Vol. XIX No. 3
November 2003

The following events occurred in Juilliard's history in November:



Herbert von Karajan and alumna Victoria Bond, 1976. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)
1910 November 5, the new Institute of Musical Art building at 120 Claremont Avenue was dedicated.


1976 November 17-19, Herbert von Karajan gave a three-day program of master classes for Juilliard conductors, including students Myung Whun Chung, Victoria Bond, Samuel Muni, Stephen Colvin, and Ronald Braunstein. Among the works studied were Brahms's Symphony No. 1, Strauss's Don Juan, and Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps, all performed by the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra.


1987 November 8, former faculty member Julius Baker presented a flute recital with guest artists President Joseph Polisi, Erich Graf, Trudy Kane, Jeffrey Khaner, Janet Millard de Rold, and Lisa Emenheiser Logan. Works by Mozart, Dutilleux, Jolivet, Telemann, Kuhlau, Gaubert, Borne, and Boismortier were performed.


Beyond Juilliard

1910 November 30, the only completed opera by Ernest Bloch, Macbeth, was premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The opera received its New York premiere at Juilliard in May 1973.

1976 November 15, choreographer Twyla Tharp premiered her After All at Superstakes III in New York, with music by Tomaso Albinoni and costumes by Santo Loquasto.

1991 November 8-11, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble presented a program of dances choreographed to the music of Mozart as part of the Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center. Diane Coburn Bruning's
No. 85 and Lynne Wimmer's Tundra received their world premieres, and the program also included Garth Fagan's Mozhops Mall, Joan Woodbury's Affectionate Infirmities, and Lisa Nowak's Night Dances. In addition to the performance on the main stage, an intermission event was held in the Juilliard Theater lobby, featuring period dances reconstructed by Wendy Hilton and Elizabeth Aldrich.

Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.



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