2002-2003 Highlights

2001-2002 Highlights

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Juilliard Orchestra is Resident Ensemble of 2003 Festival dei Duo Mondi Taking Place in Spoleto, Italy, June 27 - July 20

Juilliard Presents Six Honorary Doctorates to World-Renowned American Soprano Rene Fleming and Five Extraordinary Artists and Educators: Flutist Julius Baker; Dancer-Choreographer Alfredo Corvino; Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr.; Stage, Film, and Television Actress Marian Seldes; and Trumpeter William Vacchiano, at the 2003 Commencement Ceremony Friday, May 23, at 11 AM in Alice Tully Hall

The 2003 Juilliard String Quartet Seminar
Culminates in Two Performances by Participating Ensembles
Friday, May 23 at 4 PM and 8 PM in Paul Hall

New York Philharmonic
Associate Principal Percussionist
Daniel Druckman
Directs His Juilliard Percussion Ensemble in
Words and Music: The Evolving Relationship
Between Language and Sound
at 8 PM on Tuesday, April 22, in Alice Tully Hall

The Juilliard Opera Center Presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Conducted by Jahja Ling and Directed by Edward Berkeley
On Friday, April 25 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, April 27 at 2 PM, and Tuesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM, in the Juilliard Theater

Juilliard’s Annual Lisa Arnhold Memorial Concert Presents
The Avalon String Quartet
Wednesday, April 30 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Symphony Makes Its Carnegie Hall Debut Performing Britten’s War Requiem, Op. 66, on Wednesday, April 9,
At 8 PM, Led by Conductor David Atherton, With the
Juilliard Choral Union and Brooklyn Youth Chorus

The Juilliard Orchestra, Conducted by Otto-Werner Mueller,
Plays an All-Russian Program of Music by
Glinka, Prokofieff, and Shostakovich
In Avery Fisher Hall, Monday, April 14, 2003 at 8 PM

Beyond The Machine 2.0:
A Three Concert Series of Electronic and Interactive Music
Presented by Juilliard’s Music Technology Center
Thursday - Saturday, April 3rd - April 5th
At 8 PM in the Clark Theater

The Juilliard School Presents the First Annual
Jerome L. Greene Concert
Honoring the Late Trustee and Longtime
Juilliard Supporter Jerome L. Greene
With an Annual Concert of Baroque Music on Thursday, April 10 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall.

Harpsichordist and Juilliard Faculty Member
Lionel Party Leads Juilliard Performers
In Program Featuring Music
Of Fontana, Fresobaldi, Handel, Marini, and Vivaldi

Juilliard Alumnus Terrence Wilson Makes
His Alice Tully Hall Debut
On Tuesday, April 8, at 8 PM, as Winner of This Year’s
Juilliard William Petschek Piano Recital Award

Britten Expert Conductor David Atherton Leads the Juilliard Symphony, Juilliard Choral Union, and Brooklyn Youth Chorus in a Performance of Britten’s War Requiem, Op. 66, at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, April 9, at 8 PM

The New York Woodwind Quintet Performs the Final Concert
In This Year’s Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series
On Thursday, March 20, at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall

Birdland Debut by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Wednesday, February 19 at 9 and 11 PM
Features Big Band Setlist

Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Highlights Big Band Innovation in
Stan: The Music Of Stan Kenton
Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

Conductor Joel Smirnoff Leads
The Juilliard Orchestra on Tuesday, February 25
At 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall;
Juilliard Violinist Russ Stewart Is
Soloist for Bernstein’s Serenade

Recovering A Musical Heritage:
Viktor Ullmann -A Three Concert Series
Conducted By James Conlon

Guest Conductor Jahja Ling Leads the Juilliard Symphony
On Monday, February 10, 2003 at 8 PM at Avery Fisher Hall
With Juilliard Student Cellist Julia Bruskin

The Juilliard String Quartet Presents its Second Concert of
This Season’s Juilliard Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series
On Tuesday, February 11 at 8 PM at Alice Tully Hall

Program Includes the New York Premiere of
Gunther Schuller’s String Quartet No. 4,
Dedicated to the Memory of Violinist Felix Galimir

Cellist Joel Krosnick Performs With Pianist Gilbert Kalish
As Part of Juilliard’s Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital SeriesOn Thursday, February 6 at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall

Program Features Gunther Schuller’s
Duo Concertante for Cello And Piano,
(Part of a Series of Concurrent World Premieres)

Juilliard’s 2002-2003 Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series
Continues on Wednesday, January 22 at 8 PM in the
Juilliard Theater With Violinist Ronald Copes and
Cellist André Emelianoff With Special Guest Artist
Violist Ulrich Eichenauer

Juilliard’s Wednesdays at One Series Presents
The Annual Composers and Choreographers Performance
Wednesday, January 22 At 1 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard’s Nineteenth-Annual Focus! Festival - Beyond The Rockies
Celebrates the Music of West Coast Composers Including
An 85th Birthday Tribute to Composer Lou Harrison
Friday, January 24 Through Friday, January 31, 2003.
All Six Concerts at the Juilliard Theater

Bassist Timothy Cobb Joins the Juilliard School
As a Permanent Faculty Member Starting in the
Fall Semester of 2003

The Juilliard School Presents
Its Second Annual Chamberfest:
A Week of Chamber Music Coachings and Performances From
Monday, January 6 Through Saturday, January 18

Cellist Bonnie Hampton Joins the Juilliard School’s
Fulltime Faculty as of the 2003-04 School Year

Judith Clurman Conducts the Juilliard Choral Union and Orchestra
In a Performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria, Rv 589 and
Handel’s Coronation Anthems
On Friday, December 13 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Violinist Adam Barnett-Hart is Soloist in
Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
With the Juilliard Symphony Conducted by Otto-Werner Mueller
Tuesday, November 26 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

The New Juilliard Ensemble Continues Its
Tenth Anniversary Season
With the World Premiere of
Alisher Latif-Zadeh’s Tolerance
And Sansar Sangidorj’s Khara Khorum
(New Version For Western Ensemble)
On Tuesday, December 10 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard’s Pre-College Division Presents
Three Free Concerts in December

Juilliard Pianist Chenxin Xu is Soloist in
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
With The Juilliard Orchestra
Led by Guest Conductor Sir Roger Norrington
Friday, December 6 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall

The Juilliard School Presents
The 2002 Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital
Featuring Soprano Lauren Skuce
Accompanied by Pianist George François
On Thursday, November 21 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

The Juilliard Orchestra
Led by Guest Conductor Sir Roger Norrington
Plays Music of Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms
Friday, December 6 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall

New Juilliard Ensemble Presents a Preview Concert
Of Their Upcoming Performance at the
Festival Whynote in Dijon, France
On Friday, November 22, at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall

The Juilliard Symphony, Conducted by Otto-Werner Mueller,
Plays Music of Beethoven, Brahms, and Prokofiev
Tuesday, November 26 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Pianist Brian (Keng-Lun) Hsu is Soloist in
Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
With the Juilliard Orchestra Led by
Guest Conductor James DePreist
On Thursday, November 7 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard’s 2002-2003 Daniel Saidenberg
Faculty Recital Series Continues
On Thursday, November 14 at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall
With Cellist Joel Krosnick, Joined by Guest Pianist Gilbert Kalish,
In a Program Entitled In Memoriam: Ralph Shapey, 1921-2002

The Juilliard String Quartet Presents the First of Two Concerts in
Juilliard’s 2002-2003 Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series
On Tuesday, November 19 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Conductor James DePreist Leads The Juilliard Orchestra
On Thursday, November 7 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Double Bassist Grey Fulmer is Soloist in Koussevitzky’s
Concerto in F-Sharp Minor for Contrabass and Orchestra, Op. 3
With The Juilliard Symphony Led by Ransom Wilson
On Thursday, October 10 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

The Juilliard Opera Center Presents Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Conducted by Julius Rudel and Directed by Eve Shapiro
Wednesday, November 13, and Friday, November 15 at 8 PM;
And Sunday, November 17 at 2 PM

Juilliard Pianists Soyeon Lee and Orion Weiss Open This Season’s
McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase Series on WQXR-FM
Wednesday, October 16 at 9 PM
Performing in a Live-concert Broadcast
From the School’s Paul Hall, Hosted by Robert Sherman

The Juilliard Orchestra Gives its First Performance of the Season
Led by Conductor Otto-Werner Mueller
Thursday, October 3 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

Juilliard Alumnus Ransom Wilson is Conductor With
The Juilliard Symphony
Thursday, October 10 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

The Juilliard School Announces
Two Additional Appointments To its Jazz Faculty

Juilliard Presents the Eleventh Annual Irene Diamond Concert
Featuring Claremont Trio and Juilliard Faculty Members,
Violist Toby Appel and Violinist Naoko Tanaka,
On Tuesday, October 29 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard’s 2002-2003 Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series
Opens With the American Brass Quintet
On Monday, October 14 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

Tubist Robinson Love is Soloist in
Hartmut Schmidt’s Concerto for Bass Tuba With
The New Juilliard Ensemble in its 10th Anniversary Season Debut
On Saturday, September 21 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra Opens Their Second Season
With a Concert of Music by Duke Ellington
Conducted by Victor L. Goines,
On Wednesday, October 2 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

New Juilliard Ensemble Launches its Tenth Anniversary Season
With Four U.S. Premieres
On Saturday, September 21 at 8 pm in the Juilliard Theater

The Juilliard School Inaugurates
Its Bachelor of Music Program in Jazz
In the Fall of 2003

The Juilliard School Commemorates September 11
With Two Musical Events

The Juilliard School Highlights Almost 700
Music, Jazz, Dance, And Drama Performances In 2002-03

The Juilliard School Announces Winners of the
2002 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at Juilliard:
Soyeon Lee and Orion Weiss 

Dance

Juilliard Dance Ensemble Makes Special Appearances
With the Sarasota Ballet
As Part of Their Sarasota Ballet Presents.Series
Five Performance Series Takes Place
On Friday, February 28, at 8 PM;
Saturday, March 1, and Sunday, March 2 at 2 PM and 8 PM

Performances Feature Works by Juilliard Alumni Choreographers
Charlotte GriffinAnd Adam Hougland and Works by Jiř Kylián

The Juilliard School Presents Spring Dance Performances
With Two World Premiere Works by Juilliard Alumni
Choreographers Charlotte Griffin and Adam Hougland
As Well as Works by Jiř Kylián
Thursday to Sunday, February 20^th to 23^rd in the Juilliard Theater

Juilliard Dancers Perform Between The Shoes
By Charlotte Griffin, Intarsia By Adam Hougland,
And Jiř Kylián’s Un Ballo and Sechs Tnze

The Juilliard School Announces the First Faculty Appointments by
Juilliard’s New Dance Division Director Lawrence Rhodes

Lawrence Rhodes Appointed Director of the Juilliard Dance Division

Final Performances of
Juilliard Dance Division’s 50th Anniversary Season
Feature Four Free Nights,
Wednesday, May 15th - Monday, May 20th, of
Young Choreographers and Graduating Dancers
With Works by Igal Perry, Faculty, Students, and Others

Drama 

The Juilliard Drama Division Announces
Its 2003 Spring Repertory Season

Juilliard Drama Division 2002-2003 Season Begins This Week

Other News  

PBS’ Emmy Award-Winning Series American Masters Presents: Juilliard, the First Feature Length Film
on The Juilliard School
On Wednesday, January 29 at 9 PM on WNET
And PBS Stations Nationally

First Annual Robert Sherman Award for
Music Education and Community Outreach
Presented to Juilliard’s David Wallace
At Opening Concert of The Mcgraw-Hill Companies’
2002/2003 Young Artists Showcase Series

Juilliard Hosts NYC’s Largest
Performing and Visual Arts College Fair
Monday, October 21, 2002 From 7 - 9 PM

The Juilliard School Announces the Names of
Two Recipients of the 2002-2003
Henrietta and Albert J. Ziegle, Jr. Scholarships

The Juilliard School Announces New Faculty Appointments for 2002-2003 School Year

2001-02 Highlights

  Juilliard Presents Five Honorary Doctorates to
Playwright Edward Albee;
Comedian, Actor, and Philanthropist William H. Cosby;
Jazz Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger, and Educator Jimmy Heath; Dancer and Choreographer Helgi Tomasson;
And Opera Singer and Educator Shirley Verrett
At Juilliard’s 2002 Commencement Ceremony
On Friday, May 24 at 11AM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Alumnus Baritone John Hancock Joins the Cast of
Heloise And Abelard in the Role of Abelard

World Premiere Performances of the
Juilliard-Commissioned Opera Heloise and Abelard
Composed by Stephen Paulus with Libretto by Frank Corsaro,
Take Place Wednesday, April 24, Saturday, April 27,
And Monday, April 29.

Important: Please Note Change of Date
From Previously Released Information
World Premiere Performances of the
Juilliard-Commissioned Opera
Heloise and Abelard
Composed by Stephen Paulus With Libretto by Frank Corsaro,
Take Place Wednesday, April 24, Saturday, April 27,
And Monday, April 29

The Juilliard Drama Division Announces its
2002 Spring Repertory Season

Pianist Ian Parker Makes His Juilliard
William Petschek Recital Debut at
Alice Tully Hall Thursday, April 4 at 8 PM
Performing Works by Clementi, Chopin, Louie,
Bartók, and Brahms

Benjamin Harkarvy
December 16, 1930 - March 30, 2002
Director of the Juilliard Dance Division

Oboist Stephen Taylor Debuts as Newest Member of
The New York Woodwind Quintet
On Juilliard’s Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital
Tuesday, March 26 at 8 PM in Paul Hall

Juilliard’s Dance Division Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
With Three Premieres by Alumni Choreographers
Robert Battle, Lar Lubovitch, and Ohad Naharin
Thursday to Sunday, February 21st to 24th
in the Juilliard Theater

Kurt Masur Leads Juilliard Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall
On Monday, February 18, 2002 at 8 PM
With Juilliard Violist Kyle Armbrust

Juilliard’s Focus! 2002 Festival Celebrates
Music of Twelve Tones and Beyond
From Friday, January 25 to Friday, February 1, 2002
All at the Juilliard Theater

The First Performance of the Juilliard Dance Division’s
50th Anniversary Season Features Juilliard Dancers in
Four Free Evenings of Unique Choreography
With Guest Artist Margie Gillis and
Faculty Member Pat Catterson,
Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday,
December 14, 15, 17, and 18,
All at 8 PM in The Juilliard Theater

The Campaign For Juilliard Hosts a
Special Benefit Performance for
The Richard Rodgers Centennial
A Juilliard Celebration on Monday, February 4, 2002

The Juilliard Orchestra Makes a Special
Carnegie Hall Appearance Performing
Mahler’s (“Resurrection”) Symphony on Monday,
December 10 at 8 PM

The Juilliard School’s Renovated Web Site Is Named
“Best University Web Site”
By the Web Marketing Association in Its
Fifth Annual Webaward Competition

Debut Performance by Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies’ Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Takes Place Tuesday, October 30 at Alice Tully Hall at 8 PM
With Guest Artist Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and
Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Director of Juilliard Jazz Studies,
Victor Goines

The Juilliard School Presents
The 2001 Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital
Featuring Soprano Jennifer Aylmer
Accompanied by Pianist Kenneth Merrill
On Wednesday, November 28 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

New Juilliard Ensemble Performs the World Premiere of
Island of Lamentation by Suren Zarakian,
Two New York Premieres by George Benjamin, and
Klaas De Vries and a Work by David Del Tredici,
On Tuesday, November 20 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Jazz/Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Conversations in Jazz
Debuts Monday, October 15 With Jazz Artists
Ellis Marsalis and Juilliard’s Director of Jazz Studies,
Victor L. Goines
At 7 PM in the School’s Morse Hall

The Juilliard Opera Center Presents Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah
Conducted by Julius Rudel and Directed by Eve Shapiro
Wednesday, November 14, and Friday, November 16, at 8 PM;
And Sunday, November 18, at 2 PM in the Juilliard Theater

Juilliard Presents the Tenth Annual Irene Diamond Concert
Featuring Faculty Pianist and Juilliard Alumnus
Bruce Brubaker, Violinist Joel Smirnoff, and
Juilliard Student Composers and Musicians
On Tuesday, October 23 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall

Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at Juilliard
Winners Soyeon Lee and Xun Wang
Perform Works by Chopin, Liszt, Ravel and Stravinsky
In a Live Broadcast on WQXR-FM
That Opens Its Mcgraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase Series
On Wednesday, October 10 at 9 PM in Paul Hall

The Juilliard Drama Division Announces
Its 2001-2002 Preview Season

New Juilliard Ensemble Launches the 2001-2002 Season
Featuring Three U.S. Premieres, and One New York Premiere
With Conductor Joel Sachs and Pianist Francesco Schlimé
Saturday, September 22 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

The Avalon String Quartet to Become
Juilliard’s New Graduate String Quartet-In-Residence
For 2001-2002 Season

The Juilliard School Announces Winners of the
2001 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition at Juilliard: Soyeon Lee and Xun Wang

Juilliard Admits First 18 Jazz Musicians to its
New Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies

Juilliard Chamber Music Season Begins With a Unique Collaboration of The Juilliard Percussion Ensemble and
Music Technology Center
Featuring Two World Premiere Works
Tuesday, October 9 at 8 PM in the Juilliard Theater

The Juilliard School Announces New Faculty Appointments
For 2001-2002 Season

Juilliard Performance Calendar 2001/2002 as of July 2, 2001- Subject to Change

The Juilliard School Highlights More Than 650
Music, Dance, and Drama Performances in 2001-02