The following events occurred in Juilliard's history in December and January.

Beyond Juilliard 1928 January 12, Vladimir Horowitz made his U.S. debut as soloist in Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. The event also marked Beecham's debut in the U.S. 1962 December 18, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, scored for bass soloist, male voices, and orchestra, was premiered in Moscow.

1928 January 15, the Juilliard Graduate School Orchestra gave its first concert at the Engineering Auditorium on West 39th Street. Conductor Albert Stoessel led the orchestra in performances of Ernest Bloch's Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato (Jerome Rappaport, piano), J.S. Bach's Concerto in D Minor for Piano and Strings (Adele Marcus, piano), and Gustav Holst's St. Paul's Suite.



1962 In December, William Schuman resigned as president of Juilliard to become president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Composer Peter Mennin was appointed as Juilliard's new president.

Barry Davidson (guitar), Bob Renino (bass), Scott Villiger (flute), and Ted Schoen (sax) of the “Sixty-Sixth Street Jazz Ensemble” performing at Juilliard’s 75th-anniversary gala. (Photo by Peter Schaaf)

1976 December 3, John Gielgud gave a master class for Drama Division students.



1980 December 17, in celebration of Juilliard's 75th anniversary, a black-tie gala for alumni, faculty, and friends was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. Juilliard students provided entertainment, including a vocal duet by Linda Kozlowski and Val Kilmer, dance choreographed by Brian Taylor, a vocal quartet (Ruth Jacobson, Kathryn Cowdrick, Jeffrey Thomas, and Michael Dash) accompanied by pianist Dan Riddle, and the student "Sixty-Sixth Street Jazz Ensemble" led by Scott Villiger.

Jeni Dahmus is Juilliard's archivist.