Robert Shaw rehearsing the Juilliard Chorus for a performance of Bach's St. John Passion at Carnegie Hall in 1948. (Photo by Ed Carswell, Graphic House, Inc. )

1921 April 27, students of the Institute of Musical Art held a "recital-reception" for Hungarian pianist and composer Erno Dohnanyi. After hearing several piano students play, Dohnanyi responded with a performance of his Hungarian Rhapsody and Beethoven's Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110.

1948 April 5, Robert Shaw led the Juilliard Chorus and Orchestra in an unabridged performance of Bach's St. John Passion at Carnegie Hall. Guest artists included Paul Hindemith (viola d'amore), Howard Boatwright (viola d'amore), Suzanne Bloch (lute), Eva Heinitz (viola da gamba), Robert Hufstader (harpsichord), Ralph Hunter (organ), and members of the Collegiate Chorale. Juilliard vocal soloists were Mariquita Moll, Florence Pillsbury, William Cooper, Blake Stern (as the Evangelist), Paul Ukena, Harry Wayne (as Pilate and Peter), and Orville White (as Jesus). The vocal solo ensembles were prepared in the class of Julius Herford at Juilliard.

1978 April 7, British director William Gaskill appeared as a guest speaker in the Drama Division.



1992 April 3, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble premiered Benjamin Harkarvy's Three Debussy Duets: Etude No. 3 (danced by Chen-Yu Tsuei and Alexander Schlempp), Clair de Lune (danced by Hannah Baumgarten and Ricardo Iazzetta), and Three Songs of Bilitis (danced by Amy Claugus and Kory Perigo). Debussy's scores were performed by pianists Indrek Laul and Raymond Thornton and mezzo-soprano Cheryl Marshall. Harkarvy dedicated the work to the memory of dancer and teacher Terry Pines.

Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.