conference in Tucson.

"Run Silent, Run Deep, Run Loud, Run High" (conducted by [[Hale Smith]]) and "Mix for Orchestra" (conducted by [[Dennis Russell Davies]]), were both premiered at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] in 1987 and 1993 respectively. He has had commissions from Mordine & Company in 1971 and 1989, from [[Carnegie Hall]] for "Quintet for Strings and Woodwinds" in 1983 and 1985, the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] in 1985, [[Bang on a Can All-Stars]] in 1995, "Peroxide" commissioned by the [[Miller Theatre]] [[Columbia University]] in 2003 for "Aggregation Orb", a commission from the Talujon Percussion Ensemble in 2008, a piece "Fly Fliegen Volar" commissioned and premiered at the [[Saalfelden]] Jazz Festival with the Junge Philharmonie [[Salzburg]] Orchestra in 2007, a premier of the piece "Mc Guffins" with Zooid at the Biennale Festival in Italy in 2004.

In May 2020 he was presented with an honorary doctor of music by the University of Pennsylvania. 

In October 2020, the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (NEA) announced Threadgill as one of four recipients of the [[NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships]], celebrated in an online concert and show on April 22, 2021. Awarded in recognition of lifetime achievement, the honor is bestowed on individuals who have made significant contributions to the art form. The other 2021 recipients were [[Terri Lyne Carrington]], [[Albert Heath|Albert "Tootie" Heath]], and [[Phil Schaap]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beete |first1=Paulette |title=Congratulations to the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters |url=https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2020/congratulations-2021-national-endowment-arts-jazz-masters |website=Arts.gov |date=October 21, 2020 |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130052434/https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2020/congratulations-2021-national-endowment-arts-jazz-masters |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024 he received a [[PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award|PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Award]] for ''Easily Slip Into Another World: A Life in Music'', coauthored with [[Brent Hayes Edwards]].