President Barack Obama awards saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who lives in Germantown, one of ten 2010 National Medal of Arts for outstanding achievements and support of the arts, at 1:45 p.m. in an East Room ceremony Wed. March 2 at the White House. Mrs. Michelle Obama will also be in attendance. "I'm very happy that jazz, the greatest American music, is being recognized through this honor, and I'm grateful to accept this award on behalf of the gods of our music," Rollins said of the award. The National Medal of Arts is a White House initiative managed by the National Endowment for the Arts. Each year, the NEA organizes and oversees the National Medal of Arts nomination process and notifies the artists of their selection to receive a medal, the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence.