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Nearly 700 Performances Scheduled for New Season
The special concerts commemorating the events of last September 11 open The Juilliard School's 2002-03 season this month. They are among the nearly 700 music, dance, and drama performances to be presented from September to May. Judith Clurman will lead the Juilliard Choral Union and the Juilliard Orchestra in a community sing of Mozart's Requiem at 1 p.m. in the Juilliard Theater on September 11.
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| Joel Sachs conducting the New Juilliard Ensemble. Photo by Hiroyuki Ito | | That evening, at 6 p.m. in the Kaplan Penthouse, Juilliard and Lincoln Center will present "Spring Will Come Again," created by faculty members Steven Blier and Ted Altschuler, featuring Juilliard students and alumni in an evening of poetry and songs that will include works by Bernstein, Bolcom, Corigliano, McCartney and Lennon, Musto, Porter, and Rorem, among others. (Both events are free, but tickets are required for the concert at 6 p.m.)
The New Juilliard Ensemble launches its 10th anniversary season with a concert on September 21 at 8 p.m. in the Juilliard Theater, conducted by its director, Joel Sachs. (See Related Story.) The N.J.E. will offer three more concerts during the season, including the opening program of the 2003 Focus! Festival on January 24 in the Juilliard Theater.
The Trojan Women (directed by Joanna Settle) will be presented in Studio 301 from September 24-30. Peter Whelan's The School of Night (directed by David Warren) will run simultaneously in the Drama Theater September 25-29. (See Related Story.) Other fourth-year productions to be presented in the Drama Theater this year include Blue Window by Craig Lucas (directed by Martha Banta), November 14-18; Carlo Gozzi's The King Stag (directed by Andrei Belgrader), December 11-15; and Aphra Ben's Sir Patient Fancy (director to be announced), February 12-16. All plays will return later in the year for additional performances during the Drama Division's spring repertory season.
The Juilliard Opera Center will present two mainstage productions in the Juilliard Theater this season. The first is Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, conducted by Julius Rudel and directed by Eve Shapiro, which will be offered on November 13, 15, and 17. Baritone Anton Belov, first-prize winner in the 31st annual George London Foundation Awards, will be featured in the title role. Later in the season, Jahja Ling will conduct Mozart's Don Giovanni on April 25, with additional performances on April 27 and 29. The production will be directed by Edward Berkeley.
Alumna soprano Lauren Skuce has been awarded the 2002 Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital, which will take place in Tully Hall on November 21. She will be joined by pianist George François. This annual concert advancing an outstanding young vocalist is underwritten by the Alice Tully Young Artists Fund (which also provides scholarships in voice and organ). Skuce will sing music by A. Scarlatti, Rodrigo, R. Strauss, Adolphe, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff.
The annual Vocal Arts Honors Recital will take place on May 1 in Alice Tully Hall, featuring selected young artists of the Juilliard Opera Center and the Vocal Arts Department. Other events this year will include master classes by Elly Ameling, Fedora Barbieri, José Van Dam, Grace Bumbry and Marilyn Horne (part of The Song Continues…2003), and Brian Zeger, as well as six Liederabend and four Juilliard Songbook concerts.
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| Julius Rudel will conduct Eugene Onegin in November. Photo by J. Henry Fair | |
The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra kicks off its second season with a concert of music by Duke Ellington on October 2 in the Juilliard Theater. (See Related Story.) The orchestra will present its second concert of the season at New York's historic club Birdland on February 19, and will return to the Juilliard Theater on February 27 for music of Stan Kenton. Jazz performances by smaller ensembles, which take place in Paul Hall, are scheduled for November 4, December 9, February 5, March 31, and April 28.
The Juilliard Dance Division begins its 51st season with a new artistic director, Lawrence Rhodes. The season opens with a series of fall dance workshops in the Juilliard Theater on December 13, 14, and 17, which will feature conversations with choreographers as well as performances of their works.
The annual spring dance concert on February 20-23 in the Juilliard Theater will feature works by Jirà Kylián and premieres by Juilliard alumni choreographers Charlotte Griffin and Adam Hougland. Other highlights of the season include the annual Choreographers and Composers program on the Wednesdays at One series in Alice Tully Hall on January 22, the Senior Production, April 16-19, and the Young Choreographers showcase on May 14, 15, and 17.
The Juilliard Orchestra opens its season with a concert in the Juilliard Theater on October 3, led by Otto-Werner Mueller. Special concerts by the orchestra this season include a performance at Carnegie Hall on December 6, under the baton of Roger Norrington, and an all-John Adams program conducted by the composer in Alice Tully Hall on March 30, as part of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. (Pianist Emanuel Ax will be featured soloist for this concert.) Other orchestra performances will be offered in Alice Tully Hall on November 7 (led by James DePreist), February 5 (led by Joel Smirnoff), and May 22 (the commencement concert, led by Larry Rachleff), as well as in Avery Fisher Hall on April 14 (led by Mueller) and the Juilliard Theater on May 2 (featuring works by Juilliard composers and led by Jeffrey Milarsky).
The Juilliard Symphony presents its first concert of the season on October 10 in the Juilliard Theater, conducted by Ransom Wilson. The ensemble will be joined by the Juilliard Choral Union and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, all under the baton of David Atherton, for a performance of Britten's monumental War Requiem in Carnegie Hall on April 9. Other Juilliard Symphony concerts will be offered on November 26 (led by Otto-Werner Mueller), and February 10 (led by Jahja Ling).
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| James DePreist returns to Juilliard in November to conduct the orchestra. Photo by Peter Schaaf | |
The 19th annual Focus! Festival takes as its theme "Beyond the Rockies," exploring music of the western United States and Canada. The opening concert will be presented by the New Juilliard Ensemble in the Juilliard Theater on January 24; five additional concerts take place January 27-31 in the Juilliard Theater. The concluding concert on January 31 will be conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw and feature the Juilliard Symphony and the Juilliard Choral Union in a performance of Schoenberg's A Survivor From Warsaw.
The American Brass Quintet opens the Daniel Saidenberg Faculty Recital Series on October 14 in the Juilliard Theater. Other performers and ensembles appearing on the series are cellist Joel Krosnick with guest artist Gilbert Kalish (in Paul Hall on November 14 and February 6), the Juilliard String Quartet (in Alice Tully Hall on November 19 and February 11), violinist Ronald Copes and cellist André Emelianoff (in the Juilliard Theater on January 22), and the New York Woodwind Quintet (in Paul Hall on March 20).
Pianists Soyeon Lee and Orion Weiss, winners of this year's Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, will be presented on October 16 at 9 p.m. in a recital in Paul Hall that will be broadcast live on WQXR's McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase, hosted by Robert Sherman.
The 10th annual Irene Diamond Concert takes place in Alice Tully Hall on October 29 and will feature the Claremont Trio, along with faculty violist Toby Appel. The annual event honors the well-known philanthropist who has supported many scholarships and projects at Juilliard.
The William Petschek Piano Award Debut Recital on April 8 in Alice Tully Hall will be presented by Terrence Wilson, who postponed his 2001-02 debut until this season due to a death in his family. His program will include music by Ravel, Godowsky, and Barber.
The Avalon String Quartet will be featured in the annual Lisa Arnhold Memorial Concert on April 30 at Alice Tully Hall.
These are but a small number of the many concerts and productions that will be announced as the season unfolds. Watch The Juilliard Journal throughout the year for details, or search the calendar of events on our Web site at www.juilliard.edu/calendar.
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