Community service is a well-established commitment of Juilliard, reflecting a belief that being an artist is more than appearing in concert or on stage. Juilliard students give their time and talent to a number of community outreach programs.
The Gluck Community Service Fellowship Program is one of the city's most active community arts projects. For more than a decade, the program has enabled talented students from each of Juilliard's disciplines — music, dance, and drama — to present more than 450 concerts annually in New York City health care facilities.
The concerts, free to metropolitan hospitals, nursing homes, and alternative care facilities, encourage students to grow artistically while serving the community with their creative and performing gifts. The students not only perform; they also talk informally about their music, acting, or dancing and share their enthusiasm on a personal level.
To observe a Gluck Community Service Fellowship concert is to see the power of the arts at its most uplifting, and the 100 students who participate each year are themselves nourished by the responsive audiences who welcome their performances.
